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EXEDRA> DISCOURSES: FROM CHAIRS TO CITIES Walther Ocampo
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Exedra is the Podcast program of The Brown Bauhaus Alternative School of Architecture, Design + Art under the umbrella of The Authenticity Zero Collective. Ideas and issues in architecture, design, art, urbanism, philosophy, and education in the Philippines are probed, dissected, mutilated, and contextualized to various global and local scenarios. Exedra attempts to reconfigure the preconceptions of architecture among local architects and creatives. It aims to problematize architecture and its related disciplines in order to shed light on possible new avenues in the contemporary architecture c
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EP3: ELUCIDATING HB 10234
This dialogue discusses the proposed HB 10234 and its probable impact to the current architecture law of the Philippines.
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EP.2 COLD IRON Philippine Architecture Education and the Things That Bother It
HOW IS THE PHILIPPINE ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION DOING?
Questions Raised to the nth Power:
What is the current state of our local architecture education?
Where is it going especially with the onslaught of the pandemic?
How can the national standards and requirements advance from its current structure and escape the traps of traditionalism, historicism, stylism, copying, and trendseeking?
How effective are the current development in education system in supplying the profession the right practitioners?
Can schools shorten the gap between theory and practice in architecture? How?
Can architecture schools be an active and organic participant in the social realm? How?
These are some of the questions that we are going to discuss tomorrow, December 20, 10am via Zoom. Together with some of the architecture program administrators of the country, Episode 2 of the Exedra Podcast will explore the roots of the issues and problems that linger in Philippine architecture education and hopefully shed light on how to view and confront the things that bother it.
The Panels include:
of Adamson UniversityArch Sylvester Seno MArch-ctm
of EARISTMaundy Florendo
of Don Bosco Technical College MandaluyongMC Tubera
of NCSTSerafin Ancheta Ramento III
of FEATI UniversityDeanne Pacis - Ilaga
of DLS-CSBenildeHarvey A Vasquez
of University of MindanaoIluminado Quinto
(Studio Solum, TAZC).Hosted and moderated by Walther Ocampo (The Brown Bauhaus, TAZC, DLS-CSB) and
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EP.1: CATCH 22 + 1 (HARD PROBLEMS IN PHILIPPINE ARCHITECTURE)
This maiden episode of Exedra tackles the general and overarching problems of Philippine Architecture. The context is broad and includes education, profession, practice, theory, history, philosophy, research to name some. Catch 22+1 is a long series where each area of the context discussed here will be expounded and expanded. The Panelists are Nel Banaag of Studio Solum, Eric Pambid, Levyn Purcil and moderated by Walther Ocampo of The Brown Bauhaus.
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PROLOGUE:
Welcome to Episode 1 of Exedra! This is an introduction on how we will explore architecture and its related disciplines through critical discourses.