- Faculty of Architecture
- Department of Architecture
- Senior Lecturer Grade I
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Department of Architecture
Faculty of Architecture
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
-Undergraduate -2016
-Undergraduate -2016
-Undergraduate -2016
-Undergraduate -2016
-Undergraduate -2016
-Undergraduate -2016
-Postgraduate -2016
-Postgraduate -2016
-Postgraduate -2016
COURSE DIRECTOR -MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAM IN URBAN DESIGN Administer the two year academic programs, organise lectures, field visits, tests and examinations, coordinate with internal and external module coordinators (2010 To date)
COURSE DIRECTOR -POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAM IN URBAN DESIGN Administer the academic programs, organise lectures, field visits, tests and examinations, coordinate with internal and external module coordinators (2010 To date)
DIRECTOR- UOM Urban Lab- CENTRE FOR CITIES -Manage and run the centre activities, organise and conduct meetings with the members of the centre (2017 To date)
Coordinator of AHEAD Research Grant Project - (2019 To 2023)
Head of the Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa - Teaching, Administration, Program Management, Examinations, Maintain the quality of program Delivery of BArch and BLA programs (2021 To date)
Research Activities
Sustainable Architecture
Urban Design
Community Planning and Design
Heritage conservation
Education and Professional Affiliations
, University of Moratuwa ,1987 BSc in Built Environment
Masters, University of Moratuwa ,1992 Master of science in Architecture
, PG Diploma in ACOMAS ,1995 Post Graduate Diploma in Architectural Conservation of Monuments and Sites
PhD, University of Aachen ,1999 Urban Renewal and Urban Design
Masters, ,
Bachelors, ,
Masters, ,
Town Planners Institiute of Sri Lanka(2009 To date)
International Council of Monuments and Sites(1993 To date)
Fellow of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects( To date)
Full Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners MCIP(2005 To date)
Member of the International Council of Monuments and Sites( To date)
Sri Lanka Institute of Urban Designers(2020 To date)
Career
He has a professional work experience of more than 30 years in the fields of architecture, urban design, and planning. He has previously worked in Germany and Canada involving with conducting research in the areas of urban design and urban heritage and also involved with urban design and planning project implementation working as an urban designer in the City of Toronto and as a senior urban designer and urban planner in City of Clarington in Ontario. Currently, he works both in the practice and academic environments while extensively involved in teaching, research, and publication in the areas of architecture, urban planning, sustainable urban design, city and public space, and built heritage.
He has delivered paper presentations and attended as conference session chair at several national and international scientific symposiums and professional conferences on architecture, urban planning, urban design, city and people, urban heritage conservation, sustainable design, and community sustainability. He has previously worked as the Editor in Design of “The Architectâ€- Journal of SLIA, Editor of ‘UDA Journal’ and the author of several recent research publications. He has worked as the conference chair of several international conferences on the themes of sustainable living, Cities, people and places, and Future Envisions in Architecture. He also has contributed with his expertise in many national development projects in Sri Lanka.
He is currently involved with supervising undergraduate dissertations, postgraduate and Ph.D. dissertations/thesis in the areas of urban design, urban planning, city and people, urban heritage conservation, sustainable design, and community sustainability. He currently supervises Ph.D. research thesis works on the areas of creativity education and the relationships of behavior and spatial design in low-income community neighborhoods, and typological studies of administrative functions. He has won a Research Fellowship (1995) and a Publishing Grant from the Federal Republic of Germany (2000), Sri Lanka Institute of Architect’s Architect Award (2013), and Sri Lanka Institute of Architect’s Architectural Research Publication Award (2013), Sri Lanka Institute of Architects Design Award (2017).
Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa
Honours and Awards
Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Annual Design Award (Received 2013)
Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Annual Design Award (Received 2017)
Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Research Award (Received 2013)
Research Fellowship (Received 2003)
DAAD Research Fellowship (Received 2000)
Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 (Received 2024)
Publications*
,".Urban Conservation and the Renewal of Historic City.",Fruende des Raiff e.V. Schinkelstr. 1, 52062, Aachen, Germany. 2002, iii. Geiteswissenschaften, Nr. 4, ,2008
Janaka Wijesundara, Ahranyakumari Kumaraguruparan, Nimali Aththanagalla, Clarence Dissanayake, Gayathri Kaushalya ,".Assessing Urban Safety and Comfort of Urban Public Spaces for Sustainable Urbanization; Case Of Colombo, Sri Lanka..",2023 SMUS India Conference,University of Roorkee, India,2023,196-198
Kumaraguruparan, A., Wijesundara, J., & Weerasinghe, U. ,".Effective designing and maintenance of urban streets using live update map on user discomforts and threats in public streets of Colombo..",6th International conference Urban E-Planning,Lisbon, Portugal,2022,
Rathnasiri, A., De Silva, N., & Wijesundara , J. ,".Managing Streetscape Vegetation for Sustainable Urbanization in Sri Lanka.",6th International Forestry and Environment Symposium ,Colombo,2022,p. 140
Pathinayake, A,".“Cultural Continuity as a Vital Factor in Delivering Identity, Memory and sense of Place”.",International Conference on Applications of Mathematics to Nonlinear Sciences (AMNS-1016), University of Kathmandu,,University of Kathmandu,,2016,
,".“Regenerating Sri Lanka; Invigorating Public Spaces and Cities”.",National Conference on Architecture 2012; Sri Lanka Institute of Architects,BMICH, Colombo,2012,
,".“Building for Social, Economic and Cultural Sustainability”.",International Conference of Commonwealth Architects (CAA), Commonwealth Association of Architects,Colombo, Sri Lanka,2010,
Kumaraguruparan, A., Wijesundara, J. & Weerasinghe, U. ,".A review on prioritizing physical safety and comfort in urban sustainability assessment tools to effectively control accidents in streets of Colombo.",FARU Journal,9(1),2022
,".Designing for Socio-cultural sustainability; Case of Northern Communities of Sri Lanka.",CIDA Journal 2015, Construction Industry Development Authority,Vol XII, ISSNN: 20128509,2015
Pathinayake A.,".Imaging Cities; Social Perception and Physical Composition; Case study of Pettah, Colombo..",Cities People Places: An International Journal on Urban Environments,Vol. 1(1): 2015,2015
Agrawal S. K., O Neill M. ,".“Tall buildings and lessons for Colombo, Sri Lanka”.",Urban Design International, Palgrave Macmillan,June 03, 2015, UK, ISSN: 1357-5317. EISSN: 1468-4519,2015
,".Re-invigorating the spirit of the place in kandy; Urban Design & City Planning Strategies.",Built Environment Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Institute of Architects,Vol. 11, Issue 02: 2015,2015
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