CUET Hosts 3rd International Conference on Green Architecture

The two-day international conference on green architecture has commenced at the central auditorium of Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET). The ongoing “3rd International Conference on Green Architecture (ICGrA 2025)” is jointly organized by the Green Architecture Cell of CUET’s Department of Architecture. The conference was inaugurated on the morning of Thursday, 4 December, by CUET Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Mahmud Abdul Matin Bhuiyan.

Also present at the inauguration were Chief Engineer Md. Khalekuzzaman Chowdhury of the Department of Public Works under the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Planning Professor Dr. Muhammad Rashidul Hasan, Head of the Department of Architecture, BUET Professor Dr. S. M. Nazmul Imam, Conference President Professor Dr. Ashiqur Rahman Zowarder of BUET, and BUET Architecture Department Professor Dr. Zebun Nasrin Ahmed.

Keynote papers were presented by Associate Professor Dr. Masa Noguchi of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia, and Principal Architect K. Kashef Mahbub Chowdhury of Arbana Bangladesh. The closing remarks were delivered by Conference Secretary and Head of CUET’s Department of Architecture, Professor Dr. Sajal Chowdhury. The session was hosted by 20th batch students Dosang Pru Marma Opi and Nahrin Ahmed Nakshatra.

In his inaugural speech, CUET Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Mahmud Abdul Matin Bhuiyan emphasized that young professionals are the architects of a sustainable future Bangladesh. He noted that their creativity, research, and innovative vision would ensure a livable nation. Universities today, he said, are not merely knowledge institutions but also drivers of innovation, policy influence, and industrial transformation. He stressed that buildings and communities should be not only environmentally friendly but also conducive to human health, inclusive, and sustainable. Achieving these goals requires interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration among architects, engineers, planners, and researchers.

The conference has drawn top academics, scholars, and researchers from Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, and other countries. Two keynote speakers are participating, with a total of sixteen technical sessions scheduled over the two days. Additional activities include poster exhibitions, a joint international PhD research seminar, and five parallel workshops on environmental architecture. Six PhD research presentations from various countries will also be featured. Out of 150 submitted papers, over 80 will be presented across the sixteen sessions, with more than 40 posters displayed.

Coinciding with the conference, a two-day architectural project exhibition is being held in the Department of Architecture. Sponsors include Nippon Paint, BSRM, Seven Rings Cement, DBL, Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL), Stella-Luxury Sanitary Ware, Techno Art Software, and Nestlé.

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