Architecture

Prof. Dr. Farida Nilufar

Research Interests

• Urban Morphology
• Urban Design
• Landscape and Water Urbanism
• Architectural Morphology

Educational Background

• PhD, (Architecture), University College London
• Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), (Architecture), Department of Architecture

Honors and Achievements

• Bangladesh University Grant Commission Research Grant, Bangladesh University Grant Commission (UGC), 2014
• Jahanara Majid & Mahbub Alam Research Grant of Asiatic Society, Asiatic Society Bangladesh, 1999
• Commonwealth Scholarship, UK Commonwealth, 1993
• Commonwealth Scholarship, UK Commonwealth, 1993
• Shamsun Nahar Khanam Gold Medal, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 1991

Publications

• Adaptability in Interior Space: Public Housing for Lower-Middle Income Group in Dhaka, Journal Interiority, 2023
• Morphological adjustments of domestic spaces: Spatial adaptations in the apartments of the lower-middle-income group in Dhaka, Proceedings of the 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, 2022
• Urban Grid and Accessibility of Proposed Metro Stations in an Organic City: Using Space Syntax as an Analytical Tool, Proceedings of the 13th International Space Syntax Symposium, 2022
• ARCASIA COVID-19 Guideline Interventions for Built Environment (13 ACGs), Architecture of Asia, 2020
• Morphological properties of the spatial layout of factories – A key determinant in setting the emergency escape routes for evacuation, 12th Space Syntax Symposium (SSS12), 2019
• Spatial Logic of Morphological Transformation: The Planned areas of Dhaka City in an Unplanned Context, Dhaka: An Urban Reader, 2016
• Searching the Genotypes: Architectural morphology of urban houses in the ancient city of Panam, 10th International Space Syntax Symposium, 2015
• Analyzing City Agglomeration in terms of Local Economic Development Hierarchy with the use of Space Syntax, Making built environments responsive’: 8th International Conference of Faculty of Architecture Research Unit (FARU), 2015
• Old Airport in the Green Network of Dhaka, Book: Creating an Urban Oasis, 2015
• Preserving Open Space for Recreation, Livability and Identity, DRAFT DHAKA STRUCTURE PLAN (2016-2035) RAJUK, 2015
• Enhance the Cityscape with Urban Design and Landscape, DRAFT DHAKA STRUCTURE PLAN (2016-2035) RAJUK, 2015
• Drug Crime and Urban Activity Pattern: The locational choice of drug crime in relation to street type and land use, Making built environments responsive’: 8th International Conference of Faculty of Architecture Research Unit (FARU), 2015
• Preserving Open Space for Livability of Dhaka, Public Space for All: on ‘World Habitat Day 2015’, 2015
• Process of Morphological Transformation and the Emerging Pattern of Built-Form along Gulshan Avenue in Dhaka, CITIES IN TRANSFORMATION RESEARCH & DESIGN: Ideas, Methods, Techniques, Tools, Case Studies; EAAE Transactions on Architectural Education no 57, ILPOLIGRAFO, 2014
• Reviving the inland waterways of Dhaka: A morphological approach towards an Integrated Transportation System, 9th International Space Syntax Symposium, 2013
• Integrating the Recreational Spaces of Rangpur City Corporation, Bangladesh: A Perspective from Space Syntax, 9th International Space Syntax Symposium, 2013
• Integrating Land with Water routes: Proposal for a Sustainable Spatial Network for Keraniganj in Dhaka, 9th International Space Syntax Symposium, 2013
• Understanding Privacy in Domestic Space: A Study of Transformation of Urban Houses in the context of Dhaka, International Conference on Architectural Research ‘Cities in Transformation: Research and Design, 2012
• Gardens, Parks and Open Spaces in Capital Dhaka: Mughal Period, Environment of Capital Dhaka - Plants Wildlife Gardens Parks Air Water and Earthquake, 2010
• Urban Morphology of Dhaka City: Spatial Dynamics of Growing City and the Urban Core, 400 Years of Capital Dhaka and Beyond , Volume- III, Urbanization and Urban Development, 2010
• Spatial Logic of Morphological Transformation A Paradigm of Planned - Unplanned Areas in Dhaka city, 7th Space Syntax Symposium, 2009
• Transforming Urban Landscapes: Dhanmondi Lake redevelopment in Flood-prone Dhaka, Bangladesh, Topos - The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban design, 2009
• Actions for Sustainable Built Environment, Asia Link-Urbs Conference, 2007
• Architecture of Pakistan Time, Cultural Survey of Bangladesh Series-2, Architecture: A History Through the Ages, 2007
• A Morphological Transformation and Evolution of Panthapath as a Commercial Belt, 2007
• The Architecture of the City – City as evaluated by Aldo Rossi, Protibesh:Journal of the Department of Architecture, 2006
• Hidden Morphological Order in an Organic City, 2004
• Regeneration of Pavements as an effective Urban Space, Center for Urban Studies (CUS) BULLETIN, 2002
• Urban Grid of Dhaka City and the Morphological Order of its Local areas, Journal of Social Studies, 2001
• Spatial Structure of Urban Core and the Process of Transformation in Dhaka, Sixth International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF 1999), 1999
• The Evolution of the Urban Grid of Dhaka and Its Socio-Spatial Adaptability, Seminar 'Safer Cities' on the 'World Habitat Day', 1998
• Nimtali Deuri and Asiatic Society Complex, Architectural Conservation, Bangladesh, 1993