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Church Architecture
Instructor: Architect Eva Maria Villanueva located within the grid iron planned streets
of a colonial town
CHURCH ARCHITECTURE baroque elements include protruding
simple, patterned after early Christian types; either columns and solid frames; three arched
rectangular or cruciform with simple naves and aisles doorways leading to three naves at the first
thick walls reinforced with heavy buttresses for earthquakes level, guarded by ionic pillars with chinese
protection fu dogs
immense sizes because of colonial policy which dictated that urn-like finial at pediment
a church should be built for every 5000 baptized
materials used include: volcanic tuff (adobe), hardened lava,
volcanic ejecta, sandstone, river boulders, clay, corals,
limestone, oyster shells, eggs
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 SANTA MARIA CHURCH, Ilocos Sur
huge volutes with low relief lines tracing the contour constructed late 18th century, 85 steps
to disguise the large buttresses 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
VIGAN 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