Street view of the villas capturing fishermen going about their activities in the morning; this shows the intimate relationship between the local fishermen and the project. Image courtesy of Kolitha Perera; Robust Architecture Workshop
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Placed on a site wedged between a residential neighbourhood of an informal building fabric and a public beach used by fishermen from the same community, this building design attempts to morph socio-physical pressures from both sides: i.e., the fragmented spatial sprawl and the culture of everyday constructions on the one side, and the informal ‘publicness’ and the poetics of the coastal setting on the other side.
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