Dhathu Mandeeraya
Community Architecture · Aranayake, Sri Lanka
The brief
A sacred shrine room being designed in Aranayake. The funding came from the last gift of a woman who had been a patient and a friend. She gave her savings, asked for the building to be made, and did not live to see it.
Project overview
- Location
- Aranayake, Sri Lanka
- Type
- Community Architecture
- Status
- Ongoing
- Architect
- Design Republic
- Area
- 1100 m²
- Project cost
- Rs. 19M
- Services
- Architecture, Community
Materials
The carbon footprint is small, and the materials are local.
Outcome
The drawings are complete. The project is being built in phases as further donations come in. The rest is the slow work of faith.