Residential Architecture Case Study Geoffrey Bawa House

Residential Architecture Despite his late entry into architecture, Geoffrey Bawa explored modernism and its cultural implications and created a unique, recognizable style of design which had a lasting impact on architects and residential design across the world. Through his design style, tropical modernism as a design movement combined with the form-making principles of modernism has truly transformed residential design. Case Study: Geoffrey Bawa House (500 words) Designed in 1958, Geoffrey Bawa’s focus on nature within architecture is discernible through his private house. The interior and architectural design of Bawa’s house is greatly relative to his evolved style. The placement of objects within the domestic space of South†¦show more content†¦The term â€Å"tropical modern† implied continuation of the colonial project in the years just before and after independence. However, in South Asia, local conditions and climate challenged the approaches and rationale of the â€Å"tropical modern† and Bawa began to evolve a different way of building. This approach and development can be described as â€Å"critical regionalism† or â€Å"critical vernacular.† An introspective labyrinth of rooms and garden courtyards, which together create the illusion of limitless space. Words like inside and outside lose all meaning; here room do not have roofs and roofs do not have walls, instead they are connected by a complex matrix of axes and internal vistas. Case Study: Lunuganga (500 words) Bawa’s personal architectural odyssey began in 1948 with his purchase of the rubber estate near Bentota which he renamed ‘Lunuganga’. This began a large part of Bawa’s life and took up a large portion of his time and resources. It was here that he experimented with interplay between building and landscape, between inside and outside space which is coherent with the tropical modernism. Bawa, who was previously a lawyer, used this garden odyssey to transform his life and career. As he went on to become Sri Lankas and one of Asias most prolific and influential architects, the garden at the Lunuganga estate remained his first muse and experimental laboratory for new ideas. He continued to change and experiment with its spaces, the