Blue Water Hotel is a 5-star boutique hotel in Wadduwa, Sri Lanka. It is notable for being Geoffrey Bawaâs last hotel project and the last project he supervised on site before succumbing to illness.[1]
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Geography[edit]
The hotel is situated in Wadduwa, a small coastal town located (27 km (17 mi) south of Colombo. The site originally was a coconutplantation, situated between the beach and the coastal railway line.[2]
History[edit]
The hotel was commissioned by Ajit Wijesekera of Union Apparel (a garment manufacturer) in 1994, the design of which was a collaboration between Geoffrey Bawa and Milroy Perera.[3] Work on the project commenced in 1996 and was completed in 1998.[4][5] The hotel suffered damage to sixteen ground floor rooms as a result of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami[6] but no lives were lost. The hotel was initially managed by Jetwing Hotels until 2008 when it was taken over by Union Resorts, who renovated it and added a reception room/banquet room.[7]
Architecture[edit]
The hotel was one of Geoffrey Bawa's last major projects,[8] which Patrick Kunkel of ArchDaily believes 'represents a slightly more minimalistic approach to his architectural design informed by his earlier work.'[9] Australian architect, Ceridwen Owen, describes it as 'exhibiting a carefully orchestrated sequence of spaces between land and ocean.'[10]
For the building design Bawa returned to a simple rest house layout, which he first used in 1967 for the Serendib Hotel, but reinterpreted on a grand scale with expansive courtyards and limitless vistas. The main entrance is a lofty porch, with an enclosing wall which screens the hotel from the adjacent railway line. The entrance doors open out to a long axialarcade running across a large garden court, past the hotel lobby and out through the coconut grove towards the sea and the horizon. David Robson in his book, Geoffrey Bawa: The Complete Works, states 'the sequence of spaces is formal and controlled; the materials highly polished, light in tone and muted in colour and the architecture restrained but monumental.'[11] The hotel is an example of Bawaâs minimalist style, use of space, lengthy corridors, open views, water, terracotta tiles and frangipani trees.
Facilities[edit]
The hotel has 100 rooms, two restaurants, three bars, an outdoor pool, and a spa.
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