Performing place: natural landscape, cultural place, performances of Sri Lankan traditional settlements: Kandy and Lankathilaka

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Performing place: natural landscape, cultural place, performances of Sri Lankan traditional settlements: Kandy and Lankathilaka

Traditional settlement patterns in Sri Lanka reflect a sense of harmony between built forms, architecture and their natural landscape context. In contrast to this, many new developments neglect or overpower natural landscape features. In traditional societies a range of sites are celebrated through...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	De Silva, Wasana
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	settlement patterns architecture built environment sri lanka landscape culture kandy lankathilaka
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28213/

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