In the 1970's, there was a great demand
for technical professionals, particularly abroad. This market force
contributed to the general increase of enrollment in engineering and
architecture courses. This factor triggered a ripple effect even in the
MLQU-School of Engineering and Architecture. The very sizeable
enrollment that time necessitated that the Architecture department
should function separately.
As a result in 1975, Archt. Carlos B.
Banaag, FUAP, who used to head the Architecture Department, was
appointed as the first Dean of the newly formed School of Architecture,
with Archt. Mario S. Valderrama, and Archt. Ma. Victoria O. Chan as Vice
Dean and School Secretary, respectively.
Prior
to the separation of the Architecture Department from the School
of Engineering and Architecture, its architect-faculty members,
aside from Archt. Carlos B. Banaag, included Archt. Cesar V. Canchela, Archt.
Gines F. Rivera, Archt. Augusto
Fernando, Archt. Manuel Mañosa Jr., Archt. Mauro C. Simpliciano, Archt. Humberto
C. Solis who are considered the founders of the said department. Later, with the
exception of Archt. Carlos B. Banaag, the first batch of architectural
educators had to leave teaching due to the greater demands of
professional practice. Gradually, they were supplanted by such
architects as Archt. Apolinario Apilado Jr., Arch. Angel L. Bautista, Archt. Jose
V. Buenaventura, Archt. Ma. Victoria O. Chan, Archt. Rufino S. Cruz,
Archt. Vivencio S. Cruz Jr.,
Archt. Romeo R. Fojas, Archt. Amado S. Javier, Archt. Wilfredo M. Manalo,
Archt. Francisco P. Mapalo Jr.,
Archt. Melamo R. Raguepo, Archt. Ruperto R. Trinidad and Archt. Mario
S. Valderrama.
At
that time that the School of Architecture acquired its independent
status, some of this second wave of architect-teachers still
stayed on while others were eventually drawn exclusively into
professional practice. Meanwhile, others joined the teaching
force. These architect-teachers included Archt. Victor A. Cabrera, Archt. Zenaida
V. Dacanay, Archt. Rudy O. Ferrer, Archt. Danilo C. Halili, Archt. Bernardo R. Laurena,
Archt. Ramon
R. Lopez, Archt. Edgar B. Mitu, Archt. Domingo C. Salonga, Archt. R. Reynaldo Solero,
Archt. Ramon P. Tanglao, and Archt. Bayani C.
Tadina. Of this last group, many have also
been lured by the comparatively greater remuneratory rewards of
professional practice.
Before
the integration of common classes under the School of Arts and
Sciences took effect, the architecture department used to have
faculty members from other departments who taught language
subjects, mathematics, physics, and structural design. Now, in
the School of Architecture, structural design and related
engineering science subjects are handled specifically by such
structural Engineers as Engr. Rolando G. dela Peña, Engr. Pedro B. Mariñas and
Engr. Gliceria M. Perez.
When
Dean Carlos B. Banaag retired in June 1996. Arch. Mario S. Valderrama,
who previously served as Vice Dean, was appointed as Dean Banaag's
successor, while Arch. Ramon R. Lopez, was appointed as Vice Dean. Other
architect-teachers were added to the teaching force. These are Archt. Allen R.
Buenaventura, Archt. Annie C. Pugeda, Archt. Edna Avenido-Lim and for a while
Archt. Francisco C. Mapalo III. With the demise of Archt. Lopez in 2001, Archt.
Rudy O. Ferrer was appointed as his successor.
On June 2008, upon the retirement of
Dean Valderrama, Archt. Rudy O. Ferrer was appointed as the new Dean of
the School of Architecture.
Architectural
education is primarily concerned with providing the students the
highest of knowledge, skill and competence in the Arts and
Science of Architecture and their total growth and development
within the concept of a Filipino ideology.
The school aims to train and develop the students' proficiency in the theories,
practices and techniques of architecture as provided in Rep. Act No. 545,
including its implementing rules and regulations.
The School of
Architecture also orients the students in the formation of high moral values
and shape them toward leadership roles in the developmental tasks
of community and nation building.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE
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The degree Bachelor of Science in Architecture is a five-year course which is ladderized into three stages, namely:
- After completion of the second year, a Certificate for Draftsmanship;
- After completion of the third year, a Certificate for Building Technician;
- After full completion of the course at the fifth year, the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture.
Based on this ladderized curriculum, the Architecture course aims to:
- Provide opportunities for early employment to Architecture students, particularly those who support themselves through college;
- To expose the Architecture students early to the world of professional work so as to inculcate in them the value of professional ethics; and
- To develop graduates with knowledge and skills that can make them competitive even in the global
sphere.
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Technical architecture as a course
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Interior design
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Furniture design
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Architectural rendering
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Architectural miniature model making
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Computer-aided design and drafting
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Real estate development
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Construction project management
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Quantity surveying (Cost estimation)
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Property appraisal
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Landscape design
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Retail window shop design
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Product promotion/sales
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Painting / sculpture
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Architectural journalism
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The
Manuel L. Quezon University-School of Architecture (MLQU-SOA) is an active
member of the Council of deans and Heads of Architecture Schools in the
Philippines (CODAHASP). The CODAHASP is its instrumentality which, in
coordination with the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) and the
Professional Regulation Commission, through the Board of Architecture (PRC-BOA),
formulates curricular updatings.
The Manuel L. Quezon University-School of
Architecture has its organization of architecture students, the Archizonian, whose basic objective is the promotion of student welfare
through meaningful activities like lectures by visiting lecturers,
seminar-workshops, field trips, and outreach programs, and attendance as
observers in conventions of architects and product expositions.
AWARDEES
IN DESIGN COMPETITIONS PROFESSIONAL LEVEL
ARCH.
RUFINO S. CRUZ - 2nd Prize, Low-Cost Housing Design
Competition sponsored by the National Housing Authority.
ARCH. MARIO S. VALDERRAMA - 2nd Prize, EDSA Revolution '86
Monument Design Competition.
ARCH. MARCELIANO PAGALA & ANGEL BARREDO JR. - 3rd
Prize, EDSA Revolution '86 Monument Design Competition.
ARCH. ALLEN BUENAVENTURA - 1st Prize, Tiaong, Quezon Park
Redevelopment Design Competition.
See also the
Alumni
of School of Architecture
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The faculty members,
majority of whom belong to the United Architects of the Philippines,
regularly attend UAP conventions and conferences. They also attend the
UAP Balangkasan, a forum that discusses major issues that concern
architectural practice, the built environment, ecology, etc.
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The MLQU-SOA conducts a
yearly in-house design competition. The outstanding works of its
students are exhibited, timed with the concurrent celebration of
MLQU's Foundation Day celebration and the Architecture week.
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The Dean of the MLQU-SOA, Arch. Rudy O.
Ferrer, is often invited as guest lectures in
various architectural schools in Metro Manila on the topics of
architectural design and architectural rendering.
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Architecture
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Architecture
Architecture
Engineer
Architecture
Engineer
Engineer
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BUENAVENTURA,
ALLEN R.
CABRERA,
VICTOR A
FERRER, RUDY O.
LAURENA, BERNARDO R.
MARIÑAS, PEDRO B. JR.
PATEÑA, ROLANDO R.
DELA PEÑA, ROLANDO G.
PEREZ, GLICERIA M
PUGEDA, ANNIE C. |
