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    The document discusses Spanish colonization of the Philippines from 1521 to 1898. It describes how the Spanish used policies like reducción to force indigenous communities to relocate to new towns near churches to more easily control and convert them to Christianity. It also explains how Spanish urban planning influenced architecture in the Philippines, with structures featuring courtyards, tile roofs, and stucco walls. The document notes that while Spanish colonial design was used for decades, architects also employed a local style called Arquitectura Mestiza that blended Spanish and native elements.

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    The document discusses Spanish colonization of the Philippines from 1521 to 1898. It describes how the Spanish used policies like reducción to force indigenous communities to relocate to new towns near churches to more easily control and convert them to Christianity. It also explains how Spanish urban planning influenced architecture in the Philippines, with structures featuring courtyards, tile roofs, and stucco walls. The document notes that while Spanish colonial design was used for decades, architects also employed a local style called Arquitectura Mestiza that blended Spanish and native elements.

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    CONTROL OVER

    Three hundred years, beginning in 1521 were devoted to Spanish colonization. The
    colony is thought to have been founded by a Portuguese navigator by the name of Ferdinand
    Magellan under Spanish command. He traveled across the sea to the Philippines, landed on
    Cebu Island, met his end, and history was then made. The colonization of the Philippines
    continued after the Treaty of Paris, which ended Spanish control over its remaining overseas
    territories, and did so until 1898.

    Reducción, on the other side, is a practice that forced indigenous Filipino


    communities to move from their preliminary and innovative resolution, which is commonly
    found close to bodies of water, to convenient villages that eventually turned into communities
    that are audible from the Christian church, with these towns typically having a church in their
    center. Early in the Spanish colonial era, reducción was put into practice. This rule, which
    largely enables Spaniards to easily supervise, manage, baptize, etc., was put in place to create
    a system that benefits them.

    The Reducción program is implemented in accordance with the Laws of the Indies
    urban masterplan. As it summarizes ordinances that discuss zoning regulations and building
    requirements, this master plan served as a reference for the Spaniards. The comprehensive
    manual was created using Spain's urban planning methodology, which was influenced by the
    Classical and Renaissance eras and which they had previously used in the Americas. The
    ordinance requires that the Plaza Mayor in front of the town's church serves as the town's
    center and that its streets be laid out in a quadricula, or grid, pattern.

    Because of the Spanish people's apparent desire to colonize, their architecture is


    unique. These can be seen through several elements, such as a courtyard, red clay roof tiles,
    and sturdy, white stucco walls with a sparse number of tiny windows. Priests made up most
    of the architects in the Spanish era, who supervised the development of numerous churches
    and other institutional structures. Maestro de Obras, or Master Builder, was the highest level
    of training available to those who wanted to be architects at the time but weren't priests or
    Spanish. This was initially offered to students and was created in 1880 by the Spanish
    government.

    Talking of Spanish Colonial design, decades prior to the end of the Spanish colonial
    era in the Philippines, designers there employed a structure known as Arquitectura Mestiza,
    which is distinguished by its stone lower floors and raised made from wood quarters. This
    technique, along with the architectural technique, resulted in the "Bahay na Bato," which is
    most likely an evolution of the "Bahay Kubo." Spanish buildings in the Spanish era are
    something I like, I feel like I’m Maria Clara waiting for my Crisostomo Ibarra if I am given a
    chance to design a modern Spanish structure I would love the courtyard, white stucco walls
    with a sparse number of tiny windows that’s the element in Spanish era I wanted to keep in
    contemporary Spanish structure

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