Some useful reads for level 2 Social Studies students:Appeared in Sunday Times (10.10.2011); Eng. K.P. Piyasena, Peradeniya writes: Housing for low income shanty dwellers in ColomboCentre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA): Urban evictions: Protecting the vulnerable in post-election ColomboAn open letter from former Defence Secretary: Mr. Mayor, remember the rights of the slum dwellers
" The dependency of one organic being on another, as of a parasite on its prey, lies generally between beings remote in the scale of nature. This is often the case with those which may strictly be said to struggle with each other for existence, as in the case of locusts and grass-feeding quadrupeds. But the struggle almost invariably will ...
Student life these days is one of self imposed silence and restraint. Most students feel that if they criticize anything related to their academic work, faculty or the institute that they will be victimised later. Sometimes this fear is justified. Sometimes not. It all depends on the circumstances and who you might be offending (knowingly or unknowingly) in the process.From ...
Some years back the Architectural education system at University was transformed into a Unit based model. As a result the traditional 'End-of-the-year exam' was replaced with end of Semester exams. Since there are two Semesters per academic year, the students now have to sit for two exams per year. Often the total number of exam papers seems to be the ...
This year the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects National Conference is going to be a blast with the participation of international starts as Glenn Murcutt (Australia), and Kengo Kuma (Japan) with contemporary maverick from Lebanon - Bernard Khoury and Malaysian Kevin Low. From Sri Lanka, the well-known Vinod Jayasinghe, Palinda Kananngara, Philip Weeraratne and Hirante Welandawe will make their mark. ...
for those who believe aromatherapy works in architectural education...Architecture, unlike other arts, does not find its patterns in nature. G.Samper, 1834 inaugural lecture, quoted in H.Samper, 1880, 7 What man makes nature cannot make. Nature does not build a house, nature does not make a locomotive, nature does not make a playground. They grow out of a desire to express. ...
Louis I. Kahn once said; “I revere learning because it is a fundamental inspiration. It isn’t just something which has to do with duty; it is born into us. The will to learn, the desire to learn, is one of the greatest of inspirations. I am not impressed by education. Learning, yes; education is something which is always on trial ...
MDP 2011: NotesYou see a disproportion between the vertical scale and the horizontal scale in most design schemes. In other words, most of the schemes look visually distorted. This visual disproportion is clearly evident in schemes with more than two floor levels and schemes that are dealing with double height or multiple height spaces. What’s going on here? At present ...
Which stupid idiot(s) decided to cut down the few remaining trees inside the University of Moratuwa premises?If this is what 'they' (whoever they are) call 'Landscaping', please be reminded that 'We Don't Want It'!It seems that those responsible for this dastardly act, may not heed the calls by many to 'STOP' this madness right away and protect what is remaining. ...
