Urban Planning: the future special reference to Sri Lanka Ashley de Vos Part One Jane Jacobs in her book “Dark Ages Ahead” talks about the end of culture, especially the way we live it today. Picture books do not protect the loss of a culture. The printed media is incapable of passing down a culture.…
“The philistine is shocked by the contemporary, for the latter simply seems to deny quality, not only to the canonical works themselves (John Cage: “Beethoven is shit”) but also to the cultural identity and social standing that a love of the classics provides the philistine. The philistine respects what Nietzsche calls “those feeble and egoistic…
Part Two – Public Discussion The Urban Landscape : Should We Ape the West? A public lecture By Ashley de Vos Dip. (Arch.), FIA (SL) Architecture is the process of building well, taking into account Culture, History, tradition, place, location, orientation, human needs and use, building layout, proportion, the solid to void relationship, use of materials, shading, thermal mass and comfort, ventilation, etc. Good building is not dictated by style or fashion, it has a timeless quality and this quality usually defines architecture. Countries with strong and deep cultural roots, including traditional societies understood and used the process of ecological…
The Urban Landscape : Should We Ape the West? A public lecture By Ashley de Vos Dip. (Arch.), FIA (SL) Architecture is the process of building well, taking into account Culture, History, tradition, place, location, orientation, human needs and use, building layout, proportion, the solid to void relationship, use of materials, shading, thermal mass and comfort, ventilation, etc. Good building is not dictated by style or fashion, it has a timeless quality and this quality usually defines architecture. Countries with strong and deep cultural roots, including traditional societies understood and used the process of ecological design in a holistic manner.…
'කතිකා' සංවාද මණ්ඩපය 'kathika' sanvada mandapaya 