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sophisticated processes so that they could in turn expand their capacity. His portfolio consists of a number of domestic buildings that reinterpreted
Modernism for the tropical climate and setting, in particular inspired by examples from southern California. These were done mainly for the emergent middle class of the country and they bear witness to the development of his expressionist aesthetics. This latter group, educated in the new universities that were created during political independence were less accepting of traditional architectural forms which they associated with established elites. Gunasekara's career thus documents their search for an alternative architecture expressive of their aspirations for modernity.
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colonial bungalows. The rigid enclosed building envelope and hipped roofs of public works department housing was the most problematic as well as disturbing for him and he wanted these roofs and ceilings to open out to allow the beauty of the surrounding to fill in the space. Valentine considered that the spatial progression of a building at the boundary, where inside meets outside, is something that has to be more fluid, and this was achieved by raising the
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Gunasekara's architectural contribution can be understood in three ways: He was in constant quest for new spatial concepts that could be created with the innovative technology and material of the time such as glass and reinforced concrete and was keen to familiarize local masons in handling
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Gunasekara deployed the novel methods of designing that he had picked up from his working stint in the United States, such as design development through models. He disliked the perpetuation of what he interpreted as elite forms and aesthetics in traditional manorial dwellings and in
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or the roof edge up to ensure the outward draw. He also contributed greatly to transforming Roman
Catholic chapel architecture for new forms of congregation, and away from axial arrangements as advocated for by the Second Vatican Council.
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