History of Architecture 4: Finals Flashcards
At the end of the Pacific War in
____, Manila lay in ruin.
1945
American bombs
turned Manila into the ____ Allied city in the
world.
second
most devastated
The Philippine Islands became the independent Republic of the
Philippines and soon after,
JULY 04 1946
The US War Damage Rehabilitation Fund was also instrumental in resurrecting Manila’s pre-war neoclassical splendor…
Some buildings that are rehabilitated are??
The Manila City Hall (1941),
Post Office building (1931),
Agriculture and Finance buildings (1940),
Legislative Building (1926)
was the new doctrine
proclaimed by the “Third Generation” Filipino architects, namely,
Jose Maria Zaragoza (1912-1994), Cesar Concio (1907-2003), Angel
Nakpil (1914-1980), Alfredo Luz (1904-1980), Otillo Arellano (1916- 1981), Felipe Mendoza (1917-2000), Gabriel Formoso (1915-1996) and
Carlos Arguelles (1917-2008).
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION
Arguelles (1917-2008). ____ follows the principle of the shape of a
building or object and should be primarily based upon its intended function or purpose.
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION
The Independent Philippines also expressed its identity
by implementing Modernism through the utilization of
___, ___. ___ (Materials)
REINFORCED CONCRETE, STEEL, and GLASS;
The Independent Philippines also expressed its identity
by implementing Modernism through the utilization of
___, ___. ___ (Characteristics)
PREDOMINANCE OF CUBICFORMS, GEOMETRIC SHAPES, and CARTESIAN GRIDS, and the ABSENSE OF APPLIED DECORATION.
Were
staple architectural elements of the 1950s and 1960s.
The BRISE-SOLIEL or SUN SHADE, GLASS WALLS,
PIERCED SCREEN and THIN CONCRETE SHELLS
It is when the Philippine government constituted
a group of architects and engineers on a mission to
study the modern capitals of the United States and
Latin America
As early as 1947,
South American modernism, particularly the works of____
Oscar Niemeyer
First University Architect of the
University of the Philippines.
He is one of the Architects selected
by President Roxas in 1947 to study
the trends in Architecture and
Engineering to design the buildings of
the Capital City,
CESAR HOMERO CONCIO
- saddle- shaped Church of
the Risen Lord - Twin Liberal Arts
Building
CESAR HOMERO CONCIO
In May 1956, the proposed design
and scale model of the Capitol
Complex on Constitution Hill were
presented to the public
FEDERICO S. ILUSTRE
Works from the 1950’s to 1970’s. * His design combine unrelated
shapes and flamboyant forms; use
building height for excessive
monumental effect
FEDERICO S. ILUSTRE
- The Government Service Insurance
System (GSIS) Building - 66-meter high
Art Deco Quezon
Memorial Monument
FEDERICO S. ILUSTRE
THE NATIONAL LIBRARY(1961),
Hexagon Architects,
Of the 1950s had since been translated into a visual language of long, lean horizontal
lines suggesting airplane wings, soaring upright structures
and parabolic arches that direct the eye to the sky, and sharply contrasted angles that express speed.
SPACE AGE
UNION CHURCH OF MANILA
Ar. Jose Maria Velez
Zaragoza,
UP INTERNATIONAL CENTER
VICTOR
TIOTUYCO
BILLOWING ROOFS FOR THE CHURCH
OF ST. ANDREWS
LEANDRO LOCSIN’S BIOMORPHIC
SAUCER-SHAPED RESIDENCE
MARCOS DE GUZMAN’S
as the name implied, experimented
with the sculptural potential of concrete’s plasticity to
come up with soft and organic forms with the use of thin- shell technology.
SOFT MODERNISM,
These new design approaches were
skeptical of Modernism; soft was deemed to enable
UNIQUENESS, OPENNESS, and LAWLESSNESS
SOFT MODERNISM,
The majority of the thin concrete shell structures were
constructed by pouring wet concrete onto a rigid wooden
formwork, often assembled from straight elements.
THE CONCRETE SHELL
