Browsing by Author "Yogalingam, A"

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Comparative study between convivial and conventional urban design approaches with special reference to socio - spatial experience of Tamil cultural cities in Sri Lanka
(2021) Yogalingam, A; Wijesundara, J
This study focuses on the necessity of socio-spatial experiences of people, which has been gained from the parks as a public space that are subject to urban design approaches. Besides, analysis of geographical, physical and administrative dimensions of the place, which are related to design and planning processes, it reveals the necessity of including the psychological effects of the place on people via their senses. In other words, the information is gathered through my experiences to design the process. By this way, attempts are made to explain the content of the relationship between daily experiences of people and spatial formation of a park, celebrative events and public life and public place. Thus, the study focuses on the Convivial Urban Design approach which brings about the emotions and psychology of people in the way of celebrating events laterally especially by these kinds of urban designs. In this perspective, the author examines parks that are situated in the center of Batticaloa and Jaffna Town (Tamil cultural cities) whereas Tamil community people are predominantly living in Sri Lanka when compared with other districts which is recorded as 99% in the Jaffna district and 79% in the Batticaloa district in 2019 according to census and statistical data. The parks, which have a vital position within the city center, have well-maintained its prominence as existence, one of the parks activities that is pleasing to the people parks of numerous portions of city, age and gender from past to present. The activities of parks are analysed in terms of friendliness under five different criteria via a questionnaire and the results of this study are inspected clearly. The results give conclusions about friendliness of a place in terms of celebrating events and involving in activities in these parks, which can be adopted throughout the design process. The results of this dissertation reveal the indicators that can be used as inputs for design lively urban recreational space and celebrative space and reveals why the Batticaloa Gandhi Park and the Jaffna Beach Park still have some appearances that cause an intensive use. Criteria and conclusions reveal with this study, to show that there are more than conventional urban design approaches in space design.
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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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An Investigation of public art and its role of increasing urban quality the case study area : Arayampathy, Batticaloa
Yogalingam, A
In this modern world urban sculpture is considered as a cultural necessity in contemporary urban planning. Urban Sculpture can reaffirm or reveal a sense of place in a symbolic and visually stimulating way of evoking some aspect of the social, natural, cultural, physical, political, economic or historical context of the site and its cale.Typically, public artists produce site specific sculptures and prominent installations that add character and distinction to a development and the surrounding neighborhood. After studying the city planning critiques viewpoints about public art’s definition, nature and impact on city, this study evaluates the role of urban sculptures as a type of public art in enhancing public place quality in the sampled case study of Arayampathy town. As clearly shown by the topic, the aim of this research is to explore how urban sculptures play a significant role to enhance the urban quality and urban character. This research was conducted through observations, photographic surveys, activity mapping, cognitive mapping analysis, interviews and discussions with those who live in the selected case study area. What resulted from this study was that through having the some possible qualities and public art features, city sculptures in the city of Arayampathy have the ability to improve the qualities like legibility, sense of place, and pleasure besides developing local people’s social interaction and local cultural identity.
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An investigation of public art and its role of increasing urban quality the case study area: Arayampathy, Batticaloa
(Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 2017-10-20) Yogalingam, A; Wijesundara, J; Dayaratne, R
In this modern world urban sculpture is considered as a cultural necessity in contemporary urban planning. Urban Sculpture can reaffirm or reveal a sense of place in a symbolic and visually stimulating way of evoking some aspect of the social, natural, cultural, physical, political, economic or historical context of the site and its locale.Typically, public artists produce site specific sculptures and prominent installations that add character and distinction to a development and the surrounding neighborhood. After studying the city planning critiques viewpoints about public art’s definition, nature and impact on city, this study evaluates the role of urban sculptures as a type of public art in enhancing public place quality in the sampled case study of Arayampathy town. As clearly shown by the topic, the aim of this research is to explore how urban sculptures play a significant role to enhance the urban quality and urban character. This research was conducted through observations, photographic surveys, activity mapping, cognitive mapping analysis, interviews and discussions with those who live in the selected case study area. What resulted from this study was that through having the some possible qualities and public art features, city sculptures in the city of Arayampathy have the ability to improve the qualities like legibility, sense of place, and pleasure besides developing local people’s social interaction and local cultural identity.
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Sense of community and social life in the fishing neighbourhood of Gurunagar, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
(Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 2018-10-05) Yogalingam, A; Wijesundara, J; Dayaratne, R
Today, urbanities are less involved in local communities which have resulted in a claim that the significance and the role of space and neighbourhood layout in the creation of local communities have been exaggerated. Community research has developed a few indices for evaluating the sense of community and social life, but has not focused on the significance of a sense of community in neighbourhoods. Sense of community and social life are two key concepts related to social cohesion, which have been the subject of wide ranging studies in several disciplines including sociology, psychology and built environment. Social life studies have been mostly conducted in the built environment discipline focusing on city centers or periphery areas; while sense of community studies were mostly the target of sociologists and psychologists focusing on neighbourhoods. As a result, the role of the built environment on the sense of community and social life of neighbourhood is considered as a missing gap in the most of the literatures. As clearly shown by the topic, this paper explores the sense of community and social life of Gurunagar fishing neighbourhood and investigates how particular fishing community plays a vital role in their own territoryin terms of physical, social, economic and environmental aspects and highlights its magnitude in achieving as a successful neighbourhood. Also, this research was conducted through observations, photographic surveys, spatial analysis, interviews and discussions with those who live in the selected case study area.