AperspectiveofArchitectsandPracticesAsia NirodhaGunadasa Contemporary minimalist architect and his practice of Architecture.

. With the outstanding and state of the art design style, Archedium (Private) Limited, founded by Architect Nirodha Gunadasa, is heading to be a popular practice in Colombo and Middle East cities it is in operation. of many housing schemes including Lotus Grove residencies, Showalas residencies and Celestial towerthetallestbuildingin SriLanka.Hewastheproject architect of Trillium residencies, a well known apartment complex in Colombocity. After receiving charter from Sri lanka Institute of Architects, Architect Nirodha Gunadasa Joined as a director of Alfabeta Engineers Limited and developed several housing andapartmentcomplexes. He was invited to be the Country head of Architects TEAM 3 for Sri Lanaka in 2007.Athcitects TEAM3 isa Singapore world renowned based international practice with its branch network extending to all the corners ofAsia. ArchediumStyle Architect Nirodha Gunadasa, started his practice Archedium (Private) Limited, in 2010 with the design of a villainOmanMuscatandina short period of time, he got the opportunity to handle many types of building projects ranging from city hotels, transportation buildings, interiors, officers andmixdevelopments. He showed a distinguished talent in providing outstanding design concepts for construction project. The out of the box solution he provided, was astonishing andwasaneyeopener. One of the best examples of the genius approach of Architect Nirodha Gunadasa is the concept design proposal he developed for the construction of Ferry Terminal for the Ministry of PortsandHighways.

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CeylonShippingCorporation HeadofficeColombo,Srilanka Exposure AftercompletinghisM.Sc.in Architecture, architect Nirodha Gunadasa started his carrier with Design Consortium Limited; the number 1 design firm in Sri Lanka at that time. He has been involved in the design

Ferryterminalbuilding Colomboport,SriLanka With the agreement between governments of India and Sri Lanka, for ferry service between the ColomboandTuticorin,need ofalargeterminalbuildingin Colombo port was seen. Building constructed within the existing goods port is identified to be a great disturbance to the ports activities. The proposal was to construct the terminal outside the port and transport passengers between jetty and the terminal through a buss service. Pointing out the

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AperspectiveofArchitectsandPracticesAsia impracticality of this solution, Architect Nirodha Gunadasa proposed an innovative design solution. His proposal was a bridge over the port connecting jettyandthemainroad.The terminalbuildingwasontop ofthebridge. The buildings designed by him are always Black and White.Aestheticvalueofthe buildings is confined to the space and form. Non decorative, colourless simplicityaddedemphasison theforms. authentic, Archedium (Private) Limited is now concentrating on design of housing for urban poor as well. Displayingitsuniquetalentin understanding the socio, cultural, economic and political problem and providing out of the box solutions, Architect Nirodha Gunadasawithhisteamisin the process of designing urbansettlementsinYakkala, Diwlapitiya and Ragama that are satellite towns to Colombocity. Architect Nirodha Gunadasa is an expert in Climate Sensitive architecture and hasbeeninvolvedresearches with Prof. R. Emmanuel. Compiling the talents of Climatic Sensitive Design, Mathematics and Engineering, Archedium (Private) Limited, with its teamofexperts,willtakeup the Colombo skyline in time tocome. Author: Harsinigoonawardana References: http://www.archediu m.net/profile.pdf http://www.slia.lk SLIA 50th Anniversary publication portraits ofarchitects

Ferryterminalbuilding Colomboport(cablestructure) Displayinghisexperienceand ability in engineering, he developed the proposal to a columnfreecablestructure 350 meters length suspending without any columns. The structural design principal behind the concept was innovative and astonishing but it was accurate. He has led the company to evolve his own design style which is contemporary, simpleandminimal.

CityhotelforAAICOat gh Narahenpita,SriLanka Hisuseofmaterialsisalways authentic.Thetruenatureof glass, concrete and timber are emphasized in the buildings.

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Transithotel Katunayaka Currenttrend Heading towards generating a Trpoical Sri Lankan design stylethatiscontemporaryin style, simple in aesthetics, climatic sensitive and

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