Architecture

Dr. G.M.A. Balayet Hossain

Research Interests

• Architecture
• Urbanism
• Conservation
• Landscape

Educational Background

• Ph.D, (Architecture), Department of Architecture and Urban studies, Politecnico di Milano - Public University in Milan, Italy.
• Master of Science (MSc), (Architecture), Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Public University in Stockholm, Sweden.
• Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), (Architecture), Department of Architecture, Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology. Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Honors and Achievements

• 'Merit with Title' Research Doctorate, Politecnico di milano, Milan, Italy, 2015
• 'Italian Ministry of Education' Scholarship, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, 2012
• Scholarship of tuition fee waiver, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2008
• Awarded Special Prize in the exhibition titled 'Space and Responses', Organized by the architecture Schools in Bangladesh, (BUET, KU, AUST & UAP), 2006
• Dean's Honor Award, Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, 2005
• TUITION AWARD 2000-2005, Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, 2000

Publications

• Water Imprints: The Process of Contemporary Urbanization for [Re]-Structuring Rural to Urban Transect of Dhaka City, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology(IRJET), 2019
• URBAN INTEGRITY & SPACE: The Relevance of the Spatial Geometry of ‘Åstra Centrum’, International Journal of Research in Advent Technology (IJRAT), 2019
• Water and Architecture: The process of design myths and integrated image of Dhaka city in the primordial time, International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology, 2019
• TRANSFORMATION OF URBAN SPACE AND WATER. Investigating and revealing the spatial character of hydrology in the contemporary built environment, Politecnico di Milano, PhD Yearbook 2015, 2015
• POVERTY AND SLUM - A REVIEW OF A BOOK PLANET OF SLUMS, International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature, 2015
• Historical imprints of Panam Nagar, International Conference Built Heritage 2013 - Monitoring Conservation Management, 2013
• Transformation of urban spaces and sustainability, Scientific conferences COAC Barcelona 2013. SESION 7.2- URBAN SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL NETWORKS, 2013
• RETROFITTING THE PERIPHERAL LOWLAND AREA- IN A FAST GROWING CITY 'DHAKA', R.E.D.S. Rome Ecological Design Symposium, 2013
• Inclusion of Historic Urban Quarters -A Case of ‘Panam Nagar’ at Sonargaon in Bangladesh, International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (IJHSS), 2013
• Invisibility and Informality: the logic of urban growth in the fastest evolving mega city 'Dhaka', Envisioning Architecture: Design, Evaluation, Communication. 11th Conference of the European Architectural Envisioning Association, 2013
• Memory of the space. A cognitive way of thinking, NUL- New Urban Languages Conferences Proceedings, 2013
• The intelligence of urban network. Movements and Life, 2012