Note: The character of Kelsey and Evelyn in Scenes 1 & 2 must not be seen on camera,

just the angle at their backs.

******START*****
Scene 1: Office
Kelsey: *Knocks* Sir, I’ve already sent to your email the papers.
Cedric: *Busy on laptop/computer* Ok, let me check.
Kelsey: Actually, *clear throats* it’s Naiah’s birthday today and we’re celebrating her
birthday in my aunt’s restaurant.
Boss: *barely glances* Oh, I’m sorry but I can’t, I‘m going home early to have a nice
dinner with my wife. *glances* Tell her a happy birthday.
Kelsey: You’re sweet to your wife, Sir. Btw, we’ll get going. See you tomorrow, Sir.
*leaves*

Scene 2: Dining Area

*While eating*
Evelyn: How’s work?
Cedric: It's extremely exhausting; I barely communicate with my coworkers.
Evelyn: How devoted you are. *Laughs a little bit* You should take a break from work.
I mean, look how successful you are right now as an architect. You always have clients
beforehand but barely lives your life.
Cedric: I know, but we’ve been overloaded at the office. We can’t afford to take a
break.
Evelyn: You say. Come on. Why not reach out to your friends in college and have a little
reunion for like just one day?

*flashbacks*
*In uniform: studying together*
*In casual outfit: doing TikTok*
Scene 3: Phone conservation
*Kaye at the office. Czarina at the park*
Kaye: I’m tired of working with our cruel boss.
Czarina: Chill.
Kaye: Are you not at your desk? It’s too loud there.
Czarina: I’m at the park. I’m also tired of work and I want to unwind for a while. Yet,
you ruined my moment. I’m coming back to our office.
*ends call*
Scene 4: Café/Bar
*Monica at the café/bar with Evelyn*
Monica: I can’t believe this is my first break after exhausting work at the site.
Evelyn: Me too. We’ve just finished a project and are about to start again with another
project.
Monica: How about we take a reunion with our friends from college? After we
graduated, we parted ways.
Evelyn: That’s a good idea. It’s a way for us to take a break from work and catch up
with our lives.
Monica: Let me contact them. They can’t say no to me.

Scene 5: At Monica’s
*Evelyn and Monica preparing food for the party*
Kaye: MONNNNNNN *rushes to hug Monica* EVEEEEEEE *also hugs Evelyn*
Monica: How are you? You’ve changed a lot.
Czarina: Hello??? I’m also here.
*Monica, Evelyn, and Kaye laughed, then take a hug for Czarina except for Kaye*
Czarina: Here. *grabs container* I and Kaye prepared this.
Evelyn: What’s that?
Kaye: My specialty, Fried chicken.
*Everyone laughs*

Scene 6: Church
Jemar: *over chat* Guys, where are you? I’m at church.
Kelsey: *over chat, walking towards church* Kuya Jemar, where are you? I’m at church
too.
Kaye: *over chat* We are already at Monica’s place.
Kelsey: *waving at Jemar* Long time no see, how are you?
Jemar: I’m okay. How about you?
Kelsey: Still the same. Should we go now?
Jemar: How about the others?
Kelsey: Nahh, they’ve already waiting for us. Let’s go.

Scene 7: At Monica’s
Kelsey: Hi guysssss!
*Every girl comes for a hug for Kelsey.*
Kelsey: It’s been a long time. How is everybody?
Monica: Come take a seat.
Jemar: Your house is still the same.
Monica: My parents are busy people, so our maids take charge of cleaning the house. I
don’t live here anymore. I already have my house.
Jemar: That’s a glow-up.
Evelyn: Kelsey, I’ve missed you. I’m curious about your life. Did you all pass the bar
exam?
Czarina: I and Kaye take the exam together. Kaye passed on her first try while me on
the second time. Well, life is not perfect for me.
Kaye: But now, we still work together.
Kelsey: I also passed mine on the second try.
Monica: I passed mine on the first try.
Evelyn: Me too. How about you Jemar?
Jemar: Top Notcher.
*everyone laughs*
Kelsey: Congrats.
Kaye: Congrats.
Czarina: Is everyone here, already?
*grand entrance*
Cedric: You have nothing without me.
Monica: Cedric is still the same. I mean Boss Cedric.
*everyone laughs*
Evelyn: You are an hour late.
Cedric: I’m a married man. I have my reason to be late.
*Everyone teases Cedric*
Kaye: How about Ate Regine and Brian?
Monica: They can’t come since they are busy. They work overseas and I informed them
late about our reunion. So, they can’t file a leave that expedites.
Kaye: Oh, It’s fine. Maybe next time.
Monica: I guess everyone’s ready because the reunion is nothing without fun, right? I
asked Ate Regde if she can make questions about the History of Architecture. Guess
what, she sent this copy yesterday and we are going to play this. Evelyn, tell them how
the game works.
Evelyn: Our AI will ask the question and we are going to answer them. If someone gets
the right answer, he/she will be given money. While the one who doesn’t answer them
correctly will get nothing.
Czarina: That sounds exciting.
Jemar: I am winning all that money.
Cedric: Don’t be too excited.

*The game starts*

Kaye
Cedric
Evelyn
Monica
Czarina
Kelsey
Jemar
AI: Let the game begin. Are you ready?
Everyone: Yes, we are.
AI: Question #1. It is a period in Philippine History that started in 1945 until 1970.
Kaye: Post-war period or post-war and republic years.
(Trivia: Post-war period is a period in Philippine history that started in 1945 when Japan
surrendered to the US until 1970. It is the period when the Philippines gained
independence from the Japanese and Americans.)
AI: Correct. Question #2. This devastation brought left with economic exigencies and
gave way to the extension of slowly emerging architectural concepts to detach from the
bondage of traditional forms.

Cedric: World War II. Bring it on, baby.

(Trivia: The devastation brought by the last world war II, coupled with economic
exigencies gave way to the extension of slowly emerging architectural concepts to
detach from the bondage of traditional forms.)

AI: Brilliant. Question #3. What year does modernism introduce in Philippine
Architecture?

Evelyn: Is modernism a modern architecture?

Monica: Yes.

Evelyn: 1946

(Trivia: Modernism or modern architecture provided the image that represented growth,
progress, advancement, and decolonization in the Philippines.  The independent
Philippines expressed its identity by implementing Modernism through the utilization of
reinforced concrete, steel, and glass, the predominance of cubic forms, geometric
shapes, and Cartesian grids, and the absence of applied decoration.)

AI: I thought you can’t answer that question, but that is correct. Question #4. A 65-
meter high Art Deco Monument, composed of 3 pylons topped by winged figures
representing the 3 island groups.

Monica: Easy. Quezon Memorial Monument. Luzon Visayas Mindanao.

(Trivia: The Quezon Memorial Shrine was designed by Federico Ilustre.[1] The 66-meter
(217 ft) monument is composed of three connected pylons and is located at the center
of the Quezon Memorial Circle, a major park in Quezon City. The columns are adorned
with three grieving bowed angels holding sampaguita (Jasminum sambac) wreaths with
each of them representing the three major island groups of the Philippines namely,
Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.)

AI: Nice one. Question #5. A principle of Louis Sullivan that associated with modernist
architecture and industrial design in the 20th century.

Czarina: Form follows function. Wait, does it associate with post-war?

(Trivia: "Form follows function" is a principle associated with modernist architecture and
industrial design in the 20th century. The principle is that the shape of a building or
object should be primarily based upon its intended function or purpose.)

AI: Trust your guts because you are right. Question #6. Name those architects whose
Post war doctrine is “form follows function.”?

Kelsey: They are 7 architects, right?

AI: Yes, name them.

Kelsey: Cesar Concio, Angel Nakpil, Alfredo Luz, Otillo Arellano,Felipe Mendoza, Gabriel
Formoso and Carlos Arguelles.

(Trivia: The post-war doctrine was “form follows function” professed by the “3rd
generation” architects, namely, Cesar Concio, Angel Nakpil, Alfredo Luz, Otillo
Arellano,Felipe Mendoza, Gabriel Formoso and Carlos Arguelles.)

AI: You name them correctly, you are brilliant. Question #7. Aside from the 7 architects
mentioned earlier, who are the other 3rd generation of Filipino architects?

Jemar: Jose Ma. Zaragosa, Manosa brothers, Cresenciano de Castro, Leandro Locsin
and many more.
(Trivia: 3rd generations of Filipino architects. Cesar Concio, Angel Nakpil, Alfredo Luz,
Otillo Arellano,Felipe Mendoza, Gabriel Formoso, Carlos Arguelles. Jose Ma. Zaragosa,
Manosa brothers, Cresenciano de Castro, Leandro Locsin, and many more)

AI: You are right, but I have a follow-up question.

Jemar: What? That’s unfair.

Cedric: You are a top-notcher, right? That’s why AI keeps asking you.

*Everyone teases Jemar*

AI: Who are the 3 Manosa Brothers?

Jemar: Jose Manosa, Manuel Manosa Jr. and Francisco Manosa

(Trivia: Manosa brothers namely Francisco “Bobby” Tronqued Manosa, Manuel

Tronqued Mañosa, Jr., and Jose Tronqued Mañosa.)

AI: You are right.

Jemar: Does that count, I get 2 money?

Everyone + AI: NO

AI: Question #8. Name the 2 new construction techniques of post war architecture.

Kaye: Thin shell and folded plate.

(Trivia: New construction techniques namely thin shell and folded plate.)

AI: That’s right. Question #9. A 3D curved plate structure of reinforced concrete.

Cedric: Thin Shell

(Trivia: Architects and their structures that use thin shell architectural elements.
 Cesar Concio, Church of the Risen Lord at UP Diliman.
 Leandro Locsin, Parish of the holy Sacrifice at UP Diliman and Chruch of St.
Andrew at Makati City.)

AI: Correct. Question #10. It is one of the largest coliseums and indoor facilities in Asia
and is also called a Smart Araneta.
Evelyn: Araneta Coliseum owned by J. Amado Araneta.

(Trivia: The Araneta Coliseum was constructed from 1957 to late 1959 and designed
and built by Architect Dominador Lacson Lugtu and Engineer Leonardo Onjunco Lugtu.
From 1960 to 1963, the Coliseum received international recognition and was recognized
as the largest covered coliseum in the world.)

AI: Brilliant. Question #11. A roof structure in which strength and stiffness is derived
from pleated or folded geometry.

Monica: Folded Plate.

(Trivia: Architects and their structures that use folded plate architectural elements.
 Juan Nakpil, SSS Building at Quezon City.
 Victor Tiotuyco, UP International Center at UP Diliman.
 Jose Ma. Zaragosa, Santo Domingo Church at Quezon City.
 Carlos Santos Viola, Iglesia ni Cristo, Central at Quezon City.
 Felipe Mendoza, Manila Mormon Temple at Quezon City.)

AI: Very good. Question #12 A tropical intertwined with the incorporation of attributes
of the region’s endemic and traditionally built environment.

Czarina: Regional Tropicalism

(Trivia: Regional Tropicalism is a tropical intertwined with the incorporation of attributes

of the region’s endemic and traditionally built environment with new architectural
elements introduced: Pierced screens and brise soleil.)

AI: Nice. Question #13. It is designed by the Manosa Brothers and Ildefonso P. Santos
featuring regional tropical elements.

Kelsey: I knew that Ildefonso P. Santos is the father of Philippines landscape

architecture, and my answer is the San Miguel Corporation building.

(Trivia: San Miguel Corporation Building is a modernist ziggurat occupying one of the

last patches of green in the increasingly crowded business district of Ortigas Center, the
San Miguel Building is a pioneering landmark that made the integration of greenery and
eco-friendly features fundamental to its design.)

AI: You got it right. Question #14. What is the first and oldest mining company in the
Philippines?

Jemar: Benguet Building. I mean, Benguet Corporation Building.

(Trivia: Leandro Locsin’s Benguet Center, inspired by the Banaue Rice Terraces and its
riprap walls, was one of the first few buildings in the growing CBD of Ortigas in 1983. In
2011, the building, which used to be the headquarters of the SM-owned bank BDO, was
demolished. The site transformed into a parking lot, which was retained for a few years
before the construction of an extension of SM’s upscale Podium mall and high-rise office
tower.)

AI: Correct. Question #15. It is a kind of masonry that is perforated, pierced, or lattice-
like, functioned mainly as diffusers of light, and doubles as exterior decorative meshes.

Kaye: Pierced screens.

(Trivia: Architects and their structures that use pierced screens architectural elements.
 Roberto Novenario, Abelardo Hall at UP Diliman.
 Cesar Concio, Vinzon’s hall At UP Diliman.)

AI: Brilliant. Question #16. It is also called sun breakers.

Cedric: Easy. Brise Soleil. Bring it on, baby.

(Trivia: Brise soleil or sun breaker is an architectural baffle device placed outside
windows or projected over the entire surface of a building's facade.

Architects and their structures that use brise soleil architectural elements.
 Pablo Antonio, Captain Luis Gonzaga Buildding at Rizal Avenue corner Carriedo.
 Julio Victor Rocha, Roque Roano Building at UST Manila.
 Jose Ma. Zaragosa, Meralco Building at Ortigas Avenue.)

AI: Nice one. Question #17. A nostalgic attempt to recreate a style from the past.

Evelyn: Is it Folk architecture or Neo vernacular?

AI: Time’s running out.

Evelyn: Neo vernacular.

(Trivia: Neo vernacular is a nostalgic attempt to create a style from the past. "Folk
architecture" and the bahay kubo became architectural archetypes.

Architects and their structures that use neo-vernacular architectural style.

 Juan Nakpil, Cotabaco Municipal Hall, a Tausug house silhouette.
 Manosa Brothers, Sulo Hotel.
 Otilio Arellano, Philippine Pavilion in 1964 New York’s Fair.
 Leandro Locsin, Philippine Pavilion in 1970 Osaka World Exposition.)
AI: You got it right. Question #18. A tall, continuously habitable building having
multiple floors.

Monica: Is it Skyscraper?

(Trivia: Manila Ordinance no. 4131 allowed the maximum height of buildings to be
increased from 30-45 meters, approved in 1964.)

AI: That is correct.

Monica: Yes!

AI: Question #19. It is considered as the first skyscraper in the Philippines.

Czarina: Picache Building by Angel Nakpil

(Trivia: Designed by Harvard-trained architect Angel Nakpil, the building was Manila's
first true skyscraper. The Picache Building is now over half a century old and is
protected under heritage law. The Picache Building broke the previous barriers for
height because of the use of structural steel.)

AI: Nice one. Question #20. It is the office building to surpass the old height restriction
in the Makati CBD Redevelopment in 2005 by the Japanese firm.

Kelsey: Insular Life building by Cesar Concio.

(Trivia: Insular Life building was built in 1962 and originally designed by Arch. Cesar
Concio, the Insular Life building started business when Makati City was then a province
of Rizal. Aside from the quality service rendered to its clients, Aguas said Insular Life
also became famous for the design and architecture of the building.)

AI: You are all excellent. You still remember the History of Architecture. As your AI, I’m
proud of you. And get to keep my 100 pesos.

Jemar: Wait, I only had the chance to answer twice. And I believed *pause* this is
mine. *Grabs the 100 pesos* because you ask me twice on my 2 nd round.

Cedric: That’s my line.

*Everyone laughs*

Scene 8: Dinner (after the game)

Evelyn: I can’t believe we still remember those after so many years.

Czarina: I know, right?

Jemar: This reunion is my breakthrough from work.

Kaye: Me too. After this, I get to hear again our boss nagging. Right, Cza?

Czarina: *nods* Lets take a group photo, together.

*camera is set*

Monica: I’m gonna miss you, Guys. After you all leave, this house is empty again.

Kelsey: We’ll gonna miss you, too, Mon.

Cedric: But I miss my wife the most.

Everyone: WHATEVER.

*clicks*

******THE END******