Conference – Faculty of Architecture Research Unit (FARU)

About

FARU Conference is an international annual conference that has been conducted by the Faculty of Architecture Research Unit of the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka since 2009. This international conference aims to provide a platform to discourse theoretical or empirical studies through discussions, debate across disciplines and to foster networking and long-term collaboration among the conference delegates.

The overarching theme of FARU conference is ‘Dimensions of Space’ where it discusses fundamental and applied research on ‘space’ and different dimensions of it within the discipline of Built Environment, Town and Country Planning, Building Economics, Design and Facilities Management. FARU interprets ‘space’ as ‘research space’ that support wide range original research on methodological and technical approaches including experimental, observational, monitoring and management studies and, policy analysis related to the environmental performance of the built environment ranging from cities, communities, buildings, building systems, building science, urban physics, and human interaction.

Each conference proceeding is published with an ISBN number until 2020. Since year 2021 FARU Conference Proceedings was published with an ISSN 2815-0384 and an eISSN 2806-0392.

FARU Conference Review Process

The full peer review process consists of three stages, through which manuscripts may progress:

1. Stage One – Initial Screening of New Submissions:
Manuscripts are initially screened based on the following key factors:

Scope: Appropriateness for publication in FARU.
Originality: Uniqueness and novelty of the manuscript material.
Clarity: Clarity in presenting research and findings.
Completeness: Accuracy and completeness of data interpretation.
Relevance: Significance of the manuscript to the mentioned disciplines and their fields of study. Manuscripts exhibiting exceptional quality proceed to the next stage.
Format: Adherence to the formatting and referencing guidelines

The manuscripts that fails the stage 1 initiate screening will either be declined or returned to authors.

2. Stage Two – Peer Review:
Manuscripts that pass the initial screening undergo blind peer review by two independent reviewers. The Editorial Board considers comments from the peer reviewers and makes decisions such as:

Accept
Minor Revision
Major Revision
Decline

Authors are informed of the decision at this stage and are expected to submit a revised version addressing the reviewer comments.
Additionally, authors should submit a table outlining the responses to the reviewer comments.
The revised manuscript will be checked to ensure that the comments are satisfactorily addressed by the authors before publishing.

3. Stage Three – Presentation and Publication:

All the accepted papers must be presented in the FARU annual conference before it is considered for the publication in the conference proceedings. This information is visually represented on the website and can be accessed via the provided link.

This structured approach ensures transparency and fairness in the review process while maintaining the quality and integrity of FARU publications.

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit research papers that focus within the scope of FARU publications. There are two types of FARU Publications; The FARU Conference Proceedings (ISSN 2815-0384, eISSN 2806-0392) and the FARU Journal (ISSN 2012-6301, eISSN 2806-5182 ).