The Dam of Resilience  - Level 4 UDP Project


Kolonnawa, Sri Lanka is the place where the residence for a large number of services providing class to the Colombo area. I t is rapidly industrializing, but there is no rapid development of human lives along with industrialization. They do not have proper sanitary facilities education and every aspect of facilities. Even they have to face climatic hazards like floods and they are socially very fragile.

Also, the kolonnawa based eco-system and the wetlands are almost gone now. Even people have built their houses up to canal reservations and has acquired most of the wetlands. The wetland network which was to cater whole Colombo has been decreasing. So, there is a house fragility in eco system too.

Urban Design Proposal

Urban layer is an integrated set of layers which linked with each other with their functions. segregation of layers can easily explain the scenario, but actually the process is inter connected. The main approach of the proposal is Recreate (wetlands), Relocate (Settlements) and Re-establish the resilience through social wellbeing and wetland reinterpretation 

Context Analysis

Urban Design Proposal

Proposed land use map

Proposed water canal network

Proposed road network

Design Rationale

The intension of this Urban Design Proposal is to uplift the living conditions of people as well as environment surrounding and make them resilient