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Architecture by Geoffrey Bawa: Some of his Famous works Here, in figure 17 we can see how Geoffrey Bawa retained the natural elements and made it a part of the interiors , yet perfect design for a tropical urban life.
He blended the
surrounding and built colonnades without actually building the physical walls in all sides, showing evidence of Bawa’s love of Naturalism.
Fig: 17 The Lobby area of the The Polontalawa Bungalow, 1964
Bawa designed a number of government own buildings in his later life,, Steel Corporation building is one of the iconic ones (figure 18, 19). If it is seen from outside, it resembles a perfect traditional tropical building, similarly from inside users can experience poetry of visual naturalism through the series of punctured windows in the walls, with comfortable maximum daylighting and ventilation , thus connecting with nature.
Fig: 18 The colonnaded verandah of Steel Corporation building, 19 1966
Fig: 19 Steel Corporation building, building 1966
Fig 17: 17Sebastian Posingis, The Lobby area of the The Polontalawa Estate Bungalow, 1964 c. Photoshelter.com, Accessed 12 June, 2020 https://sebastianposingis.photoshelter.com/gallery--image/ThePolontalawa-Estate-Bungalow/G0000wkOkbFCDXQ0/I00006fH7UFp4Ptg/C0000xIEsjdPRv40 Bungalow/G0000wkOkbFCDXQ0/I00006fH7UFp4Ptg/C0000xIEsjdPRv40 Fig 18: 18Sebastian Posingis, The colonnaded verandah of Steel Corporation building,, 1966 19 c.Photoshelter.com, Accessed 12 June, 2020, https://sebastianposingis.photoshelter.com/gallery--image/SteelCorporation-Offices-and-Housing/G0000xhPWDyRNVr0/I0000uldq7VoubPU/C0000xIEsjdPRv40 Housing/G0000xhPWDyRNVr0/I0000uldq7VoubPU/C0000xIEsjdPRv40 Fig 19: 19Sebastian Posingis, Steel Corporation building and houses, 1966 c. Photoshelter.com, Accessed 12 June, 2020, https://sebastianposingis.photoshelter.com/gallery--image/SteelCorporation-Offices-and-Housing/G0000xhPWDyRNVr0/I0000bmOZ63TkHHo/C0000xIEsjdPRv40 Housing/G0000xhPWDyRNVr0/I0000bmOZ63TkHHo/C0000xIEsjdPRv40
