- Faculty of Architecture
- Department of Town & Country Planning
- Professor
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Department of Town & Country Planning
Faculty of Architecture
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Local Planning Group Project -Undergraduate -2015
Communication I -Undergraduate -2015
Planning Theory -Undergraduate -2015
Research Project -Undergraduate -2015
Chairman, University Master Plan Committee - (2007 To 2015)
Head, Department of Town & Country Planning - (2008 To 2013)
Director General, National Physical Planning Department - (2016 To 2019)
Chairman, Urban Development Authority - (2016 To 2019)
President, Institute of Town Planners Sri Lanka - (2018 To 2020)
Director, Faculty of Architecture Research Unit - (2009 To 2014)
Research Activities
An analysis of the spatial forms of Sri Lankan Urban Areas with ‘Space Syntax’ for Planning Purposes
An application of ‘Connectivity Analysis’ to explain the urbanizing locations in Kegalle district, Sri Lanka
Towards an objective criterion to evaluate ‘streetscapes’ of Sri Lanka
Evolution of a City: a Space Syntax approach to explain the spatial dynamics of Colombo
Reading a ‘Pattern’ in Sri Lankan Landscape through Alexander’s Notes on the Synthesis of Form
Urban Design in Sri Lankan context , Planning Theory & the Evolution of Contemporary , Planning Practice & institutions, Spatial Cognition & Environmental Imageability
Education and Professional Affiliations
Masters, University Of Moratuwa ,1993
Bachelors, University Of Moratuwa ,1990
PhD, National University of Singapore ,2004 Urban Planning & Urban Design
Sri Lanka Institute of Transport & Logistics(2015 To date)
Fellow Member - Sri Lanka Institute of Architects(1995 To date)
Fellow Member - Institute of Town Planners Sri Lanka(2006 To date)
Affiliate - Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA(1995 To date)
Career
Honours and Awards
South Asian Research Fellowship by the Social Scientists? Research Council, New York (Received 2006)
John Lysaght Award to follow MSc in Architecture (Received 1992)
National University of Singapore PhD Scholarship (Received 2000)
New Housing Researcher?s Travel Award by Cambridge University, UK (Received 2004)
CIC Charitable Trust Award for the Most Deserving Student of BSc(BE) (Received 1990)
Jagath Munasinghe (Received 1987)
Publications*
Karunarathne G, Munasinghe, J and Shaffique T,".Non Visible Beyond Visible - Perils of Urban Regeneration of Slave Island.",Routledge,2022
Munasinghe, J N,".From Governing a Local Area to Localizing a Governing Area: An alternative approach to define local government areas in Sri Lanka.",First International Conference on Local Governance -Global Challenges & Experiences-,Sri Lanka Foundation Institute,2022,33
,".Our Common Future in Sri Lanka: Some Thoughts for Professionals .",Nimal de Silva Felicitation,Colombo,2016,119-126
Kabilan Saumyamoorthi,".Spaces of Conflict: The case of Postwar Jaffna.",South Asia Urban Forum,Colombo,2015,
Wijesekare I and Munasinghe J,".A study of the contribution of temporary assemblage towards sense of place: in Aluth-Nuwara sacred area, Sri Lanka.",FARU JOURNAL ,09-01,2022
Rathnasekare S N and Munasinghe J N,".Sustaining the Image of the City: What Matters More? An Investigation in the City of Colombo.",FARU JOURNAL ,08-01,2021
Munaisnghe J. N. & Bandara A,".Finding the Logic of Location: An Analysis of the Distribution Pattern of Urban 73 Activities in the City of Colombo with Space Syntax.",FARU JOURNAL - 2020,07- 01,2020
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