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Saiqa Iqbal Meghna

Assistant Professor

Saiqa Iqbal Meghna completed her Bachelor of Architecture degree in 2008 from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Besides practicing as an architectural consultant, she started teaching as a full time faculty in the Department of Architecture, Stamford University. Her office participated in many architectural competitions and has been awarded in some major competitions including 1st prize in ‘Holcim Green Built Bangladesh’, idea project category; 2nd prize in Gulshan Club, 3rd prize in Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh. She participated and presented papers in several international seminars and conferences. She has travelled in many cities in Europe, attended lectures and visited important architectural schools which have influenced her interest in bridging the gap between academic and professional practice. Her Master’s degree in Digital Tectonics and four months research program on Digital Fabrication has accelerated her research interest on contextual interpretation of architectural form generation. She received IAB Design Award, the most prestigious professional architectural design award of the country in 2018 for designing public place.

Department of Architecture

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saiqa@bracu.ac.bd

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  • Education

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    •    2011: Open Thesis Fabrication. Four Months Advanced Research Program. Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain
    •    2011: Master in Advanced Architecture in Digital Tectonics. Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Spain
    •    2008: Bachelor of Architecture. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

  • Publications

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    Books

    Mallick, F. H., Ghani, S. M., Zaman, F., Meghna, S. I., & Hassan, N. (2016). Folio 1. BRAC University Press.

    Journals

    Meghna, S. I., & Chowdhury, S. S. (2016). E-Library at Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka. DOT, a Quarterly Journal on Art & Architecture, 1(3).

    Conferences

    Iqbal, S., & Chowdhury, S. S. (2013). Contextual customization of design process: Design through the digital and the material. In International Conference Future Traditions. Porto, Portugal: University of Porto.

    Iqbal, S., & Chowdhury, S. S. (2012). Generative pattern through material behavior: Fabric as flexible formwork. In 2nd International Conference on Flexible Formwork. UK: University of Bath.

    Iqbal, S., & Chowdhury, S. S. (2012). Recuperating Unknown: Design through material behavior. In International Seminar on Architecture: Education, Practice and Research. Dhaka: BUET.

    Chowdhury, S. S., & Iqbal, S. (2010). Street as a sustainable cultural space. In 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Building Design in South Asia “SBD10.” Lahore, Pakistan: National College of Arts.

    Chowdhury, S. S., & Iqbal, S. (2009). Theorizing sustainable architecture: Post modernity for sustainable ethical aesthetics. In International Seminar on Theorizing Sustainable Building Design “SBD09.” Lancashire, UK: Edgehill University.

     

  • Professional Activities

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    Current Position:
    •    Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Brac University
    •    Founding Partner, Stha.Ni.K Architectural Consultants
    •    Founding Partner, StudioMorph Architects

    •    Coordinator, Rafiq Azam Travel Bursary for Students of Architecture, BRAC University
    •    Coordinator, Noman Award for Excellence in Design, for the students of Architecture, BRAC University

    Previous Positions:
    •    Visiting Faculty, BRAC University, May 2012 to April 2013
    •    Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Stamford University, September 2008 to January 2012
    •    Part time Architect, Atelier Robin Architects, 2008
    •    Worked Part Time as a Scholarship Holder on several projects conducted by the Digital Fabrication Lab Barcelona, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, 2011

  • Courses Taught

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    •    Arc 301: Design V
    •    Arc 302: Design VI
    •    Arc 501: Design IX
    •    Arc 412: Landscape Design
    •    Arc 112: Graphic Communication II
    •    Arc 214: Computer Graphics
    •    Arc 315: Digital Visualization

  • Conferences, Talks, and Speaking Engagements

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    •    ‘Emergence of a Third Form_ Contextual Intervention of Contemporary Design Thinking’,  presented in the International Conference “Architecture, Education and Society; Towards a Worldwide Dialogical Revolution on Architectural Critical Education” held in Barcelona, Spain in June 2014
    •    ‘Contextualization of the Digital: Design through Material behavior’, reviewed long paper presented at the 20thGeneral Assembly and Conference of the Commonwealth Association Architects: Architecture, Response and Responsibility’, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 2013
    •    ‘Recuperating Unknown: Design through Material Behavior’, presented in the ‘International Seminar on Architecture: Education, Practice and Research’ held in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, February 2012
    •    Participated as the youngest panelist with other eminent architects in the panel discussion ‘Rethinking the Pedagogy of Design Studio’ under the banner of 'ANGAN' in the 10th year celebration of the Department of Architecture of BRAC University held on 7th October 2012.
    •    ‘Theorizing Sustainable Architecture: Post Modernity for Sustainable Ethical Aesthetics’, presented jointly in the ‘International Seminar on Theorizing Sustainable Building Design “SBD09”’, held in Edgehill University, Lancashire, UK, 2009
    Travel Experiences and others:
    •    Travelled in prominent Architecture Schools, Machines and Robotics labs, Advanced Manufacturing Companies of Architectural Materials such as Glass, Concrete etc. across several cities of Europe including Stuttgart, Munich, Zurich, Lausanne, Bern, Basel, Karlsruhe, Geneva as a part of Digital Tectonics Studio Research Trip, Open Thesis Fabrication Research Trip including studio trip to Venice Architecture Biennale, 2010.

    •    Attended important Lectures by world renowned architects like Sir Peter Cook, Kaas Oosterhuis, Theodore Spyropoulos, Bjarke Ingels, Farshid Moussavi, Enric Ruiz Geli, David Adjaye, Moshe Safdie including Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne, Peter Eisenman, Shigeru Ban, Kazuyo Sejima etc.

  • Awards, Honors

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    Architectural Competitions:
    Awards:
    •    2nd Prize, ‘The Expressive Introvertness’, Open Architectural Design Competition for Gulshan Club, 2011
    •    1st Prize, ‘Symbiotic Living’, Idea Project Category, Holcim Green Built Bangladesh Contest, 2010
    •    3rd Prize, ‘The Continuum of Memory’, Design Competition for Liberation War Museum Bangladesh, 2009
    •    1st Prize, Stall Design, International Construction Fair, 2009
    •    Berger Travel Grant Award, to study the Transitional Space between Old and New part of the Capital Cities of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, 2007
    •    3rd Prize, Revitalization of IEB, Design Competition held among the students of 4th year, BUET, 2007
    •    Selected in the Top Twenty, ‘Seventh International CAA Student Design Competition 2006’ for ‘A Small Sustainable Sports Center’

    Participation:
    •    Participant, Design competition for Anjuman Mofidul Islam, 2013
    •    Participant, Design competition for Unity Complex, 2012
    •    Participant, Design competition for Agrani bank Bangladesh, 2011
    •    Participant, International Design Competition for Istanbul Disaster Prevention and Education Center, 2011
    •    Participant, International Design Competition for the Cyclone Shelter for Bangladesh, 2009
    International Art Competitions:
    •    Bronze Award, ‘The 28th International Children’s Art Exhibition’
    •    Silver Medal, ‘Shankar’s International Children’s Art Competition’, 1994
    •    Merit Prize, ‘Asian Children’s Art Contest’, Japan, 1992
    Grants and Scholarships:
    •    EMMAsia (Erasmus Mundus Mobility with Asia) 2013 Scholarship holder as BRAC University Faculty.
    •    Merit Scholarships, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, in 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th year.
    •    Technical Scholarships, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2002- 2008.
    •    Partial Scholarship, Masters Program, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.
    •    Partial Scholarship, Open Thesis Fabrication, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.

  • Membership

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    •    Candidate Member, Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) CI 080
    •    Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia Alumni, Barcelona, Spain, 2011

  • Research Areas/Interests

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    •    Exploring the potentials of Digital Technology in the context of Bangladesh.
    •    Bridging the gap between academia and practice in the field of Architecture.
    •    Emergence of Complex Geometries from material behavior, material optimization, natural systems and pattern formations.
    •    Parametric thinking and its implication in architecture.
    •    Interconnection among art, craft and the digital.

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