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Personality traits of Sinhala fonts on road informative sign boards: on readers’ preferences test

Eramudugolla, S; Samarawickrama, S [Conference-Full-text]

Sri Lanka is a multi-lingual country and Sinhala, Tamil and English languages are used for communication purposes such as advertising, packaging and wayfinding etc. Among those communication tools, road signs help to keep ...
The grand canal envisioning water urbanism as the basis of metropolitan resilience of Dhaka city

Datta, S.; Ahmed, S [Conference-Full-text]

Dhaka, which has grown into one of the world's largest megacities, shows a very rapid rate of expansion in population, economy, and infrastructure. While River Buriganga in the south, River Turag in the west, Tongi Khal ...
Sinhala fonts and dyslexia. adopting latin script based research in to sinhala reading materials.

Jayathunga, M; Samarawickrama, S [Conference-Full-text]

Typefaces and fonts designed for the purpose of dyslexia and the dyslexic reader have increased over the recent years among scholars and designers due to the increase of literature on the disability and the development of ...
History as a learning condenser to improve QOL (quality of life)

Tisa, SA; Khan, MDR [Conference-Full-text]

Spaces in history give that spaces another dimension to promote learning and recreational facilitates to people that enrich their way of life. By providing the context needs, it ensures people’s participation and creating ...
Transition from urban voids to urban realm: utilizing abandoned spaces beneath the flyovers in Dhaka city

Sikder, SP; Alam, F [Conference-Full-text]

Even though flyovers are built to prevent congestion and be effective in reducing travel time, in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, they often contribute to create infrastructural urban voids as a result of inefficient ...
Multifaceted dimensions of urban form to revitalizing human interaction in dense cities

Khan, MDR; Tisa, SA [Conference-Full-text]

Cities are the place of contested living that voiced congested physical development within its defined territory. In the era of material aestheticism, the notion of form design only brushed up physical attributes, which ...
re-evaluating public space in urban slum: a case of korail basti

Promy, NS; Muntasir, H [Conference-Full-text]

Slums are the undeniable truth in the urban fabric of developing counties. As per UN Habitat 30 percent of world’s population live in slums and the vast majority of slums are located in and around urban centres. As reference, ...
Analytical study of the spatial diversity in additive modular architecture; with special reference to dutch structuralism

Gawarammana., MBMCB; Botejue, WPS [Conference-Full-text]

The research is based on stimulations of the modular architecture towards spatial diversity in buildings. The main attributes of the research is established on Dutch structuralism as the hypothetical base for the study. ...
Releasing the barriers of over sanctification of a sacred space re-evaluating functional configuration and usage of mosques in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Muntasir, H; Promy, NS [Conference-Full-text]

The mosque is a very important component for the Muslim community. Dhaka, the city of mosques is accommodating more than 6,000 mosques which refer to at least one mosque per 0.05km2 area. It has its great influence in the ...
Mutualistic architecture: implication on wildlife spatial habitat in tourism related buildings in Sigiriya, Dambulla area

Goonawardena, BKSN; Udalamatta, S [Conference-Full-text]

The research Support to comprehend the beneficial mutualistic relationship between architectural and biological systems and to investigate the mutualistic successive architecture (MSA) accommodate spatial habitat of wildlife ...
Colour and visual perception: exploiting visual perception of colour, in traditional ‘laksha’ products in Sri Lanka.

Amarakoon, AMD; Ranasinghe, WMND [Conference-Full-text]

Design decisions behind colour compositions of a product, play a major role in communicating an identity, purpose and functionality of a product. Also, how this particular product would fit in with what’s around it. When ...
Constructional detail vs. autonomous detail: evaluating the notion of architectural detail with respect to spatial construction

Sajith, S; Pathiraja, M [Conference-Full-text]

Very significant to the production of architecture is the notion of 'space', which injects a quality that creates meaning and expression to the final product. But an architectural product is also a collection of parts; ...
Enhancing the practices of spare part management in manufacturing industry

Abeyratna, SMDN; Thayaparan, M; Fayasa, AFC [Conference-Full-text]

Spare parts (SPs) are set of extra items that are used for emergency replacements of worn out and defective parts. Maintenance and provision of SPs are the two activities which need to be performed together. Maintenance ...
Biogas as a sustainable energy management and solid waste management solution for residential apartments

Dhanapala, ERGEM; Waidyasekara, KGAS; Liyanage, KLAKT [Conference-Full-text]

In the current global context, attention is being paid towards the sustainability. Moreover, there are many energy sector challenges, which are getting more critical day by day. In order to overcome from such critical ...
Hierarchical identity and space; a study on long surviving railway station interior in sri lanka.

Samarasinghe, AM; Jayasinghe, S [Conference-Full-text]

The visual interpretations of railway interior in Sri Lanka continue to maintain its timeworn fashion only with minor changes while infrastructure and furniture design in the rest of the world, experience rapid transformation. ...
Establishing risk indicators impacting the functionality of critical infrastructure in extreme weather events

Gupta, N; Paul, VK [Conference-Full-text]

Urban infrastructure and services are critical to functioning of society, economy and well being, especially in case of disaster, hazard or an extreme weather event. This paper focuses on the Extreme Weather Events and ...
Appraising the influence of paving materials on pedestrian thermal stress in tropics: evaluating the effects of tree shading on surface thermal performance

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

Escalating trend in the formation of urban heat island (UHI) in the cities of tropical Asia contributes to warming microclimates and imposes a greater challenge on human health and well-being. Rapid urbanization and declining ...
Use of architecture in demonstrating political power in post-confict colombo

Katugaha, BHMRI; Botejue, WPS [Conference-Full-text]

Architecture and political power have associated each other throughout the history. Architecture has the ability to ‘frame’ space and thereby structure actions and construct meaning. The study intended to research upon the ...
Exploring gender differences in students’ satisfaction with hostels in higher education institution campuses in india are we designing considering students could be girls?

Singhvi, A; Gupta, N [Conference-Full-text]

Students’ hostels are an essential component of higher education campuses where students come from far off places. The design quality of hostel buildings, public spaces and various amenities play an important role in ...
Examination on methods, techniques in structural designs of green wall conecepts: application to concrete brick wall in sri lanka

Rahuman, AA; Ranasinghe, WMND [Conference-Full-text]

Green and eco-friendly environment systems are having an evolution within the architecture and design fields. When designing built environments, it is the duty and responsibility of architects and designers to pay attention ...

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