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Studio Dwelling at Rajagiriya / Palinda Kannangara Architects

Florencia Mena — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 20:00:00 +0000

This is an office and residence of an architect, located by a marsh, in Rajagiriya Sri Lanka. Although located along urban fringe near a series of high-rise buildings, and close to the main road, the building is designed like a fortification. It is sealed from the Colombo heat (with specially designed double screens to limit western and southern exposure), traffic and noises of the road but once within reveals unexpected views of the adjoining marsh and is totally permeable to the natural setting. The building plays with volumes to create many areas for living, work and leisure, and also with materials and tectonic devices to create a cooler microclimate within the building, encouraging daylight, and views to the marsh, harvesting and regulating rain water, and creating gardens for biodiversity. The design also takes into account its location by the water, creating garden spaces that act as detention area during monsoons, thus preventing the living/ workspaces from flooding.

Oculus Staff Quarters at Jaffna Wind Power Park / Palinda Kannangara Architects

Sabrina Leiva — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:00:00 +0000

This is a guest quarters that is a part of the Jaffna Wind Power Park. Located close to a lagoon and mud flat landscape. It’s a part of an axis/spine of wind power plants 16, in number that begins with the staff and guest quarters at the entrance and culminates in the office building at the end. It is a simple plan with a low budget designed without harming the surrounding vegetation.

Hotel by the Water Falls / Palinda Kannangara Architects

Florencia Mena — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 19:00:00 +0000

Located in a small hill town of Ramboda in central Sri Lanka, between Kandy (historic city) and Nuwereliya (tourist hill station), in a unique ecological zone (of tropical montane forests and grasslands) this 27 room, 6 storey hotel building is completely integrated into the terrain of the land.

Leisure Pavilion / Palinda Kannangara Architects

Daniela Cardenas — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 22:00:00 +0000

Addressing the client’s requirements for a space for leisure and entertainment, this pavilion was built to function as a venue to entertain friends and family of a young couple in urban Colombo. The clients wanted to maintain the privacy of their own residence and since their lifestyle involved frequent entertaining requested an additional building on a site away from their residence, in a center city location of Colombo 3.

Family Retreat for Devasiris / Palinda Kannangara Architects

Daniela Cardenas — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 22:00:00 +0000

Located close to paddy fields and fringed by distant woodland this second home on 30 perches ( 760 sqm) has been conceived of as a retreat for a couple who had spent a significant part of their life in a Colombo city house and desired for a tranquil space away from the hectic bustle of the city and that would enable them to live in close proximity to nature. This retreat provides a space for the owners to pursue their individual passions for gardening and writing. The owner is a scholar of Buddhist Philosophy and is working on a book.