REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

PALAWAN STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

ASSIGNMENT 101: GENERAL INFLUENCE AND INFLUENCE OF NATURE

2019-4-0049

AUGUST 29, 2019

GENERAL INFLUENCES
ACTS OF MAN
1. DESIRE FOR PRESERVATION -IN OBTAINING FOOD, SHELTER,
CLOTHING AND SECURITY, CIVILIZED MAN MUST HAVE COMMERCE,
GOVERNMENT AND RELIGION. THESE ACTIVITIES CALL FOR THEIR
ACCOMPANYING STRUCTURES, OR ARCHITECTURE.

ROBINSONS GALLERIA
IS A MIXED USE COMPLEX AND
SHOPPING MALL LOCATED AT
DESA CORNER ORTIGAS
AVENUE, QUEZON CITY. IT
WAS BUILT IN 1990 WITH A
TOTAL GROSS FLOOR AREA OF
APPROXIMATELY 216,000
SQUARE METER. ROBINSONS
MALL IS OWNED BY
ROBINSONS MALLS, AND IT IS
THEIR FLAGSHIP MALL. THESE TYPES OF STRUCTURE IS UNDER THE
COMMERCE NEEDS OF A PERSON. MALLS TOGETHER WITH MARKETS ARE
PLACES WHERE EXCHANGE OF GOODS TAKES PLACE. MALLS AND OTHER
RELATED BUILDINGS MAY DIFFER IN SIZES BUT ALL OFFERS DIFFERENT
NEEDS, PRODUCTS AND SATISFACTION OF WHAT PEOPLE WANTS.

CITY HALL OF PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PALAWAN

A NEW STATE OF THE ART CITY HALL AND CONVENTION CENTER WAS
RENDERED BY DANILO A.
SILVESTE. THE BUILDING IS
BUDGETED WITH THE AMOUNT
OF 742 MILLION PESOS. THE
FOUR-STORY BUILDING HAS ITS
OWN WATER FACILITIES, SOLAR
PANELS AND OTHER ESSENTIAL
THINGS A GOOD BUILDING
HAVE. THE CITY
ADMINISTRATOR SAID THE
DESIGN ALLOWS THE USE OF NATURAL LIGHT OF THE SUN. BUILDINGS
SUCH AS CITY HALLS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE PEOPLE’S CONCERN
ABOUT THE CITY OR TOWN’S GOVERNANCE. IT IS ALSO THE
HEADQUARTERS OF A CITY OR TOWN’S ADMINISTRATIONS, ITS
EMPLOYEES AND DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
CATHEDRAL IN PUERTO PRINCESA
IT WAS STABLISHED ON APRIL 10,
1910 AS THE APOSTOLIC
PREFECTURE OF PALAWAN WHEN
IT SPLIT OF FROM METROPOLITAN
ARCHDIOCESE. AS PART OF A
PERSON, HE MUST HAVE RELIGION
AND ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF A
RELIGION-RELATED STRUCTURE IS A CHURCH OR PRAYER PLACE. PEOPLE
GO IN CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS TO PRAISE, REPENT FOR THEIR SINS
AND GIVE THANKS TO GOD.

2. DESIRE FOR RECOGNITION -THIS IS A DESIRE FOR PRESTIGE, PRIDE

AND AMBITION, SOCIAL STATUS,
PHYSICAL SUPREMACY, INTELLECTUAL ATTAINMENT, PERSONAL OR
CIVIC, RESULT IN THE-STRUGGLE
FOR POSITION. AS A RESULT, MAN BUILD PALACES, SKYSCRAPERS, OR
COMMUNITIES MAY ERECT CATHEDRALS
OR PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS.

CEASAR’S PALACE IN LAS VEGAS

THIS PLACE WAS ESTABLISHED IN
1966 BY JAY SORNO, WHO SOUGHT
TO CREATE AN OPULENT FACILITY
THAT GAVE GUESTS A SENSE OF
LIFE DURING THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE 14-STORY
CEASARS PALACE HOTEL SITE
BEGAN IN 1962. THERE ARE
REPLICAS AND STATUES, 18
FOUNTAINS AND SHRINES. THIS
PLACE IS WHERE SPORTS AND
MUSIC RELATED EVENTS HAPPENS SUCH AS CONCERTS, FIRE AND WATER
SHOW, CASINO GAMING’S AND OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES.

THE PEOPLE POWER MONUMENT

IS A MONUMENT BUILT TO
COMMEMORATE THE EVENTS OF
THE 1986 PEOPLE POWER
REVOLUTION. IT IS LOCATED ON
THE CORNER OF EPIFANIO DELOS
SANTOS AVENUE, QUEZON CITY.
THE MONUMENT WAS MADE BY
EDUARDO CASTRILLO IN 1993.
SHRINES AND MONUMENTS LIKE
‘THE PEOPLE POWER MONUMENT’
IS RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT
NOT JUST FOR IT’S ECONOMIC AND TOURIST VALUE BUT IT REMINDS US
ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT EVENT THAT HAPPENS AND IMPACTED OUR
COUNTRY.

TAIPEI 101
THE PLANNING OF THE TAIPEI 101
BEGAN IN JULY 1997 AND
INITIALLY CENTERED ON A
PROPOSAL OF 66-STORY TOWER TO
SERVE AS AN ANCHOR FOR NEW
DEVELOPMENT IN TAIPEI’S 101’S
BUSINESS DISTRICT. IT IS ALSO
KNOWN AS THE TAIPEI WORLD
 FINANCIAL CENTER. IT IS A SUPERTALL SKYSCRAPER DESIGNED BY C.Y.
LEE AND PARTNERS AND BUILT IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN. THIS BUILDING IS ONE
OF THE MOST TALLEST BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD. THE BUILDINGS
PURPOSE WAS MOSTLY FOR OFFICE USE AND OTHER OFFICE SPACE
ACTIVITIES AND STUFF.

3. DESIRE FOR RESPONSE- THIS ARISES FROM THE GREGARIOUS NATURE

OF MAN, FROM HIS WISH FOR
LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, AND SOCIABILITY.
IN SEEKING THE COMPANIONSHIP OF HIS FELLOW CREATURES, MAN
CONGREGATES. HIS SOCIAL
INSTINCTS CALL FOR FRATERNAL BUILDINGS AND CITY CLUBS. HIS SEMI -
PUBLIC BUILDINGS MUST
CONTAIN BANQUET HALLS AND BALL ROOMS; HIS HOME MUST HAVE A
LIVING ROOM TO MAKE
HUMAN ASSOCIATION POSSIBLE.

A TYPICAL FILIPINO HOUSE

A TYPICAL FILIPINO HOUSE

WHETHER A SIMPLE OR AN
EXTRAVAGANT ONE ALWAYS
HAS A LIVING OR FAMILY ROOM.
IT IS ALWAYS SAID THAT WE,
FILIPINOS ARE KNOWN FOR OUR
HOSPITABLE ATTITUDE AND SO,
MOST HOMES HAVE A LARGE
LIVING ROOM AND POSITIONED
AFTER THE HOME’S ENTRANCE. SOCIAL ASSOCIATION ALSO TAKES PLACE
IN THE LIVING ROOM AND IT IS WHERE MOST GUESTS AND VISITORS ARE
ACCOMMODATED

ROSECLIFF MANSION
ROSECLIFF MANSION WAS BUILT
IN 1898-1902 AND IS ONE OF THE
GILDED AGE MANSION OF
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND AND
NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC AS
HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUM.
ROSECLIFF IS UNIQUE AMONG
NEWPORT MANSIONS. IT IS
WHERE MANY MOVIES WAS
FILMED AND ALSO HAS THE
LARGEST BALL ROOMS AMONG
OTHER MANSIONS ON THE SAID PLACE. BALLROOMS IS MOSTLY USE FOR
PARTIES AND DANCE ACTIVITIES SINCE IT HAS A LOT OF SPACE AND IT
CAN ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A CERTAIN TIME.
EAGLES BUILDING IN OHIO
THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN
1918 AND LISTED ON THE
NATIONAL REGISTER OF
HISTORIC PLACE IN 1986. THE
BUILDINGS DESIGNED BY
ARCHITECT RISSMAN, PAUL AND
HAS A CONCREATE FRAMES
WHICH WAS THE RESULT OF
STEEL SHORTAGE DUE TO WORD
WAR 1. FRATERNITY BUILDING
JUST LIKE THESE ARE USED IN
FRATERNAL ACTIVITIES. THIS INCLUDES BROTHER AND SISTERHOOD.
THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES ARE NORMAL FOR PEOPLE WHO SEEKS
SOCIAL NEEDS LIKE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES.

4. DESIRE FOR SELF-EXPRESSION-THIS IS THE URGE OF MAN TO ASSERT

HIMSELF AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO DO THINGS IN HIS OWN PARTICULAR
WAY.
THIS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AESTHETIC EXPRESSION; FOR ARCHITECTURE
IN ITS HIGHEST FORM, WHICH RESULT IN BUILDING OF THEATRES,
MUSEUMS, ETC. TO SHOW THAT HE IS THE BEST IN SPORTS OR
RECREATION, ENCOURAGED THE BUILDING OF STADIA, BOWLING ALLEYS,
GYMNASIUMS,
ETC.

OLD TRAFFORD IN ENGLAND

OLD TRAFFORD IS A STADIUM IN

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. WITH A
CAPACITY OF 74,800, IT IS THE
LARGEST CLUB FOOTBALL
STADIUM IN UNITED KINGDOM. IT
OPENED ON 19TH FEBRUARY 1910
AND ITS ARCHITECT IS
ARCHIBALD LEITCH. THE
STADIUM IS OWN BY THE
MANCHESTER UNITED. THIS
STADIUM CAN HOLD A LOT OF
PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDING
SOCCER, FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORT ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE LARGE
SPACES.
TANGHALANG PAMBANSA OR PHILIPPINE’S NATIONAL THEATER
FORMLY KNOWN THEATER OF
PERFORMING ARTS IS A
THEATER LOCATED IN THE
CULTURAL CENTER IN
MANILA. IT OPENED ON
SEPTEMBER 8, 1969 AND
DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT
LEANDRO V. LOCSIN, A
NATIONAL ARTIST. THEATERS
LIKE NATIONAL THEATER CAN
HOLD DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES
IN THE SPAN OF PERFORMING
ARTS, THIS INCLUDES
DRAMAS, PLAYS, MUSICAL PLAY AND EVEN ORCHESTRA.

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL MUSEUM

ALSO CALLED PAMBANSANG
MUSEO NG PILIPINAS. IT
OPENED AND OPERATES SINCE
1998. IT HAS BEEN THE
REGULATORY AND
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE
PHILIPPINES IN RESTORING
IMPORTANT CULTURAL
PROPERTIES AND ARTIFACTS.
DESIGNED BY RALPH DOANE
CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN 1818 AND COMPLETED IN 1921.THIS MUSEUM
HOLDS DIFFERENT ARTIFACTS AND EVEN WORKS OF NATIONAL ARTIST,
COMPOSERS AND MUSICIAN.