One of the more famous structures built during the Japanese occupation in the Philippines was the Ocampo Pagoda Mansion. This mansion in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines looks like a pagoda with a three-storey structure with a seven-storey tower at the northwestern corner. The vision of the design was a Japanese castle.
This mansion was commissioned by Jose Mariano Ocampo on the eve of Japanese invasion in the Philippines in 1936 -1941 and it became a significant structure because it served as a shelter for neighbors during the air battles between Japanese and American planes in World War II.
Architecturally speaking, this mansion is a combination of many styles; Japanese and Western. It has Japanese dormer gables that are ornate with bargeboards yet its concrete gables do not act as supper but rather as an ornament to the tower’s base which is a very medieval Western style. Also it is crowned with teeth-like crenellations and machicolations which are also medieval Western styles.
Reference:
Aguilar, Karl. 2013.“Secrets of the city: A sea of sculptures in an abandoned Quiapo mansion.”September 5, 2013.
“Ocampo Pagoba Masnion”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocampo_Pagoda_Mansion