Sri Lanka Postcard
Impressions of Bawa House
House no.11 Balsa Model
Project: Make an extension to the Bawa House for an exhibition area
Process: Analysed the Bawa House in terms of:
1.Circulation
2.Open and Closed space relationships.
Intent: To invert the position of the viewer from a closed to an open space and draw the viewers attention to the walls through a series of parallel walls forming compressed courtyards that release toward the sky.
JURY I - Sri Lanka: Indian High Commission
Site: Fort area, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Process: An embassy had to represent the relationship between India and Sri Lanka.
Analysed the site.Fort built by the Portuguese, Dutch and the British near the site.
Looked at the fort as a mark left by one country on another country.
Concept: To make a new 'fort' that would comment on the relationships between Sri Lanka and other countries in the past and that it has with India by adopting and negating the characteristics of a conventional fort.
VIGNETTES:
Impressions of Bawa House
House no.11 Balsa Model
Project: Make an extension to the Bawa House for an exhibition area
Process: Analysed the Bawa House in terms of:
1.Circulation
2.Open and Closed space relationships.
Intent: To invert the position of the viewer from a closed to an open space and draw the viewers attention to the walls through a series of parallel walls forming compressed courtyards that release toward the sky.
JURY I - Sri Lanka: Indian High Commission
Site: Fort area, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Process: An embassy had to represent the relationship between India and Sri Lanka.
Analysed the site.Fort built by the Portuguese, Dutch and the British near the site.
Looked at the fort as a mark left by one country on another country.
Concept: To make a new 'fort' that would comment on the relationships between Sri Lanka and other countries in the past and that it has with India by adopting and negating the characteristics of a conventional fort.
VIGNETTES:
Lobby
View from the street
Entrance to the Visa Section
Main Chancery Lobby
View from H.C's residence
Rooms of the chancery
View from the street
To the Visa section
From the H.C's Grounds
School
Water Edge
PROPERTIES OF A FORT:
ADOPTED | NEGATED |
1. HEIRARCHY | 1.CAN LOOK EVERYWHERE FROM A FORT vs PEOPLE AROUND CAN LOOK INSIDE |
2. PRESENCE OF UNDERGROUND PASSAGES | 2.LONG CONTINUOUS WALLS vs DISCONTINUOUS WALLS |
3. DIRECT VIEW OF THE MAIN SPACE | 3.DIFFICULT FOR PUBLIC TO ENTER vs PRESENCE OF A PUBLIC SPACE |
4.SECTIONALLY BUILDS UP IN HEIGHT vs DROPPING DOWN | |
5.SCALE-ENORMOUS vs RESPONDS TO IMMEDIATE CONTEXT | |
6.WATER EDGE-ONE STRONG PLINTH vs MULTIPLE FRAGMENTS OF PLINTH(?) |
MODELS:
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3
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11.
ORGANISATION:
1.ZONING
PUBLIC-CULTURAL ANNEXE(AT ROAD LEVEL)
MOAT-SEPARATOR,REMINISCENT OF FORT
CHANCERY-FORT,MINIMAL OPENINGS FACING CULTURAL ANNEXE
HC's RESIDENCE-ELEMENT THAT RESPONDS TO THE LAKE
2.PLAN AT LEVEL 1
3.PLAN AT GROUND LEVEL
4.SECTIONS
FINAL DRAWINGS:
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