- Faculty of Architecture
- Department of Town & Country Planning
- Senior Lecturer Grade I
Contact information
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 -Master Plan Committee of UoM (2015 To date)
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
PhD, National University of Singapre ,1994
Masters, University Of Moratuwa ,
Bachelors, University Of Moratuwa ,
Masters, NUS ,
Sri Lanka Institute of Architects(1995 To date)
Institute of Town Planners Sri Lanka(2007 To date)
Associate Member - Institute of Architects,( To date)
Corporate Member - Institute of Town Planners( To date)
Member - Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA( To date)
Career
Honours and Awards
South Asian Research Fellowship by the Social Scientists? Research Council, New York (Received 2006)
John Lysaght Scholarship 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 Fund Awards for Highest Aggregate in the Second Year of the course in BSc(BE), and Most Deserving Student of the Course University of Moratuwa (Received 1990)
Awarded the University of Moratuwa Award for Highest Aggregate in the First Year of the course in BSc(BE), University of Moratuwa (Received 1987)
Publications*
,".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,
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