Having come to the profession only when in his late 30's,Bawa has built an astonishing number of works, primarily in his home country but also in the South Asia region. His international standing was finally confirmed in 2001 when he received the special chairman’s award in the eighth cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, becoming only the third architect and the first non- Moslem to be so honored since the award’s inception. Bawa was born in 1919 and came late to ar ch it ec tu re, on ly qu al if yi ng in 1957 at the age of thirty-eight, but he s o o n e s t a b l is h e d h i m s e lf a s S r i Lan ka’ s mos t pro lif ic and inv en tiv e ar ch it ec t, la yi ng do w n a ca no n of prototypes for buildings in a tropical Asian context. Although best know n for his private houses and hotels, his po rt fo lio al so inc lu de d sc ho ols an d un iv er si ti es, fa ct or ie s an d of fi ce s, public buildings and socia l buildi ngs a s w e l l a s t h e n e w S r i L a n k a Parlia ment. His archit ectu ral career spanned forty years and was ended in 1 9 98 b y a s t r o k e w h ic h l e f t h im paralyzed. He died in 2003. B aw a’ s w or k is ch ar ac t er iz e d by se ns it iv it y to si te an d co nt ex t.

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He produc ed “sus tainab le archit ectu re” long before the term was coined, and ha d de ve lo pe d hi s ow n “r eg io na l modernist” stance well in advance of the theo retici ans. His desig ns broke down the barriers between inside and outside, between interior design and landsc ape archit ectu re and reduc ed bui ldin gs to a ser ies of sc eno gra phi cal ly con cei ved spa ces se par ate d by courtyards and gardens. One of his most striking achievements is his own garden at Lunuganga which he fashioned from an abandoned rubber estate. This project occupied him for fifty years, and he used it as a test bed for his emerging ideas.

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The result is a series of outdoor rooms conceived with an exquisite sense of theatre as a civilized wilderness on a quiet backwater in the greater garden of Sri Lanka. Geoffrey Bawa had a passion for the island’s varying natural landscapes, scenes that he used as the focal points around which he created his buildings.

The end result was a unique architectural style that erased boundaries between the `outside’ and `inside’ of li vi ng an d wo rk in g sp ac es. Wi th s k i lf u l p o s i t i o n i n g o f t h e b u i lt e n v ir o nm e n t t o t a k e o p t im u m advantage of the surrounding vistas, Ba wa ’s ar ch it ec tu re sh ow s gr ea t appreciation of natural elements; the tr op ic al su n, oc ea n br ee ze, lu sh gr ee ne ry an d fl ow in g wa te r. Wi th th e s e c on s id e re d, B a wa m ak es seam less transition s of the outs ide envir onme nt to beau tiful struc tures allowing comfortable and enhanced dai ly lif e.

Wid e cou rty ard s, sha ded wa lk wa ys an d op en ve ra nd ah s fe at ur e he av il y in hi s de si gn. Al l th es e ele me nts con trib ute d to a uni que archit ect ura l st yle – a leg acy tha t wil l continue to influence, educate, and develop the creative minds of generations of Sri Lankan architects. The intense devotion he brings to composing his architecture in an intimate rel ati ons hip wit h nat ure is wit nes se d by his att ent ion to lan dsc ape and ve ge ta ti on, th e cr uc ia l se tt in g fo r his ar ch it ec tu re. Hi s se ns it iv it y to environment is reflected in his careful attention to the sequencing of space, the creation of vistas, courtyards, and walkways, the use of materials and treatment of details. His architecture is a subtle blend of mo de rni ty an d tr ad it io n, Ea st an d West, formal and picturesque; he has broken down the artificial segregation of ins id e an d ou ts ide, bu il din g an d landscape; he has drawn on tradition to create an architecture that is fitting to its place, and he has also used his vast knowledge of the modern world to create an archit ectur e that is of its time.

Although it might be thought that his buildings have had no direct impact on the lives of ordinary people, Bawa has exerted a defining influence on the em er gi ng ar ch it ec tu re of in de pe nd en t Sr i La nk a an d on su cc es si ve generations of younger architects. His ideas have spread across the island, pr ov idi ng a br id ge be tw ee n th e pa st an d th e fu tu re, a mi rr or in wh ic h ordinary people can obtain a clearer image of their own evolving culture. V i s h n u S 2. Of Fry and Drew and ultimately by the wor k of le Corb usi er. Typ ica l of p ro je c t s f r o m t h is p e r i o d a r e t h e r e m o t e S t r a t h s p e y T e a E s t a t e Bungalow at the foot of Adam’s Peak, a n d t h e c l a s s r o om e x t e n s i o n f o r B i s h o p ’ s C o l l e g e i n C o l o m b o. In th e cl as sr oo m bl oc k fo r Bi sh op s College the interiors were protected by perfo rated external wall panel s which wer e sup por ted on a con cre te por tal f r a m e a n d i n s e r t e d b e t w e e n t h e e x p o s e d b e a m - e n d s t o g i v e a n imp res sio n of ex tre me lig htn ess and delicacy.

A heavy horizontal eaves beam w as hung out to protect the facade an d to ma sk th e pi tc he d ro of, th us ac ce nt ua ti ng th e ho ri zo nt ali ty an d modernist credentials of the design. For more than a century Sri Lankan domestic architecture had been heavily influence by British taste.The typical British 'bungalow' was a pavilion on one or two floors, cellular in plan, extrovert in concept and located at the centre of a large garden plot. Howe ver the popula tion of Sri Lanka was explo ding and Colombo was rapidly evolving from leafy Garden City into modern Asian metropolis. As land prices rose so plot sizes s hrank and the British bungalow could no longer guarantee privacy or provide adequate ventilation. In his first houses built at the end of the 1950s, such as that for Carmen Gu ne se ke ra (1 95 8) Ba wa de co ns tr uc te d th e co lo ni al bu ng al ow an d rearranged its constituent parts in such a way as to create semi-enclosed spaces. A second series of 'frame houses', designed with Plesner and inspired perhap s by Scandinavia n model s, used a concr ete frame to supp ort covered terraces, garden courts and planted roof gardens and was typified by the houses built for Upali Wijewardene (1959) and Aelian Kanangara (1959). V i s h n u S 3.

Tropical Storm of Bawa This is the most comprehensive monograph of Geoffrey Bawa. Bawa is the figure head of Tropical Modernism and defender of Sri Lanka architecture heritage. The book documents his lifework through beautiful photographs (historic and more recent), and magnificent hand drawings.

The book also contained great background information of the architect’s life and his country Sri Lanka, where all of his realized work took place. His work is organized in chronological order and the Tropical Storm of Bawa This is the most comprehensive monograph of Geoffrey Bawa. Bawa is the figure head of Tropical Modernism and defender of Sri Lanka architecture heritage. The book documents his lifework through beautiful photographs (historic and more recent), and magnificent hand drawings. The book also contained great background information of the architect’s life and his country Sri Lanka, where all of his realized work took place. His work is organized in chronological order and the reader can clearly see an evolution of his work from heavy colonial influence to critical regionalism.

Geoffrey Bawa Architecture

The sense of serenity his environment created quietly overthrown Western superiority in architecture of post-colonial Sri Lanka, and furthermore, it’s taking over the design world through tropical storm. Below are images I took of the book for my Amazon review, please see link below and let me know if they are helpful to you (by pressing yes or no button), thank you for your comment and support.