Geoffrey Bawa: It is Essential to be There is the first major exhibition which draws from the archives to look at Bawa’s practice. Organised in four thematic sections, exploring relationships between ideas, drawings, buildings and places, the exhibition explores the different ways in which images were used in Bawa’s practice.
Over 120 documents from the Bawa archives, most of which have never been shown publicly previously, will be on view, including a section on unbuilt work and Bawa’s own photographs from his travels.
Geoffrey Bawa: It is Essential to be There is the first major exhibition which draws from the archives to look at Bawa’s practice. Organised in four thematic sections, exploring relationships between ideas, drawings, buildings and places, the exhibition explores the different ways in which images were used in Bawa’s practice.
Over 120 documents from the Bawa archives, most of which have never been shown publicly previously, will be on view, including a section on unbuilt work and Bawa’s own photographs from his travels.
August 29, 2024 –
November 30, 2024
Yale School of Architecture Gallery,180 York Street
New Haven, CT 06511
USA
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Hours:
The Yale Architecture Gallery is open Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except major holidays.
The Architecture Gallery is located on the 2nd Floor of the Architecture building.
Exhibition Tour:
10:00 a.m. (EST)
Chief Curator Shayari de Silva will lead an exhibition tour.
Lecture:
6:30 p.m. (EST)
Registration link for livestream video
Chief Curator Shayari de Silva will deliver a lecture titled “Drawing from the Geoffrey Bawa Archives.” De Silva will share observations from the Bawa Archives and question what constitutes archives in the context of Bawa’s work.
The Yale Architecture Gallery is open Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except major holidays.
The Architecture Gallery is located on the 2nd Floor of the Architecture building.
Exhibition Tour:
Geoffrey Bawa: It is Essential to be There
Thursday, 5 September10:00 a.m. (EST)
Chief Curator Shayari de Silva will lead an exhibition tour.
Lecture:
Drawing from the Geoffrey Bawa Archives
Thursday, 5 September6:30 p.m. (EST)
Registration link for livestream video
Chief Curator Shayari de Silva will deliver a lecture titled “Drawing from the Geoffrey Bawa Archives.” De Silva will share observations from the Bawa Archives and question what constitutes archives in the context of Bawa’s work.
“The site gives the most powerful push to a design along with the brief. Without seeing the site I cannot work.
It is essential to be there. After two hours on the site, I have a mental picture of what will be there and
how the site will change and the picture does not change.”
It is essential to be there. After two hours on the site, I have a mental picture of what will be there and
how the site will change and the picture does not change.”
Geoffrey Bawa,
Interview with Channa Daswatte. Colombo, October 1998.
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