Architecture

Mr. S. M. Arafat Hossain

Research Interests

• Child Friendly Space (CFS)
• Forcefully Displaced Settlement
• Refugee Architecture
• War Trauma Resiliency
• Politics, agency and settlement systems

Educational Background

• Master of Architecture (M.Arch), (Child Friendly Space (CFS)), BUET
• Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), (DESIGN), KHULNA UNIVERSITY

Honors and Achievements

• HKIUD Urban Design Awards 2023, Merit Award for the Research/Publication Category: on behalf of BURC, Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design (HKUD), 2024
• Country Director, Bangladesh Chapter, Border Urbanism Research Center (BURC), UK, Border Urbanism Research Center (BURC), UK, 2024
• AUST INTERNAL RESEARCH GRANT (ROUND 5) 2024, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, 2024
• BUET CASR Grant for Master of Architecture, 2022, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 2022
• AUST INTERNAL RESEARCH GRANT (ROUND 2) 2022, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, 2022
• Associate Member of IAB (AMIAB), IAB, 2016
• merit scholarship, khulna university, 2015
• merit scholarship, khulna university, 2014
• merit scholarship, khulna university, 2013
• merit scholarship, khulna university, 2012
• the best model maker award, khulna university, 2012
• merit scholarship, khulna university, 2011
• Dutch-Bangla Bank scholarship for obtaining GPA 5, ST. Josephs' High School, Khulna, 2006
• honoree certificate and crest from the mayor of Khulna City Corporation for obtaining GPA 5, ST. Josephs' High School, Khulna, 2006

Publications

• City within a City: Refugee Architecture for Cultural Void of the Rohingya Children at Balukhali Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Malaysian Architectural Journal e-ISSN : 2716-6139, Malaysian Architectural Journal, 2024
• Refugee Architecture for Childhood Crisis: Concept, Politics, and Transformation of CFS in Balukhali Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 20TH ASIAN CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTS (ACA 20), PAGHAHABI: WEAVING A FUTURE-READY ENVIRONMENT, 2023
• Denial or Engagement for Childhood Crisis: Evolution of Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) in Balukhali Rohingya Refugee Camp, Cox’s Bazar, 21N-AERUS Conference TRANSFORMING ROLE OF STATE IN ADDRESSING INCLUSIVE URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 2022
• Choice of Use of the Kitchen by the Gender Group: Kitchens in Married Households in Dhaka City, Journal of Housing and Advancement in Interior Designing, 2022
• Effect of Noise on Human Psychology in Public Spaces of Dhaka City, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), 2019
• Social Interaction and Social needs in a public Open Space: A Review, HBRP PUBLICATION, 2019
• Public Space in Informal Settlement, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), 2019