Dramatization of nature in architecture : an examination of its implementation in Sri Lankan contemporary architecture

Abstract

What is an art? Art is primarily an intellectual act. It is also a skill. It does something in a disciplined and in an orderly manner with the creator's skill. What is an art for? Art is for communication to express feelings, thoughts and emotions. What is an art should do? It is not only for mere generation of pleasure. It should carries people to the reality from the pleasure or far more than joy to wisdom. In other words, it should carry people to the fundamental truth from the pleasure. Architecture is also an complex form of art. It is also an effective medium of expressions. It also communicates symbolically rather than directly. This symbolic communication should address to the reality from the pleasure gained from beauty or far more than joy to wisdom. What is this concept of dramatization? It is a concept to emphasize the meaning, aesthetic beauty and to get more attraction in a dramatic way, and generates more value more than it really had. What is this for? It is a helpful concept for what art and architecture should do. Man is the culminating point of the nature and man cannot live without the nature. Thus, they are bound to each other very strongly and they have many things in common. They also express condensed meanings to each other. In addition, man imitates and is inspired directly from the nature. Both art and architecture imitates the nature in her manner of operation. Architecture directly deals with the nature. Most of the time currently this deal does not go in the proper manner. In other words, does architecture do what it should do with the help of the nature? So the concept of dramatization will be helpful for, what architecture should do for the nature and what architecture should do with the help of the nature. So what does this study should do? It should aware, about these phenomena to the creators that deal with the nature for their creations. Therefore, I would like to forward this dissertation for anybody who has a good sensitivity, respect and love for Mother Nature.