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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Bamboo Architecture Mentoring/Tutorials
1. Individual: P 1,500.00 for 1 to 2 hours.
2. 2-3 Persons P 2,000.00 for 1 to 2 hours
3. 4-6 Persons P 3,000.00 for 1 to 2 hours.
They can forward their questions ahead of time.
If there are materials to be photocopied, it will be done after the lecture and sent to them after payment for the cost of photocopying.
For reservations, scheduling and inquiries, please contact her through the following details:
Arch. Rosario Encarnacion-Tan
Unit P-12 Xavierville Royale Condominium, 61 Xavierville Ave. Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Metro-Manila, Philippines
Telefax: +632 9287200
Cellphone: + 63918 9282758
E-mail: ning.encarnaciontan@gmail.com
Friday, January 30, 2009
Icon of Beirut by Ziad El Khoury
The angular tower is composed of two main volumes and the lower floors extend across the site.
It is a multifunctional public building, which contains internal green spaces. According to the designer, “it attempts to focus on the real identity of Beirut.”
Below is some text from Ziad El Khoury:
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Ziad El Khoury
My Final Project: Beirut Icon
Currently, towers are being created to mark the power of a firm or the wealth of a company or a man, and not to signal an urban event or the city in its real terms.
The contemporary tower dominates the city, but does not reflect its identity or the identity of its citizens.
This is the reason I am proposing the Icon of Beirut, which attempts to focus on the real identity of Beirut: cultural, commercial, religious, ecological and social.
This project is not a monolithic mass, but the transposition of the urban model of Beirut into a vertical scheme. This means the squares, roads, gardens etc. are transposed in a way which assures a horizontal and vertical continuity throughout the tower, and assures a relationship between open and closed, and public and private spaces.
The project concentrates the essentials of the public life of the citizens of Beirut, thus creating a multifunctional complex in its urban environment.
Above: ground floor
Above: fifth floor
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Posted by Rachael Sykes
PARISH OF SAINT AUGUSTINE CHURCH, PAOAY, ILOCOS NORTE
The materials used for the walls were a mixture of coral stone and bricks. Large coral stones were used at the lower level of the walls, while bricks, smaller and more manageable to transport, were used at the upper levels.
The facade of the church, even as it now begins to lean towards the front, still manages to be as equally impressive as the buttresses. Viewed from the side, the giant buttresses look like huge volutes making the facade appear as a massive pediment rising from the ground. The facade is divided vertically by square pilasters that extend from the ground and all the way to the top of the pediment. The Gothic affinity of the church is suggested by the vertical movement of the pilasters and the finials that cap them at the top of the pediment. The facade is also divided horizontally by stringed cornices that extend all the way to the edges. The cornices extend to the sides of the church and wrap around each buttress, adding attention and articulation to the massive side supports. At the apex is a niche, while the otherwise stark plaster finish is embellished with crenallations, niches, rosettes, and the Augustinian coat-of-arms.
The facade is complemented with a belltower located at its right hand side. Belltowers are a very important element in the overall composition of colonial churches, both for its function and aesthetics. For practical purposes, belltowers were used as a communication device to the townspeople. In the case of the Paoay belltower, it also played, ironically, an explicit role in the lives of the Filipinos during the war.
As one enters the edifice, the church abruptly relinquishes the powerful strength of the massive buttresses that they discharge at the exterior. Inside, the church has a very solemn, almost sentimental ambiance. The interior looks bare and empty. The ceiling was once painted with a scene similar to that of the Sistine Chapel in Italy. Unfortunately, the original ceiling is no longer in existence today. What is left is a cavernous maze of trusswork with exposed and rusting corrugated roof sheets.
Historic and Social Aspects of Stucture/Site
The church was started by the Augustinian Fr. Antonio Estavillo in 1694. It was completed in 1710 and rededicated in 1896, just three years before the expulsion of Spanish rule in the country. The style of the church has been dubbed “Earthquake Baroque” by Alicia Coseteng, one of the early authorities on colonial church architecture.
Outstanding Features
Because the buttresses extend out considerably from the exterior walls, the entire visual experience becomes three-dimensional, unlike most of the churches in the country where the inherent beauty of the church is limited only to the facade.
Another interesting feature of the buttresses is the existence of a step buttress at the sides of the church, at or near half of the length of the exterior wall. There seems to be no other reason for building this other than as a means to access the roof. In the early days, this would have been necessary when fixing or patching the cogon grass roof. What throws off everyone’s speculation is that the stair-like buttresses have steps that were built too steep and too far apart for a normal person to climb. But perhaps, they were built in such manner in order to save on valuable space. If the step buttress on the left of the Paoay church was built properly, it would have jutted out far beyond the boundaries of the church fence.
Source: UAP Sentro ng Arkitekturang Filipino
Towards a Modern Theory of Islamic Architecture
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Poor Planning? The Loboc Bridge
The bridge is almost completed until it was stopped because it will pass thru one of the oldest churches in Bohol, the home of the Loboc Boy's Choir. I guess the designers never even bothered to visit the site to check if the plan is correct. Now, the bridge serves as a roof for a group of enterprising vendors.
Bahay Pinoy Design Competition New Timelines - Extended Registration
Deadline for Registration March 2, 2009
Deadline for submission of Questions March 6, 2009
Deadline to dispatch answers to questions (by competition committee) March 10,2009
Deadline for submission of Entries March 12, 2009
Judging March 17-21, 2009
Deadline for submission of board by winners April 15, 2009
Awarding April 25, 2009
(see Bahay Pinoy website)
10 Trends Shaping the Future of Our Communities
Placemaking puts people first. It is a holistic approach based on public involvement, on citizens working to make things better. Capitalizing on communities' often overlooked assets and can-do spirit, placemaking shows how we can advance everyone's health and happiness without spending huge amounts of money.
We now see the limitation of the privatized pursuits that flourished in recent years, and are rediscovering the importance of truly public spots - "parks, markets, waterfronts and downtowns, to name a few" - where we can come together to meet our needs and solve problems. (More from PPS)
Ten Most Unique Church
1. Harajuku:
2. Saint Basil's Cathedral: The
The St. Basil's Cathedral is located on the
The cathedral was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of the Khanate of Kazan. In 1588 Tsar Fedor Ivanovich had a chapel added on the eastern side above the grave of Basil Fool for Christ, a Russian Orthodox saint after whom the cathedral was popularly named.
3. HallgrÃmskirkja:
The HallgrÃmskirkja (literally, the
4. Temppeliaukio Kirkko: The
Temppeliaukio Kirkko (
5. Cathedral of BrasÃlia: The
The Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida in the capital of
The Borgund Stave Church in Lærdal is the best preserved of
7. Las Lajas Cathedral: A
Later on, a mysterious painting of the Virgin Mary carrying a baby was discovered on the wall of the cave. Supposedly, studies of the painting showed no proof of paint or pigments on the rock - instead, when a core sample was taken, it was found that the colors were impregnated in the rock itself to a depth of several feet. Whether true or not, the legend spurred the building of this amazing church.
Located over the Kalemegdan Fortress in Belgrade, Serbia, the Ružica Church is La small chapel decorated with... with trench art! Its chandeliers are entirely made of spent bullet casing, swords, and cannon parts..
The space the church now occupies was used by the Turks as gunpowder storage for over 100 years and it had to be largely rebuilt in 1920 after WWI. Though damaged by bombings there was an upshot to the terrible carnage of The Great War. While fighting alongside
10.Chapel of St-Gildas: Built into the base of a bare rocky cliff
The Chapel of St-Gildas sits upon the bank of the Canal du Blavet in Brittany,
Heritage Conservation Society Lecture on Church Heritage Conservation
Speakers will include:
Ms. Tina Paterno, Senior Conservator from New York City
- the Smithfield Church, built in 1925, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
- the Cathedral of the Incarnation, built in 1876, in Garden City, New York;
Archt. Arnulfo Dado, of the National Museum
- San Agustin Church, Intramuros, Manila, completed in 1607 and declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO,
- the Parish Church of San Raymundo de Peñafort, Rizal (Malaueg), Cagayan, built in 1607 and declared a National Cultural Treasure by the NCCA;
Archt. Angel Lazaro, of Angel Lazaro & Associates
- Parish Church of San Andres, in Masinloc, Zambales, built in 1607 and declared a National Cultural Treasure by the NCCA.
Lunch will be served. Minimum donation is P 200 for non-members, P 100 for HCS members, and P 50 for undergraduate students. For more information, please contact the HCS at 521-2239 or hcs_secretariat@ yahoo.com.
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