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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 ...
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 · Brutalism is a style of architecture that favors function and minimalist construction. It showcases bare building materials and structural elements that may be raw but nonetheless offer memorable visual impact.
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.
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.
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.
Brutalist Pilipinas, Manila, Philippines. 12,222 likes · 786 talking about this. A visual database of brutalist architecture in the Philippines.
With over 14,000 followers on Instagram, Brutalist Pilipinas has re-introduced some of the country’s best and often underappreciated brutalist structures to a new and younger market.
Brutalist architecture renders powerful and imposing structures—in the Philippines, one such example is the distinguished Philippine International Convention Centre, or PICC.
