Faculty Profile

Mohammad Shamsul Arefin

Associate Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Architecture, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801719482862
  • Email: [email protected]

Research Profile Links

Biography

Mohammad Shamsul Arefin has been serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (www.sust.edu) in Bangladesh. He joined as a Lecturer here in 2009. He also served as a Guest Faculty in the Department of Architecture at Leading University (www.lus.ac.bd) in Bangladesh from 2012 to 2018. Mr. Arefin did his Master Degree in Landscape Architecture (MLA) from Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Germany, Bachelor Degree in Architecture (B.Arch) from Khulna University in Bangladesh. He has research interests in the field of Community Landscape and Conservation, Urban and Rural Housing, and Architectural Theory and Criticism. He has a one-year of professional working experience in Landscape Architecture in Germany.

Education

  • Master of Arts in Landscape Architecture (MLA), Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  • Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch), Architecture Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh
  • Higher Secondary Certificate Examination (HSC), Ispahani Public School and College, Bangladesh
  • Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSC), Ghorashal Pilot High School, Bangladesh

Research Interests

  • Community and Street Landscape
  • Landscape Conservation
  • Urban and Rural Housing
  • Architectural Theory and Criticism

Active Research Project

  • 1. An Observation on the Student’s Outdoor Productive Landscape Environment surrounding the Academic Buildings of SUST, Bangladesh. Responsibility: Principal investigator. Fund: Self fund.
  • 2. Design Guidelines for Campus Landscape to Enhance Students’ Outdoor Productive Activities; Case Study: Academic Buildings of SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh. Responsibility: Principal investigator. Fund: Self fund.
  • 3. CPTM as a Sustainable Strategy for an Effective Traffic Management; Case Study: The Area adjacent to SUST Gate, Sylhet, Bangladesh. Responsibility: Principal investigator. Fund: Self fund.
  • 4. Urban Tourist Trail; Experiencing Sylhet through Heritage and Culture. Responsibility: Principal investigator. Fund: Self fund.
  • 5. Unfolding the Social Dynamics, Insights and expectations of the Third Gender Community. Study Area: Sirajgonj 3rd Gender Colony. Responsibility: Co-investigator. Fund: Self fund.

Previous Research Project

  • 1. "Cyberviolence Against Women in Bangladesh.", Responsibility: Co-investigator, Funded by the University Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • 2. "An Analytical Observation of Street Landscape in Urban Area Focusing on Morphology and Environment. Case Study: Sylhet City Corporation Area, Bangladesh.", Responsibility: Principal Investigator, Funded by the University Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • 3. "Discovering Sylhet: Spatial assessment framework to study the historic urban landscape of Sylhet city.", Responsibility: Co-investigator, Funded by the University Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • 4. "An Integrative Streetscape with modular Design Guidelines of the Spinal Streets of Sylhet City Corporation Area", Bangladesh. Responsibility: Principal investigator, Funded by the University Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • 5. "Cyber bullying Victimization: A Study on the Students of SUST", Responsibility: Co-investigator, Funded by the University Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

External Affiliations

  • Member, Institute of Architects, Bangladesh (MIAB: A 188).
  • Member, Sylhet City Corporation, Bangladesh (SCC: 0074)
  • External Expert (Landscape Architect, Architect, 2023 to present): University Master plan and Detail Plan Development Committee, Rangamati Science and Technology University, Bangladesh
  • External Expert (Architect, 2021-2024), Habigonj Pourashaba Building Plan Approval Committee, Bangladesh

Journal Publications

  • 1. Arefin, M.S., Roy, S., Haque, S.N., "Understanding User Perceptions of Pedestrian Over-bridges in Sylhet: Toward a Framework for Safer Urban Crossings", Journal of Asian American Studies, Vol. 28, No. 2, (2025), pg: 103-123, Doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17265655 (2025)
  • 2. Roy, S., Roy, P.P., Haque, S.N., Arefin, M.S., "Flood, Migration, and Urban Slum Crisis of Sylhet, Bangladesh", Journal of Scientific Research and Modern Technology (IJSRMT), Vol. 4, No. 7, (2025), pg: 94-109, Doi: https://doi.org/10.38124/ijsrmt.v4i7.683 (2025)
  • 3. Arefin M.S., Chowdhury S., Roy S., Haque S.N., "Integrative Streetscape with modular Design Guidelines of the Spinal Streets of Sylhet City Corporation Area, Bangladesh", International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT), Volume 10, Issue 8, Aug 2025, 1838-1956 DOI: https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25aug1113 (2025)
  • 4. Arefin M.S., Roy S., Saha K., Haque S.N., "A Study on Landscape Fabric of Low-cost settlements In Sylhet, Bangladesh", Journal of Geomatics, Land management & Landscape, University of Agriculture in Krakow, No 2, 2025, 99-124 DOI: https://doi.org/10.15576/GLL/205291 (2025)
  • 5. Arefin M.S., Roy S., Haque S.N., "Spatial Articulation and Dynamics of Bangladeshi Folk Dance", Journal of Xi'an Shiyou University, Natural Sciences Edition, Volume 68, Issue 4, Apr 2025, 172-185 DOI: https://xianshiyoudaxuexuebao.com/detail.php?id=DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15254310 (2025)
  • 6. Arefin M.S., Sifat I. S., Roy S., Haque S., N., "Remarkable spatial influences behind Shaping the Bangla Dance: performer and audience perspectives", International Journal of Innovation, Research & Technology (IJISRT), Volume 10, Issue 4, Apr 2025, 1128-1135 Doi: https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25apr769 (2025)
  • 7. Arefin, M.S., Saha, K., Haque, S.N., Uhrig, N., Kretzler, E., (2021), "A Modular Landscape Model for Low Cost Settlement. Case Study: Sylhet, Bangladesh", SUST Journal of Science & Technology, 31(1), pg: 44-56. ISSN : l682-895X DOI: https://doi.org/10.63512/sustjst.2021.38 (2021)
  • 8. Saha, K., Arefin, M. S., Dey, G., (2020), "Documentation and Architectural Interpretation of the Panishail Temple Complex, Maulvibazar, Bangladesh", SUST Journal of Science and Technology, 30(2). DOI : https://doi.org/10.63512/sustjst.2020.45 (2020)
  • 9. Chowdhury, S., Saha, K., Arefin, M. S., Haque, M., (2019), "Investigating the architectural origin of the gayebi mosque in Osmanpur, Sylhet, Bangladesh", Journal of Islamic Architecture, 5(4), 243-254. DOI:https://doi.org/10.18860/jia.v5i4.7569, ISSN print: 2086-2636, ISSN online: 2356-4644. (2019)

Conference

  • 1. Saha, K., Arefin, M. S., (2019), "Aesthetic and spiritual values of ecosystems: Recognising cultural ecosystem ‘services’ of tea agricultural landscape of Sylhet", Proceedings of 6th Annual Conference on Research Finding, University Research Centre, SUST, (pg: 4-5). (2019)
  • 2. Aziz, S., Arefin, M. S., (2019), “Extended responsive spaces beneath the flyover in Dhaka: The case of Kuril intersection”, 2019 BDI International Conference (Bangladesh in The Next 30 Years: Challenges and Prospects), Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, pg: 22 & 34 (2019)
  • 3. Saha, K., Arefin, M. S., Salsabil, J., Dewan, C., Dey, A. K., Hossain, R., Shaha, R., (2019), "Cultural Mapping of Sylhet : A Spatial Approach", Proceedings of International conference on Engineering Research and Innovation (ICERIE), Sylhet, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, (pg. 213-229). (2019)
  • 4. Saha, K., Arefin, M. S., (2018), "Discovering Sylhet: A spatial assessment framework to study historic urban landscape of Sylhet City", 5th Annual Conference on Research Finding. University Research Centre. Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet. (2018)
  • 5. Saha, K., Arefin, M. S., Dey, G., (2017), "Historical and physical investigation of Panishail Temple Complex, Raznagar,Maulvibazar", Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education (ICERIE), Sylhet, Shahjalal University of Science and technology. (2017)
  • 6. Saha, K., Arefin, M. S., Hasan, T., (2017), "Linking Nature-Culture in World Heritage Sites of Bangladesh: A sustainable Conservation Approach for Living Heritage", 19th ARCHASIA Forum Journal, Jaipur: ARCHASIA Conference. Available@ http://arcasiajaipur.com/pdf/arcasia-2017-final.pdf (2017)

Teaching

  • Community and Street Landscape
  • Landscape Conservation
  • Urban and Rural Housing
  • Architectural Theories and Criticism

Awards & Recognition

  • Best Paper Award, International conference on Engineering Research and Innovation, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Sylhet, Bangladesh, March 2017.

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. Supervise 2/3 Undergraduate Theses by Research/Design in B.Arch level every year from 2009