THE TEA FACTORY - NUWARA ELIYA

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-(F)-FIRST CLASS HOTEL

UNESCO ASIA-PACIFIC HERITAGE MERIT AWARD 2001
THE UNESCO REGIONAL ADVISOR FOR CULTURE IN ASIA
AND THE PACIFIC ANNOUNCED THE AWARDS FOR THE YEAR
ON 17TH SEPTEMBER 2001. THE TEA FACTORY A UNIQUE
HOTEL CONCEPT RECEIVED ONE OF THE FIVE MERIT
AWARDS FOR THE IMPRESSIVE CONVERSION OF A
DILAPIDATED TEA FACTORY INTO A LUXURY HOTEL
COMPLEX DEMONSTRATING A CHALLENGING ADAPTIVE
REUSE PROJECT EXECUTED WITH COMMENDABLE SKILL
AND VISION.
ALL WINNING ENTRIES DEMONSTRATED UNDERSTANDING OF
THE ISSUES OF CONSERVATION IN RELATION TO THE
CULTURAL SOCIAL HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BUILDING EMPLOYMENT OF
APPROPRIATE BUILDING AND ARTISAN TECHNIQUES USE
OF APPROPRIATE MATERIALS AND A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT IN THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT
CONTRIBUTING TO THE CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL
CONTINUUM OF THE COMMUNITY.
SOUTH ASIAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD
SOUTH ASIAN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS WERE INITIATED IN
1995 TO RECOGNISE THE WORLD OF ARCHITECTURAL
EXCELLENCE IN THE WHOLE OF SOUTH ASIA. BEING THE
FIRST AWARD OF ITS KIND IN THE SAARC REGION THIS
HAS EARNED GREAT PRESTIGE STATUS AND CONFIDENCE
OF THE FRATERNITY OF ARCHITECTS IN THE
SUB-CONTINENT. MR. NIHAL BODHINAYAKE RECEIVED A
COMMENDATION AWARD IN 1996 FOR CONVERTING AN
ABANDONED TEA FACTORY INTO A UNIQUE THEME HOTEL
IN NUWARA ELIYA.
MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCT
THE TEA FACTORY WAS AWARDED THE MOST INNOVATIVE
PRODUCT MARKETED AT THE TTF FAIR IN AHAMADEBAD
INDIA IN 1998. THIS UNIQUE ACCOLADE WAS CONFERRED
ON THE HOTEL AFTER EVALUATING OTHER UNIQUE
PRODUCTS FEATURED AT THE FAIR FROM MANY ASIAN
COUNTRIES.
THE TEA FACTORY WINS RICS AWARD 2000
THE TEA FACTORY WAS AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS RICS
AWARD CONFERRED BY THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF
CHARTERED SURVEYORS LONDON IN OCTOBER 2000. THIS
AWARD IS PRESENTED TO ENCOURAGE AND RECOGNIZE THE
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND TECHNICAL INGENUITY
IN THE FIELD OF CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF
BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
IN EVALUATING THE TEA FACTORY AGAINST ENTRIES
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THE JUDGES WERE IMPRESSED
BY THE FACTORS SUCH AS UTILIZATION OF AN
ABANDONED BUILDING BY PUTTING IT INTO BENEFICIAL
USE AT AN ECONOMIC COST PREVENTING THE BUILDING
FROM FALLING INTO DERELICTION DECAY CAUSING
DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND MAINTAINING THE
ENTIRE FA ADE OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDING AS WELL AS
RETAINING NUMEROUS OTHER FEATURES SUCH AS THE OLD
MACHINERY DRIVING SHAFTS AND PULLEYS. THE
IMPROVEMENT OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF
THOUSANDS OF POOR VILLAGERS LIVING IN THE
VICINITY AND INGENIOUSLY MAKING MAXIMUM USE OF AN
EXISTING ASSET BY SUITABLY MODIFYING IT FOR ITS
NEW ROLE IN THE TOURIST INDUSTRY WAS IMPLEMENTED
IN A COORDINATED MANNER.

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