Jayasinghe Arachchige Sunanda Sagara Jayasinghe (A31F-C135-7AE2)

Curriculum Vitae

Jayasinghe Arachchige Sunanda Sagara Jayasinghe

Sagara Jayasinghe is a practicing architect, design researcher, and heritage documentalist specializing in architectural history, transcultural heritage, colonialism, and the spatial practices of diverse religious and cultural communities. Bridging critical scholarship with conservation practice, his work focuses on the documentation, analysis, and interpretation of colonial-era monuments and artistic legacies, particularly in postcolonial Sri Lanka. Sagara earned his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Architecture from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. He joined the academic staff of the University of Moratuwa in 2005. After two decades of practice and teaching, he pursued his PhD specializing in Art History, Heritage, and Restoration at the University of Lisbon, supported by a research grant from Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). His professional and academic achievements have been widely recognized. Sagara received the prestigious 'Young Architect of the Year Award' in 2009 and has been honored multiple times with the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects' Architectural Research and Publication Award (2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021). He has served on numerous SLIA boards, juries, and editorial committees, notably as Chair of the Board of Architectural Publications (2021–2023). Sagara is currently the Vice President of ICOMOS Sri Lanka and serves as an Expert Member of two international scientific committees under ICOMOS International: Places of Religion and Ritual, and Shared Built Heritage. He has also completed advanced training on World Heritage Impact Assessments through WHITRAP Shanghai and ICCROM Rome. He has shared his research globally through academic conferences, lectures, and curated exhibitions. His international engagements include presentations at the ARCASIA Design Analysis Forum (Ayutthaya, 2015), Integrated Design Conference (Bath, 2016), REHAB (Braga, 2017), Colloque of L'Asie Portugaise (Sorbonne, 2017), NRV School of Architecture (Bangalore, 2019), Goa College of Architecture (2019), and ARTIS - University of Lisbon (2019, 2022, and 2024). He curated landmark exhibitions, such as "Cultural Mosaic: 19th-Century Tamil Christian Art and Architecture in Northern Sri Lanka" (Jaffna, 2024; Lisbon, 2025) and "Crossroads of Faith: Dutch Ecclesiastical Heritage of Sri Lanka" (Galle, 2024). Both exhibitions were supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., within the scope of the ARTIS-IHA Base Funding project. Sagara's scholarship highlights the complex interconnections between religion, architecture, and colonialism. His 2014 monograph, 'The Black Prince's Chapel: The Church Built by a Sinhalese Prince in Portugal,' produced under a scholarship program of Fundação Oriente, explores an extraordinary 16th-century church in Lisbon and its ties to early modern Sri Lankan-Portuguese diplomacy and cultural exchange. He is also the author of influential chapters in edited volumes that investigate missionary architecture and transcultural heritage. In 'Beauty, Devotion, and Spirituality: The Art and Culture of the Oratorians of Saint Philip Neri' (Brill, 2024), he offers a typological analysis of Goan Oratorian churches in Sri Lanka. His chapter in 'Regenerating Cultural Religious Heritage' (Springer, 2022), titled "In Search of a Vanishing Heritage", documents efforts to safeguard fragile ecclesiastical sites in the wake of civil conflict and displacement. As Principal Investigator of the project "Oratorians in Ceylon," conducted in partnership with the ARTIS - Institute of Art History at the University of Lisbon and funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Sagara led a comprehensive survey of Goan Oratorian churches across Sri Lanka. This included the publication of a Tamil-language booklet titled Architectural Heritage of Oratorian Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka (2021), aimed at empowering local communities and clergy with tools for heritage awareness and advocacy

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Jayasinghe Arachchige Sunanda Sagara Jayasinghe
Date of birth: 1971/04/26
Gender: Male

Citation names

Sagara Jayasinghe
S Jayasinghe

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: A31F-C135-7AE2
ORCID iD: 0009-0000-8035-7007
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UI0LJNgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Researcher Id: MTE-8997-2005

Email addresses

sagaraj@uom.lk (Professional)
sagara.1971@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone

(+94) 777310177 (Personal)

Addresses

Department of Integrated Design, University of Moratuwa, 10400, Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (Professional)
ARTIS - Instituto de História da Arte, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1600-214, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Professional)
16A, Athula Mawatha, Temple's Road, 10350, Mount Lavinia , Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka (Personal)

Websites

https://sagarajayasinghe.com/ (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Arts - Architectural design
Humanities - Arts - Art history
Humanities - Arts - Folklore Studies

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Sinhala (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/06/01 - 2025/01/27 Concluded	História da Arte (Doutoramento) Major in Especialidade Arte, Património e Restauro Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal "Goan Oratorian Missionary Churches in Ceylon: Origins, Evolution, and Synthesis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Distinction and Honors
2021 - 2021 Concluded	International Course on Impact Assessments for World Heritage (Outros) Centro internazionale di studi per la conservazione ed il restauro dei beni culturali, Italy
2014 Concluded	Teaching in Higher Education (Postgraduate Certificate) Major in Teaching in Higher Education University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
1999 - 2001 Concluded	Architecture (Master) Major in Architecture University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka "Architecture, Color and Religion; Symbolic use of colour in Catholicism and Hinduism" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1994 - 1996 Concluded	Built Environment (Bachelor) Major in Architecture University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka "An examination of the use of color with special reference to Hindu and Islamic communities in Sri Lanka" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2005/12/13 - Current	Lecturer (University Teacher)	University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
	Department of Integrated Design , Sri Lanka

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/01/28 - Current	Research Collaborator	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
	University of Lisbon, ARTIS - Institute of Art History, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/08/01 - 2025/01/31	Oratorian Missionary churches in Ceylon: Uncovering an unknown Portuguese-influenced Heritage Origins, Typologies and Contexts 2020.05170.BD PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2018/01/11 - 2020/06/30	Oratorians in Ceylon: Survey of Oratorian Churches with Portuguese influence in Sri Lanka 224590 Principal investigator Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de História da Arte, Portugal	Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Concluded
2019/01 - 2019/07	Design concepts, materials and manufacturing process of equipment and utensils used for traditional toddy tapping industry in Sri Lanka SRC/ST/2019/09 Principal investigator University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka	University of Moratuwa Concluded
2019/01 - 2019/07	Chronological Development of Baptismal Fonts in Urban Churches in Sri Lanka SRC/ST/2019/08 Principal investigator University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka	University of Moratuwa Concluded
2017/01/01 - 2017/06/30	Architectural Documentation of Portuguese-Influenced ecclesiastical buildings on Northern region in Sri Lanka SRC/ST/2017/04 Principal investigator University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka	University of Moratuwa Concluded
2017/01/01 - 2017/06/30	Architectural Survey on Sylvestro-Benedictine Church Facades in Sri Lanka SRC/ST/2017/05 Principal investigator University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka	University of Moratuwa Concluded
2016/06 - 2017/05	Architectural Documentation of Oratorian-Influenced Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka N/A Principal investigator ICOMOS - International Council on Monuments and Sites - Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka	Central Cultural Fund Sri Lanka Concluded
2014/06/15 - 2014/09/15	Architectural Documentation of Our Lady of the Gate of Heaven Church, Telheiras Lisbon IC/DCC-Scholarships-079 Research Fellow Fundação Oriente, Portugal	Fundação Oriente Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	S Jayasinghe. In Search of a Vanishing Heritage: The Oratorian Churches in Northern Sri Lanka. Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka: Heritage Studio. 2021. Sagara Jayasinghe; Santos, Joaquim R.; Heldar Carita. Remains of Dark Days: The Architectural Heritage of Oratorian Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka. Casal de Cambra, Portugal: Caleidoscópio. 2019. Published S Jayasinghe. The Black Prince's Chapel: The church built by a Sinhalese Prince in Portugal. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Vijitha Yapa Publications, Colombo. 2014. Published S Jayasinghe. Santhanadeepaya: Heritage Catholic churches in the Kalpitiya Peninsula. Talawila, Sri Lanka: St. Anne's National Shrine, Talawila. 2012. Published S Jayasinghe. Dwellings of Faith: Art & Architecture of the Catholic Churches in the Galle Diocese. Galle: Bishop's House, Galle. 2007. Published
Book chapter	Sagara Jayasinghe. "Typological Models of Goan Oratorian Churches in Sri Lanka: a Unique Oratorian Architectural Typology". In Beauty, Devotion and Spirituality: The Art and Culture of the Oratorians of Saint Philip Neri, 251-272. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2024. Published S Jayasinghe; Santos, Joaquim Rodrigues dos. "O impacto do projecto "Oratorianos no Ceilão" nas comunidades católicas do norte do Sri Lanka e as acções de sensibilização para a salvaguarda das igrejas oratorianas de influência portuguesa". In História da Arte Hoje - Modus Operandi, edited by Neto, Maria João. Lisbon, Portugal: Caleidoscópio, 2023. Published Sagara Jayasinghe. "In Search of Vanishing Heritage: The Documentation Project of Oratorian Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka". In Regenerating Cultural Religious Heritage: Intercultural Dialogue on Places of Religion and Rituals, edited by Olimpia Niglio, 199-208. Singapore: Springer, 2022. Published
Conference abstract	Sagara Jayasinghe; Santos, Joaquim R.. "(Re)Contextualising the Venice Charter for transcultural heritage: The dilemmas of the Goan Oratorian churches in Sri Lanka". Paper presented in International Conference “Venice Charter [Re]framed: New Heritage Challenges, Lisbon, 2024.
Conference paper	A M Samarasinghe; S Jayasinghe. "Hierarchical Identity and Space; A Study on Long Surviving Railway Station Interior in Sri Lanka". Paper presented in 12th International Conference of Faculty of Architecture Research Unit, University of Moratuwa, Colombo, 2019. Published M S Mendis; S Jayasinghe. "Non-Verbal Communicative Aspects of Verandah in “Walauwa” under Uva Province: A Case Study". Paper presented in 11th International Conference of Faculty of Architecture Research Unit, University of Moratuwa, Galle, 2018. Published D M S S Jayakody; S Jayasinghe. "Study on the relationship between solid waste volume and residential collection methods with reference to Soysapura Flats". Paper presented in 10th International Built Environment Research Conference, University of Moratuwa, Colombo, 2017. Published Sagara Jayasinghe. "Sylvestro-Benedictine Churches in Sri Lanka: As an alternative Tropical model". Paper presented in REHAB 2017: 3rd International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings and Structures, Braga, 2017. Published Sagara Jayasinghe. "Nineteenth century Catholic Church architecture in Sri Lanka: Evolution of a tropical model". Paper presented in International Conference on Integrated Design: Building Our Future, Bath, 2016. Published Sagara Jayasinghe. "Identity Crisis of Post-Colonial Church Architecture in Sri Lanka". Paper presented in ARCASIA Design Analysis Forum, Ayutthaya, 2015. Published
Exhibition catalog	Sagara Jayasinghe. Guide to the Permanent Exhibition Museum of St. Anthony. St. Anthony’s Shrine, Colombo 13, 2013.
Journal article	Sagara Jayasinghe. "Ecclesiastical Adaptation and Reformation: The Evolution of Dutch Reformed Urban Church Architecture in Sri Lanka (1658–1796)". Religions 16 4 (2025): 529. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16040529. Open access • Published • 10.3390/rel16040529 Sagara Jayasinghe. "Colonial Narratives and the Ruined Cities of Ceylon: Exploring the Earliest Architectural and Archaeological Documentation during the Colonial Period". ARTis ON 15 (2025): 106-118. https://doi.org/10.37935/iha.oan2024.007. Open access • Published • 10.37935/iha.oan2024.007 Sagara Jayasinghe. "Reviving the design concepts and material culture of paraphernalia and receptacles used for the traditional toddy tapping in Kalutara, Sri Lanka". Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 24 3 (2025): 268-274. https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v24i3.14527. Open access • Published S Jayasinghe. "Re-living the dying art of Toddy Tapping". The Architect: The Journal of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects 122 1 (2023): 66-71. Published Sagara Jayasinghe. "Altares decorativos de igrejas missionárias oratorianas no Sri Lanka". ARTIS: Journal of Art History and Heritage Sciences 7/8 (2021): 216-219. Published Sagara Jayasinghe. "The 'Remains of Faith': Portuguese-Influenced Ecclesiastical Art and Architecture in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka". creops (2018): https://124revue.hypotheses.org/revue-asie/asie-portugaise-2018/sagara-jayasinghe. Open access • Published Sagara Jayasinghe. "Vogue of Renaissance: 19th century Italian-influenced church architecture in sri Lanka". The Architect: The Journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects 118 4 (2018): 100-103. Published Sagara Jayasinghe. "Ediffices in Dark Days: Origin, Types and Development of Oratorian Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka". Antiphon 20 3 (2016): 268-280. http://liturgysociety.org/. Open access • Published Sagara Jayasinghe. "An account of Devotion to St. Anthony during Portuguese and Dutch occupation in Sri lanka". Oriente 24 (2016): 78-89. Published Sagara Jayasinghe. "The Black Prince's Chapel: An architectural record of the Church of Our Lady of the Gate of Heaven Telheiras, Lisbon". Oriente 23 (2015): 56-77. Published Sagara Jayasinghe. "The Black Prince's Chapel: A work of a Sinhalese Prince in Portugal". The Architect: The journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects 116 2 (2015): 101-106. Published Sagara Jayasinghe. "Information Centre and Maritime Archaeology Museum Galle Fort". The Architect: The journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects 112 3 (2011): 62-64. Published Sagara Jayasinghe. "Gospel in Glass: Stained Glass from churches in the southern province of Sri Lanka". The Architect: The journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects 111 1 (2010): 67-69. Published Shenuka Dias; Sagara Jayasinghe. "Waiting to Embark: The many facets of railway furniture in Sri Lanka". The Architect: The journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects 110 3 (2009): 56-58. Published Shenuka Dias; Sagara Jayasinghe. "A New Chair to Use: Eco-Friendly Furniture". The Architect: The journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects 109 3 (2008): 68-69. Published
Journal issue	Zeena Marikkar; Sagara Jayasinghe. "The Architect: The Journal of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects". 122 1 (2023): Published • Coeditor Zeena Marikkar; Sagara Jayasinghe. "The Architect: The Journal of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects". 121 1 (2022): Published • Coeditor Sagara Jayasinghe. "Vaasthu - The Sinhala medium journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects". 11 1, 2, 3, 4 (2012): Published • Editor Sagara Jayasinghe. "Vaasthu - The Sinhala medium journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects". 10 3 & 4 (2011): Published • Editor Sagara Jayasinghe. "Vaasthu - The Sinhala medium journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects". The Sinhala medium journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects 10 1 & 2 (2010): Published • Editor Sagara Jayasinghe. "Vaasthu - The Sinhala medium journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects". 09 2 (2009): Published • Editor Sagara Jayasinghe. "Vaasthu - The Sinhala medium journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects". 09 1 (2008): Published • Editor

Artistic / Performance

Curatorial / Museum exhibition

2025. ""Cultural Mosaic" - 19th Century Tamil Christian Art and Architecture in Northern Sri Lanka".
2024. "Crossroads of Faith: Dutch Ecclesiastical Heritage in Sri Lanka".
2024. ""Cultural Mosaic" - 19th Century Tamil Christian Art and Architecture in Northern Sri Lanka".
2019. "Architectural Heritage of Goan Oratorian Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka".
2013. "The Saint of the World". In Guide to the Permanent Exhibition Museum of St. Anthony.

Visual artwork

Sagara Jayasinghe. Visual Communication Concepts and Graphic Works for Sri Lanka Institute of Architects and Commonwealth Association Architects Conference 2010, Theme: Architecture - Rethinking Sustainability.
Sagara Jayasinghe. Visual Communication Concepts and Art Direction Sri Lanka Institute of Architects National Conference and Annual Sessions 2013, Theme: Think Smart - Innovative Enterprise Architecture.
Sagara Jayasinghe. Visual Communication Concepts and Art Direction Sri Lanka Institute of Architects National Conference and Annual Sessions 2016, Theme: Flows: Touching the Void.
Sagara Jayasinghe. Visual Communication Concepts and Art Direction Sri Lanka Institute of Architects National Conference and Annual Sessions 2017, Theme: Return of the City: Megastructure Revisited.
Sagara Jayasinghe. Visual Communication Concepts and Art Direction Sri Lanka Institute of Architects National Conference and Annual Sessions 2018, Theme: Architecture to represent People and Place.
Sagara Jayasinghe. Visual Communication Concepts and Art Direction Sri Lanka Institute of Architects National Conference and Annual Sessions 2019, Theme: Emergence - Entrepreneurial Architect.
S Jayasinghe. Visual Communication Concepts and Art Direction Sri Lanka Institute of Architects National Conference and Annual Sessions 2020, Theme: Art of Architect.
Sagara Jayasinghe. Visual Communication Concepts and Art Direction Sri Lanka Institute of Architects National Conference and Annual Sessions 2014, Theme: Architecture - Envisioning Futures.
Sagara Jayasinghe. Visual Communication Concepts and Art Direction Sri Lanka Institute of Architects National Conference and Annual Sessions 2022, Theme: Architecture for Wellbeing.

Other

Other output

Architecture of Oratorian churches in Sri Lanka: Origin, contextualisation, destruction and reconstruction. In: Book of Abstracts - Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President's Awards for Research 2020 and 2021. 2022. Sagara Jayasinghe. https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-presidents-awards-for-research?srsltid=AfmBOopoMo0NNZxSxrXAc74QuaCnR5FTrW2TkJqLnNY_UP-d0Rn86NPi.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/01/29	Exploring the 19th Century Tamil Christian Art and Architecture in Northern Sri Lanka	International Conference on Tamil Cristian Arts Worlds University of Jaffna (Jaffna, Sri Lanka)
2022/11/15	O impacto do projeto 'Oratorianos no Ceilão' nas comunidades cat ólicas do norte do Sri Lanka e as acções de sensibilização para a salvaguarda das igrejas oratorianas de infl uência portuguesa	Symposium on History of Art Today - Modus Operandi Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/11/09	Methodologies and practices in research in the History of Architecture	7.as Jornadas ARTIS Research Forum ARTIS - Instituto de História da Arte, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/05/23	Bringing Back - Sustainable trends re-interpreted from vernacular Sri Lanka.	12th Round Table Conference ARCASIA Committee on Green & Sustainable Architecture (Jaipur, India)
2021/10/15	Oratorian missionary spatial typologies in Northern Province of Sri Lanka	International Conference on Oratorians of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri: Art & Culture Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/06/10	In Search of a Vanishing Heritage: The Documentation Project of Oratorian Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka	International Webinar on Reuse and Regenerations of the Cultural Religious Heritage in the World comparison among Cultures ICOMOS ISC PRERICO
2019/01/28	Origin, Types and Development of Oratorian Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka	Symposium on Architectural Heritage of Goan Oratorians’ Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka Goa College of Architecture, Panaji, Goa (Goa, India)
2017/06/15	Sylvestro-Benedictine Churches in Sri Lanka: As an alternative Tropical Model	REHAB 2017: 3rd International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings and Structures Green Line Institute (Braga, Portugal)
2017/06/02	The 'Remains of Faith': Portuguese-Influenced Ecclesiastical Art and Architecture in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka	Colloque of L'Asie Portugaise : des arts et des lettres Universite' Paris Sorbonne (Paris, France)
2016/11/17	Origin, Types and Development of Oratorian Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka	ICOMOS-Sri Lanka Public Lecture Series International Commision on Monuments and Sites - Sri Lanka (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
2016/06/30	Nineteenth century Catholic Church architecture in Sri Lanka: Evolution of a tropical model	International Conference on Integrated Design: Building Our Future The University of Bath (Bath, United Kingdom)
2015/11/14	Identity Crisis of Post-Colonial Church Architecture in Sri Lanka	ARCASIA Design Analysis Forum The Architects Regional Council Asia (Ayutthaya, Thailand)
2015/07/03	Edifices in Dark Days: Origin, Types and Development of Oratorian Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka	International Conference on Christian Studies University of Kelaniya (Kelaniya, Sri Lanka)
2015/03/26	Churches of Sri Lanka	71st session of the monthly lecture series of the National Trust – Sri Lanka National Trust – Sri Lanka (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019/03/26 - 2019/03/28	Exhibition on Architectural Heritage of Goan Oratorians' Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka (2019/03/26 - 2019/03/28) Exhibition (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Archaryas NRV School of Architecture, India
2019/01/25 - 2019/01/28	Exhibition on Architectural Heritage of Goan Oratorians' Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka (2019/01/25 - 2019/01/28) Exhibition (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Goa College of Architecture, Panaji, Goa, India
2018/08/11 - 2018/08/11	Sri Lanka Design Code - Research Conference (2018/08/11 - 2018/08/11) Conference (Co-organisor)	University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2021/05/22 - 2021/11/21	Participated in the 'TOGETHER' exhibition, curated by the international working group OUR WORLD HERITAGE \| HERITAGE IN CONFLICT, showcased a poster and short video presentation highlighting the endangered Oratorian missionary churches in Sri Lanka. The 'TOGETHER' exhibition was part of the BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2021 held in Venice. The exhibition featured works from various countries, including India, Italy, Mauritius, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Syria, and the United Kingdom. Exhibition	BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2021
2019/03/26 - 2019/03/28	Panelist - A SQUARE Theme: History, Tectonics and Design 'Manifestations in Architecture' Festival	A SQUARE Theme: History, Tectonics and Design 'Manifestations in Architecture' Archaryas NRV School of Architecture, India
2013/08/22 - 2013/08/22	Panelist Seminar	Continuing Professional Development Programme Seminar 2 – Session 2012/2013 Theme: Architectural visualization for printing Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023 - 2024	Utopian and Sacred Architecture Studies (ASAS)	Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI)

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2021 - Current	HERITAGE Asia - Pacific (heritAP)	Member
2015 - Current	Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka	Member
2010 - Current	International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Sri Lanka	Member
2002 - Current	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects	Fellow Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2025 - Current	Chairman: Board of Management	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2024 - Current	Expert Member: International Scientific Committee on Shared Built Heritage Member	International Commission on Monuments and Sites - Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
2024 - Current	Vice President Member	International Commission on Monuments and Sites - Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
2021 - Current	Expert Member: International Scientific Committee on Places of Religion and Ritual - ICMOS ISC PRERICO
2010 - Current	Resource Person: Catholic National Commission for Liturgy and Culture Advisor / Consultant	Catholic Bishops' Conference in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
2021/03 - 2024/03	Secretary	ICOMOS - International Council on Monuments and Sites - Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
2021/02 - 2023/02	Chairman: Board of Architectural Publications	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2018/03 - 2021/03	Joint Secretary Other	ICOMOS - International Council on Monuments and Sites - Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
2017 - 2019	Council Member Member	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2017 - 2019	Secretary: Board of Architectural Publication Other	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2017 - 2019	Chairman: Media Committee Other	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2008 - 2018	Chairman: Design and Graphic Committee Other	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2021 - 2021	International Conference on Oratorians of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri: Art & Culture	Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
2019 - 2019	Symposium on Architectural Heritage of Goan Oratorians’ Missionary Churches in Sri Lanka	Goa College of Architecture
2018 - 2019	36th National Conference on Architecture, Theme: Emergence - Entrepreneurial Architect	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects
2018 - 2018	Chair: Sri Lanka Design Code - Research Conference	University of Moratuwa
2017 - 2018	35th National Conference on Architecture, Theme: Architecture to represent People and Place	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects
2017 - 2018	34th National Conference on Architecture, Theme: Return of the City: Megastructure Revisited	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects
2017 - 2017	73rd Annual Sessions of Sri Lanka association for the Advancement of Science	Open University of Sri Lanka
2011 - 2011	Co-chairman: 28th National Conference on Architecture, Theme: Architecture for All - City + Community	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2023 - Current	Principle Resource Person in the nomination of the Goan Oratorian churches in Sri Lanka for the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List	Central Cultural Fund Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
2010 - 2014	Consultant Architect / Benedict XVI Cultural Institute, Bolawalana, Negombo, Sri Lanka. The Institute is located within a multi-cultural context in the city of Negombo. The site was a former teacher training school, with a lasting chapel which had a significant architectural value influenced by the post-independence nationalistic movements. The new master plan was developed by creating the existing chapel as the focal point and other existing and new buildings being sited alongside of it with their own functions.	Archbishop's House, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2013 - 2013	Consultant Architect/ Interior Designer/ Museum of St. Anthony, St. Anthony’s Shrine, Colombo 13, Sri Lanka	Archbishop's House, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2008 - 2010	Consultant Architect/ Interior Designer / Information Centre and Maritime Archaeology Museum, Old Dutch Warehouse, Galle, Sri Lanka. It comprised of an adaptation of interior spaces to accommodate the Maritime Archaeology Museum, without disturbing the authentic historic character of the existing warehouse building at the world heritage site of Dutch fort, Galle. It is the intention to house the seafaring history of Sri Lanka and its rich experience endowed by transoceanic connectivity that enriched the multi-cultural ethos of the country.	Central Cultural Fund , Sri Lanka
2008 - 2010	Consultant Architect / Re-development project of St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. For well over a century, St. Sebastian’s College stood as a forerunner of education in the region, as well as an institution that could boast of architecture that reminisce buildings of colonial period. The design emphasises on a revival of conservative architectural traditions as part of the present. It re-captures the essence of the iconic characters of the old institutional buildings and re-interprets it in a simpler form to suit contemporary needs.	St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2012 - Current	Senior Lecturer: Bachelor of Design Degree Course	(Bachelor)	University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
2018 - 2018	Visiting Lecturer: Certificate Course in Cultural Tourism	(Diplôme d´études supérieures)	University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
2017 - 2017	Visiting Lecturer: Architecture Awareness Programme	(Diplôme d´études supérieures)	City School of Architecture, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2016 - 2017	Visiting Dissertation Tutor	(Master)	City School of Architecture, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2015 - 2016	Visiting Lecturer: Master of Arts (Christian Studies)	(Bachelor)	University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
2014 - 2015	Visiting Lecturer: Bachelor of Arts (Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture)	(Bachelor)	University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
2005 - 2012	Senior Lecturer, Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Design	(Bachelor)	University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
2009 - 2009	Tutor: Architectural Licentiate Course	(Licence)	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2009 - 2009	Design Tutor: Architectural Licentiate Course	(Licence)	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2008 - 2008	Design Tutor: Architectural Licentiate Course	(Licence)	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023/02 - 2024	The Architect: The Journal of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects
2015 - 2015	The Architect: The Journal of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2018/01 - 2018/02	Safeguarding the architectural heritage with Portuguese influence in South Asia	Joaquim Rodrigues dos Santos

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2017 - Current	Abstract Reviewer: 73rd Annual Sessions of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science
2022 - 2023	Jury Member: Annual Architectural Research and Publication Award	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2020/01 - 2020/01	Jury Member: Asia Young Designer Award	Nippon Paint Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka
2020/01 - 2020/01	Jury Member: Design Award, Colour Award Young Architect Award	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2019/08 - 2019/08	Jury Member: Architecture Design Competition 'Temporary Spaces during Festivities of India'	Archaryas NRV School of Architecture, India
2014 - 2014	Examiner: Professional Practice Examination	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka

Distinctions

Award

2021	Architectural Publication Award Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2017	Architectural Research Gold Award Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2013	Architectural Publication Award Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2009	Architectural Publication Award Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2006	Dulux Colour Award for the Creative use of Colour in Architecture Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka

Title

2009	Young Architect of the Year Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka

Other distinction

2007	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects House of the Year Award Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka
2006	Winner of the Sr Lanka Institute of Architects Design Competition for Design of a unique identity for Bank of Ceylon branches in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Sri Lanka