Architecture

Dr. G M A Balayet Hossain

Research Interests

• Architecture
• Urbanism
• Conservation
• Landscape

Educational Background

• Ph.D, (Architecture), Department of Architecture and Urban studies, Politecnico di Milano - Public University in Milan, Italy.
• Master of Science (MSc), (Architecture), Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Public University in Stockholm, Sweden.
• Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), (Architecture), Department of Architecture, Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology. Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Honors and Achievements

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship, MIT- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, 2023
• AUST Internal Research Grant (AIRG), Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2023
• 'Merit with Title' Research Doctorate, Politecnico di milano, Milan, Italy, 2015
• 'Italian Ministry of Education' Scholarship, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, 2012
• Scholarship (Tuition Waiver 2008 - 2010), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 2008
• Awarded Special Prize in the exhibition titled 'Space and Responses', Organized by the architecture Schools in Bangladesh (BUET, KU, AUST & UAP), 2006
• Dean's Honor Award, Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005
• Scholarship (Tuition Award 2000 - 2005), Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2000

Publications

1. TRANSFORMATION OF URBAN SPACE AND WATER. Investigating and revealing the spatial character of hydrology in the contemporary built environment, Politecnico di Milano, PhD Yearbook 2015, 2015, Poliscript.
2. The intelligence of urban network. Movements and Life, 2012, Deutschland: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing..

1. URBAN INTEGRITY & SPACE: The Relevance of the Spatial Geometry of ‘Åstra Centrum’, International Journal of Research in Advent Technology (IJRAT), 2019, MG Aricent Private Limited.
2. Water and Architecture: The process of design myths and integrated image of Dhaka city in the primordial time, International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology, 2019, IJRASET.
3. Water Imprints: The Process of Contemporary Urbanization for [Re]-Structuring Rural to Urban Transect of Dhaka City, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology(IRJET), 2019, First Track Publications.
4. POVERTY AND SLUM - A REVIEW OF A BOOK PLANET OF SLUMS, International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature, 2015, IMPACT: IJRHAL.
5. RETROFITTING THE PERIPHERAL LOWLAND AREA- IN A FAST GROWING CITY 'DHAKA', R.E.D.S. Rome Ecological Design Symposium, 2013, LIStLab.
6. Memory of the space. A cognitive way of thinking, NUL- New Urban Languages Conferences Proceedings, 2013, Planum The Journal of Urbanism.
7. Inclusion of Historic Urban Quarters -A Case of ‘Panam Nagar’ at Sonargaon in Bangladesh, International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (IJHSS), 2013, IASET.

1. Historical imprints of Panam Nagar, International Conference Built Heritage 2013 - Monitoring Conservation Management, 2013, Politecnico di Milano.
2. Invisibility and Informality: the logic of urban growth in the fastest evolving mega city 'Dhaka', Envisioning Architecture: Design, Evaluation, Communication. 11th Conference of the European Architectural Envisioning Association, 2013, Edizioni Nuova Cultura.
3. Transformation of urban spaces and sustainability, Scientific conferences COAC Barcelona 2013. SESION 7.2- URBAN SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL NETWORKS, 2013, Departament de Projectes Arquitectònics-UPC, Politècnica de Catalunya- BarcelonaTech.