Postmodern architecture

-is a style or movement which emerged in the 1960s as a reaction against the austerity,
formality, and lack of variety of modern architecture, particularly in the international
style advocated by Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERNISM
• Rejects “Pure” or “Perfect” form.
• Return of “wit, ornament and reference” .
• Revival of traditional elements and techniques.
• Sensitivity to the Buildings.
• Physical Characteristics.
• Conceptual characteristics.
• Use of Decorative Elements, Bright colors and textures.
• Postmodern Architecture takes old styles and updates them.
POSTMODERN (PHILIPPINES)
• Postmodernism in the Philippines began when Modernism started to lose its popular
appeal by the 1980’s.
• Postmodernism is simplified by carries application of color, return to ornament, and
traditional design elements and eclectic mix and match of every conceivable detail for a
flashy effect.
• Emphasizing vertical elements when it comes to high rise buildings which is divided into
vertical segments:
I. Podium
II. Shaft
III. Crown
The structures of Postmodernism architecture in the Philippines are mainly commercial
buildings, malls, and condominiums. Postmodernism reinvents the cityscapes with the potential
illusion and perpetuate scapes fantasy environment as to master plan microcity like:
 Fort Bonifacio Global City
 Eastwood City
 Rockwell Center
  Bonifacio Global City
Bonifacio Global City (also known as BGC, Global City, or The Fort) is a financial and
lifestyle district in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is located 11 km (6.8 mi) south-east of
the center of Manila. The district experienced commercial growth following the sale of
military land by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). The entire
district used to be the part of the main Philippine Army camp.
THE PICTURE IS THE SKYLINE OF BGC, THE BONIFACIO HIGH STREET
 Fort Bonifacio Global City
-is a well urbanized rising city of Metro Manila. A beautiful and well-planned city.
As The city is filled with condominiums, malls and commercial buildings. And they all fit
accordingly. Everything is in context with each other. The buildings are differently designed but
blended beautifully with all other buildings. The city is clean and well organized.
And in a few years now, I can say that it can be compared to Singapore or Hong Kong’s
successful cities.
EASTWOOD CITY
-LOCATION: Bagumbayan, Quezon City ,Metro Manila, Philippines
Opening Date: 1997
Eastwood City is a 18.5 hectare residential, commercial, business and entertainment complex
located in Quezon City. Launched in 1997, it is Megaworld Corporation’s first “live-work-play”
community that offers complete facilities, amenities, and establishments for living, working,
playing, and shopping.
Home to the largest business process outsourcing (BPO) locators, Eastwood City is the country’s
first IT park and the first project to be granted special economic zone status by the Philippine
Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). Since its establishment as a premier Cyberpark, it has become
a top employer and leading dollar-earner in the Philippines. Apart from being business
community, Eastwood City is likewise a residential community with a portfolio of 19 high-rise
residential towers. Eastwood also has the distinction of being a tourist destination and is the
FIRST Accredited Tourism Entertainment Complex by the Department of Tourism. Because of
this, Eastwood City offers families, professionals and urbanites a variety of shopping, dining and
recreation offerings at its three lifestyle malls Eastwood Mall, Eastwood Cyber and Fashion Mall
and Eastwood Citywalk, which are managed under the Megaworld Lifestyle Malls brand.
EASTWOOD MALL
• Opened:1969
Awarded the “Best Shopping Center of the Year” in 2010 and 2012 by the Philippine
Retailers Association, Eastwood Mall is a four level lifestyle mall that houses chef-driven
restaurants offering al fresco dining as well as state-of-the art cinemas. The mall also
houses a roster of local & international fashion brands and establishments.
The mall also has an expansive open space, the Eastwood Mall Open Park which has a
lagoon and a dancing fountain show. This is the primary venue for large community
events such as the annual New Year’s Eve countdown.
Eastwood Mall also houses four state-of-the-art cinemas including Megaworld’s
signature Ultra Cinema, which features 2-person seats, unlimited popcorn and drinks
delivered by a button-activated personal butler service.
It is also the first shopping center in the Philippines to welcome pets and was inducted
into the Order of the Platinum Paw by the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).
ROCKWELL CENTER
• Location: MakatiPoblacion,Metro Manila, Philippines
• Opening Date: 1998
• Developer: Rockwell Land Corporation
• Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
• Owner: Lopez Holdings
Rockwell Center is a high-end mixed-use area in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is
a project of Rockwell Land Corporation which is in turn owned by the Lopez Holdings
Corporation. Rockwell Center was first developed in 1998 and is being expanded since
2012. The architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) carried out the design
under the direction of former design partner Larry Oltmanns. Its centerpiece, the Power
Plant Mall, opened on December 26, 2000. The Rockwell Center includes office
buildings, condominium towers, a law and business school and a shopping mall.
The Rockwell Center was constructed on a 15.5-hectare lot in Makati Poblacion
previously occupied by a thermal plant operated by then Lopez-owned Manila Electric
Railroad and Light Company until its closure in 1994. The lot is bounded by J.P. Rizal
Avenue to the north, where it faces the Pasig River, Estrella Street to the east, Rockwell
Drive and Amapola Street to the south, and R. Palma Street to the west.
 POSTMODERN BUILDINGS
Pacific Plaza Towers

 Location: 4th Avenue Bonifacio Global City

o Metro Manila, Philippines
 Construction started: 1997
 Completion: September 2000
 Opening: February 22, 2001 (soft opening)
o March 9, 2001 (grand opening)
 Owner: Metro Pacific Corporation (1997-2006)
 Pacific Plaza Towers Condominium Corporation
o (PPTCC) (2001-Present)
 Height Roof: 179 m (587.27 ft)
 Floor count 53 aboveground
 Architect: Arquitectonica
A landmark high-end condo project in Bonifacio Global City, Pacific Plaza Towers stands out
from among the other luxury condo towers in the area. Its eye-catching twin tower curvilinear
design is another handiwork by the Arquitectonica group (the same designer behind SM Aura
Premier and Mall of Asia Arena) along with the Recio + Casas Architects, a local firm with a solid
portfolio of residential and commercial projects, both here and abroad.
It took the record of being the Tallest twin-towers in Philippines from Salcedo Park Twin Towers
from 2001 to 2009
Considered as Postmodern building because of its curved form, decorative elements(its crown),
asymmetry(diff curved shape of 2 tower), bright colors, and features which borrowed from
earlier periods.
W City Center

 Located at 7th Avenue corner 30th Street, BGC

 Class: Class A
 PEZA registered
 Year Built: 2016
 Four Floors Of Retail Amenities
 Achitect: CARLOS ARNAIZ
W City Center's beyond-the-box design makes it more than just a 29-storey office building
with 4 storeys of retail facilities in the lower levels(podium). Its façade is composed of a
series of balconies and bulging metallic mullions that allow the office employees inside the
building step outside and enjoy the view. The brains behind this masterpiece is Brooklyn-
based CAZA () Architects. They envisioned City Center Tower's look "to push back against
 the geometric limits of the standard core and shell of a corporate office building by
introducing a series of concentric circles within this traditional rectangular structure.“
Use of balcony as to counteract its booring box-shaped.
ORÉ Central

 Located at 31st Street corner 9th Avenue, BGC Completion Date: 3Q of 2016
 Building Grade: Class A
 Gross Leasable Area: 33,000 sq m
 PEZA On-going registration
 No. of Floors: 30floors
 Typical Floor Plate: 1,341.17 sq m(high zone) –
 1583.27 sq m(low zone)
 Architect: GENSLER
Designed by Gensler, the same brilliant team behind Shanghai Tower and Incheon Airport, ORÉ
Central's all-glass, postmodernist structure easily draws public attention. This 30-storey office
building's green efforts include having energy-efficient lighting and air-conditioning as well as
harvesting rainwater for irrigation and other uses, recognized as Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED)-certified structure. This one-of-a-kind design led the building to
take home the Best Office Development, Best Landscape Architectural Design, and Highly
Commended in Best Office Architectural Design awards at the 2016 Philippines Property
Awards.
The location is strategically oriented on the south side facing the green park, a jogging trail and
green zone. Ore Central is built with the aim to reduce global warming and minimize the impact
on the environment. It is the ideal office space as it provides maximum energy efficiency and
cost savings.
diverts the box shape with the use of spaces that conclude the beams and round columns which
gives a strategical podium and shaft.
One McKinley Place

 Location:3rd Avenue cor. 26th Street

Bonifacio Global City
Philippines
 Type: Residential Condominium
 Construction started:1997
 Completed :2001
 Renovated:2002–2003
 Architect:R. Villarosa Architects
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
The One McKinley Place is a high-end residential condominium located across Pacific Plaza
Towers in Bonifacio Global City, Philippines. The 43-storey building was completed in 2004 and
rises to 149 metres (489 feet) from the ground to its architectural top. It was the tallest single
residential tower in Bonifacio Global City until the completion of The Infinity Fort Bonifacio in
2011.
History

 One McKinley Place began groundbreaking and excavation in 1997, with first concrete
pouring in 1998. It began to rise on January 1999. It topped off in January 2000. One
year later, construction stopped for a while but resumed in 2002 and was completed in
2003. The building opened in 2004. It was the tallest single tower in Taguig City from
2004 to 2011, when The Infinity Fort Bonifacio was completed.
EXPORT BANK PLAZA

 LOCATION: Gil Puyat Avenue cor. Chino Roces Avenue, Makati, Philippines
 ARCHITECT:R. Villarosa Architects
 COMPLETED :1998
 TYPE: OFFICE
Exportbank Plaza, formerly known as Urban Bank Plaza, is an office skyscraper located
in Makati, Philippines. It stands at 155.1 metres (509 feet), and is one of the tallest buildings in
the country. The building has 36 floors above ground and 1 basement level for parking.
Currently, Exportbank Plaza serves as the headquarters of Export and Industry
Bank (Exportbank), which acquired the building after purchasing the assets of Urban Bank after
that bank was shut down by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in 2000.
Building Details
The 37-storey building consists of an 8-floor Podium with basement, and a 29-storey Office
Tower. It has a 3-street frontage (Gil Puyat Avenue, Chino Roces Ave. and Urban Avenue) and
was designed to ensure unobstructed panoramic view of the metropolis from all sides, with
Makati’s skyline towards the east, and Manila Bay towards the west.
The building also has 7 parking floors for a total of 511 parking slots, or 1 parking space for
every 80sqm of office space. 12 high-speed elevators are installed to ensure swift access to all
levels.
Each floor has two pressurized fire escape stairways with widths of 1.35 meters, higher than the
standard 1.20 meters of comparable structures. Every floor is also equipped with a smoke
exhaust louver system which automatically activates in case of fire. Also, the building is also
crowned with a helipad.
Enterprise Center Towers 1&2

 Location: 6766 Ayala Avenue corner Paseo de Roxas, Makati, Philippines

 Type: Office
 Architect:Wong & Tung International Limited - Hong Kong; ARADS & Associates -
Manila
 Construction Started: 1995
 Completed: 1999
The Enterprise Center Tower is an office skyscraper located in Makati, Philippines. It is owned
and developed by KSA Realty Corporation, a joint venture between the Kuok Group (majority
shareholder), ING, and A. Soriano Corporation (ANSCOR). It stands at 171.9 metres (564
feet)[4] and is currently the 20th tallest building in the Philippines. The building is the taller of
two buildings comprising The Enterprise Center.
Design
All technical specifications have been drawn to meet the business requirements of the
corporate world in the new century. Hong Kong - based Wong & Tung International Limited
(WTIL) is the visionary behind The Enterprise Center, in collaboration with ARADS & Associates,
the local architect of The Enterprise Center.
From a grand podium, the two neoclassic towers (Towers 1 & 2) of granite and antique silver
and glass rise, taper, and touch the Makati sky with crowns of gleaming steel.
By night, high intensity beams bathe the crowns in light, commanding attention from the
farthest point of the metropolis.
Location
The Enterprise Center, specifically Tower 1, is located in the corner of Ayala Avenue and Paseo
de Roxas Avenue. The center is situated at the heart of the business and finance district, in one
of the most popular commercial buildings in Makati City, and is accessible and near every other
major destination of the city. Around its area are the Glorietta Mall and Ayala Center,
educational institutions like the Asian Institute of Management, the Ateneo Graduate School of
Business, the Ateneo Law School, Centro Escolar University—Makati and De La Salle
University - Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business. It is also a few blocks away from deluxe
hotels like Makati Shangri-La, The Peninsula Manila, Mandarin Oriental Manila, The
InterContinental Hotel, Dusit Hotel plus the service facilities of the Makati Medical Center and
the Central Post Office.
Good vehicular and pedestrian access including a direct link to the new elevated covered
walkway is available.
PB Com Tower

 Location:6795 Ayala Avenue corner V.A. Rufino Street, Salcedo

Village, Makati, Philippines
 Type: Office
 Construction Started: 1998
 Completed: 2000
 Architect:Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP; GF & Partners Architects
The Philippine Bank of Communications Tower, more commonly known as PBCom Tower, is
an office skyscraper ranked officially as the second tallest building in the Philippines. It was
previously the tallest building in the Philippines, a title it held starting year 2000 until the
completion of Federal Land Tower in early 2017. It has a total ground to architectural top height
of 259 metres (850 ft), with 52 storeys including an 8-level radio tower. It is a joint
development of Filinvest Asia Corporation (FAC) and the Philippine Bank of
Communications (PBCom). The building is the home of PBCom, one of the oldest Philippine
banks. The bank occupies the building's first ten floors, with a food court on the seventh floor.
The building is located at Ayala Avenue corner V.A. Rufino Street in Makati, right inside
the Makati Central Business District. The stretch of Ayala Avenue where PBCom Tower is
located also has the main branches of the following banks Quadrant Information Services
Inc., Metrobank, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Banco de Oro (Equitable PCI Towers I and II;
Equitable Bank Tower), Security Bank. It houses international call centers such as Stream Global
Services, Citibank, Convergys, HSBC HDPP, IBM Daksh, and ICT.
Design and construction
PBCom Tower was designed by local architectural firm GF & Partners Architects, in cooperation
with international architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP;and structural design was
provided by local engineering company Aromin & Sy + Associates. Project and construction
management services was provided by I.A. Campbell & Associates, a Philippine-based project
management company,while construction works was done by Samsung Engineering &
Construction's local branch Samsung Construction Company Philippines, Inc. Samsung is known
as the builder of the world's tallest buildings, including the Petronas Twin Towers, Taipei 101,
and the Burj Khalifa.
Besides these companies, other members of the design team include Edgett Williams
Consulting Group (Elevator Design), Golder Associates, Inc. (Seismic Study); Fisher, Marantz,
Rentro, Stone (Lighting consultant); Shel Milson & Wilke (Acoustic Analysis); CDC Limited
(Curtain Wall design); Control Risks, Inc. (Security System design); N.B.F. Water & Wastewater
Services (Sanitary System design); DCCD Engineering Corp. (Electrical Systems design); R.J.
Calpo & Partners (Mechanical Systems design); and Radian Technology, Inc. (Fire Protection
System design).
Its exterior double-glazed, unitized curtain walls in aluminum frames, together with a
monumental lighting effect, create a facade that reflects a fusion of art and function. Its
interiors are an elegant interplay of glass, natural stone and metal. A landscaped garden in
stepped podium also adds to the natural effect of the building's design. The building also
utilizes tinted insulated vision glass in full height for the curtain walls to seal off heat and noise
The offices spaces feature high ceiling headroom to enhance cosy working atmosphere;
perimeter columns to provide flexibility in interior space planning; provision for raised access
floor or underslab ducts; and having continuous wide panels in full height glazing allow
magnificent views while providing ample natural light into the offices.
Rufino Pacific Tower
• Location:6784 Ayala Avenue cor. V.A. Rufino Street, Legaspi
Village, Makati, Philippines
• Type: Office
• Completed: 1994
Rufino Pacific Tower or more commonly known as Rufino Tower or Rufino Plaza is an
office skyscraper and is one of the tallest buildings in the Philippines and tallest buildings in
Metro Manila. It remains as the tallest steel-framed building in the country.It has a ground
to architectural top height of 161 metres (528 ft), one of three ways of determining building
heights according to Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.Counting its eight-storey
radio tower, the building has a total height of 200 metres (660 ft). It has a total of 41 stories
above ground level, including a 10 storey podium which is actually the original building, the
old V.A. Rufino Building, and was modified to be the podium of the new tower. It is one of
the few skyscrapers that utilizes car elevators.
Rufino Tower is designed with exterior double-glazed, unitized curtain walls that create a
facade that reflects a fusion of art and function. Its interiors are an interplay of glass,
natural stone and metal. The building is the home of the Rufino family corporations,
including major financial and insurance corporations. Also, The Czech Republic Embassy is
also found in the Tower.
The building is located at 6784 Ayala Avenue corner V.A. Rufino Street (which was also
named in honor of the Rufino family) in Makati. The stretch of Ayala Avenue, aptly
nicknamed the Wall Street of the Philippines,[by whom?] where Rufino Pacific Tower lies also
has branches of Metrobank, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Equitable PCI
Bank (now BDO), Export and Industry Bank, International Exchange Bank (now UnionBank),
and East West Bank. The Tower hosts the city's first "green & boutique" business centre,
Little Green Hub, for incubating start-up and early-stage companies in Makati. It also almost
directly faces PBCom Tower, the tallest building in the Philippines then. The building has a
 signature all glass design, similar to Pacific Plaza Towers, the one of the tallest buildings
in Bonifacio Global City, which was also developed by the Rufino family.
SUMMIT ONE TOWER

 Location : 530 Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong, Philippines

 Type : office tower
 Construction Started : 1995
 Completed: 1998
 Architectural Firm : Andrews and Partners, Inc.
The Summit One Tower is an office skyscraper located in Mandaluyong, Philippines. Originally
built as a condominium project called Paladium Summit but when the concrete shell was
completed the project fell through until a local tycoon bought and converted it into an office
tower.Summit One Tower was previously owned and managed by Facilities Incorporated.
It is now owned and managed by Summit One Tower Building and Allied Assets, a part of the
ATN Group of Companies. The building is registered as an economic zone with the Philippine
Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and its IT locator tenants benefit from government tax
incentives. Although there is no sufficient source to confirm is official height, Skyscraperpage's
website has an official diagram suggesting its height to be around 200 meters, which is highly
dubious.
It is also serves as a radio transmitter of the FM radio station 91.5 Win Radio owned
by Mabuhay Broadcasting System.

Petron Megaplaza

 Location:
358 Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati, Philippines
 Type: Office
 Completed: 1998
 Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
The Petron Megaplaza is an office skyscraper located in Makati, Philippines. It previously held
the title as the tallest building in the Philippines from 1998 to 2000 when the PBCom Tower was
topped-off. It currently holds the title as the 5th tallest building in Makati, and the 9th-tallest
building in the country and Metro Manila as well. It has a total ground to architectural spire top
height of 210 meters, soaring at 45 storeys high.
Architecture and design
The developer and owner of Petron Megaplaza is Megaworld Corporation, one of the largest
real estate companies in the Philippines. The word "Mega" in Megaplaza is in recognition of
Megaworld Corporation's participation and ownership of the building.
The building was designed by world-renowned architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill,
LLP, while the structural design works was made well known Philippine engineering firm Aromin
+ Sy & Associates, in cooperation with another internationally known engineering company Ove
Arup & Partners (presently known as Arup). Construction works was undertaken by D.M.
Consunji, Inc., one of the largest general contractors in the country.
Location
The Petron Megaplaza is located at Gil Puyat Avenue (also known as Buendia Avenue) near the
intersection with Makati Avenue, well within the Makati Central Business District. It is
strategically positioned near other major establishments, including the Mandarin Oriental
Manila, Citadel Inn and Makati Palace hotel, numerous office and residential buildings, and
entertainment areas along Makati Avenue and Burgos Street.
POWER PLANT MALL

 Location :Makati City, Philippines

 Developer: Rockwell Land Corporation
 Construction started: 1998
 Completed: 2000
Power Plant Mall is an upscale indoor shopping mall in Makati City, Philippines. It is the anchor
establishment of Rockwell Center, a mixed-use area north of the Makati Central Business
District on the Pasig River waterfront across Mandaluyong. It is one of two shopping centers
developed and managed by Rockwell Land Corporation, a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings
Corporation, in Metro Manila. It was designed by Toronto-based architecture firm, Design
International.
History
Power Plant Mall was built in December 2000 on the former site of the 130-megawatt Rockwell
Thermal Plant owned by the Lopez-led Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company. The thermal
power plant, named after the company's first president James Chapman Rockwell, operated
between 1950 and December 14, 1973 when it was hit by a fire. In 1994, after protests from
Makati residents against its reopening, the plant was decommissioned and subsequently
converted by its owners into a modern commercial district. Construction on the shopping mall
began in 1998 and was completed and opened on December 26, 2000.
Description
Power Plant Mall's interior
The four-level shopping mall is located at Rockwell Drive corner Estrella Street in the Makati
Poblacion village. It is part of the Rockwell complex, which includes the One Rockwell West
Tower, the ninth tallest building in the metropolis. It has a gross floor area of 41,000 square
metres (440,000 sq ft) and is anchored by Rustan's Marketplace, a six screen Power Plant
Cinema, and a mix of high-end tenants such as Salvatore Ferragamo, Hackett London, Michael
Kors, DKNY, Rolex and J. Lindeberg. It also contains several dining outlets, the Rockwell Tent
events place, and three levels of basement parking.
The mall can be reached from EDSA via Estrella and from the Makati CBD via Kalayaan Avenue.
The nearest MRT station is Guadalupe Station on J.P. Rizal Avenue and EDSA.