Liyanage Ruchira
Doctoral Researcher
Description
Doctoral Researcher in the Faculty of Built Environment at Tampere University, with a strong passion for building physics, built heritage, and climate resilience in buildings. My research primarily focuses on developing building archetypes for Finnish residential buildings, exploring their evolution and resilience in the face of climate challenges. Additionally, I am interested in communal architectural governance models, insurgent planning, and urban activism, examining how bottom-up approaches can shape more sustainable and inclusive built environments. My background in architecture includes expertise in sustainable design, passive building strategies, urban climate, thermal comfort, computational climate simulations, and post-occupancy building evaluation, along with experience as a project architect.
Keywords
Urban Climate, Daylight, Smart Buildings, Urban physics, Thermal Comfort, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Robotics, Archetypes
Affiliations
Tampere University
Doctoral Researcher
Primary
2025 - 2028
Primary
Source: ORCID
Tampere University
Research Assistant
2024 - 2025
Source: ORCID
Kahawita De Silva Associates
Project Architect
2021 - 2022
Source: ORCID
Chinthaka Wickramage Associates
Junior Architect
2018 - 2019
Source: ORCID
Education (2)
Master's in Sustainable Architecture
2022 - 2024
Tampere University
Bachelor of Architecture Honours
2015 - 2021
University of Moratuwa
Publications (4)
2024
Sustainable built environments: Supporting Co-benefits for health and well-being
2023
How to Support Sustainable Living in Tampere as an International
2021
Vegetation Cover Effects on Outdoor Thermal Comfort Around High-rise Developments; A Case Study of Havelock City, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Granted funding (3)
Digitalization for All
Tampere University
2024
DC Living LAB in collaboration with Creativity World Forum 2024
City of Tampere, Finland and Local Council Basque Country, Spain
2024
2022 - 2024
Master's in Sustainable Architecture, Tampere University, Finland
Tampere University
2022 - 2024
Activities and awards (6)
Membership
Student Representative from Faculty of Built Environment
DigiSus Research Platform
2024
International collaboration: No
Conference presentation
Refuge from the cold
2024
International collaboration: No
Conference presentation
Unearthing the legacy: Sri Lankan vernacular architecture's global impact on built environment and sustainability potential modern issues
2024
International collaboration: No