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Aug 30, 2021 · Metro Manila is no stranger to brutalist architecture. Even with the rise of skyscrapers, shopping malls, and 21st-century structures, landmark brutalist buildings still remain scattered around the city.
May 5, 2021 · But in some streets around the metro, you can actually marvel at unique-shaped buildings following a style of architecture known as brutalism. Characterized by imposing raw blocks of concrete, these brutalist buildings range from the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1.
A time capsule of sorts of Philippine architecture, once can find a wide range of styles within the campus, from art deco to midcentury modernist to yes, even Brutalism. Entering from Katipunan Avenue rewards you with a brut find pretty quickly in the form of Romulo Hall, purportedly design legend Juan Nakpil’s last work for the campus.
Mar 17, 2024 · (SPOT.ph) Brutalist architecture is everywhere in Manila. You may not know it but you're already looking at an example of one, especially if you're in Makati's Central Business District where there is a particularly high concentration of brutalist structures.
Brutalist buildings are often called rigid, cold, dreary, and even dystopic and authoritarian due to its hard edges, modular elements, and exposed concrete and steel, but we believe the bad rap surrounding Brutalism is undeserved. In Metro Manila, Brutalist structures run aplenty.
Jan 16, 2022 · PICC and the Brutalist Movement in Manila. The Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) followed the popular aesthetic of the time: brutalist. Brutalist architecture rose to fame as a movement in the 1950s and continued well into the 1970s.
May 1, 2023 · Architect Dr. Caryn Paredes-Santillan of the University of Santo Tomas traced the history of Brutalism in a commissioned primer for Brutalist Pilipinas – a local initiative advocating for built heritage preservation.
