User:Munfarid1/Suhailey Farzana

Suhailey Farzana is a Bangladeshi architect.

Life and career
Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements in Dhaka wrote about their faculty member "Her interest is to understand and explore the “co-creation” process with people; be it housing, craft making, or city planning. Empowering herself and others through this process is the excitement of her work. She is the co-founder of Co.Creation.Architects and Platform of Community Action and Architecture (POCAA). Suhailey is also closely involved with Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR) and Community Architects Network (CAN). She pursued her Bachelor of Architecture and Masters in Development Studies from BRAC University, Bangladesh.

With Khondaker Hasibul Kabir, she received the UIA 2030 award and Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2022 for their works by the river in Jhenaidah city, Bangladesh. "

2023 book 100 Women: Architects in Practice  In his 2024 review British architecture critic Oliver Wainwright wrote about Fazana "as a facilitator, empowering local women to learn together."

"who works with communities to design homes and public infrastructure, including women’s toilets (still a rarity in the country), that they can plan and build themselves."

"One project, in the city of Jhenaidah, aims to extend pathways along the river, introducing facilities like an amphitheatre, toilets and river steps for washing and bathing, in a process of “purification” – both literal and metaphorical.

In their blog about the , "It is a housing process, where poor people are helping poor people by organizing themselves through savings. The process aims to empower the powerless people collectively, not individually. Here people identify problems and opportunities in their communities through community mapping and profiling activities."

Publications

 * with S. Chowdhury, I. Shahriar, Kabir, K.H. and F. H. Mallick (2012).


 * “We grow Together” By Suhailey Farzana

http://communityarchitectsnetwork.info/openSource_publication-iss.php?ic...(p. 04)


 * “O City, what do you want to be?” Understanding what cities want through co creation with Emerald Upoma Baidya and Nazia Roushan

https://theccd.org/articles/o-city-what-do-you-want-be-understanding-wha</... through-co-creation


 * “The Essential Questions for Us as Architects” with Khondaker Hasibul Kabir http://www.achr.net/upload/downloads/file_25112019122445.pdf p. 6

Awards

 * Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 2022, Urban River Spaces (with architect Khondaker Hasibul Kabir)
 * UIA 2030 Award for Architecture, 2022, ‘Co-creation of Urban Spaces by the Naboganga River in Jhenaidah City’ as a team member of CCA (Co.Creation.Architects)
 * Berger-IAB Young Architects Award, 2017 in Multi-family residence category, for designing “Citywide Community Housing Process in Jhenaidah” (in a team with other community architects of Co.Creation.Architects and POCAA)
 * Honorable Mention in INTBAU Excellence Awards 2018 as part of Co.Creation.Architects