HOA 4 ( American Colonial Architecture) Flashcards
Use of clay roof tiles, adobe, concrete, stucco, gabled roof, round arch entrances, arcades, corridors, and mirador towers.
Colonial Revival Mission
Revival of using Greek and Roman orders as decorative motifs.
Neoclassicism
Consultation Architects in Bureau of Public Works
William Parsons
George Fenhagen
Ralph Harrington Doane.
■ Protected Baguio and the nearby gold mines and projected the American military presence in northern Luzon
■ Also served as a rest and recreation camp for officers and men.
Camp John Hay (Baguio)
■ Home of the Philippine Division
■ The main American ground unit in the Philippines.
Fort William McKinley (Manila)
What building Supervised by Ralph Harrington Doane, consulting architect.
Capitol of Pangasinan
Who is the architect of Philippine General Hospital in Manila
William Parsons
One of the most prestigious hotels in the world during American colonial, Architect William Parsons
Manila Hotel
▪ Also known as “pail system”.
▪ Way of introducing the concept of toilet among the dwellers of the bahay kubo.
▪ Public toilet sheds were also installed in congested nipa districts.
▪ A latrine system was also developed for remote areas.
Cubeta
■ Neighborhood concept
■ Nipa houses built on highly regulated blocks of subdivided lots.
■ Built-in system of surface drainage, public latrines, public bath houses and laundry, and public water hydrants, which are free of charge
The Sanitary Barrio
“The healthy housing alternative.”
Tsalet
It is Constructed of wood or ferroconcrete.
Tsalet
4 Formulaic Elements
▪ A civic core
▪ Wide radial avenues
▪ Landscaped promenades
▪ Visually arresting panorama
Proposed plans for the development of Manila and Baguio
Daniel Burnham
Set of mass-produced model schoolhouses.
Gabaldon Schoolhouses
It is scholarship launched by the government that allowed Filipino students to pursue university education in the United States.
Pensionado Program
First Generation of Filipino Architects
▪ Carlos Baretto
▪ Antonio Toledo
▪ Tomas Mapua
▪ Arcadio Arellano
▪ Tomas Arguelles
▪ Juan Arellano
▪ First Filipino architect with an academic degree from abroad; first pensionado.
▪ Became one of the pioneering staff of the Division of Architecture.
Carlos Baretto
■ Regarded as the master of the Neoclassic style.
Antonio Toledo
Works of Antonio Toledo
Manila City Hall
Department of Tourism Building
Leyte Capitol Building
■ First registered architect in the Philippines
■ Established the Mapua Institute of Technology in 1925, the first architectural school in the Philippines.
Tomas Mapua
Felix Rojas Y. Arroyo-maestro de obra (master in construction during the spanish colonialisation)
Tomas Mapua
Work of Tomas Mapua
De La Salle University, Main Building
■ First Filipino to be employed by the Americans as one of their architectural advisors.
■ Pioneered in the establishment of an architectural and surveying office in the country.
Arcadio Arellano
Works of Arcadio Arellano
Gota de Leche Building, Manila
Mausoleum of the Veterans of the Revolution, Manila
■ One of the major department stores of the period.
■ Advocated the enforcement of the Building Code of Manila
Tomas Arguelles
Works of Tomas Arguelles
Heacock’s Building
■ Promoted the shift to] protomodern (art deco and streamline modern) and nativist phase of Philippine architecture.
Juan Arellano
Works of Juan Arellano
Metropolitan Museum, Manila. Art Deco
National Museum (formerly the Legislative Building), Manila
Post Office Building, Manila
Benitez Hall (Education) and Malcolm Hall (Law), UP Diliman
Second Generation of Filipino Architect
▪ Andres Luna de San Pedro
▪ Pablo Antonio
▪ Fernando Ocampo
▪ Juan Nakpil
■ Introduced new architectural forms in the Philippines by incorporating modern and exotic design motifs through the grammar of art deco
Andres Luna de San Pedro
Works of Andres Luna de San Pedro
Regina Building, Manila
Crystal Arcade, Manila (Manila’s most modern building before WWII, Art Deco.)
■ National Artist for Architecture;
■ His buildings were characterized by clean lines, plain surfaces, and bold rectangular masses.
■ He also became president of the Philippine institute of architect
Pablo Antonio
Works of Pablo Antonio
FEU Main Building. Art Deco
Ideal Theater and Galaxy Theater
■ Designed with straightforward simplicity, synthesizing traditional designs with art-deco ornaments.
■ co-founded the UST School of Fi
Fernando Ocampo
Works of Fernando Ocampo
Manila Cathedral. Neo-Romanesque
UST Central Seminary Building