Zenat Islam is the Acting Head of the Department of Architecture, World University of Bangladesh. She is an academician, researcher and practicing architect of Bangladesh. She obtained her Bachelor of Architecture from Khulna University and Masters in Disaster Management from the Faculty of Environment and Geography at The University of Dhaka. Besides teaching and research, she is working with several housing projects.
Her research interest focusses on Sustainable Architecture, Building Regulations, Disaster and Resilience in Architecture, Climate change, Urban and Rural Housing and Gender Equality. She has a range of national and international publications on Sustainable Urban Regeneration, Disaster Risk for inaptness of Building Laws, Water Logging, Gender Dimensions on Disaster, Urban Informality, Sustainable Building Materials on Changing Climate, and Sense of belongingness in Urban Housing.
She has conducted many workshop & trainings on faculty development program. She has presented her B.Arch thesis project at the Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA) Council and Conference 2013 in the heritage panel as well as presented her research paper at various international conferences. She has awarded “Best Paper Award” at 7th International Urban Design Conference (ICCPP) Colombo- Sri Lanka in 2019. In 2013 she also achieved Best “Art Director Award” at Robi Short Film Festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She worked as a program presenter at Bangladesh Betar.
Shafinaz
Sameen, Farahnaz Khadiza Chowdhury, Zenat Islam and Anika Tasnim Ananna (2018).
Vulnerability or Capability: A Review on Gender Dimension of Disasters. SUB
Journal of Sustainable Environment and Development, Vol. 3, pp. 49-67
Zenat
Islam, Shafinaz Sameen, and Anika Tasnim Ananna (2018). Water Logging Risks in
Dhaka City: An Overview and its Way Forward. Journal of SUB, Vol. 8, Issue 1 &
2, pp. 27-36
Zenat Islam and Md Saiful Anam
(2018). “Eleven Shiva Temple Complex”, Abhaynagar, Jessore,Bangladesh: The
Potential Hub of Sustainable Urban Regeneration. International Journal of
Engineering Sciences and Technology, Vol 7/Issue4, pp. 737-742
Zenat Islam, Anika Tasnim Ananna and Sharif
Tousif Hossain (2020). The Architecture of Inheritance: The sense
of belongingness through shared community spaces. ArtePolis8, 2020, Journal of
Physic- IOP Science
Anika
Tasnim Ananna, Zenat Islam and Iffat Salwa Nova (2019). Urban-Informality:
Analysing the present scenario of Dhaka city and approaches towards the control
and betterment. 7th International Urban Design Conference (ICCPP)
2019, pp. 201-219
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Membership Expire Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Save the Heritage Bangladesh | Member | 2014 | |
| 2 | Habitat for Humanity- Bangladesh | Voluntary | 2018 | |
| 3 | Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB)- Membership No: I-112 | Full Member | 2018 |
| SL | Award Title | Award Type | Year | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best Art Director Award | Short Film (Robi Film Festival) | 2013 | Bangladesh |
| 2 | Best Paper Award | Award for Research | 2019 | Sri Lanka |
| SL | Certificate Title | Institution | Year | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Workshop on Dhaka Mahanagar Imarat Nirman Biddhimala 2008 | Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) | 2013 | Bangladesh |
| 2 | Professional Development Training for Faculty | State University of Bangladesh | 2015 | Bangladesh |
| 3 | Faculty Development Training | State University of Bangladesh | 2016 | Bangladesh |
| 4 | 2-Day Faculty Development Program on ‘Mentoring Students for Quality Standards” | State University of Bangladesh | 2017 | Bangladesh |
| 5 | CSSR & Fire Training | Dhaka University | 2018 | Bangladesh |
| 6 | What is “SMART CITY” Dialogue, Discussion and Brainstorming | Daffodil University | 2018 | Bangladesh |
| 7 | RECOGNITION FROM ARCASIA FORUM 2020 as an active member of International Delegates Reception Committee. | IAB | 2019 | Bangladesh |
| 8 | Best Paper Award at 7th International Urban Design Conference (ICCPP) Colombo- Sri Lanka. | Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa | 2019 | Sri Lanka |
| 9 | Presenter at 7th International Urban Design Conference (ICCPP) Colombo- Sri Lanka. | Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa | 2019 | Sri Lanka |
| 10 | Presenter at Arte Polis 8, 2020 Creative Society and the making 0f Place: Redefining Space in Digital era. Virtual, 2020. | Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia | 2020 |
