Tag: Nimal Perera

By the side of the Piliyandala – Kottawa road, bordering an extensive landscape, lays the Architect’s own office. The distinctiveness of this creation is the method in which the two environments were conceptualized – a single bedroom residence, “bedsitter” which can be transformed into architect’s own office after the completion of his private residence, thereby creating the most comfortable setting for both situations, present and future. This development took its form as a rigid unmovable solid block bordering the entrance to the extensive landscape and his dwelling beyond.

The Architecture today is dominated by the overstimulated visual forms. These visual forms are most of the time not sympathetic to their surroundings. They dominate & compete with the surrounding whether it’s in a cityscape or rural landscape. They do not follow the rhythms of nature. A heavy concrete structure built on a marshy go against the rhythms of nature. A structure in hot dry zone should have lot of shade to protect from heat.  Structure in hot humid climate should have shade as well as cross ventilation. When you recognize forces of nature – climate, topography, etc… built structures blend with their context and do minimum harm to it. Santani is a place where the built structures recognize the importance of being contextual.