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▪ Transition government;
▪ Increasing population in Manila;
▪ A new city was being contemplated to cushion
the impending urban sprawl.
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WESTERN ARCHITECTURE
PERIOD PREHISTORIC MESOPOTAMIA EGYPTIAN GREEK ROMAN
EXAMPLE
Climate- Proportion,
Monumental, Monumental, Ostentation,
CHARACTERISTICS responsive, Optical
native materials axial monumental
native materials corrections
BUILDING TYPES Houses, religious Palaces, temples Tombs, temples Temples, civic Civic
EXAMPLE
New building
Climate-
types and
CHARACTERISTICS Temporary responsive,
construction
native materials
method
Arquitectura Tropical hybrid Modern; Regional
STYLES mestiza (local+neoclassic) Tropicalism;
(wood+stone) ; Art Deco Neovernacular
Thin shell. Folded
Standard plans;
ARCHITECTURAL Wood+stone plate, pierced
FEATRUES
Kahn truss;
construction screen, brise
prefab
soleil
ASIANIC ARCHITECTURE
INDIAN CHINESE JAPANESE
GROUP ISLAMIC
HINDUISM BUDDHISM BUDDHISM SHINTOISM BUDDHISM
CHIEF BLDG
Mosque Mandira Stupa Pagoda, Ta Shinto Shrine Pagoda, To
TYPE
Dome,
Mandala,
squinches, Sikhara, Dressed stone, Shimmei- Sorin, Kondo,
FEATURES dougong,
muqarnas, amalaka chattri, vedika zukuri, chigi Kodo
colors
minarets
Shaivite, east;
To Mecca To cardinal To cardinal To cardinal
ORIENTATION Vaishnavite,
(Ka’ba) points points points
west
Pailou,
GATEWAY Gopuram Torana Zhonglou and Torii Chumon
Gulou