CARLOS RECOMMENDS!
Fun Fun. A lecture about my favorite period in Philippine architectural history is happening over at Silverlens Gallery in Makati at the end of the month.THE MODERN PHILIPPINE HOUSE
Join us as Silverlens welcomes Edson Cabalfin for the second installment of his architecture talks as part of our weekly Saturday Gallery Activities. On September 29, Cabalfin will be giving a lecture on “The Modern Filipino House: Philippine Residential Architecture of the 1960s”, from 4:30-6:30pm.
What makes a house "modern" during the 1960s in the Philippines? How did Filipinos translate an idea of modernity in the design of residential architecture at that time? What were the origins of these conceptions of the modern? The lecture will try to answer these questions, as well as analyze floor plans, materials, decorations, exteriors and interiors of single-family houses built during the 1960s. The speaker will also be giving a presentation on houses published in architectural magazines of that era such as "Philippine Arts and Architecture" and "Philippine Building and Architecture Journal”.
Edson Cabalfin is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the History of Architecture and Urbanism Program in the Department of Architecture at Cornell University. He was formerly a Fulbright Fellow from 2001 to 2003 at the University of Cincinnati where he finished his Master of Science in Architecture degree. He received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture (cum laude) and Master of Architecture degrees from the University of the Philippines at Diliman in 1996 and 2001 respectively. His current dissertation research examines the discourse of nationalism in post-independence architectures in the Philippines. Edson is presently a visiting lecturer at the University of the Philippines and has previously taught at Cornell University, University of Santo Tomas, Far Eastern University and De La Salle University – College of St. Benilde.
Silverlens Gallery is located at 2320 Pasong Tamo Extension, Warehouse 2, Yupangco Building. Gallery hours are 10am to 7pm, Mondays to Fridays and 1pm to 6pm on Saturdays. For more information, call 8160044 / 09052650873 or email manage@silverlensphoto.com
posted by carlosceldran @ 9:19 AM
3 Comments:
Hi Carlos,
Is that house in Notre Dame St. in Wack Wack? Looks just like the house we used to rent in the early 1990's.
I need to tell you about Miramar. We moved in, in 1996. It was my grandfather's dying wish. Miramar was his bachelor pad before the war. The family home was the McDonald's on UN. (The family still owns the property). We had to work hard and fast to get the place liveable. Prior to taking over the place, we had to evict squatters. Anyway, the atrium is new. Built after 1996. It used to be a dark airwell with narrow cat walks criss crossing at different levels. If I recall, there was a chinese madam (who was past a hundred in age) and a gay pimp who's (in)famous establishment was known as Spartacus, among numerous other colourful characters. I occupied the left side of the fourth floor. My mom and sister occupied the fifth floor (above me). Edward (your former neighbor at Carmen) was on the opposite side. The elevator is still the original. We were told it was the second one to be brought in to the country. Don't know if this is true, since it was never verified. I remember our old tenants painted over the brass paneling. We had the elevator fixed and the horrid white paint removed...Emil Landers was our first tenant. HE used to rent it as part of Swiss Inn...Grandpa lived three weeks in Miramar. This was a real family effort.
Hope this bit of trivia was interesting!
looks like ONE of the celdrans mansions in forbes, or dasma....
The house in Wack Wack was previously owned by Nikki Coseteng. I heard she used it as a gallery. In retrospect, the house would have been perfect for such use. It has an L shape. My little boy (who was like three when we were renting it) would go down the long hallway on his car with a crayon in one hand. We'ld find a line of red (or green) or whatever was the colour de jour on the pristine white walls. Thank god for washable crayons. I should mention, the younger generation (ie. my son, younger brother, and niece were actually ALLOWED to draw on my grandfather's walls (at his Wack Wack home)! We'ld be aghast but GP's standard answer: "It's just a wall and paint. Let them have fun."...Age and sobriety softened him.). The house also had these funky 60's kohler bathroom fixtures. The toilet paper holders had built in little ashtrays! One toilet had pink tiles. Another sea foam green...We were renting the house from Eusebio Tangco (Changco?)...Back to Miramar. We sold it in 2000. I don't mind having it posted but please see fit to fix it. It's one thing to quickly type this out and another to have it seen by more then you and me!
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