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Lalith Lokuge House, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Other Projects by Jeeva & Channa Horombuwa Architects
Lalith Lokuge House, Colombo, Sri Lanka
This three storied, seven bedroom house, owned by Vijitha
& Lalith Lokuge sits on a 23 perch land facing Abeyratne Mawatha in
Boralesgamuwa. The owner being very fond of adopting modern technology into his
day to day activities wanted the Architect to design a spacious, modern house
to capture lot of day light into its interior.
This L-shaped house with its tall blind walls cut down the
noise and congestion of the main road and fully opens out to the garden
designed next to the adjoining open land. The ground floor consists of two
bedrooms in addition to the Living, Dining, Pantry, Home theatre room and other
service areas. The First floor facilitates, three bedrooms including the master
bedroom and their attached bath rooms in addition to the TV lobby and gallery
space. The second floor consists of two bedrooms with two bath rooms and a
study area. Leading out from the terrace of the second floor is a glass
stairway to the roof top garden and bar; a fantastic space for entertaining
under the stars.
The main feature of the house is the floating staircase made
out of stainless steel and wood. Two straight flights run parallel to each
other through the triple height volume in the centre of the house. The large
double height living room opens out to the garden and has been located towards
the right side of the entrance lobby to maintain privacy. The tile cladded
double height back wall of the living room supports the glass panels which touches
the roof ceiling to maintain the floating effect of the single sloping roof of
the living hall.
Use of Porcelain tiles can be seen in all floors with a
combination of contrasting colours to create a floor pattern. In addition to
the majority of plastered walls of the interior, couple of selected walls were
cladded with porcelain tiles in horizontal direction. All internal and external
balustrades are out of stainless steel. All external canopies are out of
tempered glass supported with stainless steel brackets.
White has been selected as the main colour for both interior
and exterior while few selected walls were painted with colours having a subtle
contrast. White on the other hand helps to maintain lot of daylight inside the
house. Every bedroom has a theme colour for the back walls and all bedroom
accessories and curtains follow the theme.
Use of large glazed panels help to bring lot of day light
into the house and as a result the every corner of the house is well lit with
reflected sunlight. Direct and indirect light effects maintain a dramatic
appearance inside the house at night. Selection of light fittings too has been
made to strengthen the modern look of the house.
The owner and the Architect have made a visit to China to select
the most appropriate items for the house including, Tiles, Furniture, Light
fittings, Bathroom Accessories and even paintings/ornaments. This has helped a lot to maintain the house
under one modern theme.
More than everything, the Architect highly appreciates the clients’
decision taken to give free hand to design this house and to select
materials/items as per the Architect’s choice, without any interference. Archt.
Channa Horombuwa considers this as a rare opportunity which most clients do not
understand and highlights that as one of the main factors for the success of
this unique modern design.
& Lalith Lokuge sits on a 23 perch land facing Abeyratne Mawatha in
Boralesgamuwa. The owner being very fond of adopting modern technology into his
day to day activities wanted the Architect to design a spacious, modern house
to capture lot of day light into its interior.
This L-shaped house with its tall blind walls cut down the
noise and congestion of the main road and fully opens out to the garden
designed next to the adjoining open land. The ground floor consists of two
bedrooms in addition to the Living, Dining, Pantry, Home theatre room and other
service areas. The First floor facilitates, three bedrooms including the master
bedroom and their attached bath rooms in addition to the TV lobby and gallery
space. The second floor consists of two bedrooms with two bath rooms and a
study area. Leading out from the terrace of the second floor is a glass
stairway to the roof top garden and bar; a fantastic space for entertaining
under the stars.
The main feature of the house is the floating staircase made
out of stainless steel and wood. Two straight flights run parallel to each
other through the triple height volume in the centre of the house. The large
double height living room opens out to the garden and has been located towards
the right side of the entrance lobby to maintain privacy. The tile cladded
double height back wall of the living room supports the glass panels which touches
the roof ceiling to maintain the floating effect of the single sloping roof of
the living hall.
Use of Porcelain tiles can be seen in all floors with a
combination of contrasting colours to create a floor pattern. In addition to
the majority of plastered walls of the interior, couple of selected walls were
cladded with porcelain tiles in horizontal direction. All internal and external
balustrades are out of stainless steel. All external canopies are out of
tempered glass supported with stainless steel brackets.
White has been selected as the main colour for both interior
and exterior while few selected walls were painted with colours having a subtle
contrast. White on the other hand helps to maintain lot of daylight inside the
house. Every bedroom has a theme colour for the back walls and all bedroom
accessories and curtains follow the theme.
Use of large glazed panels help to bring lot of day light
into the house and as a result the every corner of the house is well lit with
reflected sunlight. Direct and indirect light effects maintain a dramatic
appearance inside the house at night. Selection of light fittings too has been
made to strengthen the modern look of the house.
The owner and the Architect have made a visit to China to select
the most appropriate items for the house including, Tiles, Furniture, Light
fittings, Bathroom Accessories and even paintings/ornaments. This has helped a lot to maintain the house
under one modern theme.
More than everything, the Architect highly appreciates the clients’
decision taken to give free hand to design this house and to select
materials/items as per the Architect’s choice, without any interference. Archt.
Channa Horombuwa considers this as a rare opportunity which most clients do not
understand and highlights that as one of the main factors for the success of
this unique modern design.
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