Built-Environment - Sri Lanka
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Item A study of flood risk mitigation strategies in vernacular dwellings of Rathnapura, Sri Lanka(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects:Colombo, 2016) Dilhani, K.A.C.; Jayaweera, N.Item Aesthetics of urban space through collaborative urban planning:integrating environmental aesthetics with communicative theory of planning(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 2001) Munasinghe, H.The collaborative urban planning has the potentials to make cities more aesthetically pleasing to the dweller.in this paper,we focus on the strengths of the said theory to bring in the viwws of the user to the designing process of the urban space.our current research interest int he collaborative planning is also based on its abillity to formulate a wider basis for evaluation,development and conservation of the city and its life.we intend to argue that aesthetics,within the current consciousness,is not what is meant by bearty but what makes the mand familiar within his dwelling splace. Aesthetic therories hellp understanding the perception,appreciation or experiencing of the slpace in everyda;y life.By developing useful tools to discuss the values of urban space,the contemporary developments in the environmental aesthetics,especially within phenomenological and pragmatist philosolphy,could make the communicative planning therory more context-oriented.The current conception of planning as a decision making process that has little to do with humanistic perspective ofthe city is to be challenged and provided with alternatives here.This decision-making deals with many pracitical demands,but its conventional attitude has cost the city life.The communicative theory and collaborative planning as a practice,strengthen inhabitant's relations to the urban space and as such,could create a new as well as manage the existing without losings its links with the users,once reinforced with phenomenological and pragmatist ideaas developed in the environmental aesthetic theories,this new practice could strengthen the urban space to lpromote dwellingItem An analysis of the changing character of an urban street:a case study of the Galle road,Colombo(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 2000) Fernando, N.Item Analysis of urbanization trends in the greater Colombo area from 1956 to 1994 using air photos(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 1998) Majeed, M.Item Application of value management in construction(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 2003) Perera, S.; Karunasena, G.; Selvadurai, K.Item Appropriate research methods in architectural research. a survey of quantitative techniques(Sri Lanka Institute of Architests. Colombo, 2004)Item Architectural conservation of traditional mural paintings. the Sri Lankan experience(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 2003) Perera, T.D.N.Item Assessment of sustainability in the built environment: possible directions for developing countries(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects:Colombo, 2012) Emmanuel, R.Item Assuring project quality. the importance of enhancing contract documents(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 2003) Gunawardena, N.D.Item Causes, nature and effects of variations in highways(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 2011) Priyantha, T.H.S.; Karunasena, G.; Rodrigo, V.A.K.Item City dwellers’ perception of urban environment in Bhubaneswar, India and its correlates(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects:Colombo, 2012) Rout, N.R.; Bhagat, R.B.Item Colour as an agent for low energy design:a field experiment implemented in Sri Lanka(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects:Colombo, 2019) Wijeratna.W.H.P.; Hettiarachchi. A.A.Item Colour associated emotional and behavioural responses: A study on the associations emerged via imagination(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects:Colombo, 2012) Hettiarachchi, A.A.; De Silva, N.Item Colour associated thermal impacts:manifestation and contributing factors with reference to red and blue(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects:Colombo, 2019) Hettiarachchi, A.A.; De Silva, T.K.N.P.Item Comparative study of existing institutional chairs used in Sri Lanka with special reference to design dimensions(2005) Mohamed thariq; Munasinghe, HItem A comparative study of ICTAD 1989 and ICTAD 2002 standard conditions of contract for building and civil engineering works(Sri Lanka Inst. of Architects. Colombo, 2004) Rameezdeen, R.; Shiyamasuntharan, R.Item Comparison of cultures in consultant and contractor organizations in construction industry(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 2003) Rameezdeen, R.; Gunarathna, N.Item Construction work and the worker:comparative study of craft and mass scale technologies in building construction(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 2002) Rameezdeen, R.; Pathirage, C.Item Cost modelling for roofing material selection(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 2002) Perera, R.S.; Fernando, U.L.A.S.B.Item Costs of quality in construction. can these be reduced through implementation of ISO 9000?(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 2004) Gunawardena, N.D.; Wickremarachchi, M.M.P.