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A Comparative study of traditional and contemporary settlement patterns in Sri Lanka with special reference to Kurunegala District

Jinadasa, KN [Thesis-Abstract]

The concept of a settlement is the place for living together as a group. Therefore the arrangement of the, settlement can be identified as the altered environment to ensure the spread of development efforts and the quality ...
A Silent language : an examination of the symbolic significance of dwellings

Senadeera, G [Thesis-Abstract]

Dwelling is both the process and artifact. It is the process of living at a location and the physical expression of doing so. In great many cultures it is the largest artifact that a man, a woman, or their family may ever ...
Changing expressions of middle income houses in relation to owners status : a study on the post colonial period middle income houses in Colombo

Aponso, MASK [Thesis-Abstract]

Ways of life had been the basis of house forms created by people through the ages. House had become the important physical object to express the status in addition to the behavioral pattern of a particular society. The ...
Concept of unity in Architecture : the manifestation on spirit of place

Hettiarachchi, AA [Thesis-Abstract]

This Dissertation calls attention to the evidence of a perfectly interconnected system of all the creations o f existence on earth. Perceiving this interconnectedness has been established as the destination of "Dwelling", ...
Context of globalization and house : an examination of changing form of House and its living environment due to the impact of globalization with special refernece to Sri Lankan culture

Tilakarathne, WHCS [Thesis-Full-text]

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 ...
From commodity to place : a study of the process of "Making Home" in developer-oriented housing in Sri Lanka

Liyanamana, N [Thesis-Abstract]

Home is one of the fundamental needs of man. There is a deep rooted attachment between man and his home as the institution where family is matured. It reflect people's values, aspirations and future expectations and their ...
Opportunistic crime and built environment : an exploratory study of inherent security in house and housing design

Dharmatilleke, S [Thesis-Abstract]

The problem of urban crime is being focused upon very strongly as rapid urbanization in Sri Lanka has escalated this aspect into alarming proportions. Proded by the almost hysteric, security consciousness of the clients ...
Self and home : an examination of the manifestation of "self" in home

Pathirana, DSH [Thesis-Abstract]

Self and Home are constantly used words in architectural vocabulary. There is a common belief that, the home reflects the self of the user. But not many studies have done on this subject to understand the complexity of ...
The Sri Lankan rural vernacular: an examination of the changing pattern of houses with special reference to Matale District

Fernando, KMS [Thesis-Abstract]

Vernacular can be termed as native or indigenous form of activities, such as Art, Architecture, Music or language of a nation. The house form of Veddha community of Sri Lanka, their language and songs too could be termed ...
User as the place maker : an examination of home as an individual place

Balasuriya, BLKI [Thesis-Abstract]

The ability that an architect has to make a place is considered as the most fundamental work of the architects. It is difficult to generalize about the constituents of a successful place; to define the concept of place ...

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