Performing Art Centers, Theaters, Museums, and Galleries

[Mango]

Taken from www.manilatimes.net June 6, 2005 (Monday)
A new look for the CCP

By Rome Jorge

It’s several times larger than the cultural centers and opera houses of most developed countries but most of its land lies fallow. The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), encompassing 60 hectares of land reclaimed from Manila Bay, is a resource yet to be fully used.

Inside, ballet dancers practice on torn linoleum floors and face broken mirrors, actors perform in tight nooks never meant as theaters and cinema is screened in spaces not much bigger than classrooms. And one-too-many less-fortunate artists have had to sleep on chairs and floors.

Designed by National Artist Leandro Locsin, the CCP was completed in 1969, and has not seen any refurbishment expansion or modernization in the last 20 years.

Now, a Design Excellence Competition will be held to determine which design will be used for the New Cultural Center of the Philippines District. The Philippine Association of Landscape Architects (PALA) proposed the competition to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and is endorsed by the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP), the Philippine Institute of Architects (PIA), the Philippine Institute of Environmental Planners (PIEP) and the Philippine Institute of Interior Designers (PIID).

Competition details

The competition covers designs for two clusters: the Promenade Area and the At Sanctuary. Competing designs must include general architecture, landscape and urban design. The focus is the new performing arts theater building to be located behind the existing CCP main building. The competition features two categories: professional architects and student architects.

Professional entries need to be in the name of a registered architect or in partnership with registered architects and must include a licensed landscape architect in the team. Other optional team members can include licensed environmental planners and interior designers. A minimum of two and a maximum of five members is allowed.

Student competitors need to be enrolled undergraduate students of architecture, landscape architecture and interior design students. A minimum of two members is required. Students should be at least third year college, as determined by their design class, starting in the Academic Year 2005-06. A maximum of three entries for every school duly endorsed by their respective deans will be accepted.

The deliverables shall consist of four AO sized boards (mounted on foam core) showing a colored aerial perspective of the proposed scale. A written concept with a minimum of 1,000 words and maximum 2,000 words on A4 plain paper shall accompany the drawings. Drawings shall not bear the names of the participants, which shall be printed in a sealed envelope attached to the back of each board.

Submission of entries is July for professionals and September for students. A panel made up of a screening committee, three experts in the design field and three from the NCCA and the CCP will judge the final entries. One million pesos are earmarked for the winning entries. Winning designs will be exhibited at the CCP main gallery in December.

What matters most

Controversial and radical, the design of the CCP has been praised for its combination of curving base with bold cantilever structure and derided as a monumental tribute to grandiose pretensions of a dictatorship. Built during the Marcos regime, the CCP today showcases some of the most nationalistic, progressive and innovative artists.

The CCP is home today to the country’s premier arts groups. Resident companies include: Ballet Philippines, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Tanghalang Pilipino, Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company, Philippine Ballet Theater, Philippine Madrigal Singers, Ramon Obusan Folkloric Group and University of Santo Tomas Symphony Orchestra. More important than its architecture, it is the artists that give the CCP its value and its very reason for being.

The expansion of the CCP determines its precarious future. Will it be overly commercialized or will it truly serve the needs of artists? Will it favor grandiose productions or experimental and independent efforts? Will it be an emasculated compromise or a bold Filipino vision? Space determines growth. The direction our national arts take is now to be designed.

Nestor Jardin, CCP president states the design will follow the CCP’s new vision of “culture everywhere and culture mixed with commercial spaces.” When asked what impact the expansion will have on artists, Jardin elaborates, “There will be spaces for experimental studios. The new 1,000-seating capacity theater to be built will fill a need. The main theater is too big. The little theater too small.” He adds, “There will be dormitories for visiting regional and foreign artists. There will be partially government-subsidized residential flats for both resident artists and CCP employees.”


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For details and requirements of the competition, call the CCP Complex Development Office at 551-7248 and 832-1125 local 1125 or 26.

[weirdo]

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[Culiat]

Can't wait to see the new look of CCP...

[renell]

I didn't know PNB had an office in the CCP complex

[ryanr]

hmmm...i thought i already replied to this thread. Excellent pictures, Aaron
Looking forward to CCP's new look. Its due time for a facelift.

[thomasian]

Thanks... also looking forward to that.

[amras]

the artice said that by 2020 we will have a brand new ccp! wow, im in my early 30's then...

[renell]

like brand new, meaning new location and design?

if it's just a major makeover, then damn that's quite a long time, 15 years.

[thomasian]

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05.29.05
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[kiretoce]

/\ That tower thingie is an eyesore!

[bustero]

Star city iyan!

[Lili]

Originally Posted by Mango

Taken from www.manilatimes.net June 6, 2005 (Monday)
A new look for the CCP

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“There will be dormitories for visiting regional and foreign artists. There will be partially government-subsidized residential flats for both resident artists and CCP employees.”

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How lucky they are! I would love to live there.

[renell]

Originally Posted by bustero

Star city iyan!

hmm... reminds me of Sydney's Luna Park. hehe I actually don't mind it. it's semi-permanent innit?

[dudz]

Originally Posted by kiretoce

/\ That tower thingie is an eyesore!

oo nga eh...hope they include that in the redevelopment.

just sharing these...views of the ccp complex from the boardwalk which is now closed to the public for the contruction of the oceanarium.

[thomasian]

Thanks, SM-MoA is visible in the boardwalk... pics?

[absent-minded]

nice pano, dudz!!

imagine what it's gonna look like from there 15 years from now... I hope they show the winning designs from the architectural competition! the CCP actually doesn't look so bad but it's just really old and deteriorated. just looking at those pictures though, there really is so much potential for it...

[dudz]

Originally Posted by thomasian

Thanks, SM-MoA is visible in the boardwalk... pics?

you're welcome, aaron. and MOA from boardwalk...love those floodlights




@absent-minded...thanks lance. imagining the designs makes me excited, i think everybody does. and hopefully soon!

[thomasian]

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06.26.05
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CCP Main Theater


Thanks dudz for the MoA pics.

The flood lights and the blue lights on the side are nice.

I can't wait to see how it looks like at night when it opens.
The cladding will look nice when thrown with multi colored lights.

[Rence]

I hope that they should include more greenery and sana hindi ito overprice like the one's in the late 1960's

[renell]

I don't know what you mean by more greenery There's more greenery in CCP than probably the rest of Pasay...