• Product usability of utensils used in nasya karma of Sri Lankan indigenous medicine; with special reference to the Gokarna yantra 

  Mohotti, U; Ranasinghe, D [Conference-Full-text]

  The practice of Sri Lankan Indigenous Medicine is highly acknowledged for its many special benefits with respect to Allopathic (Western) medicine. It is a system of medicine that has one main target; to cure an illness not ...
• Perception of contractors on usage of alternative dispute resolution methods in construction industry of sri lanka 

  Dissanayake, D.M.A.B.; Abeynayake, M.D.T.E.; Pandithawatta, T.P.W.S.I [Conference-Full-text]

  Construction industry is a complex and high-risk industry where large variety of parties with different skills are involved. Due to this multi-party involvement and their diversified interests, construction projects ...
• Competencies of quantity surveyors in a developing economy 

  Vidana Gamage, S.; Dissanayake, Y.; Disaratne, V. [Conference-Full-text]

  As a prominent construction professional in the construction industry, quantity surveyor shall be sharp with required competencies to overcome the challenges within a developing economy context. Therefore the study is ...
• Non-verbal communicative aspects of verandah in “walauwa” under uva province: a case study 

  Mendis, M. S.; Jayasignhe., S. [Conference-Full-text]

  Vernacular architectural built environments are bio climatically comfortable, effective spaces as means of achieving comfort. “Pila” is a sustainably designed built environment with a goal of long term sensitive humanization ...
• Sinhala traditional music of Sri Lanka for stress relief: an interaction design intervention 

  Wadinambi Arachchi, S; Samarawickrama, S. [Conference-Full-text]

  Stress is one of the utmost heard words in today's world. Developing unnecessary stress over a prolonged time could become chronic. With this fast pace, the time has become a decisive factor in each one’s life. Thus, people ...
• A Comparative analysis about the indoor thermal environment of a room with and without transitional space or threshold in traditional row houses adjacent to a narrow alley “Rupchan Lane” in old Dhaka, Bangladesh 

  Tasmia, F; Majumder, B; RAHMAN, A. [Conference-Full-text]

  Attaining appropriate thermal comfort conditions for users in built forms, located in a warm and humid sub-tropical climate is a complex phenomenon. Especially, when it is resided at a congested place like old Dhaka ...
• Implementation of RIBA plan of work (2013) at pre- contract phase to minimize conflicts of construction projects in Sri Lanka 

  Withanage, K.; De Silva, N. [Conference-Full-text]

  The construction industry holds a wide range of closely incorporated organizations and a diverse range of professionals. Therefore conflicts are obvious in construction projects due to the involvement of multidisciplinary ...
• Green bim for existing buildings 

  Rathnasiri, P.; Jayasena, S. [Conference-Full-text]

  There was a flourishing interest and cognizance on green building constructions in past few decades due to considerable negative impacts for the environment from traditional construction processes. In light of this, number ...
• From horizontal to vertical: habitus transformation in resettlement of underserved communities to high rise buildings 

  De Silva, R.; Botejue, P. [Conference-Full-text]

  Housing… amongst the many discussions of architecture and sociology, there isn’t a topic more timely and relevant. A main concern in the discussion, the urban poor living in long established underserved settlements, grow ...
• Impact of outdoor learning landscape on psychomotor skill of primary school children cases from Colombo, Sri lanka 

  Perera, B.T.S; Hettiarachchi, A A. [Conference-Full-text]

  Integration of landscape design elements in school environments to develop learning and skills of children is a research area of increasing interest. Development of psychomotor skills is established as vital in the overall ...
• Identification of functionality and usability aspects of traditional paathraya’ in sri lanka 

  Thilakarathna, K.C.M.; Ranasinghe, W.M.N.D. [Conference-Full-text]

  Functionality and usability can be identified as main key factors under the field of Product design. Traditional products have survived for many years in the history of a particular region or culture. In the perspective ...
• The Effectiveness of street characteristics for creating a city image; a study of Galle road, Colombo 

  Perera, D.D.S.; Coorey, S [Conference-Full-text]

  The "Image" of the Asian city is associated with its street character, forms and patterns and it is distinctively different from its Western counterpart. The "Streets" play a dominant role in the formation of a city’s ...
• Sustainable applications behind geographically indigenous product cultures : a study of village communities in central high valley, Sri Lanka. 

  Perera., W. D.; Ranasinghe., W.M.N. D. [Conference-Full-text]

  While going through the existing creative knowledge applications of the present day world, it is a fact that all of them are not applicable to all the contexts that one might come across. Hence there is a need of finding ...
• Experimental investigation on the optimal lifting height of a self-compacting in-situ cast mud-concrete load-bearing wall segment 

  Arooz, F.R.; Perera, K.L.T.H.; Chandra, M. S.; Halwatura, R.U. [Conference-Full-text]

  Initial objective of this research is investigating the optimum lifting height of a wall segment of self-compacting in-situ cast Mud-Concrete load bearing walls. It is a novel walling technique which has been developed ...
• Form development of clay module for optimize evaporative cooling with wind flow 

  Liyanarathne., B.L.S.W; Ranasinghe., W.M.N.D; Halwatura, R.U [Conference-Full-text]

  Evaporative cooling is one of most important passive cooling systems which is used since ancient times. As a passive cooling system direct evaporative cooling is the basic method. There are most of evidences in use of ...
• Urban water body development for recreational purposes in sri lanka: a comparative study of public perception and willingness to pay 

  Ratnayake., R; wickramaarachchji, N; wattege., P [Conference-Full-text]

  This study explores public perception and their willingness to pay for open water area recreational development in two distinct locations: Diyatha Uyana, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte and Beach Park, Matara in Sri Lanka. A ...
• Implementing building energy efficiency retrofits (beer) in hotel buildings: a case study of shallow retrofit 

  Fasna, MFF; Gunatilake, S [Conference-Full-text]

  Currently, there is a decisive need around the world to retrofit existing buildings to have higher energy performance. Compared to the significant potential for energy conservation in existing buildings, still the level ...
• Late colonial period merchant houses at Birulia: a study on architectural features 

  Enam Rabbi, A; Islam, T [Conference-Full-text]

  Bangladesh is rich in its unique culture and heritage, latent in its architecture and settlements. Facing challenges and struggles to be a global capital, the 400-year-old city - Dhaka seeks its historical identity amongst ...
• Appraising the influence of landscape design on traffic generated air pollution of urban parks 

  Rajapaksha, I; Ekanayake, M [Conference-Full-text]

  Urban parks are predominant constituents of an urban design which contributes to enhance the quality of life of city dwellers. Location of an urban park is an important design decision and the Public Outdoor Recreational ...
• Urban alleyways as a functional landscape element and its effect on live able city : a study with reference to Kandy city 

  Gunarathne, CPA; Chandrasekara, DP [Conference-Full-text]

  A good city is a fascinating manmade creation which stimulates the physical and psychological satisfaction of its dwellers. Positive public realm is the core of liveable city. Urban alleyways are one such significant, micro ...

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