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Geoffrey Bawa Afz
Geoffrey Bawa Afz
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PREPARED BY
AFSANA SHYREEN
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 .