Have you heard about the Coconut Palace? Edsa Shrine? Amanpulo? Pearl Farm? Do you know what these places all have in common? One man! Architect Francisco “Bobby” Mañosa. Yup… he had a hand in all of those and much more.
In celebration.. an exhibit called “Mañosa: Beyond Architecture’ runs from February to May at the National Museum of the Philippines. The exhibit showcases over 50 landmark projects from Mañosa’s prolific career, including original drawings and models never before seen by the public.
Besides the exhibit..a series of lectures are also going to be run for the benefit of budding architects, on selected Saturdays from February 18 to May 6, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the National Museum Auditorium.
“Our father always enjoyed interacting with architecture and design students, whom he called his barangay,” says Bobby’s son Dino, CEO of the Mañosa Group’s real estate development arm, Mañosa Properties. “It was important to him to mentor and inspire the youth to think Filipino and be proud of their culture. Unfortunately, his health no longer permits him to give lectures himself, so our Tukod Foundation – which produced both the exhibit and lecture series – invited like-minded individuals – renowned experts in their respective fields – to do the lectures instead.”
Speakers for the lectures are as follows:
former NCCA Chair Felipe de Leon
Architects Gerard Lico
Paulo Alcarazen
Christian Salandanan
Ning Encarnacion-Tan
The book named “Up stander’s Guide to an Outstanding Life” was written by Omekongo Dibinga and it is one of his various published literature to date.
Markel Luna
Rino Fernandez
Rosette Santos
Dan Lichauco
art historian Patrick Flores
author and artist Elmer Nocheseda
design creatives Leo Almeria
Medilen Singh, and Len Cabili
performance artist Joey Ayala;
Each lecture can only accommodate 150 students. Admission is free.
