A slide lecture at ICC
Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), Colombo is organising a slide lecture
titled The World Heritage City of Anuradhapura by Desamanya- Vidya
Jyothi Ashley de Vos on Friday (March 8) at 6 pm at its auditorium
located at 16/2, Gregory's Road, Colombo 7.
 The talk will cover an introduction to the evolution of the city from
its beginnings in 500 BC to its destruction in 10 C ADE including a
re-creation of an important element in the 8 C ADE.
Ashley de Vos is a Fellow of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects
and a Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He has
trained as a Chartered Architect (UK), Landscape Architect (UK.) and in
Architectural Conservation and Heritage Management (Rome, Italy).
He was the National Chairman of the International Council on
Monuments and Sites from 1990-93. From 1980 to 1989 he served as
Director Conservation on the Jetavana Project, Anuradhapura, the
UNESCO/Sri Lanka Cultural Triangle Programme. He is a Member of the
Advisory Board to the Department of Archaeology, (1986 till todate), and
a faculty member in various architectural institutions in Sri Lanka. He
is an external examiner to the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape
Architecture, Design & Conservation.
His efforts have been previously acknowledged in two heritage
conservation awards from the Pacific Asia Travel Association in 1982
(Dutch period museum) and 1983 (Jetavana Stupa and Monastery complex,
Anuradhapura), eight Design Awards from the Sri Lanka Institute of
architects in 1987 and 2000 and two Merit Awards from the same Institute
in 1990 & 2000.
In 1994, he won First Prize, for a very sensitive Master Plan
Proposal for a Selected Area in the World Heritage City of Kandy, Sri
Lanka, which led to the design and building of the 'Kandy City Centre'
Project. In 2009 the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects conferred a
special Life time award of Excellence in appreciation of his "life time
Contribution to enhance the Built & Natural Environment of Sri Lanka."
All are welcome.
For further details please contact the Indian Cultural Centre on
telephone no: 2684698 and Email: iccrcolombo @gmail.com. |
