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not just another glass box! no floors are the same, no walls are the same, no ceilings are the same, no rooms are the same! seriously! see for yourself.
design by the Calma Associates, one of the country's most respected design firm!
for youtube videos
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v6NrAEFsLgQ
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IVy08CiObuM
General Information:
Name: School of Design and Arts
Owner: De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
Floors: 14
Architect: Lor Calma Design Associates Inc.
Project Contractor: Summa Kumagai Inc. (SKI Construction)
Construction duration: 2004-2007
The De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) School of Design and Arts Building (SDA Building) was envisioned as a home for a new generation of Filipino artists and designers who are equipped with technical expertise and global competencies. It is, by far, one of the most ambitious projects of De La Salle Philippines.
The SDA Building is located on 950 Pablo Ocampo Street in Malate, Manila—just 500 meters away from DLS-CSB's Taft Campus. It is a 14-storey academic complex designed by Lor Calma Design and Associates, with Eduardo Calma as the Design Principal. It is the largest and most advanced DLS-CSB campus and will house the fast-growing School of Design and Arts.
The vision of crafting a structure that would inspire students resulted in an architectural design that has never been used before. The SDA Building establishes visual interest with a sophisticated facade done in aluminum cladding, a full glass curtain wall and intricate multifaceted details. The SDA Building is poised to become one of the most dazzling landmarks in Manila's cityscape.
The building will have four floors of above-ground level parking space and ten floors of usable workspace served by two service elevators, five passenger elevators, and five sets of stairs. Among the facilities include the SDA Theater, which is a three-floor 558-seater theater that is cantilevered four storeys above the ground. On the ground floor is the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (mcad), conceptualized to be the first of its kind in the Philippines. The building will also have a cafeteria with a sweeping view of Metro Manila and a chapel that is a modern interpretation of the early day catacombs.
The SDA Building also boasts of wide irregularly-shaped folded lecture, computer and seminar rooms—cutting edge settings that would encourage students to literally think out of the box. Aside from a textile lab, a two-floor library and a 105-seater cinema, the building also has several video, animation, and sound production laboratories, as well as a photography studio and a Greenscreen TV and film production studio with motion capture equipment. The walls of each room at the SDA Building are angled to have better response to sound and its open-air corridors are built wide enough to double as exhibition spaces.
Fast Facts:
• Total floor area: 55,121.95 square meters
• Four floors of above-ground level parking space, 10 floors of usable workspace
• 558-seat theater, cantilevered about four storeys above the ground
• Fully-equipped, air-conditioned classrooms with folded walls
• Spacious, open-air corridors that double as exhibition spaces
• Houses the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design or mcad
• Wi-Fi enabled
• First Philippine building using 10-G technology
• Has its own sewage treatment plant
• 105-seater cinema
• Has a Building Management System with intelligent controls for air conditioning; smoke detection and fire alarm; and CCTV surveillance security systems |
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