Article source: ICONCAST Chartered Architects

Home to a young family with working parents the design had to offer a relaxing ambience. Both Eranda and Dhanushka drive to Colombo for work from their home at Thalahena, Malabe and from the onset they both wanted an extent of privacy that would still allow them to enjoy the outdoors; and the idea of a courtyard house was born.

The courtyard of this home forms a double height internal volume and the level play inside the home allows for variant views of and through the courtyard from the difference spaces.

Image Courtesy © Ganidu Balasuriya

• Architects: ICONCAST Chartered Architects
• Project: Casa De Silva
• Location: Malabe, Sri Lanka
• Photography: Ganidu Balasuriya
• Lead Architects: Gihan Muthugala, Nilooshi Eleperuma
• Gross Built Area (m²/ ft²): 4600 ft²
• Completion Year: 2021

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