MIST Applications

Academic Apps

Important Apps

Other Apps

Help & Support

Department of Architecture

Arfa Islam

Lecturer, Department of Architecture

ARFA ISLAM

Email ID: arfa.islam@arch.mist.ac.bd

Lecturer

Architecture Department

Military Institute of science and Technology.

 

RESEARCH INTEREST:

 

Context and gender responsive built environment, Addressing the humanitarian crisis through design and policy, Urban design process and public spaces.

 

TEACHING INTEREST:

 

Urban design, Informal settlements and Housing, Architectural graphics, and construction details.

 

ACADEMIC PROFILE:

 

  • MSc in Urban Design and International Planning (2020)

            University of Manchester, UK.

 

  • Bachelor of Architecture (2015)

Khulna University, Bangladesh.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

  • Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), September 2021 – to date.

 

  • Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), February 2019 - June 2019.

 

  • Sr. Executive Architect, Developers Consortium Ltd. (DCL), July 2016 - December 2018.
  • Dealing with the iconic megaprojects such as Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City at Gazipur.
  • Gaining experiences of master planning, Landscape design, Commercial and Residential projects.

 

  • Apprentice, Insync Design Studio, November 2014 - September 2015.

 

INVOLVEMENT BESIDES TEACHING AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY:

 

  • Assistant course coordinator, Level 04, Department of Architecture, MIST.

 

  • Committee Member, Webinar on ‘Architecture Now and Beyond’, MIST.

 

  • Committee Member of yearbook publication named ‘Facere 3’, Department of Architecture, MIST.
  • Member, Question & Moderation Committee, Department of Architecture, MIST.

 

AWARDS:

 

  • Fully Funded Prime Minister Fellowship Scholarship of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to support the SDG goals in the year of 2019 to pursue MSc.

 

  • Board Scholarships for the result of HSC and SSC.

 

PUBLICATION:

 

  • Essay writing on ‘Women Welfare Led Rohingya Refugee Camp Design in Bangladesh’.

Book Publication_ Next 50: Collective Futures with the collaboration of Open Studio and Context BD.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION:

  • Associate Member of Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB). Member ID: AI-164.

 

  • Member of University of Manchester Alumni Community. Member ID: 10543006.

 

  • Member of Architecture Alumni Association of KUAD. Member ID: 090122.

 

INTERNATIONAL VISIT

For study & research, visited different places in the following countries:

  • England: London, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield. 
  • Scotland: Glasgow, Edinburg, Highlands.
  • India: Calcutta, Aurangabad, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Jaisalmer, Chandigarh, Shimla.

 

Arfa Islam

Lecturer Department of Architecture arfa.islam@arch.mist.ac.bd