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Research Interests: |
Design Theory
and Methodology, Environmental Design Research, Behavior Mapping,
Shape and Shape Grammars, Space Syntax, Architectural Design. |
| Professional
Interests: |
Architectural
Project Management, Architectural Design Consultancy,
Investment/Asset Management, Foreign Exchange/ Futures Trading,
Business Consultancy, Web Development Strategy. |
| Extra-curricular
Interests: |
Web Development,
Graphic Design & Printing. |
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| Doctoral
Research Title: [ completed] |
Dissertation
Title: A Study on the Applications of Environment Behavior
Research in Architectural Design Practice of Japan
[ Past (failed project) ]
Exploring
the applicability of electronic data retrievers as a tool
for precision mapping of human behavior for Environmental
Design Researchers
[ Dissertation
Proposal ] [ Proposal
Presentation ]
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| M.Engg.
in Architecture Research: |
‘A
Figurative Study of Louis Kahn’s Capitol Complex at Dhaka:
Analysis through Shape and Shape Grammars Theory.’
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Abstract
in pdf ] [
Full Thesis
in pdf ] |
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B.Arch
Thesis Project: |
Design
of the National Secretariat at Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a thesis
on the work of Louis I Kahn’s Capitol Project at Dhaka
and relationship with the B.Arch thesis design as executed on
the Master Plan of Kahn. [
Sample Visual ] |
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- Meher, K.S.A. & Nagasawa, Y.
2005. ‘Behavior Research and
Architectural Practice: Factors leading to the gap in Japan.’
Paper accepted at the EDRA 36 Conference to be held in Vancouver,
Canada, during 29th March through 4th May, 2005.
- Meher, K.S.A. & Nagasawa, Y.
2003. Identifying Features
of Healthcare Facility Design as a Means to Contain the Spread
of Epidemic Infectious Diseases; New Technologies for
Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, ICUS/INCEDE Report 3,
Tokyo, Japan.[ pdf
][ Presentation
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- Meher, K.S.A.
2002. A Figurative Study of Louis Kahn’s Capitol
Complex at Dhaka: Analysis through Shape and Shape Grammars
Theory, Graduate School of Engineering Thesis Transaction
2002, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. [
pdf ]
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| Worksops/Competition: |
- Design
Competition: Participated in the International DuPont
2000 Design Competition on the project of ‘A Cancer
Treatment and Preventive Studies Retreat’ at LaJolla,
California, USA.
- IYSH
Workshop: Participated in the ‘Housing Seminar
in Commemoration of the IYSH (International Year of Shelter
for the Homeless) held in Tokyo, Japan, August 20 –
27, 2002, sponsored by Japan Housing Association and supported
by The Building Center of Japan. [ My
Weblink ]
- Tokyo
Story : Participated in the ‘Tokyo Story’
workshop, a joint collaboration between Architecture Association
(AA), London, Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, and the University
of Tokyo, on the propagation of Urban Prototypes following
the ‘EOTM’ theory, conducted by Raoul Bunschoten.
[ My
Weblink ][ Central
Website Link ]
- Ramen
Architecture : Participated in the ‘Ramen Architecture’
workshop hosted by Department of Architecture, the University
of Tokyo, conducted by guest professors from Vienna Institute
of Technology, Austria, on the use of Form Z in terms of geometries
of knots in the urban fabric, held in April, 2000.
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