Lunuganga is Bawa's villa.
Wouldn't it be happy if an architect could create his/her architecture without restrictions on the site, time, or funds? It is my impression for Bawa's villa, Lunuganga. The construction, which began in 1948, was a repeat of remakes that lasted 50 years until Bawa's death. The terrain and forests that look natural are created by repeatedly breaking down the soil and growing. He might try to create his utopia.
The whole landscape is a circuit-style garden that looks like a combination of a Baroque garden and an English landscape garden. The scattered architectures also have a distinctive design that creates a notable impression, and the interior combines a complex space with a rich architectural vocabulary.
However, after I went around, only the impression of the part remained though each one was attractive. Would it be because it is an architecture of pleasure of Bawa, by Bawa, for Bawa and does not need evaluation and understanding by others?
Perhaps he wasn't satisfied with it when completed, so, he must have repeated the next step's design, and his obsession bloated the details like Mannerism. The feeling of imperfections and absence, the feeling of disagreement between longing for Europe but being unable to become Europe, and the feeling of loneliness of not being bound, those seemed to be the essence of Lunuganga. The undeniable charm may be hidden there.
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reference
"Geoffrey Bawa the Complete Works" (David Robson, Thames & Hudson, 2002)
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