Faculty Profile

Kawshik Saha

Associate Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Associate Professor Institute of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801712852564
  • Email: kawshik-arc@sust.edu, kawshik.saha@gmail.com

Biography

Kawshik Saha is an architect and planner from Bangladesh. He is currently working as an associate professor in the architecture department of Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh. Saha received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Khulna University on 2008.He also received Erasmus Mundus's joint Master’s degree in IUAV University of Venice along with the University of Sevilla, and the University of Azores. Saha’s current research interest includes conservation planning of cultural and natural heritage, sustainability of vernacular settlements, coastal and marine planning.

Education

  • Master Erasmus Mundus of Maritime Spatial Planning.(MEMMSP)
  • Bachelor of Architecture.(B.arch)

Research Interests

  • Sustainability and Vernacular Architecture
  • Cultural Landscape
  • Spatial and Maritime planning

Active Research Project

  • Research Project: The Remittance Architecture: How International Remittance Is Shaping the Built Environment And Cultural Landscape Of Sylhet Region.

Previous Research Project

  • Research Project: A Study on Historic Urban Landscape of Sylhet city: An Extended Research Funded by University Research Centre, SUST. Role : Principle Investigator.
  • Research Grant: Economist ocean sustainability in the IOR - extraction of non-renewable marine resources in the Indian Ocean Rim (IOR). Funded by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Role : Co-Investigator.
  • Research Project: Aesthetic and spiritual values of ecosystems: Recognising cultural ecosystem ‘services’ of tea agricultural landscape of Sylhet. Funded by University Research Centre,SUST. Role : Principle Investigator.
  • Research Project: Discovering Sylhet: Spatial assessment framework to study historic urban landscape of Sylhet city. Funded by University Research Centre,SUST. Role : Principle Investigator.
  • Project : Preparing Earthquake Resilient Construction Manual for Masons, Funding Authority : VARD,OXFAM, Role : Principle Investigator.
  • Project: Preparing Earthquake Evacuation plan for School. Funding Authority : VARD,OXFAM, Role : Principle Investigator.
  • Research Project : Site Conservation assessment of Mahasthangar, Bangladesh. Funding Authority : Global Heritage Fund, USA, Role : Principle Investigator.
  • Research Fellowship : An Investigation on Sustainable preservation issues of Khalifatabad Mosque Complex, Bangladesh. Funding Authority : Global Heritage Fund, USA, Role : Principle Investigator.
  • Research Project: An Architectural Investigation of ‘Bangla Batton’ Vernacular Houses of Sylhet City. Funded by Vernacular Architecture Group,UK. Role : Principle Investigator.
  • Research Grant Urban cultural landscape: Studying interdependence of historic urban neighborhood pattern and traditional house forms of sylhet city. Funded by University Research Centre,SUST. Role : Principle Investigator.
  • Research Project : Heritage of Water: A Cultural Landscape Approach For Sustainable Conservation Planning In Haor Wetland Of Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Journal Publish

  • 1. Arefin, M., Saha,K., Haque, S. N., Uhrig.N.& Kretzler, E. (2021). A Modular Landscape Model for Low Cost Settlement, Case study: Sylhet, Bangladesh. SUST Journal of Science and Technology, 31(1).
  • 2. Saha, K., Sobhan, R., Nahyan, M., & Mazumder, S. (2021). Vernacular Architecture as Cultural Heritage: An Interpretation of Urban Vernacular ‘Bangla Baton’ Houses of Sylhet City, Bangladesh. Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning, 12(1), 35-39.
  • 3. Book Chapter : Ahmad, R & Saha, K. (2021). Spatial Conservation Planning for Ecologically Critical Water Heritage: A Case Study of the Historic Dharmashagar Dighi, Cumilla, Bangladesh.In R. Rahbarianyazd., (Ed.). Contemporary Approaches in Urbanism and Heritage Studies (pp. 201-208). Cinius Yayınları.
  • 4. Mazumder, S. A., Saha, K., & Haque, M. (2021). An Interpretive Analysis on the Heritage Values and Morphology of Tea Cultural Landscape: A Case Study on Khakiachara Tea Estate, Sreemangal,Bangladesh
  • 5. Saha, K., & Choudhury, S. (2021). Vernacular Households of the Manipuri Community in Sylhet, Bangladesh: A study on Indigenous Architectural Landscape. Journal of Business, Society and Science (JBSS), 8(1),93-113
  • 6. Saha, K., Sobhan, R., & Nahyan, M. (2020). Morphology of A Sacred Urban Landscape: The Case Study Of Sylhet City, Bangladesh. Journal of Architectural Research And Education, 2(2), 111-120. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17509/jare.v2i2.26308
  • 7. Saha, K., Arefin, M. S., & Dey, G. (2020). Documentation and Architectural Interpretation of the Panishail Temple Complex, Maulvibazar, Bangladesh. SUST Journal of Science and Technology, 30(2).
  • 8. Chowdhury, S., Saha, K., Arefin, M. S., & Haque, M. (2019). Investigating the architectural origin of the Gayebi mosque in Osmanpur, Sylhet, Bangladesh. Journal of Islamic Architecture, 5(4), 243-254. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18860/jia.v5i4.7569
  • 9. Saha, K., & Alam, A. (2018). Planning for Blue Economy: Prospects of Maritime Spatial Planning in Bangladesh. AIUB Journal of Science and Engineering (AJSE), 17(2), 59-66. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4427726, Web: http://ajse.aiub.edu/index.php/ajse/article/view/10
  • 10. Saha, K. (2017). Heritage of the Sundarban: Connecting Nature to Culture. Journal of World Heritage Studies, Special Issue, 62-67. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15068/00148451
  • 11. Chowdhury, S., & Saha, K. (2012). Indigenous Housing and Settlement Pattern of Patro (Laleng) Community in Sylhet. International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology, (IJEIT), 2(6), 202-206. DOI : http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4420273
  • 12. Choudhury, S., & Saha, K. (2012). Community based Ecotourism as Tool for Sustainable Conservation of Khasi communities in Sylhet region.V 2, No1,June 2012,ISSN 2072-5701. , Journal of Business, Society And Science, 2(1), 33-42.
  • 13. Saha, K., Sobhan, R., & Alam, A. (2012). Assessing Sustainability as a Cultural Practice In Architecture: An overview of Sylhet City, Bangladesh,3(3) .Journal of Architecture Research,3(3), 36-41. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4448169

External Affiliations

  • Member, Institute of architecture, Bangladesh

Awards & Recognition

  • ‘Global Heritage Hero 2011’, by Global Heritage Fund
  • Erasmus Mundus Scholarship For Masters 2013-15
  • Best Paper Award, International conference on Engineering Research and Innovation, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology Sylhet, March 2017

Conference

  • 1. Sharma. P., Saha, K., & Dhar. S. (2023). An Investigation of the Scared Landscape of Adinath Temple Complex, Maheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar. Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Engineering Research and Innovation (ICERIE). Sylhet: Shajalal University of Science & Technology.
  • 2. Dhar, S. , & Saha, K., (2022). Theatre, space and place making in North-East Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism, ICCAUA 2022. Alanya: Alanya HEP University.
  • 3. Sharmila, A., Das, U., & Saha, K. (2022). Addressing the Colonial Identity of Heritage Buildings Through Evaluating Their Structural Components: A Case Study of Rangpur City. Proseedings of 6th International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development. Khulna University of Engineering & technology, Khulna.
  • 4. Mazumder, S. A., & Saha, K. (2021). Interpreting Heritage Values of Tea Cultural Landscape: A case study on Khakiachara Tea Garden, Sreemangal,. Proceedings of 6th International conference on Engineering Research and Innovation(ICERIE). Sylhet: Shajalal University of Science & Technology.
  • 5. Saha, K., & Dewan, C. (2021). City as a Cultural Landscape: Mapping Historic Urban Landscape of Sylhet city, Bangladesh. AACCP2021: Cities In Evolution. Diachronic Transformations Of Urban And Rural Settlements. Istanbul: Özyeğin University.
  • 6. Mazumder, S. A., Saha, K., & Haque, M. (2021). An Interpretive Analysis on the Heritage Values and Morphology of Tea Cultural Landscape: A Case Study on Khakiachara Tea Estate, Sreemangal, Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism, ICCAUA 2021. Alanya: Alanya HEP University.
  • 7. Ahmed, R & Saha, K., (2021). Spatial Conservation Planning for Ecologically Critical Water Heritage: A Case Study of the Historic Dharmashagar Dighi, Bangladesh. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism, ICCAUA 2021. Alanya: Alanya HEP University.
  • 8. Saha, K and Chowdhury, S. (2021) historic Urban Landscape of Sylhet City: An extended Research, 8th Annual Conference on Research Finding. University Research Centre. Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet.
  • 9. Haque, M., Mazumder, S. A. & Saha, K. (2021). An Analytical Study on The Architectural and Cultural Heritage Of Shalban Vihara: An Archaeological Landmark of Bangladesh .4th international pirireis conference on linguistic, history & geography, Ankara.
  • 10. Saha, K., Arefin,S., Salsabil, J., Dewan, C., Dey, A. K., Hossain, R., and Shaha, R.(2019) Cultural Mapping of Sylhet : A Spatial Approach, ,. proceedings of International conference on Engineering Research and Innovation (ICERIE) (pp. 213-229). Sylhet: Shahjalal University of Science & Technology.
  • 11. Saha, K., & Arefin, M. S. (2019). Aesthetic and spiritual values of ecosystems: Recognising cultural ecosystem ‘services’ of tea agricultural landscape of Sylhet. Proceedings of 6th Annual Conference on Research Finding. Sylhet: University Research Centre,SUST.
  • 12. Saha,K and Shamsul, A.(2018) Discovering Sylhet: A spatial assessment framework to study historic urban landscape of Sylhet City, 5th Annual Conference on Research Finding. University Research Centre. Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet.
  • 13. Saha, K., Arefin, M. S., & Dey, G. (2017). Historical and physical investigation of Panishail Temple Complex ,Raznagar,Maulvibazar. Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education (ICERIE). Sylhet: Shahjalal University of Science and technology.
  • 14. Saha, K., Arefin, M. S., & Hasan, T. (2017). Linking Nature-Culture in World Heritage Sites of Bangladesh: A sustainable Conservation Approach for Living Heritage. 19th ARCHASIA Forum Journal. Jaipur: ARCHASIA Conference.
  • 15. Saha, K. (2016). Heritage of the Sundarban: Connecting Nature to Culture. Tsukuba Global Science Week 2016 Conference. Tsukuba: University of Tsukuba,Japan.
  • 16. Sobhan, R., Saha, K., & Nahyan, M. (2013). Cultural Transitions: Morphological Study of Sylhet City of Bangladesh from the Perspective of Spiritual Ethnicity, 2013,Nepal. Publication of ARCHASIA Conference (pp. 96-101). Kathmandu: ARCHASIA Conference,Nepal.
  • 17. Sobhan, R., Saha, K., & Nahyan, M. (2013). The Architecture of ‘Bangla Batton’ Houses in Sylhet City: An Ethnographical Study on Vernacular House Form. Proceedings for 20th Common Wealth Association of architects (CAA ) Conference. Dhaka: CAA. Available @ http://www.comarchitect.org/wp-content/dhaka-2013/pdf_file/cd- tp 06.pdf
  • 18. Sobhan, R., & Saha, K. (2012). Sustainability in architectural built form of Sylhet region in context of cultural ethnicity. Proceedings for International conference on Environmental Technology & Construction Engineering for Sustainable Development (pp. 1022-1029). Sylhet: Shajalal University of Science & Technology.

Graduate Supervision

  • Supervised approximately 25 Undergraduate a Thesis by Design Projects for B Arch.