Md. Zahidur Rahman
Lecturer
Department of Architecture, MIST
Teaching and Research Interest:
Adaptive design; Disaster-resilient architecture; Migration, displacement, and spatial adaptation; Context-responsive design; Urban design and cultural diversity, Adaptive reuse, Sensory architecture, Computational design and AI-driven architecture.
Educational Qualification:
- Master of Architecture
Khulna University, Khulna
- Bachelor of Architecture
Khulna University, Khulna
Work Experience:
- Lecturer
Department of Architecture,
Military Institute of Science and Technology(MIST), Dhaka
01.12.2024 to Present
- Project Architect
Infrastructure Development and Beautification Project,
Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, GoB
Project Basis
- Part-time Lecturer
Architecture Discipline,
Khulna University, Khulna
17.07.2022 to 28.11.24
- 3D Visualizer
Research and Design Consultancy Unit [RDCU],
Architecture Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna
01.03.2023 to 28.11.24
Affiliation:
- Associate Member, (AR-591), Institute of Architects, Bangladesh.
Publications& Exhibitions:
Journal Paper
- Khulna University Studies Journal
Title: The Individual Entity of a Culturally Diverse Place in Bangladesh: A Case
of Saidpur City
Author: Md. Zahidur Rahman
DOI: doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2022.ICSTEM4IR.0135-se
Publisher: Khulna University
Book Chapter/Conference Paper
- 4th Global Border Urbanism Research Centre Conference (BURC 2025)
Title: Displacing Homes: Adaptive Responses and the Spatial Realities of Coastal Displacement
Author: Md. Zahidur Rahman&Tarana Tabassum
Status: Accepted for publication as book chapter (In press)
Publisher: Routledge
- 4th Global Border Urbanism Research Centre Conference (BURC 2025)
Title: Homing Under Constraint: Spatial Injustice and Shelter Adaptation in Rohingya Refugee Camps
Author: Tarana Tabassum &Md. Zahidur Rahman
Status: Accepted for publication as book chapter (In press)
Publisher: Routledge
- CEPT Essay Prize Book 2025
Title: Anchored in Motion: Reframing Abandonment Through Vernacular Resilience in a Displacing Landscape
Author: Md. Zahidur Rahman
Status: Accepted for publication as book chapter (In press)
Publisher: CEPT University
- 3rd Global Border Urbanism Research Centre Conference (BURC 2024)
Title: Scavenged Dreams: Cultivating Transitional Shelters for Tomorrow in Jaliakhali
Author: Md. Zahidur Rahman, Dr. Sheikh Serajul Hakim, Md Sadiquzzaman
Status: Accepted for publication as book chapter (Presented as Research Poster)
Publisher: Routledge
- At Point Zero – First Edition 2023
Title: IMAGINE
Author: Md. Zahidur Rahman
ISBN: 978-984-35-3426-2
Publisher: ArchTwist Limited
Exhibitions/Digital Publications
- Curious Minds Research Festival
Title: Scavenged Dreams
Organizer: Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Ideas Pocketbook 2023
Title: Temple of Contemplation
Author: Md. Zahidur Rahman
Publisher: Archisource
- Sthapattya O Nirman – Architecture Magazine
Title: Infusing the Void
Website link: sthapattya-o-nirman.com/en/students-projects/
- Exhibition of KSRM Awards for Future Architects [4th cycle]
Title: Infusing the Void
Organizer: KSRM & IAB
Venue: Multipurpose Hall, IAB
- Commonwealth Association of Architects – Online Thesis Exhibition
Title: Infusing the Void
Organizer: Commonwealth Association of Architects
Exhibition link: www.comarchitect.org/caa-online-thesis-exhibition/
- ArcDeck.net
Title: Delhi's Project Ventilator: A Scope to Breathe Again
Website link: www.arcdeck.net/e-book
- AIA Austin's Design Voice Digital Publication
Title: A Catalyst to New Normal
Organizer: AIA Austin
Selected Competitions:
• CEPT Essay Prize 2025
Organizer: CEPT University
Status: Top 12
• The Future of the Profession – Empowering the Next Generation in Participatory Urban Design 2025
Organizer: UIA - International Union of Architects
Status: Entry
• InspireLI - Lumion Architecture Prize 2023
Organizer: InspireLI
Status: Best Composition Award
• Thesis of the Year Award: 2023
Organizer: Archmello
Status: Honorable Mention
• Drawing of the Year 2022
Organizer : Archisource
Status : Shortlisted
• International Thesis Competition A4TC 2022
Organizer : Archiol
Status : Shortlisted
•Al-Generated Art Competition 2022 - IMAGINE
Organizer: ArchTwist Ltd.
Status: Winner
• KSRM Awards for Future Architects: Best Undergraduate Thesis 2022
Organizer: KSRM & IAB
Status: Top Twenty-Eight
• National STEM Competition 2021
Organizer: BdSTEM
Status: Top Twenty
• Visual Story Telling Competition 2021
Organizer: Context BD & BAA (Bangladeshi Architects in Australia)
Status: Honorable Mention in Heritage Pictogram
• Radical Urban Intervention 2020
Organizer: Arcdeck.net
Status: Top Ten (Fourth) in Student Category
• Drawing of the Year - 2020
Organizer: Aarhus School ofArchitecture
Status: Participation
• Fentress Global Challenge - Airport of the Future 2020
Organizer: Fentress Architects
Status: Participation
• Force Majeure 2020
Organizer: American Institute of Architects - Austin
Status: Top Seven in Urban Cleanliness Park category
• Sundar Bäri — SEARCH International Student Design Competition 2020
Organizer: Sustainable Education and Action in Architecture Status: Participation
Scholarships
- National Science and Technology Fellowship
Organizer: Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of Bangladesh
Status: Session 2024-25
- Khulna University Merit Scholarship
Organizer: Khulna University
Status: Session 2016-17, 2017-18, 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2022-23
Significant Workshops/Training
• Heritage Sketch Camp 2025 –
Reviving the Spirit of Architecture Through Live Lines
Location: Old Dhaka
Workshop facilitator: Sajid Bin Doza, PhD
• MATIYAL_A Workshop on Earthen Architecture_2023
Location: Pathra, Jhenaidah
Workshop facilitator: Ar. FatihaPolin, Founder & Executive Director, PERCEIVE
• Fire Protection Training 2023
Trainer: Dr. Jun Matsuo, Team Leader, Retrofit Expert Team, RDPB
Organizer: Retrofitting Technology Dissemination Program in Bangladesh (RDPB)
• Equity, Health, and Environment: Toward a More Just Global City_2022
EUI Workshops - Module 3: Architecture
Course Outline & Speakers:
l. Hospitals, led by Dr. Oliver Sukrow, Austria
2. Salutogenic architecture, led by Dr. Adam Nadolny, Poland 3. Collective housing, led by Dr. Katarina Andjelkovic, Serbia Organizer: Epidemic Urbanism Initiative (EUI)
• Algorithmic thinking in Architecture –
A grasshopper beginner course: 2022
Course Instructor: S.M. AhidujjamanAnik
Organizer: Studio 8.5X22
Software Proficiency
Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Flow Design, Google Sketchup Pro, Lumion, Adobe Creative Cloud [Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Lightroom, Acrobat Pro, Firefly] Microsoft Office Suite, Google Apps, Revit, Grasshopper, ArcGIS, Blender, Vray, Rhino.
