Critical Regionalism. Presented by :- Asmita KOngi.

1. GEOFFREY BAWA
GUIDED BY: Ar.JAY KISHOR PANDIT
Ar. MEGHNA PARKAR
PRESENTED BY:ASMITA KONGI(309111)
33RD LANE HOUSE , COLOMBO

2. INTRODUCTION
➢BORN IN 1919
➢EDUCATED AT ROYAL COLLEGE AND MIDDLE
TEMPLE,LONDON AND BECAME A LAWYER.
➢STUDIED ARCHITECTURE IN ARCHITECTURAL
ASSOCIATION,LONDON IN 1956
➢IN 1957, AT AGE OF 38,RETURNED TO SRI LANKA
QUALIFIED AS AN ARCHITECT TO TAKE OVER REIDS
PRACTICE.
➢HIGHLY PERSONAL IN HIS APPROACH,EVOKING THE PLEASURE OF THE
SENSES THAT GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE CLIMATE,LNDSCAPE,AND
CULTURE OF ANCIENT CEYLON(PRESENT DAY SRI LANKA).
➢BRINGS TOGETHER AN APPRECIATION OF THE WESTERN HUMANIST
TRADITION IN ARCHITECTURE WITH NEEDS AND LIFESTYLES OF HIS OWN
COUNTRY .
➢THE PRINCIPAL FORCE BEHIND TROPICAL MODERNISM.
➢RESPECTED THE SITE AND CONTEXT.
➢BUILDINGS HAD A PLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADE.
➢FLOW OF SPACES
➢FUSED VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE WITH THE MODERN CONCEPTS TO
SATISFY THENEEDS OF URBAN POPULATION
➢WATERBODY-AN ESSENTIAL PART OF BAWA’S ARCHITECTURE.
PHILOSOPHY

3. 33rd LANE BY GEOFFREY BAWA INTRODUCTION OF HOUSE
➢GEOFFREY BAWA’S HOUSE
➢STREET ADDRESS:-33RD
LANE,BAGATELLE ROAD
➢LOCATION:-COLOMBO,SRI
LANKA
➢ARCHITECT:-GEOFFREY BAWA
➢BUILDING TYPE:-RESIDENTIAL
➢BUILDING USAGE:-PRIVATE
RESIDENCE
➢DATE:- 1960-1998
➢TOTAL AREA:-6000SQFT

4. ➢LOCTION: COLOMBO
➢CLIMATE: TROPICAL MONSOON
CLIMATE ANALYSIS

5. ➢THE OVERALL SITE IS NEARLY RECTANGULAR IN SHAP, MEASURING
BETWEEN 50 AND 52 FEET WIDE NORTH-SOUTH AND 120 FEET DEEP
EAST-WEST.
➢MADE FROM 4 DIFFERENT HOUSES.
➢BOUGHT ALL 4 HOUSES IN 10 YEARS.
➢TRANSFORM ALL4 HOUSES IN SINGLE MANSION.
➢AT FIRST HE ENTIRELY DEVELOPED GROUND FLOOR.
➢LATER STORY TOWER REPLACED THE FIRST HOUSE.
➢TOTAL GROUND AREA OF THE SITE:-6000 SQFT.

6. 1. ENTRANCE
2. GARAGE
3. KITCHEN
4. LIVING ROOM
5. BED ROOM
6. BATHROOM
7. MASTER BED ROOM
8. VERANDAH
9. VERANDAH
10.POOL
11.KITCHEN
12.SITTING
13.DINING ROOM

7. PUTTING PEOPLE IN DARKNESS AND LETTING THE WALK TOWARDS
LIGHT. WHAT EXCITE THEM THERE IS A SPACE THAT BAWA REALLY WANS
TO SHOW.

8. ➢THE DEEP VERANDHAS,THE
TRADITIONALLY CRAFTED
DECORATIVE AIRCRAFTS,AND THE
IMMEDIACY OF THE OUTDOORS IN
EACH SPACE REVEAL THE STRONG
INFLUENCE OF LOCAL SRI LANKAN
ARCHITECTURAL TRADITIONS.
➢NON STRUCTURAL ANTIQUE
WOODEN COLUMNS,RECLAIMED
STONE FLOOR TILES BORDERING
SMALL INTERIOR GARDENS, AND
PAINTED DOUBLE DOORS BY
AUSTRALIAN ARTIST DONALD
FRIEND ENLIVEN THE THE CLEAN
WHITE ENTRANCE CORRIDOR.
➢THE GARDENS THEMSELVES
BECOME ANOTHER FORM OF
DECORATION,THEIR COLOR AND
VARIETY ANIMATING THE WHITE
CORRIDORS OF THE GROUND
FLOOR AND THE SPARE CONCRETE
TERRACES OF THE TOWER

9. ➢THE COMMUNITY OF THE WHITE CEMENT FLOORS AND THE
WHITE PLASTERED WALLS AND CEILINGS UNIFIES DOZENS OF
INSERTED OBJECTS D’ART REPRESENTING DIVERSE
PERIODS,STYLES AND TRADITIONS

10. ENTRANCE
FOYER
WATER BODY
MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE HOUSE
WATER BODY
ENTRANCE, FOYER

11. DINING AREA PARKING
LIVING
TOILET
DINING AREA
KITCHEN
PARKING
SPACES

12. ZONING
CLOSED AREA
SEMI OPEN AREA
OPEN AREA
SEMI OPEN SPACE
BED ROOM
TOILET
ROOF GARDEN
ROOF GARDEN UPPER LIVING
ROOM

13. PRIVATE SPACES
PUBLIC SPACES
VERANDAH
INFORMAL
FORMAL
LIVING ROOM

14. CIRCULATION
VIEW FROM BEDROOM
TOWARDS THE GARDEN
SECTIONS

15. UPPER FLOOR

16. LIGHTENING STRATEGY