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GEOFFERY BAWA

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1919 - Born in Colombo

1941bachelor of arts from Cambridge

university

1943admitted as barrister- at- law

1956diploma in architecture from

Architecture association school london

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Background

Srilankapotpourri of culture

Entered in architecture field at the age of 40and the era of end of modernism

Initial works

Assimilation of knowledge from

modernismdirect reference to modernarchitects work

Comparison of charless scrpa italian

designer & Bawa

Political climate sri lanka leads to therevival of tradition & value

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Bawas thoughts on architecture

Traditional materials and techniques with the

new materials to solve the present day problems

Roof structure is predominant form of the

building

Role of the architectfrom known to

Realm of part emotion / thought/Intuition / talent

Where one looks from room

At what,

Through what

What is to be seen

How open or closed a view from room should be

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Two prominent aspects of Bawas

architecture

Time & geography

His buildings strongly influenced by

character of the terrain

The vegetation

Potential for vistas out on to the landscape

Light & shade

Climate

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WORKSLunuganga garden

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Inspired by the sprawlingformal gardens of Europeancountry houses.

The invasion of the house bythe outdoors was an integralpart of living in the tropics.

Steps connecting the house tothe Water Garden link the

series of pavilions and terracesat different levels.

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ENA DE SILVA HOUSE

Bawa proved that within a limited area onecould live in an open-plan house whileproviding seclusion in a busy location.

A low-hanging tiled roof encircling a quietcourtyard with the indigenous materialsused to give a truly vernacular ambienceto the house.

The large trees in the courtyard are just aselemental to the house as the actualstructure.

Again as elsewhere in Bawas work, thereis the illusiveness of the ancient yet a

feeling of the modern too

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ASH DE SILVA HOUSE

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ASH DE SILVA HOUSE

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Colombo House and office of Geoffrey Bawa

is a reworking of already existing small units.

An astonishing play of light and space has transformedthe former buildings into a labyrinth of verandahs,rooms, passages and courtyards with a dramatic whiteentrance tower.

It is an intimate place, a refuge from the city, with

views of spaces through spaces within and withoutthat have been cleverly designed.

The compact house seems turned in on itself,incorporating all the essential elements of a town intoa miniature study in introspection.

A familiar blend of traditional and modern componentsand a meeting of the oriental and occidental ispervasive yet marvelously subtle.

The house is a masterpiece and a beacon to the

inventiveness of Bawa

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Architect office

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Architect office

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This school was designed in 1963

Its a clever re-working of a traditional village school

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This school was designed in 1963

tropical Modernist approach has made wayhere for a clever re-working of a traditional

village school.The look and feel of a wattle and daubstructure was produced by rough, curvinglines of concrete.

plan for a young children to identify with thenatural-look surroundings at their own level

The walls, cupboards and balustrades stop ata height of 3 ft. a childs eye level.

Decorative and other functional features are

also at this level

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the sides are open and with the high roof,promote natural ventilation.

The classrooms are formed by small, low-walled enclosures

The upper floor is covered by a huge umbrellaof a roof, projecting beyond the extent of thewalls and supported by elegant concreteframes.

The whole effect is like being sheltered by agigantic tree