Filipina Architect Resource Magazine is an online resource for educators, students and enthusiast to learn more about architecture of the Philippines from Indigenous architecture to the current prevailing architecture. The website has a page called Filipino Architecture and Built Heritage and it has categories of different eras of Architecture. Here you are able to navigate your way into each era and see the different architecture details, and buildings during this time. For us, each era is important no matter how sad it may be.

On another page, you can see downloadable quizzes that you can use if you are an educator or if you want to use it for your past time.

And then finally, we have the submit button for you to submit any write-up or contribute to this endeavor. You can submit your essays, research, or quizzes to this website.

THE TEAM:

Arch. Gloryrose Dy-Metilla, Editor in Chief

Gloryrose Dy Metilla is an Architect and a Heritage professional. In 2018, she finished the Design Summerschool from the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University, Shanghai, China, and then her Masters in Urban and Cultural Heritage from the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, Australia, with an Australia Awards Scholarship. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of the Philippines in Mindanao in 2009, wherein she garnered the Best Thesis Award, and shortly after, she won the Red Point National Thesis Award, an award given to exemplary undergraduate Architecture thesis in the Philippines.

Yas Ocampo, Associate Editor

Yas D. Ocampo graduated with a BA in English (Creative Writing) from the University of the Philippines Mindanao. He won the 2015 Journalism Awards for Sustainable Construction (JASCOR) from Holcim and the Philippine Press Institute. He has written for the Mindanao Times, Manila Standard, and Manila Bulletin, and now works with product design and marketing for MindaNews.

Larielyn Balacuit, Operations Assistant, Content Management Systems

Lar is the perfect blend of science and soul: a psychology student who finds solace in dancing. When not studying or twirling, she enjoys spending quality time with her beloved companion Leo – an affectionate feline friend.

Contributors

IDr / Engr. Rose Faith Necesito

Rose Faith G. Necesito is raised in Mindanao. She is a licensed civil engineer. Her love of design, especially involving lifestyle, leads her to pursue and study a second course: bachelor’s science in interior design. As these two fields combined, the impact of architecture is a great factor in any of her outputs. With the addition of where she is rooted, the story of the ground is her inspiration.

Jaye Saavedra

Jaye is a passionate mother and writer who devotes her time to aiding her children with special needs. She’s an animal lover blessed with a beautiful singing voice – the perfect recipe for melodic magic.