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

• Country Director, Bangladesh Chapter, Border Urbanism Research Center (BURC), UK, Border Urbanism Research Center (BURC), UK, 2024
• AUST INTERNAL RESEARCH GRANT (ROUND 6) 2024, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, 2024
• HKIUD Urban Design Awards 2023, Merit Award for the Research/Publication Category: on behalf of BURC, Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design (HKUD), 2024
• AUST INTERNAL RESEARCH GRANT (ROUND 5) 2024, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, 2024
• AUST INTERNAL RESEARCH GRANT (ROUND 2) 2022, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, 2022
• BUET CASR Grant for Master of Architecture, 2022, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 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
• honoree certificate and crest from the mayor of Khulna City Corporation for obtaining GPA 5, ST. Josephs' High School, Khulna, 2006
• Dutch-Bangla Bank scholarship for obtaining GPA 5, ST. Josephs' High School, Khulna, 2006

Publications

1. Spatial inequities: Child-friendly spaces and ethnic sensitivity in Balukhali Rohingya 1 Refugee Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, FARU Journal, 2024, SLJOL.
2. 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.
3. 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. URL
4. Social Interaction and Social needs in a public Open Space: A Review, HBRP PUBLICATION, 2019.
5. Public Space in Informal Settlement, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), 2019. URL
6. Effect of Noise on Human Psychology in Public Spaces of Dhaka City, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), 2019. URL

1. 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, N-AERUS (Network-Association of European Researchers on Urbanisation in the South).

1. 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.