CCP Complex - Humanities BSED 2 - La Concepcion College

1. Cultural Center of the Philippines

2. HISTORY
• Cultural Center of the Philippines
(Sentrong Pangkultura ng Pilipinas) is a
government owned and controlled
corporation established to preserve,
develop and promote arts and culture.
• Established through EO No. 30 (1966) by
Pres. Ferdinand Marcos.
• It provides performance and exhibition
venues for various local and international
productions. It include programs such as
festivals, exhibitions, cultural research,
outreach, preservation and publication of
materials on Phil. art and culture.

3. • During the Marcos era the following CCP buildings were erected:
- Theater of Performing Arts (now known as the Tanghalang
Pambansa or National Theater)
- Folk Arts Theater (Tanghalang Balagtas)
- Philippines International Convention Center (PICC)
- Philippine Plaza Hotel
- Manila Film Center
- Coconut Palace
HISTORY

4. • According to the CCP, it currently has nine resident companies:
- Ballet Philippines (BP)
- Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company
- National Music Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA)
- Philippine Ballet Theater,
- Philippine Madrigal Singers (UPMS)
- Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO)
- Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group (ROFG)
- Tanghalang Pilipino (or Philippine Theater)
- UST Symphony Orchestra
HISTORY

5. STRUCTURE/DESIGN
• Build on land reclaimed from Manila
Bay. Designed by a National Artist
Leandro V. Locsin, an architect, artist,
and an interior designer known for his
use of concrete, floating volume and
simplistic design in his various projects.
• Tanghalang Pambansa, Folk Arts
Theater, Coconut Palace, and the
Philippine International Convention
Center composes this cultural center
complex

6. STRUCTURE
• It was compose of four
awesome structures
namely National
Theater, Folk Arts
Theater, Coconut
Palace, and the
Philippine International
Convention Center.

7. The Tanghalang Pambansa
• The Tanghalang Pambansa is
the flagship venue and
principal offices of the
Cultural Center of the
Philippines. It houses three
performing arts venues, one
theater for film screening,
galleries, a museum and the
center’s library and archives.
STRUCTURE

8. Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas (Folk Arts Theater)
• The Tanghalang Francisco
Balagtas, more commonly
known by its original name of
Folk Arts Theater, is a covered
proscenium amphitheater is
where popular concerts are
usually staged. It has a seating
capacity of 8,458 in ten
sections.
STRUCTURE

9. Coconut Palace
The Coconut Palce, also known
as Tahanang Pilipino is a
government building inside the
CCP Complex. The palace is
located between the Folk Arts
Theater and the Sofitel
Philippine Plaza Hotel.
STRUCTURE

10. Philippine International Convention Center (PICC)
• The PICC made history as
Asia’s first international
convention center, setting a
trend that led other countries
to build their own.
• Established itself as one of
the most versatile event
arenas in the Asia-Pacific
region by being venue of
political summits, medical
conversations, and concerts
of international artist.
STRUCTURE

11. DESIGN
The typical International Style
usually consists of the following:
• Square or rectangular footprint
• Simple cubic “extruded
rectangle” form
• Windows running in broken
horizontal rows forming a grid
• All facade angles are 90 degrees.

12. DESIGN
Those curve cantilever beam that was used in its façade shows that CCP is a
remarkable example of an International Design.

13. THE DESIGNER
• Leandro V. Locsin was a very famous person
to its own career. He was proclaimed as the
National Artist of the Philippines for
Architecture in the year generally on 1990
by previous president Corazon C. Aquino. He
was a Filipino architect, designer, and
interior artist, known for his use of floating
volume, concrete and simplistic design in his
varieties of projects.

14. INSIDE
• Inside of CCP Complex lies the
doorway to the greatest
showcases of arts and culture.
The CCP Museum, the Pasilyo
Vicente Manansala, Pasilyo
Guillermo Tolentino, Pasilyo
Victorio Edades, the Bulwagang
Carlos V. Francisco, Bulawagang
Luna, Amorsolo
Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

15. INSIDE – The CCP Museum
Main CCP Museum
• The Museo ng Kalinangang
Pilipino is an integrated
humanities museum
established in 1988. It
gathers together the works
of Filipino traditional artist
and preserves Filipino artistic
traditions, studies, and
interprets these to provide a
deeper understanding of
Filipino national culture.

16. INSIDE – Exhibit Halls
• Located at the Second Floor,
it is similar in size and shape
as the Pasilyo Guillermo
Tolentino.

17. INSIDE – Exhibit Halls
• Along Balcony 1 on the Third
Floor, the Pasilyo Guillermo
Tolentino is used for regional
art works or for exhibits in
line with cultural agreements.
The longest wall measures
2.4m high x 18.8m wide.

18. INSIDE – Exhibit Halls
• Situated at the east end of the
Fourth floor, the Pasilyo
Victorio Edades is a bracket-
shaped space where the works
of new talents are usually
displayed. It is often used for
exhibits of panoramic works,
photographs, drawings, prints
and works on paper. The
longest wall measures 2.4m
high x 18.8m wide.

19. INSIDE – Exhibit Halls
• The Bulwagang Carlos V.
Francisco is ideal for murals,
large-scale paintings, installation
works and open exhibits. The
wall space measures 4.8m high x
19.8m wide.

20. INSIDE – The Gallery Halls
• The Bulwagang Fernando
Amorsolo on the Fourth
Floor is a intimate space for
individual exhibitions and
installations.

21. INSIDE – The Gallery Halls
• The Bulwagang Juan Luna on
the Third Floor offers a year-
round program of large survey
and retrospective exhibition.
The Gallery is a rectangle
space, has white walls and a
floor area of 440sq. Meters.

22. • The theater has four levels: the
Orchestra, Boxes, Balcony I and
Balcony II and is able to
accommodate a total of 1,821
guests.
• The theater has a split orchestra pit
floor and is equipped to meet the
requirements of large theatrical
production such as ballets, operas,
symphonic concerts and other
musicals.
INSIDE – The Theaters

23. INSIDE – The Theaters
• The Little Theater is a conventional
proscenium stage, designed for
drama, chamber music, solo recitals,
lectures and film screenings, with a
capacity of 421 guests.
• The stage curtain is a tapestry made
in Kyoto, based on the painting of
Robert Chabet, former director of the
CCP Museum.

24. • Tanghalang Huseng Batute is designed
for experimental production and has
two levels. The upper level serves as a
Gallery, the lower level as a studio
which features a variable stage.
INSIDE – The Theaters

25. INSIDE – The Theaters
• The CCP Dream theater is the first
direct-to-home satellite venue for art
and culture films and videos on the
arts of the Philippines.

26. FUTURE PLANS – The CCP Design Masterplan