- Faculty of Architecture
- Department of Architecture
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Department of Architecture
Faculty of Architecture
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Introduction to Green Architecture -Undergraduate -2016
Climate and Comfort -Undergraduate -2016
Design Projects -Undergraduate -2016
Structures project -Undergraduate -2016
Introduction to Green Architecture -Undergraduate -2017
Climate and Comfort -Undergraduate -2017
Design Projects -Undergraduate -2017
Structures Projects -Undergraduate -2017
Faculty nominee -Member of the Board of Higher Degrees, Faculty of Architecture (2016 To 2019)
Faculty nominee -Member of the Board of Studies, Faculty of Architecture (2016 To 2019)
Coordinator Level One -Structuring and Management of the Design Projects (2016 To 2016)
Coordinator Level One -Structuring and Management of the Design Projects (2017 To date)
Faculty nominee to Senate - (2019 To date)
Director Quality Assurance - Director QA, Faculty of Architecture (2019 To date)
Research Activities
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,1991 B.Sc. (B.Env), First Class Honours, exempted from RIBA Part 1
Masters, University of Moratuwa ,1996 M.Sc. (Arch), exempted from RIBA Part II
PhD, Nagoya University ,2003 Doctor of Engineering (Dr.Eng.)
Sri Lanka Institute of Architects(1997 To date)
Architectural Institute of Japan(2000 To date)
Royal Institute of British Architects(1997 To date)
Career
Honours and Awards
Invited Lecture: International Symposium of the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia on “Global health issues in Asia”, AASSA 20 (Received 2015)
Award of Excellence, Outstanding Research Performances (for the 3 years ending 31st December 2013) (Received 2015)
Award of Excellence, Outstanding Research Performances (for the 3 years ending 31st December 2015) (Received 2016)
Invited Speaker: ICCMS 2017, International Conference on Computational Modelling and Simulation (Received 2017)
Post Doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Sydney (Received 2010)
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Australia, (Received 2003)
Best Researcher Award, Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, (Received 2012)
Dr. Justin Samarasekara Award for the Best M.Sc. (Architecture) Dissertation, University of Moratuwa (Received )
Highly Commended Pass for Comprehension Design Project of M.Sc. (Architecture), University of Moratuwa (Received )
Publications*
N.N. Jayaratne, I. Rajapaksha,".Quality of Life of Elderly Living in Cities: Investigating the Social Responsiveness Attributes of a Middle-Income Settlement in Colombo District.",From Innovation To Impact (FITI),Colombo,2021,1-6
Rajapaksha, I., R.G.P. Sandamini,".Appraising indoor thermal perception of elderly in hot climates: An experimental investigation of free-running residential aged care homes in Colombo.",FARU ,Moratuwa,2021,237-247
Jayasinghe, W.S. Rajapaksha, U.,".Building Energy Index and morphology: Critique on urban office building stock of Colombo Municipal Council Region .",16th International Conference of Science Council Asia,Colombo, Sri Lanka,2016,
Liyanage, C. Herath, M.,".Sustainable Domestic Waste Water Management Mechanisms: Exploring Current Practices in Ratnapura Municipal Council Area.",16th International Conference of Science Council Asia,Colombo, Sri Lanka,2016,
,".Green apparel factories and worker's perception: Post occupancy evaluation on indoor environment, building related sick symptoms and productivity.",International research symposium on Blue-Green era and environment,Colombo, Sri Lanka,2016,27-28
,".Exposure assessment on pollutant gases in road side office interiors: Case of air-conditioned and free running interiors.",Air that we Breathe - 2016, Sixth National Symposium on Air Quality Management in Sri Lanka,Colombo, Sri Lanka,2016,
Keerththana Kumareswaran, I. Rajapaksha, G.Y. Jayasinghe,".Energy poverty, occupant comfort, and wellbeing in internally displaced people’s residences in Sri Lanka.",Energy and Buildings,236,2021
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