- Faculty of Architecture
- Department of Architecture
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Univerity of Moratuwa
Katubadda
Moratuwa
Sri Lanka
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Design Projects -Undergraduate -2018
Social Studies I -Undergraduate -2018
Experiencing Architecture & Documentation -Undergraduate -2018
Essay- Architectural Design and Social Studies -Undergraduate -2018
Essay- Architectural Design and Social Studies -Undergraduate -2019
Essay- Architectural Design and Social Studies -Undergraduate -2020
Comprehensive Design Project (CDP) -Undergraduate -2018
Orientation Design Project -Undergraduate -2019
Orientation Design Project -Undergraduate -2020
Urban Design Project -Undergraduate -2019
Urban Design Project -Undergraduate -2020
Demonstration Design Project -Undergraduate -2019
Demonstration Design Project -Undergraduate -2020
Social Studies I -Undergraduate -2019
Computer- Aided Drafting -Undergraduate -2018
Computer- Aided Drafting -Undergraduate -2019
Computer- Aided Drafting -Undergraduate -2020
Social Implications of Architecture -Undergraduate -2024
Orientation Design Project -Undergraduate -2024
Urban Design Project -Undergraduate -2024
Social Studies I -Undergraduate -2018
Social Studies I -Undergraduate -2019
Society and Human Settlement -Undergraduate -2024
Comprehensive Design Project (CDP) -Undergraduate -2024
Research Coordinator - (2025 To date)
Student Counselor Department of Architecture - (2026 To date)
Research Activities
Architectural design
Human settlement development
Space design and human interactions in domestic
neighborhood and public places
Co-Supervisor of M.Sc. (by research) candidate Archt. Mihindukulasuriya Rashini Shenani Madubhashini Fernando (Research topic: Design considerations for livability: A Case Study Based on Residents' perceptions of low-income high-rise housing in Colombo Sri Lanka)
Supervisor of M.Sc. (by research) candidate Ms. WIJESINGHA ARACHCHIGE NAVODI PRATHIBHA WIJESINGHA (Research topic: Modality of Social Interactions in Communal Spaces of Fishing Community in Coastal Belt of Gampaha District, Sri Lanka)
Architectural design, Human settlement development, Space design and human interactions in domestic, neighborhood and public places
Education and Professional Affiliations
PhD, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, 福利在线看 of Tsukuba ,2024 Doctoral Program in Design
Bachelors, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa ,2015 Honours Degree of Bachelor of Architecture (First class)
Sri Lanka Institute of Architects(2018 To date)
Architect Registration Board (2018 To date)
Architectural Institute of Japan(2022 To date)
Career
Teacher Training Qualifications
Completed the Certificate Course in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) 芒鈧�� conducted by Staff Development Centre, 福利在线看 of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (2018)
Teaching Experience in Sri Lanka
Lecturer (Probationary), Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa
(October 2017 芒鈧�� up to date)
Design Studios
o Year Person and Design Tutor for Level 1 (B. Arch) Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (October 2017 芒鈧�� August 2018)
o Year Person and Design Tutor for Level 5 (B. Arch) Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (September 2018 芒鈧�� December 2018)
o Year Person for Level 4 (B. Arch) Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (January 2019 芒鈧�� September 2020)
o Year Person for Level 4 (B. Arch) Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (October 2024 芒鈧�� up to date)
Research
o Group Tutor and examiner for History of Architecture & Social Studies Essay (Research), Level 3 (B. Arch) Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (2018, 2019, 2020)
Theory Modules
o Co-lecturer for Experiencing Architecture -Undergraduate Level 1 (B.Arch.) Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (2017,2018)
o Co-lecturer for Measured Drawings -Undergraduate Level 1 (B.Arch.) Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (2018)
o Co-lecturer for Social Studies 1 -Undergraduate Level 1 (B. Arch.) Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (2018, 2019)
o Co-lecturer for Social Studies 1 -Undergraduate Level 1 (B.La) Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (2018, 2019)
o Lecturer for Computer Aided Drafting module - Undergraduate Level 2 (B. Arch) Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (2018, 2019, 2020)
o Co-lecturer for Social Implications of Architecture -Undergraduate Level 4 (B.Arch.) Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (2024 - to date)
International Teaching Experience
Guest Lecturer
脗路 Delivered a guest lecture on 芒鈧揅o-presence in public places of Colombo, Sri Lanka芒鈧� in the international symposium and workshop 芒鈧揟ransmission of Architectural Heritage in Contemporary Asian Conditions芒鈧� held on 3rd February (Monday) 2020 at the Faculty of Art and Design Architecture Course, 福利在线看 of Tsukuba, Japan
Teaching Fellow (TF)
脗路 Teaching Fellow (TF) in the School of Art and Design, 福利在线看 of Tsukuba, Japan for the "Global History of Architecture" (YBQ0411) module in 2022 Spring Semester.
脗路 Teaching Fellow (TF) in the School of Art and Design, 福利在线看 of Tsukuba, Japan for the "Design History Overview B" (YAZ1421) module in 2023 Fall Semester.
脗路 Teaching Fellow (TF) in the School of Art and Design, 福利在线看 of Tsukuba, Japan for the "Global History of Architecture" (YBQ0411) module in 2024 Spring Semester.
Teaching Assistant (TA)
脗路 Teaching Assistant (TA) in the "International Art & Design Seminar B" (YBX6012) Module (in 2021 Fall Semester), in which a multiday joint international workshop with 福利在线看 of Tsukuba in Japan, Universit脙漏 Grenoble Alpes in France, and Politecnico di Milano in Italy was held from January to February 2022.
脗路 Teaching Assistant (TA) in the " International Art & Design Seminar A " (YBX6002) Module (in 2024 Spring Semester), in which a multiday joint international workshop with 福利在线看 of Tsukuba in Japan, Universit脙漏 Grenoble Alpes in France, and National Cheng Kung 福利在线看 in Taiwan was held in September 2024.
Research Experience in Sri Lanka
Research
Assistant (RA)
脗路 Research Assistant in the research "Thermal Comfort in Tsunami Housing Developments in Southern Coast of Sri Lanka" in 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (2017)
脗路 Research Assistant in the research of "Bio-climatic architecture in the tropics - Residences芒鈧� in 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (2016)
International Research Experience
脗路 Doctoral Student in Design, Faculty of Art and Design, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, 福利在线看 of Tsukuba, Japan (2020 - 2024) |
脗路 Research Assistant (RA) in the research of 芒鈧揅onditions and Modality of Places with Sense of Co-Presence in Contemporary Sri Lanka芒鈧� in 福利在线看 of Tsukuba (2023)
脗路 Contract technical staff member in Remanufacturing Research Group, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba - engaged in literature data collection, review and analysis on remanufacturing design guidelines (2023 - 2024)
Professional / Industry Experience
脗路 Principal Architect at Archt. S. M. Hirudini Individual Practice (2018-to date)
脗路 Project Architect - Project Consultancy Unit, Department of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (2018 芒鈧�� September 2020)
脗路 Graduate Architect - Project Consultancy Unit, Department of Architecture, 福利在线看 of Moratuwa (October 2015 芒鈧�� September 2017)
脗路 Undergraduate Trainee Architect 芒鈧�� Archt. Harsha Fernando Individual Practice (April 2013- February 2014)
Chartered Architect (AIA)
Associate Member of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects
Honours and Awards
Second runner up for the best paper for the paper titled "Co-presence": A study of public places with special reference to Independence Square, Colombo 07" (Received 2015)
ISAIA 福利在线看 Session Award 2024 for Session A - Architectural Planning and Design - Environment in Housing and Communities, for the paper titled "Modes of co-presence in different types of contemporary houses in Lower-Middle class of Suburban Western Coast, Sri Lanka: A case study in Galleview Watta, Korosduwa, Sri Lanka" (Received 2024)
Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship (for Doctoral Students) (Received 2020)
Award for the Outstanding Dissertation, Doctoral Degree Program in Design, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, 福利在线看 of Tsukuba - 2024 (Received 2025)
Publications*
Samarathunga HGDL, Hirudini SM,".POST-CONFLICT LANDSCAPE RESTORATION OF COMMUNAL SPACES FOR USER ACCESSIBILITY IN JAFFNA CITY REGION A Case Study of KKS Beach and Keerimalai Sacred Water Springs in Post-War Jaffna .",FARU 2025 18th International Research Conference,福利在线看 of Moratuwa,2025,648-659
Sandaruwan, KDI, Hirudini, SM,".INFLUENCE OF INVASIVE VEGETATION ON SALINITY IN SOUTHERN COAST WETLANDS, SRI LANKA A Case Study of Bundala Wetland in Southern Coast, Sri Lanka .",FARU 2025 18th International Research Conference,福利在线看 of Moratuwa,2025,732-743
Seekkuarachchige Mihiri Hirudini, YAMADA Kyota,".Modes of Co-Presence in Different Types of Contemporary Houses in Lower-Middle Class of Suburban Western Coast, Sri Lanka: a case study in Galleview Watta, Korosduwa.",14th International Symposium on Architectural Interchanges in Asia (ISAIA) - KYOTO 2024,Kyoto, Japan,2024,A-2-4 1-6
Seekkuarachchige Mihiri Hirudini; YAMADA Kyota,". Conditions and Modalities of Domestic Places with Sense of Co-presence in Contemporary Sri Lanka with Special Reference to the Long-Distance Online Field Study Methodology during COVID19.",Architectural Institute of Japan Annual Conference 2022 (Hokkaido) - Organized Session,Hokkaido,2022,791-794
Seekkuarachchige Mihiri Hirudini, Kyota Yamada,".Identifying the Patterns of Co-presence and Social Interactions in the Dwellings of Contemporary Sri Lankan Suburbs Through the Virtual Fieldworks.",9th International Conference on Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research. KEER2022. Proceedings,Barcelona,2022,363-370
Seekkuarachchige Mihiri Hirudini, D. P. Chandrasekara,"."Co-presence": A study of public places with special refrence to Independence Square, Colombo 07.",Third International Conference on Cities, People and Places 2015,Colombo,2015,281-292
Seekkuarachchige Mihiri Hirudini, Kyota Yamada,".Dynamism of House Plans with Reference to Family Conditions of Lower-Middle-Class Families in Suburban Western Coast of Sri Lanka.",Buildings,14(2), 522,2024
Seekkuarachchige Mihiri Hirudini,".Chapter 1 Patterns of Co-presence in Contemporary Suburban Dwellings in Western Province, Sri Lanka with Special Reference to Long-Distance Online Field Studies.",CIRAS discussion paper No.116: Digital Technology Mediated Integration of Area Study and Design Study,116,2022
YAMADA Kyota, SEEKKUARACHCHIGE Mihiri Hirudini, JIANG Guangbo,".Chapter 4 Proposed Model House for the Low-income Parents of Samanera Theros in Rural Villages in Sri Lanka: An example of village culture, construction system, and microclimate simulations integrated in architectural design.",CIRAS discussion paper No.116: Digital Technology Mediated Integration of Area Study and Design Study,116,2022
S. Mihiri Hirudini,".Revitalised Architecture for Spiritual Learning.",The Architect, The Journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architecture,116, 2,2015
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