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‘Architecture of fear’: an analytical investigation on ‘negative impression’ in architectural design articulated by ‘integrated spatial and space-related aspects

Dayasagara, N; Botejue, P; Dharmatilleke, S [Conference-Full-text]

Architecture of fortification; iron bars and iron spikes, cinder blocks and barking dogs, razor ribbon wires, glass spines and security alarms- The city has been armed with apparent evidences all over the city. The ...

Art, cities and social enterprise

McQuilten, G [Conference-Full-text]

This paper explores the potential role of art-based social enterprises in contributing to sustainable urban development. It considers the examples of two social enterprises on opposite sides of the globe, and with ...

City as a performative place: asala perahara and the spatial dynamics of Kandy

De Silva, W [Conference-Full-text]

Traditional cities are dynamically re-enacted through regular performances and rituals. Kandy city is described within this per formative phenomenon in order to understand the dynamics of the place. Phenomenology is the ...

Collaborative facilities management in urban regeneration projects: problems and potentials

Weerasinghe, N; Sandanayake, Y; Bandusena, P [Conference-Full-text]

Urban areas are now being regenerated in great extremes to match with the local and global demand in Sri Lanka. Upgrading infrastructures, land and buildings are highly pressurized in urban regeneration projects given ...

Creating public spaces for all: learning from public spaces in Colombo

Anam, AA [Conference-Full-text]

In the wake of heavy investment on public space in and around Colombo it is the responsibility of designers to ensure that public funds are utilized for the creation of context-appropriate public spaces which satisfy the ...

Creation of appealing roadside landscapes using elements of prospect and refuge value

Samarasekara, G.N.; Imali, N.B.G. [Conference-Full-text]

Aesthetic improvements to roadside landscapes presents many challenges to the road professionals. Lack of documented knowledge of local landscape preferences force them to import design treatments that may not evoke ...

Digital archiving of architectural heritage

Esmaeili, H; Woods, PC; Thwaites, H; Hashim, K HB [Conference-Full-text]

Malaysia is experiencing disappearance of some of its post-independence architecture due to redevelopment. Historical buildings that could have been archived as national heritage have been demolished, tagged for demolition ...

The effect of street canyon geometry on outdoor thermal comfort in Colombo

Perera, N G R; Weerasekara, W M S B [Conference-Full-text]

Although life in the equatorial tropics is largely an outdoor phenomenon, modern urban development has by and large failed to facilitate such living in a climatically pleasant manner. The approach then, should be an ...

Effect of street canyon materials on the urban heat island phenomenon in colombo

Perera, N G R; Samanthilaka, K P P R [Conference-Full-text]

An Urban heat island (UHI) is best visualized as a dome of stagnant warm air, over the heavily built-up areas of the city. These have been observed practically all over the world and Colombo, Sri Lanka is no exception. ...

Enhancing private open spaces in indonesian cities: preparing children as future change agents

Mediastika, CE.; Nurdiah, A.; Julistiono, EK. [Conference-Full-text]

House expansion in many Indonesian housing has triggered lack of private open space and thus lack of rainwater absorption space. This causes inundation and flood during rainy season. Earlier research showed that housing ...

Impacts of the crown property developments in the city of bangkok: two case studies

Maglumtong, M [Conference-Full-text]

This paper is a report on part of a research project commissioned by the Crown Property Bureau, Thailand (CPB). CPB is a quasi-government agency responsible for managing the real property of the Crown of the Kingdom of ...

The institutional fix of historic revitalization behind property-led urban regeneration: the comparison between taipei and hong kong

Cassidy I-Chih, L; Shi, X [Conference-Full-text]

Since the 1990s, the content of urban redevelopment has been sharply transformed and including vibrant elements from economic to cultural, historic, social, and environmental considerations, which is termed as the ...

Invisible architecture; integrating subterranean Brussels in active neighborhood revitalization

Dissanayake, A [Conference-Full-text]

Brussels is a city with immense potentials and opportunities. Being at the heart of Europe, it is coherently connected with rest of the world both physically and figuratively. However, these opportunities and connections ...

Learning from precedents: emerging urban planning practices towards livable communities in Dhaka

Fatemi, N; Islam, N [Conference-Full-text]

The objective of this paper is to reveal the shift of thoughts in city planning in terms of livability demonstrated in one of the newly planned satellite towns of Dhaka city. Ever since the emergence of the term 'livable ...

People places: attributes that enable a convivial walk trail in Diyatha uyana, Kotte, Sri Lanka

Jagodaarachchi, A; Rajapakse, A [Conference-Full-text]

Introducing ‘green walk-trails’ to urban environments in Sri Lanka has become a popular intervention in the recent practice of urban development. People have embraced these trails as they fulfil the need for breathing- ...

Place making journey: transition in urban public open spaces from ancient to modern age

Soraganvi, S [Conference-Full-text]

Urban planning and design has proven to be an important element in shaping life styles, solving problems and giving new ways of living in the urban arena. The quality of urban life is one of the big goals that the field ...

Re-inventing Cities and Places (Pre-Text)

Dayaratne, R; Wijesundara, J [Conference-Full-text]

Re-thinking a city born housing : for the RMG workers

Khan, N.M.E. [Conference-Full-text]

Most garment workers in Dhaka city live in inhuman conditions in the informal settlements under poverty and in a very unhealthy and miserable condition; and within this filthy situation they are paying almost half of ...

Reduction of traffic noise due to improved road conditions: evidence from Matara & Hambantota, Sri Lanka

Sethunga, S.M.N.; Bodhika, J.A.P.; Dharmaratna, W.G.D. [Conference-Full-text]

“Road traffic noise” is becoming a serious problem for civilians living close to roads with heavy traffic in Sri Lanka. According to the statistics of Department of Motor Traffic, Sri Lanka, the total number of registered ...

Relationships between community as an ecomuseum and sustainable community development: lessons from Tainan, Taiwan

Zhang, H; Peng, ,C; Zhang, R [Conference-Full-text]

Increasingly serious environmental degradation has given new emphasis to the need for sustainable development. Such development take the community acts as the basic unit for holistic implementation. One emerging development ...

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