BIOGRAPHY
Leandro Valencia Locsin
Born: August 15, 1928
Silay, Negros Occidental, Phillipines
Died: November 15, 1994 (Age of 66)
Makati, Philippines
Leandro Valencia Locsin (August 15, 1928 – November 15, 1994) was a Filipino architect, artist, and interior designer known for his use of concrete, floating volume and simplistic design in his various projects. An avid collector, he was fond of modern painting and Chinese ceramics. He was proclaimed a National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture in 1990 by the late President Corazon C. Aquino.
He was born Leandro Valencia Locsin on August 15, 1928, in Silay, Negros Occidental, a grandson of the first governor of the province. He later studied at the De La Salle Brothers in 1935 before returning to Negros due to the Second World War. He returned to Manila to study Pre-Law before shifting to pursue a Bachelor's Degree in Music at the University of Santo Tomas. Although he was a talented pianist, he later shifted again to Architecture, just a year before graduating. He married Cecilia Yulo, and one of their two children is also an architect.
EANDRO
CONCEPT AND PHILOSOPHY
CHARACTERIZED AS THE "POET OF SPACE" FOR THE WAY HE ARTICULATED SPACE USING STRAIGHTFORWARD GEOMETRY.
HE HAS RESHAPED THE URBAN LANDSCAPE WITHA DISTINCTIVE ARCHITECTURE REFLECTIVE OF PHILIPPINE ART AND CULTURE.
USE OF:
CONCRETE
DUALITY OF LIGHT AND HEAVY
BUOYANT AND MASSIVE
FLOATING VOLUME
DICTUMS
“ Creating Architecture that is both modern & undeniably Filipino.”
-Leandro V. Locsin
SIMPLISTIC DESIGN
"THE ARCHITECTURE OF MY COUNTRY IS A SYNTHESIS OF OUR SOCIETY. OUR ART OF BUILDING REFLECTS OUR PEOPLE AT A SPECIFIC TIME, THEIR ASPIRATIONS, TRADITIONS, CULTURE, ECONOMIC RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND ALL OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE PHILIPPINE SOCIETY, THIS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE AND SOCITY IS UNIVERSAL, FOR IT EXISTS IN OTHER CULTURE BESIDES OURS. YET THE RELATIONSHIP HAS ANOTHER DIMENSION, IN AS MUCH AS AN ARCHITECT'S WORK IS THE EXPRESSION OF AN INDIVIDUAL, THE PERSON WHO PUTS HIMSELF INTO THE PARTICULAR PROBLEM THAT A STRUCTURE ADDRESSES, WHETHER IT BE A HOUSE, A BUILDING, OR ANY STRUCTURE DESIGNED FOR A PARTICULAR FUNCTION. IN THIS SENSE, IT IS THE ARCHITECT'S SUBJECTIVE VIEW OF A DPECIFIC CHALLENGE TO WHICH HE RESPONDS WITHA PERSONAL SOLUTION AND A PERSONAL STATEMENT."
-LEANDRO V. LOCSIN
OCSIN
FROM 1955 to 1994, LEANDRO LOCSIN HAS PRODUCED:
75 RESIDENCES
88 BUILDINGS
11 CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
23 PUBLIC BUILDINGS
48 COMMERCIAL BULDINGS
SIX MAJOR HOTELS
2 AIRPORT TERMINALS BUILDINGS
NOTABLE WORKS AND PROJECTS
OTHER WORKS:
CHURCH OF MONASTERY OF TRANSFIGURATION
CHURCH OF HOLY SACRIFICE, UP DILIMAN CHAPEL
WESTIN HOTEL (SOFITEL HOTEL)
CHURCH OF SAINT ANDREW
TANGHALANG MARIA MAKILING
BEGUET CENTER(BANCO DE ORO)
FOLK ARTS THEATER
PHILIPPIN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER
DAVAO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
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THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 2
"MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE"
ARC- 141
GROUP REPORT BY:
"The Poet of Space"
MARY ABIGAIL SANIDAD
JOSE KIRBY CAYAGO
JOSEPH KENDALL CAYAGO
SUBMITTED TO:
ARCH. DONATO MAGCALE, UAP
NOTABLE WORKS AND PROJECTS