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Impact of Interior Design Elements on Work from Home Spaces
(NSBM Green University, 2022-11-25) Rajaratne, E. P. S. T.
The COVID-19 pandemic, along with the technological advancements of the current day, have given rise to work-from-home (WFH) practices, and is subsequently proving to be a working practice that is suitable and appropriate for use in the future; even post-pandemic.This research was conducted to understand the WFH spaces of Sri Lankans (particularly in the Western and Central provinces) to explore the various interior conditions to improve the WFH practices in terms of comfort and productivity.Questionnaire surveys were distributed among individuals engaging in WFH activities to collect information on their own WFH spaces, and what elements of the interior are of greater importance and believe affect their productivity.The purpose of this research is to gain a better understanding of WFH spaces and how interior elements affect an individual's performance and comfort to improve the designs of WFH spaces in the future.The findings of this research indicate that there is a positive relationship between interior quality (with its various interior elements) and the WFH experience. It was also uncovered that users of WFH spaces perceived the functionality of a WFH space as of more importance than the aesthetical qualities of the space.
Level of Student Collaboration in Online Design Studios
(NSBM Green University, 2022-11-25) Hettithanthri, U.
The collaborative learning is a major component in architectural studies. This study is aiming on exploring the level of collaboration of students in the online design studio. For this study 5 collaborative groups were observed, and 25 students were selected through convenient sampling technique. The participants were observed by adopting naturalistic observation and were interviewed with open ended questions at the end of the design process and the data was analyzed through the content analysis. Among the 5 groups, 3 have shown a medium level of engagement and one group has shown a high level of engagement and one group has shown avery poor level of engagement.
Factors Affecting the Shopping Experience in Supermarkets for Senior Citizens of Sri Lank
(NSBM Green University, 2022-11-25) Ganepola, S.S.
Sri Lanka is at risk of an aging population and the birth rate is at a decrease and the number of elder people is increasing day by day. It is no doubt that under this critical condition, it is important and mandatory to consider more about age friendly spaces for facilitating enough comfort and contentment to them. It is universally accepted that most elderly people manifest their preference for shopping in supermarkets, and leisure activities they regularly do or particularly enjoy. As a result of this situation supermarket industry has a huge chance to increase and expand their market. But Sri Lankan supermarket industry have not yet capitalized on the opportunity created by the growing aging population by catering to their needs inconvenience. On the other hand, aging includes common changes including vision, hearing (audibility), accessibility, which is to be considered in the interior design of a common age-friendly spaces to facilitate the health, well being of elderly people and assures accessible, safe, secure, supportive, fair, and inclusive built forms. Internationally most of the researchers state in their articles that design factors can affect seniors within supermarkets. However, in Sri Lanka, researches related to this topic have not been conducted. The purpose of this research is to identify the reasons which are valid to the Sri Lankan supermarket industry. The author decided to do this study to examine the most effective factors for designing age-friendly supermarket interiors in Sri Lanka to improve self-independence and wellness of elderly people. Data collection for this research was done by using qualitative data methods. Searching online professional journals, newspaper articles, and books, and photographic surveys were used to collect required data. Sathosa supermarkets within Gampaha district are selected to do the case studies to find out the most effective specific factors for designing an age-friendly supermarket interiors in Sri Lanka. So it is conclusive that seniors need well arranged supermarket layout, proper arrangements of equipment, comfortable lighting system and most suitable floorings in Sri Lankan supermarkets to make them satisfied by improving age friendliness within the built environment.
The Usage of Infrastructural Volumes as Sustainable Democratic Public Platforms
(NSBM Green University, 2022-11-25) Herath, M.
Our current era is defined by the sociopolitical movement known as democracy. Its inclusiveness has confirmed equity in society and improved the idea of "publicness" in numerous built and unbuilt forms. How architecture expresses democracy in the built public space is an intriguing topic to investigate since it serves as a reflection of the way of life that people of a particular era admired. The analytical assumption of research, which is based on the concept that public architecture/space should be a "democratic" setup that is open and accessible to people from all walks of life, has been explored in the process of doing so. The fundamental research question for the study has been established by the aforementioned hypothesis: How can a democratic (barrier-free) use of public architecture and space be determined? What are the public architectural design methods, concepts, and approaches to establish the democracy to empower democratic public activities? Both a requirement and a quality of better public architecture is democracy in a public setting. However, a significant amount of public architecture created for people's benefit is sometimes absent from what we generally refer to as public buildings. The usage of infrastructural volumes to create democratic public platforms as a solution to the above problem is questioned through this research. The three illustrative cases and the extortion case data collection methodology begin with literature reviews on each country's historical, sociocultural, and political backgrounds. Following the exploration, the data will be sorted into graphs and charts for future use. The author will next use an analytical framework he established utilizing earlier work on the subject to analyze these facts. Then, using a critical analysis of all three situations, final conclusions and remarks are differentiated. At first, a theoretical framework was constructed, and context was examined, as well as international instances. The case study, which focuses on the Pettah neighborhood in Colombo, was examined using data acquired from interviews, reports, newspapers, magazines, and a variety of other sources. The nature of the study made it wide and cross-disciplinary. As a result, the scope of the investigation was carefully narrowed without compromising it. The study was carried out in a narrative manner with the aim of portraying it in comprehensive form because the research investigated social-physical processes.
Use of Montmorillonite Clay Mixtures as Engineered Soils for Plant Survival in Low Water Conditions
(NSBM Green University, 2022-11-25) Thirnagama, G.; Purasinhala, K.; Perera, L.L.; Sandaruwan, C.; Siriwardhana, A.
Water is essential for the survival of all types of plants. Due to harsh conditions, plants in arid and semi-arid regions will suffer from water shortage or drought at some point in their life. These could be fatal in most situations, or sometimes it dramatically slows down the growth rate of those plants. Soil composites, which contain clay, could be a better option for plant survival in low water conditions. Montmorillonite (MMT) is a widely used layered clay material due to its water retaining ability (Calero & Rodrigo, 2018). Hence, this research was designed to evaluate the best composition ratio of MMT: Soil for plant survivability. Treatments included different ratios of the measured amount of MMT and dried soil; T1; 1000:0, T2; 900:100, T3; 800:200, T4; 700;300, T5; 600:400, T6; 500:500, T7; 0:1000. Chili plants were chosen as the test plant for the experiment and 80 ml of deionized water was added to each treatment. Plants were monitored weekly. However, stress symptoms were observed both in the soil-only pot and MMT-only pot. Gradually other treatments showed stress symptoms. Optimum survival was observed in T3; 800:200.