Faculty Profile

Shubhajit Chowdhury

Associate Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Architecture, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801751731166
  • Email: shubhajit-arc@sust.edu

Biography

Shubhajit Chowdhury joined as a lecturer in 2009 and at present working as an assistant professor in the Department of Architecture, Shahjalal university of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. Chowdhury worked in a team of architects that won the 1st prize of national competition (2006) for ‘A Prototype Building of Tourist Information and Support Center’ as the Nishorgo (unbound nature) Support Project of Forest Ministry, Government Of Bangladesh and financed by US AID. He won the design competition (2014) of the Central Martyr Monument and Archive of Sylhet city and this is appreciated by the every level of the inhabitants.

Education

  • B Arch degree from the Discipline of Architecture, Khulna University, Bangladesh and the topic of his B Arch thesis project (By Design) was „The Prototypes Buildings for Shilpakala(Creative Art) Academy Complex of District Level towns in Bangladesh‟.
  • Masters of Architectural and Cultural Heritage, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Research Interests

  • Architectural and Cultural Heritage, Urban conservation, Social Housing

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Architectural documentation of a conservation project of ‘Khan Bahadur Ehiya Zitu Miah’s Kachhari (office)’ 2013
  • 2. ‘Aesthetic and spiritual values of ecosystems: Recognizing cultural ecosystem ‘services’ of tea agricultural landscape of Sylhet.’ Funded by: University Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, Role: Co-Investigator. Year : 2018
  • 3. ‘Urban cultural landscape: Studying interdependence of historic urban neighbourhood pattern and traditional house forms of Sylhet city.’ Funded by: University Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, Role: Co-Investigator, Year : 2020

External Affiliations

  • Member, Institute of Architects Bangladesh

Journal Publications

  • 1. Investigating the architectural origin of the gayebi mosque in Osmanpur, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • 2. The Growth of Sylhet City: A Historical Overview Through c.1200 AD to the Present
  • 3. Indigenous Housing and Settlement Pattern of Patro (Laleng) Community in Sylhet

Awards & Recognition

  • 1st Prize Winner (Group Initiative), National Design Competition for Nishorgo (a prototype for visitor information center in protected forest areas), Institute of Architects, Bangladesh (IAB), financed by USDA and Forest Ministry of Bangladesh Government
  • 1st Prize Winner (Group Initiative), Architectural Design Competition for Sylhet Central Martyr Monument and Archive, Sylhet City Corporation
  • Annual Recognition, Certificate of appreciation for Professional Excellence-2016, Jalalabad Rotary Club, Sylhet
  • Special Mention, Architectural Idea Design Competition for Kitchen building of historical Georgium, Dessau, Germany, MAC-Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. Rotary Club of Dessau City, City-Authority of Dessau city.
  • Special Mention (Group Initiative), Architectural Design Competition for Golpahar Mohashwashan Temple complex, Chittagong, Institute of Architects, Bangladesh (IAB)

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. B.Arch thesis projects (Student: 23)