Tag: Geoffrey Bawa Trust

Organized by the Geoffrey Bawa Trust, “Designing Museums with Architect Kulapat Yantrasast” is a free workshop focusing on envisioning museums as dynamic public spaces that shape art, community and culture. The workshop aims to guide the participants through a holistic design approach, balancing institutional histories and its future potential through the expertise of one of the globally prominent architects, who specializes in genre-defying architecture.

Organized by the Geoffrey Bawa Trust, “Practicing Tropicality, Planetary Site” is a lecture presented by Bangkok- based architect Rachaporn Choochuey.

Presented by the Geoffrey Bawa Trust, “Architecture of Seeing: Visualizing space, Telling stories” is a workshop presented by the award-winning filmmaker, academic and architect Dr. Clara Kraft Isono. The event will focus on how optical technologies have evolved and transformed the way architects perceive, represent and design spaces- from early film cameras to contemporary 3D modeling.

Organized by the Geoffrey Bawa Trust, “Conservation by Design; reducing wildlife deaths by integrating design, sustainability and wildlife” is a discussion event presented by Sriyan de Silva, the former President of the Wildlife and Nature Protection Society.

Organized by the Geoffrey Bawa Trust,  22nd Annual Geoffrey Bawa Memorial Lecture will be presented by Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena; the founding partners at  Escher GuneWardena Architecture. Established in 1995, the firm’s award-winning work not only ranges from customized residential buildings to renowned commercial projects, but also emphasizes on preservation projects and curatorial collaborations- with notable emphasis on Sri Lankan community works based in Los Angeles.

“Bench It- Designing for a Pause” is an open call for all students and emerging architects and designers to reimagine the bench as more than a seating. Organized by the Geoffrey Bawa Trust, this competition invites its participants to design a bench that emphasizes “slowness- a place to rest, watch and listen” for one of the island’s most beloved cultural institutions: the Geoffrey Bawa space, Colombo 07.