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Invitation
Let’s get down to business. True to the essence of why Disenyo was set up as a forum to promote Filipino design (of all disciplines, not just architecture), I invite fellow members to do just that. Let us highlight and share products of Filipino design. Allow for it to be recognized, praised, criticized, and commented … Read more
From Agenda to Motivation
Following the discussions on recent articles here in Disenyo, I tried to reflect on what drives design. I thought I might as well share what made me enroll in ETH a year ago (submitted essays as required for admission). 1. Design Research Intent Neutral Agenda Why did I find more time to play tennis in … Read more
National Identity and Design
When I took a class in Sociology, it lent an invaluable lens in looking at being a Filipino. It helped in defining, or at least, in understanding an identity crisis, which remains as a strong undercurrent the country continuously seeks for resolution. In the present age of globalization, national identity is strongly interrogated. ‘Filipino’ seems … Read more
The Future of Filipino Architecture
What is the future of Filipino architecture? The answer seems terrifying as slums sprawl endlessly, identical skyscrapers rise up monthly, and every single housing project is inspired by foreign styles. What future can we expect from an uncontrolled growth of the small, the ugly, and the foreign? Disturbing question. But what’s more disturbing is that … Read more
The Right to the City
This is an excerpt from my quick letter (a “rejoinder”) to Prof. Randy David on his recent column “The right to the City” in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. “… Before coming here in Zurich, I went to Hong Kong. There I discovered and took pictures of what has been a well-documented and published (in foreign journals) urban … Read more
On Architect-Pretenders and the Courts that Protect Them
(or where I pretend to be a lawyer and analyze Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers Inc., and Gamolo vs. Department of Public Works and Highways and United Architects of the Philippines) Ever since the release of their January 2012 decision, I’ve been meaning to write about the Court of Appeals (CA) position on the issue … Read more
Of Magnum Bars and Megatowers
People going gaga over an ice cream bar…seriously? From Twitter to Facebook, and all over the blogosphere, Filipinos having been raving and slaving over the Magnum. I’ve had a few, and to be fair they were really good. But to see the how far celebrities and netizens back home have gone to make sure everyone … Read more
To the Architects
To the architects We are skyscrapers To reach To strive To dream To claw at the sky ‘Til our muscles dry out ‘Til our fingernails bleed It is an insistence on perfection far beyond any comprehensible metric For architecture is measured in terms of the millimetric; The difference of which could mean life or death … Read more
Stealing Ain’t Funny
Since it’s been a while since my last post, I wanted it to be very timely. It is interesting that there hasn’t been any posts here regarding the whole Court of Appeals fiasco. So I’m starting one. What has happened is that the PICE has obtained a writ of preliminary injunction preventing the the IRR … Read more
More Fun What?
Last year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced “Pilipinas Kay Ganda” as the official slogan of the national tourism campaign. A few days later, DOT withdrew the slogan due to major industry outcry, especially considering the fact that the design looks like a take off from Poland’s own tourism campaign! Hours ago, DOT announced the … Read more
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