CHURCH ARCHITECTURE  VIGAN CHURCH, Ilocos Sur  TUMAUINI CHURCH, Isabela

Instructor: Architect L. VISTA  finished in 1800  begun 1783-1788 by Dominican Domingo

 located within the grid iron planned streets Forto and town mayor Pablo Sason;
of a colonial town 1803-1808 – circular belltower was
CHURCH ARCHITECTURE
 baroque elements include protruding completed
 simple, patterned after early Christian types; either
columns and solid frames; three arched  pampango artisans carved the
rectangular or cruciform with simple naves and
doorways leading to three naves at the hardwood molds for the clay insets that
aisles
first level, guarded by ionic pillars with decorate the church
 thick walls reinforced with heavy buttresses for
chinese fu dogs  ultra-baroque : unique for its extensive
earthquakes protection
 urn-like finial at pediment use of baked clay both for wall finishes and
 immense sizes because of colonial policy which
ornamentation
dictated that a church should be built for every
 ornamental details : serpentine reliefs,
5000 baptized
spiral curves, flowers, foliage, sunfaces,
 materials used include: volcanic tuff (adobe),
cherubs and saints
hardened lava, volcanic ejecta, sandstone, river
 circular belltower with white limestone
boulders, clay, corals, limestone, oyster shells,
finish, decorated with bright red clay
eggs
rosettes and festoons
SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLES

 PAOAY CHURCH, Ilocos Norte

 built in 1694 by Antonio Estavillo,
completed 1702-1710
 façade: rectangular, with arched doorway,
four continuous pilasters alternating with
niches
 finials and crenellations at pediment niche
at the apex
 huge volutes with low relief lines tracing
the contour to disguise the large
buttresses
 SANTA MARIA CHURCH, Ilocos Sur
 constructed late 18th century, 85 steps
leading to the church was built by
Augustinian Benigno Fernandez
 massive brick church perched on a hill
 façade has circular buttresses, three
openings and a blind niche, semi-circular
pediment
 ANGAT CHURCH, Bulacan
 begun 1756-1773 by Augustinian
Gregorio Giner; completed in 1802 by
Fray Joaquin Calvo
 baroque style : coupled Corinthian and
Doric columns divide façade into levels or
segments, statues ringed with wreath-like
ornaments flank niches, windows with bas-
relief “curtains”
 plain three-storey belltower with
balustered top
 BARASOAIN CHURCH, Bulacan
 1871-1878 : stone church was constructed
to replace wooden structure; 1880 –
earthquake ruined the church
 1885 : Augustinian Juan Giron
commissioned a builder named Magpayo
to rebuild the church
 variation on the circle motif
 flutings on pilasters with ends blunted into
semicircles detract from the NeoClassical
 belltower has a cubic base, three layes
accented by blind and open windows, top
has crenellations and six-sided cone
 SAN SEBASTIAN CHURCH, Manila
 a church built for all times after previous
churches were damaged by earthquakes in
1863 and 1880
 designed in the Gothic style (without
flying buttresses) by Genaro Palacios in
Revivalist architecture
 made entirely of steel; plans were sent to
Belgium where the parts were made in
sections then transported to Manila
 interiors were painted to resemble faux
marble; adorned with sculpture by
Eusebio Garcia and painting by Lorenzo
Rocha
 SAN AUGUSTIN CHURCH, Manila
 oldest church in the Philippines; built
1587-1607 by Juan Macias according to
the plans approved by the Royal Audencia
de Mexico and by a Royal Cedula
 1854 : Don Luciano Oliver (Municipal
Architect of Manila) directed the renovation
of the façade by adding to the height of
the towers; these towers were damaged in
the 1863 earthquake and were never
rebuilt
 plaza adorned with Fu dogs represents
colonial urban planning
 High Renaissance : superpositioned Tuscan
orders at first level, Corinthian capitals at
second level; circular windows at plain
pediment; heavily carved, two-paneled
main door with images of St. Augustine
and St. Monica amidst Philippine flora
 nave is flanked by 12 collateral chapels
each housing a Baroque or NeoClassic
retablo
 Baroque elements include trompe l’oeil :
sculpture by Italian artists Cesare Dibella
and Giovanni Alberoni on the ceiling and
pilasters
 cloisters built around an atrium with a
garden planted by Augustinian botaninst
Manuel Blanco
 DARAGA CHURCH, Albay
 TAAL CHURCH, Batangas
 1858 : Fray Marcos Anton, with the help
of the architect Don Luciano Oliver,
started construction; the church was
completed in 1878
 built on top of a hill and may be reached
through flagstone steps, unobstructed by
other buildings
 façade : arched windows alternate with
Ionic columns at first level, Corinthian at
upper level; projected cornices and
mouldings; three pediments
 interior is cavernous bur drab with stout
piers and semi-circular apse :
mathematical exactness rather than
ornamentation  MIAGAO CHURCH, Iloilo
 present church was built 1786-1797 under
the supervision of fray Francisco
Gonzales Maximo; a storey was added
to the left belfry in 1830
 also served as fortress against Muslim
pirates, simple and massive structure
mixed with ornate details
 local botanical motifs at façade reliefs
reminiscent of cookie cutouts (de gajeta),
used to describe 16th century Mexican
architectural reliefs
 established by people who fled the
eruption of Mt. Mayon form Cagsawa
 the Franciscan wanted a church with the
best features of Romanesque and Gothic,
but it was executed by the carvers in
Baroque
 façade : a whole tablet without columns
and cornices, only symmetrically positioned
fenestrations, apertures and niches;
whorls, twisted columns, foliage,
medallions, statues and reliefs
 SANTO NINO DE CEBU BASILICA, Cebu
 built by Fray Juan de Albarran about 400
years ago, on the site where a soldier
found an image of the Sto. Nino in a
settlement that the Spanish soldiers have
burned down
 the Convent was founded in 1565, making
it the first to be built in the country
 constructed with stones from Panay and
Capiz
 façade : blending of Moorish, Romanesque
and NeoClassical elements; trefoils on the
doorways; two levels divided into three
segments and topped by pediment; retablo
at the center
 belltower has four-sided balustraded dome
 interior : pierced screen with floral motifs,
pineapple decors at the choirloft, corn cobs
at the capital