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Indika Sanjeewa Samarasinghe (Sri Lanka)

Indika Samarasinghe completed his secondary education abroad, obtained a diploma
in Architecture from the University of Bahrain in 1995 and passed from the City School of
Architecture (CSA) in 2004 obtaining his Associate Membership from the Sri Lanka Institute
of Architects In April 2005.
Indika has worked at several leading local and international Architectural firms as an
Architectural apprentice from 1994 to 2008. Thereafter he ran a satellite office for Locus
Architecture in Seychelles from Sri Lanka.
He currently practices in Sri Lanka with his wife and is also the Managing Partner of
I. W. Architects.
In 2008 Indika was the sole Architect responsible for the total refurbishment of the
“Brandix Eco Centre” in Sri Lanka , which became the first apparel manufacturing facility
in the world to be rated Platinum under Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) Green Building Rating System of the US Green Building Council (USGBC) with the
highest points ever awarded for a platinum yet unmatched to date.

“Brandix Eco Center, Green Factory”
With its long-standing tradition, Sri Lanka has an entrenched environmental ethic.
This customary affiliation with wild places and their animal inhabitants is exemplified by
the fac t that the world’s first recorded wildlife sanctuary was located here. The importance
of undisturbed forestland was also a concept well understood by ancient Sri Lankan
royalty, manifested in the form of forbidden forests. Recalling that Sri Lanka has been
environmentally-responsible for more than 2500 years, the ancient kings of Sri Lanka
had built thousands of reservoirs for rain water harvesting, flood protection, irrigation and
domestic needs. Many of these majestic reservoirs are still in use today. This is a tradition
that we can all be proud of and must be revived for future generations to enjoy.
With the coming to end of a 30 year long civil war Sri Lanka has been made the hub
of attraction for tourism and business, opening its doors to limitless possibilities. Today
Sri Lanka is unmatched in its capacity to grow and with our direction as Architects of
the 21st Century should pave the correct path to a Greener and more Environmentally
Friendlier country. This, what I call “The Green Revolution” was recommenced from where
our forefathers left off, with Sri Lanka’s apparel sector inspiration Brandix which achieved a
world’s first across all sectors, with its Green Factory in Seeduwa becoming the first apparel
manufacturing facility in the world to be rated Platinum under the Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design, Green Building Rating System of the US Green Building Council.

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