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

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. 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
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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
5. 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. URL
6. 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), 2014.