A conversation about architecture on the island of SriLanka which has Long been a important crossroad in the Indian Ocean trade routes. We delve in to tracing the influences and ideas that made Sri Lankan architecture from the ancient and medieval to the colonial and modern.

We look back at the life and work of a great Sri Lankan architect, protagonist Geoffrey Bawa, was among the most influential creatives of his generation, designing not only buildings, but spatial experiences. His name will forever be associated with Tropical Modernism, a movement which looks to construct with space rather than in space. Within the extreme climate of his homeland, wild, invasive vegetation and native tradition are mixed with the colonial footprints left throughout the years by various cultures: the very same elements that animate a rich oeuvre of immersive and sensorial architectures inseparable from the tropical landscapes that envelop them.