Architecture

Ms. Abontika Sara Israt

Research Interests

• Urban Design and Community Architecture
• Sustainable Urban Development
• Place Making Design
• Walkability in the Pedestrian Environment

Educational Background

• Doctor of Philosophy, (Urban Design), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
• Master of Science (MSc), (Architecture), University of Malaya (UM)
• Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), (Architecture), Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology

Honors and Achievements

• Graduate Student Financial Assistance 2020 (Gra-ASSIST 2020), Universiti Science Malaysia (USM), 2020
• Member, Institute of Architects Bangladesh, 2018
• Merit Scholarship, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), 2007
• Merit Scholarship, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), 2006

Publications

1. Effect of orientation on indoor climate of similarly designed buildings in Dhaka city of Bangladesh, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012, GmbH & Co. KG,Heinrich-Böcking-Str. URL

1. A comparative analysis of assessing the quality of the urban pedestrian environment in Dhaka using syntactic and statistical methods, Al-Qadisiyah Journal for Engineering Sciences, 2025, College of Engineering, University of Al-Qadisiyah. URL
2. User-friendly street- a study on users' perception ranking on physical attributes of pedestrian environment of Dhaka city, Open House International, 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited. URL
3. From control street to shared space: A study on the Street Hawking activities in the urban public spaces of Dhaka city, Asian Journal of Social Sciences &Humanities (AJSSH), 2019.
4. Mobility Experience of Urban People: An Interpretative Study on Street Hawking Activities in the Urban Spaces of Dhaka City, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2019.
5. An investigation of physical attributes relevant to the informal street hawking in the urban spaces of Dhaka city, Journal of Design and Built Environment (JDBE), 2016. URL
6. Zamindar Houses of the Colonial Period: General Delineation of House Form, Spatial Organization and Design Considerations, a Case Study in Dhaka city, Nakahara: Journal of Environmental Design and Planning, 2013. URL
7. Mobility and Accessibility problems around schools in Dhaka (Bangladesh): A case study, The International Journal of Civil Engineering (IJCE), 2013. URL

1. Pedestrian movement analysis in shaping the urban public space development and enhancing the livability of Dhaka city, International Conference on Urban Studies, Design and Planning (ICUSDP-24), 2024, World Academics (WA).
2. Urban Space organisation: The issues and challenges of informal street activity in Dhaka city, University of Malaya - Council of Heads of Architecture schools (COHAS) International Conference 2015, 3 - 4th August 2015, Mercu Alam Bina, Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, 2015.
3. Including the urban informal sector in the planning process: A study of street hawking activities in Dhaka city, Bangladesh, International Conference on Contemporary Economic Issues, 2014.