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"Design with Nature" incorporation of natural elements in contemporary architecture in Sri Lanka

Senarath, NK [Thesis-Full-text]

This dissertation intends to study the use of natural elements in architecture in order to address the issues relating urban built spaces and contemporary architecture in Sri Lanka. Architecture can be defined as an impact ...
Socially conscious architecture: an examination of the co-relation between 'way of life' and design of public spaces

Wijesundara, WMIR [Thesis-Abstract]

Considering about exterior civic spaces, it comes up with widely varying images. Roads filed by traffic, intense experience of human activities, both stimulating and stressful. Buildings used in a way that they are not ...
A Study on architectural design communication in the process of designing as an attribute to the designer

Wijekoon, WMPC [Thesis-Abstract]

"Architects produce diagrams, not buildings but diagrams that are wholly immanent, wholly embedded and co-extensive with the materials configurations and forms of buildings" Braham, W. [2000] P 09. A work of architecture ...
Responsive urban building edges: exploratory study on the supportiveness of the building edge; to the activities and mode of behaviour of the people, in urban public spaces

Wijekoon, WHMSRB [Thesis-Full-text]

Most of our present day cities have not provided proper "architectural settings" for the urban spaces. Since, the "urban activities" have an inseparable link with the urban place, or in other words social and spatial ...
An Examination of the functional efficiency of adapted buildings with special reference to the city of Colombo

Wijayaratne, PNA [Thesis-Abstract]

A well designed building responds well, to the requirement s of the particular client, which consists of the spaces compatible for the function, fulfilling functional efficiency. When the original function does not work ...
An Analytical study of indirect reuse and its impact on spatial quality

Wickramanayaka, RS [Thesis-Full-text]

The incompatibility between architectural elements, buildings, and urban contexts arisen, has created an inability to identify contexts. Because the link of new buildings with existing buildings is lost. To get back that ...
A Study of urban dwellings on comfort and spatial quality with special reference to architectural interventions for natural ventilation

Waidyasekara, KATJ [Thesis-Abstract]

The rapid development of the twentieth century, which produces human dwellings in every possible corner of vicinity, has a great effect on the environment that it has resulted a substantial deterioration in local climate ...
An Examination of the importance of user satisfaction : a study of socio-spatial relationships with respect to middle income housing

Vipulaguna, MSV [Thesis-Abstract]

Architecture is a reflection of social, cultural, economic and environmental dimensions of a particular society. As architecture reflects the prevailing requirements of a particular society, their house forms were moulded ...
Steelness in architecture: contemplation on the spirit of material in architectural expression

Sunil, WK [Thesis-Abstract]

Materials merely create architecture, implies; architecture hardly finds its existence on earth on the absence of materials. Hence utter for an indivisible manner of coexistence. Beyond and above that, materials have a ...
The Flavors of space in architecture: a study of its adaptation in spatial progression

Sandirigama, HB [Thesis-Abstract]

The emotions of man are directly linked with art which of course is an expression of human sprit. By contemplating life and nature an artifact is derived by the artist. Thisinvolvement of human emotions in the making of ...
An Examination of conflicts and constraints in adopting vernacular architectural elements in domestic buildings in Sri Lanka

Samarakoon, BWS [Thesis-Full-text]

From the ancient times, in every region of the world, the indigenous, folk, vernacular architectural tradition has gradually developed with some differences such as region, culture, religion, climate, topography etc. After ...
An Examination of Eastren tradition on materials in contemporary architecture: special reference to Sri Lankan context

Roshani, PDN [Thesis-Abstract]

An examination of eastern tradition on materials in contemporary architecture –special reference to Sri Lankan tradition, the study is an attempt to comprehend the application of materials in eastern tradition based ...
Evaluative image of cities: with special reference to the city of Kandy

Rathugama, SR [Thesis-Full-text]

Creating images is fundamental to people. 'Home', 'hometown', 'place of worship', 'grandmother', 'love' etc. provide finest examples. Creating images is also synonymous with evaluating images. This in turn provide for (re) ...
An examination of the relationship between housing policy and objectives in Sri Lanka with special reference to the architectural implications

Ranatunga, RMP [Thesis-Full-text]

Housing is for peoples living. It has many interrelated aspects in the context of built environment. The people process of living in a present crucial and critical in the provision of housing. "If provision of shelter is ...
Light : an expressive matrix of architecture a study of photo-effects in architecture through metaphors of photography

Premarathna, MLNH [Thesis-Abstract]

Conventional photography creates two dimensional time frozen paintings where ink is light and brush is a camera. The canvas becomes the photo sensitive celluloid. These two dimensional images are considered photographs. ...
An Analyses of the thermal comfort potential of vegetation, in tropical urban outdoors, with special reference to urban streets in Colombo

Panawala, PVJ [Thesis-Abstract]

Urbanization is becoming critical in environmental point of view all over the world. An over concentrated populating in space puts a huge weight on the region's overall ecosystem. As big cities grow, the population movement ...
Idea of home and its architectural manifestations in Sri Lankan urban context

Liyanage, JKCD [Thesis-Abstract]

For the very fact that the home being the perfect expression of the self, home became the most profound initiation of human existence. Home is the perfect place where man's physical and psychic being is nurtured in its ...
Use of colours in architecture : an examination with special reference to its psychological effects and power in man's built environment

Kumudini, RM [Thesis-Abstract]

Every thing in this world of ours has to have some colour or other. All of nature is colorful and even the gray of dust or, soot in the most depressing as melancholy places always have their own typical colours. Where ever ...
"Architecture for discipline" : examination and analytical study through military architecture, with special reference to "officer mess buildings" in Sri Lankan army camps

Kulatunga, MUK [Thesis-Full-text]

Architecture is the art of creating built environment, the thoughtful structuring of spaces and articulations of hollows to inhabitant by the man. It is conscious change to the environment, which leads to man's physical ...
Examination of concepts embodied in customs and beliefs of the traditional domestic architecture that resulted in a sustainable relationship between man & nature

Karunaratne, KLS [Thesis-Abstract]

In ancient civilizations people depended totally on nature for their survival. They feared and respected nature and therefore nature was considered almost divine and came to be worshipped. They believed in super natural ...

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