Thursday, April 8, 2010

Geoffery Bawa: House for Dr Bartholomeusz


The House for Dr Bartholomeusz was built in 1961-1963, shortly before it was completed the Dr decided he no longe wanted the building. Bawa then converted the building into an office for his architectural firm. It was used as an office till the end of the 1980's when Bawa began working more from his home, in 1997 it was rented out and is now a gallery, shop and restaurant.


Bawa used 2 main innovation in his design of the house. Firstly he used polished coconut trunks with granite bases for the columns, he also used half round Portuguese tiles for the roof set on corrugated concrete sheeting. These innovations were ideal for the tropical climate, the columns would take longer to decay in the climate than usual and the roofing provided good insulation whilst still looking good.
The tropical climate was taken into account when designing the hou
se, it is quite open plan with lots of interconnecting rooms providing sufficient ventiliation for the house making air conditioning unnecessary.



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