Lankem Robbialac joined the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects as its Principal Partner for 2017.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed last week at the Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo, The SLIA was represented by its Senior Vice President Archt. D.H Wijewardena and Lankem Ceylon PLC by its Director Ruwan T. Weerasinghe.
Speaking on the theme ‘Architect 2017- Return of The City – Mega-structure Redefined’, Director of Lankem Ceylon PLC, Ruwan T. Weerasinghe said, “The time for such a theme was very opportune in the current context with mega structures such as luxury hotels and lifestyle apartment cities coming up within the city and we see the skyline of Colombo changing rapidly month after month”.
“Architects should get involved in designing our mega structures from day one. With your local knowledge, you should be able to bring out a balance between the environment and concrete structure, always keeping in mind that we don’t want to create depressing concrete jungles that would bring out numerous socio-economic problems,” he said.