Rishad Ahmmad

Rishad Ahmmad is an architect and environmental specialist pursuing a doctoral degree in Building Technology at Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet. His research centers on enhancing daylighting and lighting conditions in livestock buildings, contributing to both animal welfare and sustainable farming. Rishad combines his diverse academic and professional background in architecture and sustainable buildings to design rural, agricultural, and animal buildings. His professional interests encompass architectural design, energy efficiency, virtual reality applications for daylighting and lighting design, computational design, and building performance simulations.

Retrofitting daylighting and electric lighting in livestock buildings (2023–2026, ongoing). Funded by the EELYS program of the Swedish Energy Agency (Statens energimyndighet) and the Department of Biosystems and Technology (SLU).

Courses responsibility (AUST, Bangladesh): Design studio I, V, VI, IX (25–33%), Computer Aided Design (33%), Interior Design (33%), Physical Planning I, III (100%), Computer Aided Design (33%)

Courses responsibility (SLU, Sweden): Animal Husbandry Technology (TN0340) and Building planning (TN0256), Sessional instructor for drawing software, lecture on lighting in animal buildings

Student supervision:
B Arch level, 6+ thesis projects (AUST, Bangladesh)
MSc level, 2 thesis project (Lund University)
BSc level, 1 thesis project (lantmästare, SLU)

PhD in Building Technology (2023–2026, ongoing), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden
Project title: Retrofitting daylighting and electric lighting in livestock buildings. Funded by EELYS program of Swedish Energy Agency (Statens energimyndighet) and Department of Biosystems and Technology (SLU).

MSc in Energy-efficient and Environmental Building Design (2020–2022), Lund University, Sweden
Degree project: Security Lighting in Horse-riding Halls: Development of a Simulation-led Testing Methodology in VR. An SLU-LTH-RISE project funded by Svenska Ridsportförbundet. Education financed by a Swedish Institute Scholarship.

Bachelor of Architecture (2010–2015), Khulna University, Bangladesh
Thesis project: A vision for old Dhaka: Redevelopment of the old Dhaka central jail area. Education financed by Khulna University Merit Scholarship (2011–2015).

Architect (2022–2023), Momax Arkitekter, Malmö, Sweden
Major involvements: Borlänge riding facilities, Lund riding facilities (LCR), Grand Hotel Lund extension, horse stables in Everlöv, Grevlunda, and Stångby, Fulltofta Boutique Hotel, villas in Komstad, Pilhyllan, and Rörum, Torups Slott storage shed.

Associate Architect (contract) (2021–2022), Trikon Architects, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Major involvement: Landscape design of Padma R/A Park, Rajshahi (key person).
Architectural Design Coordinator (2018–2020), Porilekh Architects, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Major involvements: Memorial Park at Bijoy Sarani in Dhaka, Green Forest Eco Resort at Cox’s Bazar, several architectural design competition projects, design research projects (sustainable flood-safe homes in coastal areas of Bangladesh).

Assistant Professor (2019–2020), Lecturer (2016–2019),
Department of Architecture, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Committees: Departmental syllabus review committee with a focus on Outcome-based Education (OBE), Architecture Society of AUST, Architecture Program Report committee responsible to fulfil the accreditation standards of Institute of Architects Bangladesh (ASIAB 2010), departmental printing and publications committee, seminar and workshop organizing committee, departmental archive committee.