Dr. Hamza Babangida

Name: Hamza Babangida

Sex: Male

Date of Birth: 22nd November, 1969

State of Origin: Katsina State

Place of Birth : Katsina Town

Nationality: Nigerian

Marital Status: Married

No of Children: Three Boys

Contact address: Department of Architectural Technology, Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Katsina State Nigeria

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PhD Built Environment

PhD. (Built Environment), International Islamic University Malaysia (2010)

Master of Science (Msc) Architecture

Ahmed Bello University Zaira (1997)

Bachelor of Science (Bsc) Architecture

Ahmed Bello University Zaria (1995)

Advance Level I.J.M.B

College of Advance Studies, Zaria Kaduna State (1990)

O Level G.C.E.

Govt. Sec. School Fadan Kaje, Kaduna State (1987)

Lecturer I (March, 2008-Date)

Department of Architecture, College of Environmental Studies, Hassan Usman Katsina polytechnic, Katsina, Nigeria.

Lecturer II ( July, 2001 – March, 2007)

Department of Architecture, Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, Nigeria

National Youth Services Corp

External Appointments

Federal Housing Authority Abuja 1999-2000

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State (June, 2010-date)

Member Post graduate Programmes Management committee of the Faculty of Environmental Design, Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State (October, 2010-date)

Co-opted member (adviser on technical matters) Committee on land transactions and illegal developments within the traditional setting by the Katsina State Government, Nigeria. (November, 2010-date)

Service Provider on Community Infrastructure Programme Support Office Katsina, International Fund for Agricultural Developments-Community Based Agriculture and Rural Development Programme (IFAD-CBARDP). Key roles include design development of relevant community infrastructure. Evaluation appraisal and recommendations on of on-going and uncompleted C.I project in participating seven States in Nigeria

Research Officer, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, for Book Publication Under the Al-Bukhari Foundation titled: An Anthology of Essays of Islamic Values in the Theory and Practice of the Built Environment (2007)

Membership of professional bodies

Member, Association of Architectural educators of Nigeria M-AARCHES/215

Member, Nigeria Environmental Society (MNES) M-1325

Associate Member, Nigerian Institute of Architects

International Conferences

Islamic aspects of Built Environment of northern Nigeria: a qualitative survey of planning and architectural attributes. Presented at the 3^rdInternational Conference on Research and Development held at the Miklin Hotel, Ghana, (November, 2010)

Role of Islamic Built Environment Criteria (IBEC) in the Evolution and Character of Hausa traditional housing typology in northern Nigeria: a case study of kasar Katsina. Presented at the 8^th International Symposium on Sustainability, Science and Management (UMTAS) organized by University Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia (May, 2009).

Striking a Balance between Hospitality and Family Privacy in Muslim home: a case for urban Hausa traditional house in northern Nigeria. Presented at the ‘UMRAN 2009 HEALING THE WORLD’ organized by the Department of Landscape Architecture, International Islamic University, Malaysia on 25^th -26^th March, 2009

Islamic Aspects of Urban Hausa traditional House in northern Nigeria. Published by Archi-search Journal, January, 2011. A Publication of the Department of Architecture, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria- Kaduna State Nigeria

Measuring Residents Satisfaction for the Katsina Urban Hausa Traditional house. Published by the ‘ENVIRON’ Journal, January, 2011. A Publication of the Faculty of Environmental Design, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Kaduna State Nigeria

Striking a Balance between Hospitality and Family Privacy in the Muslim home: a case for urban Hausa traditional house in northern Nigeria. Published by Devconsort services, in the International Journal of Social and Policy Issues, Vol. 7, No. 2, December, 2010 edition

Islamic Built Environment Criteria and Privacy influence in the evolution of Hausa traditional housing typology. Published by Devconsort services, in the International Journal of Social and Policy Issues, Vol. 7, No. 1&2, December, 2010 edition

Integrating Islamic Built Environment Criteria in Toilet Design of Public Prototype Housing: a case for Goriba Housing estate Katsina-Nigeria. Published by Journal of Science, Management and Technology, a publication of the Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic, Kazaure, Jigawa State-Nigeria

Thesis and Projects

Unpublished PhD Thesis (2010) titled: Impact of Islamic Built Environment Criteria on the Evolution and Architectural Character of the Urban Hausa Traditional House. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Built Environment) Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design International Islamic University, Malaysia

Unpublished Msc Dissertation (1997) titled: Achieving Passive Control of Solar Energy through Architectural Design. A Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Master of Science degree, Faculty of Environmental Design, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State-Nigeria.

Unpublished Bsc Project (1995) titled: Islamic Architecture; Concepts and Significance to Muslims: A Project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Science degree, Faculty of Environmental Design, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State-Nigeria.

Design of administrative offices of Katsina State Primary Health care Development Authority headquarters (Funded by World Bank) Katsina

Resident architects for multi-billion Naira Katsina orthopedic hospital Katsina (on-going)

Architects on site representing consultants in the Katsina state governments lodge project (on-going)

Coordinated overall site supervision on the completed 500 houses constructed by the Katsina State Government at Barhin, Katsina