Dr. LEENA THOMBRE

@bmsca.org

Associate Professor
BMS COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND PLANNING, BULL TEMPLE ROAD, BANGALORE

Dr. LEENA THOMBRE


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Dr. Leena Thombre (PhD, M.Plan, B.Arch) is an Associate Professor at BMS College of Architecture, Design & Planning, Bengaluru, with over a decade of academic and professional experience in architecture and urban planning. A results-driven educator, she fosters creative, discussion-based learning to promote critical and alternative thinking among students. Her teaching areas include Urban Planning, Planning Theory and Techniques, Urban Economics, and Urban Sociology, and she has guided several undergraduate and postgraduate theses.
Her research interests include GIS-based spatial analysis, infrastructure accessibility, public open spaces, and inclusive urban–rural planning. She has published in Scopus and UGC CARE–listed journals and has professional experience in municipal, advisory, and community-based urban projects.

EDUCATION

Ph.D
M.Plan
B.Arch

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Urban Studies, Architecture, Geography, Planning and Development
2

Scopus Publications

19

Scholar Citations

2

Scholar h-index

1

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

  • Role of aesthetics in conviviality of public open spaces in new market, Bhopal: A case study
    Leena Thombre, Charumitra Kapshe
    Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Urban Design and Planning, 2021
    Conviviality means living happily together in the company of each other. A convivial public open space represents a healthy society. The qualities of the built environment surrounding a public open space can play an important role to make it friendly, sociable or convivial. This paper aims to investigate the conviviality of public open spaces with reference to visual aesthetics of the built environment around them. For this investigation, a perception survey has been carried out to examine the users’ perception of conviviality and built environment qualities of selected eight public open spaces in new market, Bhopal. The data gathered are analysed using the correlation between perception of built environment qualities (aesthetics, legibility and walkability) and supporting variables of conviviality. Aesthetics of a typical building facade in two public open spaces has been objectively measured apart from public perception. The objective measurement will help to rationalise the public perception of aesthetics. The objective measurement is based on the Gestalt law of visual organisation for evaluating visual aesthetics of a building facade using order and complexity. This study will help urban designers and planners to understand the role of aesthetics in creating convivial public open spaces.
  • A framework of built environment attributes for evaluation of conviviality of a public open space
    Ecology Environment and Conservation, 2021

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Verification of connection between legibility and conviviality of public open spaces-a case of new market, Bhopal
    L Thombre, C Kapshe
    Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper 28 (1), 219-226 , 2022
    2022.0
    Citations: 2
  • Role of aesthetics in conviviality of public open spaces in new market, Bhopal: A case study
    L Thombre, C Kapshe
    Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Urban Design and Planning … , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 3
  • A framework of built environment attributes for evaluation of conviviality of a public open space
    L Thombre, C Kapshe
    Ecol. Environ. Conserv. 27 (2), 947-955 , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 2
  • Conviviality as a spatial planning goal for public open spaces
    L Thombre, C Kapshe
    International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) 8 (5 … , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 12
  • Understanding Contribution of Physical Accessibility in Perceptual Conviviality of Public Open Spaces using Analytical Hierarchy Process
    L Thombre, C Kapshe

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Conviviality as a spatial planning goal for public open spaces
    L Thombre, C Kapshe
    International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) 8 (5 … , 2020
    2020.0
    Citations: 12
  • Role of aesthetics in conviviality of public open spaces in new market, Bhopal: A case study
    L Thombre, C Kapshe
    Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Urban Design and Planning … , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 3
  • Verification of connection between legibility and conviviality of public open spaces-a case of new market, Bhopal
    L Thombre, C Kapshe
    Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper 28 (1), 219-226 , 2022
    2022.0
    Citations: 2
  • A framework of built environment attributes for evaluation of conviviality of a public open space
    L Thombre, C Kapshe
    Ecol. Environ. Conserv. 27 (2), 947-955 , 2021
    2021.0
    Citations: 2
  • Understanding Contribution of Physical Accessibility in Perceptual Conviviality of Public Open Spaces using Analytical Hierarchy Process
    L Thombre, C Kapshe

Industry, Institute, or Organisation Collaboration

Dr. Thombre is a Project Director for the ICSSR-funded research project “Comparative Analysis of Sports Infrastructure Accessibility in Rural and Peri-Urban Areas using GIS and Analytical Hierarchy Process: Case of Selected Rural Districts of Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka” (ICSSR-VB-2024-1643), conducted with MANIT Bhopal and BMS College of Architecture.