Contemporary Arts in Architecture

1. INTEGRATIVE ART AS
APPLIED TO
CONTEMPORARY ART:
ARCHITECTURE

2. INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of the discussion, learners should be able to;
Define architecture;
Discuss various folks architecture from different regions;
and
Recognize National Artist for Visual Art (Architecture).

3. ARCHITECTURE
is the art and profession of designing buildings.
art to inhabit

4. - is unique in that it reflects its cultural
heritage and the demand to adapt to its
environment.
PHILIPPINE ARCHITECTURE

5. Folk Architecture
The Torogan of Maranao
- a symbol of high social status.
- are elevated from the
ground on large wooden
columns cut from trees of huge
girth.

6. Bahay Kubo
- the term bahay kubo roughly means
"country house". It was derived from
the terms báhay ("house") and kúbo
("hut" or "one-room country hut")
- is a symbol of the unity of the people in
a community by means of "Bayanihan."

7. Bahay na Bato
- were large houses built of stone
and wood combining Filipino,
Spanish and Chinese style
elements.
- was popular among the elite or
middle-class, and integrated the
characteristics of the nipa hut with
the style, culture and technology of
Chinese and Spanish Architecture.

8. Ifugao House
-Bale
- is a multi-functional one-room
shelter elevated pyramid with
wooden walls and a ladder, where
the entire family lives, sleeps, cooks,
and eats.
- indigenous cultural heritage

9. - vernacular architecture of lime,
stone, wood and thatch
and. constructed to withstand the
harsh and unpredictable climate of
the northern islands of
the. Philippines.
Batanes House

10. National Artists
for Architecture

11. Pablo S. Antonio
1901-1975
- is one of the leaders in
modern Philippine architecture.
- simple and functional.
- maximum use of natural light
and cross ventilation. “For our father, every line must have a meaning, a
purpose. For him, function comes first before
elegance or form “.

12. Major Works:
Far Eastern University
Administration and Science
buildings

13. Manila Polo Club

14. Boulevard-Alhambra (now
Bel-Air) apartments

15. Ramon Roces
Publications
Building (now Guzman
Institute of Electronics).

16. Leandro V. Locsin
1928-1994
“ the product of two great streams of culture,
the oriental and the occidental… to produce a
new object of profound harmony. ”
-reshaped the urban landscape with a
distinctive architecture reflective of
Philippine Art and Culture.
-achievements in concrete reflecting his
mastery of space and scale.
- is an original, and identifiable as a Locsin
with themes of floating volume, the duality
of light and heavy, buoyant and massive
running in his major works.

17. Major Works:
Istana Nurul Iman, the
palace of the Sultan of
Brunei

18. Cultural Center of the Philippines

19. Folk Arts Theater

20. Philippine
International
Convention Center

21. Juan F. Nakpil
1899-1986
- architect, teacher, and civic
leader is a pioneer and innovator in
Philippine architecture
- integrated strength, function, and
beauty in the buildings “ there is such a thing as Philippine Architecture,
espousing architecture reflective of Philippine
traditions and culture”.

22. Magsaysay Building
Major Works:

23. Rizal Theater

24. The university of the Philippines-
Diliman administration building