A small coconut grove measuring approximately half an acre (80 Perches) overlooking a paddy field, inherited by the owner, was selected to build a house in Sub Urban Colombo. There were existing houses on the Western edge of the property with medium built up density but the Eastern side was full of mature trees including coconut trees, while Northern side overlooked a beautiful paddy field. In addition there were substantial numbers of existing mature trees present at the site boundaries, giving it almost a ?semi wilderness?. Challenges for the architects were to build a four bedroomed house overlooking this wonderful future garden saving many existing trees as possible.

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Architects: Chinthaka Wickramage Associates

Location: Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka

Architect In Charge: Chinthaka Wickramage, Nileeka Senerath

Architectural Assistants: Thushara Sampath Ajith Kumara, Anushka Iththapana, Kasun Wijesinghe, Raveen Mathugama, Asiri Susith

Structural Engineer: Prasantha Pieris

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Eresh Weerasuriya

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From the architect. A small coconut grove measuring approximately half an acre (80 Perches) overlooking a paddy field, inherited by the owner, was selected to build a house in Sub Urban Colombo. There were existing houses on the W...