UILDING CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD BY MOVING AROUND AND THROUGH IT

D BY EXPERIENCING THE MODULATION AND FEEL THE SPACES ONE MOVES

OUGH–FROM THE OUTSIDE INTO VERANDAH,THAN ROOMS,PASSAGES,CORTYARDS.”
CHITECTURE CANNOT BE TOTALLY EXPLAINED BUT MUST BE EXPERIENCED.”
GEOFFREY BAWA

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MURSHIDA PARVEEN
 INTRODUCTION
G  BORN IN 1919.
E  EDUCATED AT ROYAL COLLAGE AND MIDDLE TEMPLE ,LONDON IN
1956.
O  STUDIED ARCHITECTURE IN ARCHITECTURAL
F ASSOCIATION ,LONDON IN 1956 .
 IN 1957,AT THE AGE OF 38 ,RETURNED TO SRILANKA QUALIFIE AS
F AN ARCHITECT TO TAKE OVER REID’S PRACTICE .
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 PHILOSOPHY
 RESPECTED THE SITE AND CONTEXT.
 BUILDINGS HAD A PLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADE.
 FLOW OF SPACES .
 FUSED VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE WITH THE MODERN CONCEPTS TO
SATIATE THE NEEDS OF THE URBAN POPULATION.
 USED SALVAGED ARTIFACTS .
 ROOF FORMS AS ELEMENTS .
 WATER BODY –AN ESSENTIAL PART OF BAWA’S ARCHITECTURE .

 HIGHLY PERSONAL IN HIS APPROACH EVOKING THE PLEASURES OF THE

SENSES THAT GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE CLIMATE ,LANDSCAPE ,AND
CULTURE OF ANCIENT CEYLON (PRESENT DAY SRI LANKA ).

 BRINGS TOGETHER AN APPRECATION OF THE WESTERN HUMANIST

TRADITION IN ARCHITECHURE WITH NEEDS AND LIFESTYLES OF HIS OWN
COUNTRY.

 THE PRINCIPLE FORCE BEHIND TROPICAL MODERNISM .

 DESIGN STYLE
 BAWA WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PROPONENTS OF TROPICAL
MODERNISM .
 EXPLORED MODERNISM AND ITS CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS ,AND
CREATED A UNIQUE ,RECOGNIZABLE STYLE OF DESIGN .
TROPICAL MODERNISM :
A DESIGN MOVEMENT IN WHICH SENSITIVITY FOR LOCAL
CONTEXT COMBINES WITH THE FORM –MAKING PRINCIPLE S OF
MODERNISM.
MAJOR WORKS OF GEOFFREY
BAWA
 SRI LANKAN PARLIAMENT HOUSE COMPLEX .
 THE STRATHSPEY ESTSTE BUNGALOW ,SRILANKA.
 KANDALAMA HOTEL ,SRILANKA .
 THE RATNASIVARATNAM HOUSE ,SRILANKA .
 STEEL CORPORATION OFFICES AND HOUSE ,SRILANKA
 GEOFFREY BAWA’S TOWN HOUSE ,SRILANKA .
 LIGHT HOUSE HOTEL ,SRILANKA .
 SEEMA MALAK ,SRILANKA .
 LUNUGANGA ,BENTOTA ,SRILANKA .
 HERITAGE MADURAI ,INDIA .
THE GARDEN LUNUGANGA
 STREET : DEDDUWA LAKE
 LOCATION : BENTOTA ,SRILANKA
 BUILDING TYPE : LANDSCAPE,RESIDENTIAL .
 BUILDING USAGE :GARDEN,PRIVATE RESIDENCE .
 PLANTATION HOUSE
 A COLLECTION OF COURTYARDS , VERANDAHS AND LOGGIAS
CREATE HEAVEN OF PEACE AND INSPIRATION .
 SUITS ARE INDIVIDUAL AND BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED TO PROVIDE
A RELAXING AND MEMORABLE ENVIRONMENT .
 STUDIO SET AT THE EDGE OF A CINNAMON PLANTATION AND HIGH
ON THE HILL OVERLOOKING THE LAKE TO THE SOUUTH THUS
GIVING THE PRIVACY .
 A.S.H DE SIVA
HOUSE ,GALLE
 VARIANT NAME : GEOFFREY BAWA’S HOUSE
 LOCATION : COLOMBO,SRILANKA .
 BUILDING TYPE : RESIDENCE
 HOUSE FOR A DOCTOR IN GALLE ,ON A SLOPING SITE, WITH THE
HOUSE IN THE UPPER PART OF THE SITE ,WITH A CORRIDOR
LEADING DOWN TO THE DISPENSARY BY TH ROADSIDE .
 THE HOUSE IS MODERNIST & TRADITIONAL AT THE SAME TIME .
 AT THE VERY HEAT OF THE HOUSE IS A PLANTED COURT , FOUNTAIN
AND POOL.
 TRITON
HOTEL ,AHUNGALLA ,1979
 IT WAS COMMISIONED BY HOTEL DEVELOPMENT FIRM AITKEN
SPENCE IN 1979.
 VERY CLEAN AND SIMPLE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILING WITH
LITTLE ORNAMENTATION .
 INTERIOR SPACE ARE LIGHT AND AIRY , WITH EITHER PALE TILED
FLOORS OR CARPETS IN NEUTRAL TONES .
 PLANTERS IN THE OPEN AIR LOBBIES AND HALL WAYS .
RUHUNNU UNIVERSITY ,MANTARA
 50 PAVILLIONS LINKED BY A SYSTEM OF COVERED LOGGIAS ON A
PREDOMINANTLY ORTHOGONAL GRID .
 LIMITED VOCABULARY OF FORMS AND MATERIALS BORROWED
FROM THE PORTOSINHALESE BUILDING TRADITIONS OF THE LATE
MEDIEVAL PERIOD .
 TOPOGRAPHY OF SITE TO CREATE AN EVER VARYING SEQUENCE OF
COURTS AND VERANDAHS ,VISTA AND CLOSURES.
 MODERN CAMPUS .
 VAST IN SIZE BUT HUMAN IN SCALE .
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