Leandro Locsin

nickname “Lindy” after aviator Charles Lindbergh

was born Leandro

Valencia Locsin

Don Leonardo Locsin y de la Rama

EARLYLIFE

Guillermo Locsin and

Remedios Valencia

August 15, 1928

Silay, Negros Occidental

Had his early schooling in his home town of Silay in the province of Negros Occidental in the island of Negros in the Visayas

Was brought to Manila by his parents and enrolled with the La Salle brothers in 1935

During the outbreak of the Second World War, the Locsins returned to their province of Negros and there the young Locsin continued his schooling

EDUCATION

Returned to Manila to continue his education at La Salle and after finishing secondary education was enticed to pursue three professions: music, architecture and medicine after the war

CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC at the University of Santo Tomas

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS at the University of Santo Tomas

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE at the University of Santo Tomas

IN

PURSUING

HIS

CAREER

CONCEPT

• Was described as the “POET OF SPACE” for the way he articulated space using straightforward geometry
• Has reshaped the urban landscape with a distinctive architecture reflective of Philippine Art and Culture

CONCEPT AND PHILOSOPHY

• The use of CONCRETE, FLOATING VOLUME, the DUALITY OF LIGHT AND HEAVY, BUOYANT AND MASSIVE, and 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 Philippine society. This relationship between architecture and society is universal, for it exists in other cultures besides ours. Yet the relationship has another dimension, inasmuch as an architect's work is the expression of one 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 specific challenge to which he responds with a personal solution and a personal statement."

-Leandro Locsin

ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

LOCAL PROJECTS

NOTABLE WORKS AND

PROJECTS

• TOYM (Ten Outstanding Young Men) Award for Architecture given by the Philippine Junior Chamber of Commerce; 1959
• Rizal Centennial Award for “Outstanding Work in Architecture” conferred by the President of the Philippines; 1962
• University of Santo Tomas Gold Medal Awarded for nomination as “Outstanding Alumnus of the College of Architecture and Fine Arts”; 1968
• Philippine Republic Cultural Heritage Award conferred by the President of the Philippines; 1970
• proclaimed a National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture in 1990 by the late former President Corazon C. Aquino
• Filipino Architect with no foreign training

FOREIGN PROJECTS

From 1955 to 1994, Locsin has produced:

75 residences and

88 buildings,

including 11 churches and chapels,

23 public buildings,

48 commercial buildings,

six major hotels, and

an airport terminal building