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Minette De Silva as an architect - Coggle Diagram
Minette De Silva as an architect
western influences and relations
De silva was a part of the AA, britain.
She was close friends with Corbusier and Picasso
Modernist approach in her style
International relations with profound people across tje globe due to her parents and her family background
Silva's image as a "tough" social figure
Impact of family and
culture on her career
Local flavor in her style
Promoting local craftspeople
contemporary approach taking inspiration from the vernacular architecture
She decided to stay in kandy and work independently
because kandy was her home and she had very strong
patriotic and political roots due to her family background.
she grew up between kandyan craftspeople and artists
her sister was an art historian herself
Silva started her practice with
no money of her known
with the help of her parents.
Her first project was karunaratne
house, commissioned by family friends
First building designed by a
woman in Sri Lanka
her father asked her to work in Sri Lanka
as her contribution to the newly independent
nation.
Death of silva's mother caused her practice to fall
as she became ill, depressed and started travelling at the
cost of her practice
First female Architect in east asia
She was not allowed to study architecture
in Ceylon and had to go to Bombay
She was the first female architect in the british AA
she had to face a lot of distrust
and discrimination from her clients and stakeholders
She had to assign work on paper to other
professionals at times as her stakeholders
would not listen to her
Silva was largely ignored by
the public eye during the prime of her career
Most of her buildings now stand in ruins,
scheduled to be demolished.