Building Modernity
Building Modernity: A Century of Architecture and Allied Arts traces the evolution of architecture and designed environment in the Philippines in the 20th century, structures that had been created within the framework of modernism. The exhibition is composed of archival photographs, paintings, vintage graphics, blueprints, building components and ornaments, and related artifacts. The exhibition underscores the larger stylistic tendencies, movements, ideologies, and technologies that have shaped the complex Filipino architectural culture of the last century; acknowledging the plural expressions of modernity.The exhibition is a collaborated project of the Committee on Architecture and the Allied Arts of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA), together with National Museum of the Philippines and the UP College of Architecture . Exhibition opens on February 7, 2007 , 5 pm at the Museum of the Filipino People (formerly Finance Building), National Museum Complex, Manila. It will be the main feature of the National Museum from February until May 2007.
Building Modernity Lecture SeriesTambunting Hall, 4th Floor,Museum of the Filipino People, National Museum ComplexAgri-Fina Circle, Luneta Park, Manila9 am - 12 noon
February 28, 2007
Building the Imperial Imagination: The Politics of American Colonial Architecture and Urbanism
Dr. Gerard Lico, University of the Philippines
March 14, 2007
Remembering Who you Are: History, Identity and the Designed Environment
Arch. Emilio Ozeata, University of the Philippines
March 21, 2007
Conservation of Modern and Contemporary Architecture
Arch. Rene Luis Mata, University of the Philippines
March 28, 2007
Contested Meanings: Public Parks and the Revive Manila Program
Prof. Tessa Guazon, University of the Philippines
April 11, 2007
Development of Philippine Architecture from Pre-colonial to the Present
Arch. Cristina Turalba, University of the Philippines
April 18, 2007
Philippine Architecture in the 20th Century
Arch. Norma Alarcon, University of the Santo Tomas
April 25, 2007
Modern as Native: Vernacularism in Philippine Modern Architecture
Arch. Edson Roy Cabalfin, Cornell University
May 2, 2007
Tropical Architecture in the Philippines
Arch. Nicolo del Castillo, University of the Philippines
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Museum Foundation of the Philippines, Inc.G/F National Museum of the Filipino PeopleValencia Circle, Rizal Park, Manila 1004 PhilippinesTelefax: (63-2) 404-2685
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