Architecture

Dr. Salma Begum

Research Interests

• Mapping & Cartography
• Visual Story telling
• Photography
• Water Urbanism
• Landscape Urbanism
• Forest Urbanism
• Public Space
• Liminal Space

Educational Background

• PhD, (Architecture), Katholieke University of Leuven
• Master of Science (MSc), (Human Settlements), Katholieke University of Leuven
• Master of Architecture (M.Arch), (Environment), Bangladesh University of Science and Technology
• Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), (Architecture), University of Asia Pacific

Honors and Achievements

• Invited Speaker on Radical Pedagogies in Architecture _LET'S TALK, Let's Talk, 2021
• Best Paper Award, ICCAUA2020 Conference, 2020
• PM Fellowship 2019-2023, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh from the GIU (governance innovation unit), 2019
• INSPIRELI Participation Award, INSPIRELI AWARD CONTEST, 2018
• Shortlisted and Exhibited project on Building 4Humanity Design Competition, Lisbon University in 8TH ICBR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BUILDING RESILIENCE ·, 2018
• Jury Member of INSPIRELI Award, the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), 2018
• Commomnwealth Scholarship Shortlisted, UGC Bangladesh, 2018
• Best Paper Award, International Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2018
• Magna cum laude, Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium, 2017
• Former Vice President UAP Architecture Alumni Association, University of Asia Pacific, 2016
• VLIR-UOS Scholarship, VLIR-UOS, 2016
• Full Member of IAB, Institute of Architects Bangladesh, 2012
• Vice-Chancellor's Special Gold Medal, The University of Asia Pacific, 2008
• University Merit Scholarship, University of Asia Pacific, 2004

Publications

1. IDENTIFYING LANDSCAPE FEATURES FOR THE DELTAIC DHAKA, 2023, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2. Living Manifestations-Cases of Migrant Factory Workers at Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Shenzhen, China, New Approaches in Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism, 2020. URL

1. The Ghats in Dhaka’s Monsoon-Fed Landscape., Blue Papers, 2024, SOAP. URL
2. Gender and Public Space: Mapping Palimpsests of Art, Design, and Agency in Shahbag, Dhaka, Social Inclusion, 2021, COGITATIO. URL
3. Reclaiming Public Open Space within the Shifting Landscape of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2020, Horizon Research Publishing Corporation. URL
4. “SPACE VS PLACE”_ FOCUSING ON THE PLAZA IN FRONT OF BUILDING NO 9 IN PETERBOS SOCIAL HOUSING, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM”, International Journal of Civil Engineering, 2018.

1. Imagining Public Space beyond metropolization, BEYOND METROPOLIZATION; Exploring new hybrids 10TH INTERNATIONAL U&U PHD SEMINAR, 2023. URL
2. Emerging public space and adaptive socio-cultural practice along the edge of Balu River Dhaka, 8th International World Urbanisms Seminar, 2021, KU Leuven. URL
3. Park Dom Pedro as an Urban Archipelago: An investigation of alternative design strategies to re-shape the landscape of São Paulo, Brazil, The 3rd International Conference on: Green Urbanism (GU), 2019, IEREK Press.
4. “Revitalizing Public Open Space- The Case of Dhakeshwari”., First National Conference for Sustainable & Smart Cities (SSC-15), 2015, EXCEL INDIA PUBLISHERS.

1. Activities with Anuradha Mathur & Dilip da Cunha: Design Studio-Studio works by Salma Begum, VAS, 2016, Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscape and Settlements. URL
2. AUST Architecture Reaches at 24th Batch, Contextbd, 2015, Contextbd. URL
3. mrinalini house, Lifestyle, The Daily Star Home, 2010. URL