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AR. JUAN PAOLO S. DE LA CRUZ AR. SUDARSHAN V. KHADKA, JR. LEANDRO Y. LOCSIN, JR.
L.V. LOCSIN PARTNERS CURATORIAL TEAM
PHILIPPINE PAVILION, 2016 VENICE ARCHITECURAL BIENNALE
CPD Seminar 8
Muhon: Traces of an Adolescent City
The LVLP curatorial team will discuss the concept, theory, and process behind the design of the Philippine Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.
The exhibition, titled "Muhon: Traces of an Adolescent City," aims to start a conversation about identity and heritage within the context of a rapidly evolving mega city. Using Metro Manila as a case study, it will explore the hypothesis that the the destruction of the built environment precludes the formation of cultural identity.
Seminar details
L.V. Locsin Partners Curatorial Team composed of JP dela Cruz, Sudarshan Khadka and Andy Locsin will be the last of the talks and will wind up the convention seminar series on Day 3.
Do not not miss the opportunity to hear the team's talk on Saturday, April 29.
Saturday, 2:00pm, SMX Function Rooms 1-5, 2/F
CPD Seminar 9 Muhon: Traces of an Adolescent City
1.5 Credit Units
Juan Paolo 'J.P.' de la Cruz studied Architecture at the University of Santo Tomas, where he placed consistently on the dean's list, and graduated in 2009 with a distinction for an Outstanding Thesis of the Year award.
In 2015, he became part of the team that won the open-call competition of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts for a curatorial proposal to serve as the framework of the Philippine pavilion, the country’s first ever national participation to the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016.
Mr. de la Cruz has a complete background in all phases of architectural design- from concept and schematic design formulation, to design development, to construction supervision and design implementation. He is highly capable in coordinating with clients, engineering and specialty consultants. As a designer, he is motivated by the pursuit of the experiential and expressive potential of space and form.
After graduating cum laude from the University of the Philippines College of Architecture in 2009, Sudarshan Khadka was awarded the Red Point Best Thesis award, the Philip H. Recto Award, and the U.P. College of Architecture’s 2nd Best Thesis Award.
He has been supplementing his technical and practical education by joining various local and international design competitions since college up to present. His design entry to the 2008 Millenium School Design Competition titled “Dancing with Disaster” won 2nd prize in the professional category and he also won the ABC Mall Redesign Competition in 2007 while still in college.
Professionally, he was part of the team that produced the first-prize winning design for LVLP’s entry to the 2011 CCP Design Competition. In 2012, Sudarshan Khadka topped the Philippine Regulatory Comissions Architectural Licensure Examinations placing first among 800 board passers.
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He is driven by the search for a modern vernacular and the exploration of the tectonic potential of construction for meaning.
Mr. Andy Locsin brings into the firm new perspective on the architectural concepts and theoretical frameworks provided by his education. He has firm grounding in the related fields of architecture - Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, and Design.
Prior to joining the firm, his practical experience comprised of contractual design and rendering tasks for various architects while enrolled at Wesleyan and at Harvard.
Mr. Locsin has been charged with the responsibility of widening the scope of the firm’s services and strengthening the staff’s design background. In that vein, he has prioritized the implementation of a CAD system and computer literacy, an architectural film series, and introduced 3D modeling as a tool for design and presentation.