Promotion of Urban Grey Space to Green Building

Dear respective person,

I am architect Imrul Kayes from Bangladesh. I have completed my under graduate thesis last year about informal sector of Dhaka city and it’s been sometimes that I am involved with BRAC University. In Bangladesh, the scope for architects to work in the developing sector or research work is very limited in terms of funding. However, in the present climate crisis Bangladesh is in the most vulnerable site. It is also prone to flood and other such disasters. So for taking preventive and mitigation measures the local people need technical assistance. Therefore as a responsible architect, my contribution lies in establishing the root of Sustainability in community development approach to increase the overall quality of their livelihood and create scope so that other architects and students can work in this developing sector.

In that connection I have already been involved in various BRAC projects such as, Housing for SIDR Affected Areas in Bangladesh, Participatory workshop in building safer houses in SIDR affected areas, Improved Design and Construction of Rural Housing in Noakhali, coastal region etc. I have also participated as a volunteer in a group of local and foreign students in the extension project of handmade METI School (Aga Khan Award 2007) at North part of Bangladesh with the German architect Anna Heringer. All these projects are based on sustainable material (like Bamboo, Mud, Wood), renewable energy and also focused on community development based on participatory process. It helped me to have a clearer perspective of Bangladesh for poverty alleviation and sustainable humanitarian development also given me the opportunity to understand and compare the rural and urban development which made me realize that there a lot of things/ issues which we have not been focused to achieve the principles of sustainable development and reverse the loss of environmental resources(MDG no7), Recycling of materials, alternative energy use, self sustain eco-village or low cost housing concept for slum development etc. My personal interest here is to have better understanding of problem solving in the international level with the help of appropriate technology through a participatory process in both my team and the local people.

Therefore, I would like to have this opportunity to putting my knowledge and experience about sustainable humanitarian development into good use through your organization. I can be reached on any time of the day to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your time spent reading this letter and the enclosed resume. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

with regards

imrul kayes

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