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

• Master of Science (MSc), (Architecture), University of Malaya
• Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), (Architecture), Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology

Honors and Achievements

• Member, Institute of Architects Bangladesh, 2018

Publications

• User-friendly street- a study on users' perception ranking on physical attributes of pedestrian environment of Dhaka city, Open House International, 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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), 2014
• Mobility and Accessibility problems around schools in Dhaka (Bangladesh): A case study, The International Journal of Civil Engineering (IJCE), 2013
• Zamindar Houses of the Colonial Period: General Delineation of House Form, Spatial Organization and Design Considerations, a Case Study in Dhaka city, Journal of Environmental Design and Planning, 2013
• Effect of orientation on indoor climate of similarly designed buildings in Dhaka city of Bangladesh, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012