Anushka Dassanayake
This four storey building located bordering Rajagiriya and Borella, in the heart of Colombo is designed to accommodate three floors of office spaces with a two-bedroom apartment unit on the topmost floor overlooking the bustling city.
The open-plan approach to the design of the office floor design encourages spatial adaptability to the users. The use of colours, materials and textures were inspired by the desire for a contemporary take on a rustic style. Implementing raw construction materials like timber, exposed concrete and brick paired with the use of neutral monochromes, the naturalness felt equally well harnessed, acting as a point of contrast to the use of more modern approaches like the open-layout floor plans and large seven-foot glass windows that let natural light into the building throughout the day. This blend of the two styles allows us to gain from the best that both offer, creating the perfect canvas for a formal and adaptive space.
This building also features wall art done by various local artists, incorporating a sense of life and an artistic influence into the office spaces, apartment, rooftop, and the main circulation core.
Tamara Jayasundara
‘INCA CARNA’ collection:
When you look at nature, for a few seconds, you have no thoughts, no judgements, no labels, no interpretations, no narrative. In those few moments you feel freedom, you feel who you truly are- being. So brief, yet so powerful. Consciousness is recognising itself. And once this realisation proceeds, we get a sense of our birthing choice to be here, earthbound, having this human experience.
‘Inca Carna’ is a collection of form playing with formless. In areas of each painting there is a subtlety of brush strokes, almost blurriness to the application, in order to make the eyes watching, surrender to less is more. An ethereal landscape contrasting between colour blocking and subtle strokes, catching attention only to fade away.
The layers upon layers reducing the definition to see the detail of each piece, if only up close.
Drawing in the universe through gold specks and lines of frequency that tie everything to everything.
The colour palette is deep in earth and deep blooded, inverting the colours between skies and underwater corals and anemones, flipping the usual design we see. Using white to depict negative features of nature against a multitude of colours, draws the eyes forward to these areas. In their lack of detail and contrast to the background, symbolises the importance of simplicity and spaciousness.
Suns featured within all paintings in this collection illustrated empowerment found within light and source energy – the original energy that all form is created from, that animates all life.
An exaggeration of parts of the composition in proportions confuses the eye in order to question purpose. Why? What is the point of it?.. leading to the question we ask over and over who am I? What am I here for? Must it just be for the love of it, for the joy of existence and in turn for the expansion of the universe, through the dimension of oneness. Life.
Methma Vithanage
Methma artistic touch of the interior walls and soffits were inspired by natural lighting conditions, visible throughout the day.
“Symphony” – Second Floor
Her main focus, which is on the second floor of the building is directly facing the mango tree that stands right across the windows.
Her usage of vivid colours, drawings and textures brings in the “fun” element while maintaining “balance” to complement work-life and play.
The mural consists of Midnight blue, Dark Raspberry red, wood and coffee brown with hints of gold.
“The waves that run across have neither a beginning nor end. The rough edges and spots of the waves covered in gold give the illusion of these waves running at high speed and looking still at the same time. Giving rise to the notion that symphony of nature would simply pass across the space.”
“AURA” – Third Floor
Colours speak out a person’s preferences and personality. This mural was just that. “Aura” was quite different to the other two murals as it was completely unpredictable.
This piece was done with a roller brush being pushed across with several layers of paint overlapping the mural. A simple technique that gives similar visuals to a print on fabric. While the colours were completed in cool hues of midnight blue, sky blue, green, grey and white. Hints of brown rose gold and gold were used to give it more sheen.
Sunset series – Rooftop
The art depicts the combination of both sunsets through shattered glass or abstract openings on the walls with the skies that surround the space as its background. The Mural merges into the sky as colourful clouds with hints of gold that shine when sunlight hits.
“The following sunset is a combination of the sunsets on the 21st of November 2022 at 5.33 pm and the 23rd of November 2022 at 6.14 pm.”
Chamindika Abeysinghe
The Serpent/Dragon
A serpent or dragon-like creature, with a swirling motion, gracefully moves towards an intriguing vent. Its body, adorned in shades of grey, boasts mesmerizing white scales and dotted patterns. The creature’s presence is both captivating and mysterious as it elegantly maneuvers, its scales. The intricate dots scattered across its body add a touch of intricate detail, resembling geometric patterns.
The mural invites you to ponder the creature’s journey. What waits beyond the vent? What secrets lie in the path it follows? With simplicity, the artwork brings to life the allure and intrigue of this mythical creature.
