Browsing by Author "Mariyathas, S"

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Adaptations and negotiations of local people towards 'development': case of Hambantota, Sri Lanka
(2014-04-09) Mariyathas, S; Sooriyagoda, K
"Planners, designers and architects are not paying attention in knowing how things work in cities. On the contrary, they havegone togreat pains to learn how cities have to Ivork and what have to begoodfor people " (Jacobs, 1961). This has made them create cities in a way which they found 'ideal' to achieve lvhat they (mis)understood as 'development'. Furthermore, the trend of the recent ciry development in ma1!Yparts of the world incfuding Sri Lanka has been 'changing the existing according to what power wants'. All of which do not seem appropriate to the socio-cultural spaces that are produced by the localpeople in their dailY life. The localpeople, therefore, adapt various strategies to transform tuba: is given into hOJVit can be lived. This research examines such adaptation process and the responsive negotiations of local people towards 'development' in the case of Hambantota, Sri Lanka.
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Adaptations and Negotiations of Local People towards‘Development’: Case of Hambantota, Sri Lanka
(Faculty of Architecture University of Moratuwa, 2013-12) Mariyathas, S; Sooriyagoda, K
“Planners, designers and architects are not paying attention in knowing how things work in cities. On the contrary, they have gone to great pains to learn how cities have to work and what have to be good for people" (Jacobs, 1961). This has wade them create cities in a way which thy found 'ideal' to achieve what thy (mis)understood as ‘development ’. Furthermore, the trend of the recent city development in many parts of the world including Sri Lanka has been ‘changing the existing according to what power wants'. All of which do not seem appropriate to the socio-cultural spaces that are produced by the local people in their daily life. The local people, therefore, adapt various strategies to transform what is given into how it can be lived. This research examines such adaptation process and the responsive negotiations of local people towards development' in the case of Hambantota, Sri Lanka.
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An examination of the socio-cultural responsiveness of urban design initiatives in the context of Sri Lanka : special reference to Ggandhi park in Batticaloa city
Yogalingam, A; Munasinghe, J; Mariyathas, S
Planners and designers create spaces for people. However, in most instances, the modern urban design interventions are criticized for their inability to address the ground conditions. These interventions appear out of context when they are placed in the real ground situation. This is mainly due to the lack of responsiveness of the design to the socio-cultural conditions of the particular location. Therefore, the aim of this research is to explore the above mentioned critique through a local case study. This research analyses whether the designers have considered the socio-cultural setting and values of the people of Batticaloa city when they designed the Gandhi Park in the middle of the town center. This research was conducted through participatory and non-participatory observations, Photographic surveys, interviews and discussions with those who use the Park. The aim was to find out what kind of social and cultural responsiveness reflects through this park, how the design elements support the park to function, and examine whether those values, needs and aspirations of the people have been taken into the consideration in designing this park. The methodology of this research is based on comparative and narrative analysis. The study reveals that the socio-cultural values, lifestyles of people and local attitudes were not taken into consideration at the design stage. As a result users are compelled to change their attitudes according to the design.
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Spatial attributes of subculture - case of panchikawatta triangle
(2015-11-24) Jayarathne, PDN; Mariyathas, S
Then main two objectives of the research are, identify spatial attributes and evaluate the sub-culture manipulation in those spatial attributes. First the meaning of culture was defined by doing substantive literature review. It was understood that culture is collective name for form of cultural production, dissemination, and reception and the collective values of social group as expressed in habits and expressions of everyday life (Miles, M & Hall, T & Bonder, L (ed.) 2000). It can be qualitative and quantitative. ( Bronislaw Malinowski’s, 1957). Built form pattern, Street pattern, Clustering patterns and housing appearances are such four quantitative spatial attributes were studied in this research. (Amos Rapoport, 1982). Panchikawatta triangle was selected as case study area and sub cultural groups were identified in based on the ethnicity of the residents. Then it was studied, to identify how sub-culture groups manifest in space in selected four spatial attributes. In each and every spatial attribute; photographic survey, interviews, discussions with people, observation studies were done to achieve the stated objectives of the research. As it is mixed and evolved by nature, even we could clustered the sub-culture groups based on ethnicity where they dominantly occupied the space, there are more similarities in the spatial attributes and in some sense no influences of sub-culture in particular spatial attribute. Mainly in street pattern, no any influences were found through the analysis; generally it is evolved by nature. Likewise in built fabric studies, it shows only the area where Sinhalese sub culture-group living has more void and other sub-culture groups has more solid. In activity pattern and housing appearances, there are differences, sub-culture to sub-culture but not substantive. In housing appearance, there are differences in houses within sub-culture groups depend on who has high level income. Appearance of façade, privacy level and internal arrangement of spaces are such elements shows differences between the sub-cultural groups. When see the low income groups, it is almost common to all sub-culture groups rather than differ in few elements (grills, painting, personalization).