Dr. Milinda Pathiraja, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture won the Silver award in the 4th Global Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction for his community library building in Ambepussa. This award recognizes architectural interventions that deliver tangible benefits to local communities.
One of the Jurors explained that the value of the project centers on transforming a discharged army without mission into a motivated workforce at the service of society using a set of concrete measures including the introduction of an educational program and the deployment of particular construction techniques. “There is significant value in the basic message of the scheme – and the construction of a library that builds both the physical and social fabric of a community”.
