The built has an innately dominant physical presence. How does one balance this against the context of nature ? Geoffrey Bawa, known to articulate the landscape, does so beautifully in the case of Kandalama. The hotel in Central Sri Lanka, is set on a site that is amidst the forest along the Kandalama reservoir. The site originally proposed near the Sigiriya Rock lacked a sense of drama. Bawa instead proposed the site to be closer to the water, accessible only through a trail