exposed concrete brick and unfinished interiors characterize this four-bedroom residential property by sri-lanka based studio chinthaka wickramage associates. located in the suburb of nugegoda, the brief was to design a house for a couple who reluctantly moved closer to the capital of colombo in order to access the best possible education facilities for their two children.

images courtesy of chintaka wickramage associates
 
 
set on a trapezium-shaped piece of land, the project proved difficult to accommodate the request of the client who requested a four-bedroom house with gardens in the relatively small plot. the house occupies a 202-square-meter sloping site which presented a challenge to the architects who wanted to save as much land as possible for outdoor spaces.
 
 
a terraced front garden and a single level rear garden runs the length of the house. taking further cues from the plot, triangular-shaped cantilevered windows were introduced to the road side with openable louvres, giving a certain irregular ?informal? quality to the front facade. the entrance to the residence is positioned underneath a cantilevered staircase which navigates the two-story dwelling.

 
 
the use of a mono-pitched single sloping roof was designed to follow the contours of the site, conceived to give simplicity to an otherwise stepped front facade. meanwhile, the employment of double-height space is intended to visually and physically link the two levels.

 
 
the architects have ...