Hi my fellow Architecture+Design community,
Greetings from Sri Lanka. As yesterday was a day off as a holiday, I took the opportunity to visit a nearby street. Through this visit I hoped to see the two exterior architectural features of the buildings on that street. After 7 days I did not get the opportunity to present an architecturally rich content in this beautiful platform. Finally, the content I presented showed the architectural features of the exterior of the buildings in Galle Church Street. Through this content I hope to present architecturally information about the exterior appearance of the buildings located on Fort Middle Street.
The first thing that caught my attention was an old building that looked like a church. Buildings with arched and semi-arched doors and windows can also be seen here. As I have presented in my previous content, many buildings with arched windows are a common architectural feature seen in many parts of Sri Lanka. The walls were discolored. As it was a closed building, it was not possible to understand what purpose it would be used for. But the decorative plants on the upper floor were planted in pots and hung on the balcony, so it was confirmed that it was used for human activities.
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Wooden window frames can be seen on the ground floor with arched windows and doors. They have two lids and are rectangular in shape. The walls are painted in an almost light brown color. Chocolate color is little used in our country. It may not be painted with new colors in hopes of keeping the old look the same. The old style gives a unique look.
Many ornamental plants have been planted inside the garden and efforts have been made to provide environmental decoration in the construction of this building. A semi-circular shape could be seen above in the distance made of strong wood. I see it as a beautiful architectural feature.
It was seen that the building was used as a house and the balcony area on the upper floor is decorated with shaped pillars and large pillars. A unique shape was also seen in the lights hanging on the walls. The shapes of the light bulbs hanging from the ceiling as well as the light bulbs mounted on the walls are also unique.
A building used for a commercial purpose with several semi-circular door frames containing rectangular shaped windows and doors was found a little further away. Middle Street is a district full of buildings with many different architectural elements, even though it covers a very small area. The effort that the owners put in to beautify the environment is excellent.
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While walking further along the street, I saw another closed house. The door and windows with circular shape were also seen in that house. The wood is unpolished, giving it an old look, but it has a certain antique feel to it.
The most famous girl's school in the Fort area is located in the middle of this street. The front building of the school, known as Southlands, has been created in a triangular shape. It can be observed that other school buildings have taken the same shape.
After that, a building with a three-dimensional shape caught my attention. The side of the building was twisted. I would like to call this a feature that has not been seen in any architectural exploration so far. The downstairs windows are rectangular in shape.
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A gate was made of thick wood and a building was seen with the gate closed. At first glance, it looks like a tourist resort because of the continuous window frames. It can be seen that the roof of the building is covered with old Sinhala tiles. Ornamental plants have also been grown in this garden to give more meaning to the environment.
During that time, a triangular shaped wall-like building was seen. But I did not see any entry into it. It is fair to call it a building, especially in seeing the windows. Perhaps the five doors that look like windows are the entrances. However, the architectural value that can be seen is very unique. Because these types of creative buildings are rarely seen.
Since the tourism industry is in a slightly higher condition these days, it could be seen how chairs and a table had been set up in front of a dispensary on the street and given the opportunity to get fruit juice.
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These days there are more local tourists as well, so you can see restaurants with attractive wooden chairs and benches of different shapes that are open in the street to sell different types of food. Giving priority to environmental decoration, plants with ornamental plants can be seen here. Also, the shape of the light bulb hanging from the ceiling is very creative.
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Here you can see the Sunset Fort Restaurant, which has been designed using modern methods and attractive architectural features, using old Sinhala tiles for roofing. Brown color mixed with white adds a unique glow to this restaurant. Ornamental plants can also be seen in the front area.
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We saw another old building full of arches and rectangular shaped windows and doors that looked like a Catholic church. It may have been designed using Dutch architectural elements. The small place near the entrance is also very attractive.
An old building is seen being used as a house with yellow paint on the walls and brown paint in other areas. Although there are some attractions here, there are not so many unique architectural features to be seen.
A Catholic church can also be seen on Fort Middle Street. Built during the Dutch colonial period, it has very unique architectural features. It appears that Dutch architectural concepts have been used especially for this purpose.
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As I mentioned in the previous content, during the Dutch period, the walls of the buildings were painted orange. These buildings can be shown as the clearest evidence of that. Each building has unique architectural features. They may differ from the angle at which we see them.
These are all the facts I present through the small architectural exploration conducted in a small area called Fort Middle Street. I bid farewell temporarily in the hope of meeting through another similar content.
