The Main Building from Santo Tomas University (UST) in Manila, Philippines serves as the administrative center of the university, and the home of the Faculty of Civil Law, the Faculty of Pharmacy, and the College of Science. The Main House is also home to the Museum of Arts and Sciences.
Video University of Santo Tomas Main Building
Build
The building, designed by Fr. Roque RuaÃÆ' Â ± o, O.P., is the first earthquake resistant building in the Philippines. RuaÃÆ' Â ± o is influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel, Tokyo.
Design and structure
In 1920, Roque RuaÃÆ' Â ± o was assigned to draw up a plan for the UST Main Building to be built on the Sulucan property of the Dominican Order. During the years 1922 and 1923, the plan was finally completed. However, some good adjustments have been made to the design criteria as a result of the new lessons learned from Great Kant? the September 1, 1923 earthquake which thinned Tokyo and Yokohama. Finally, construction began in 1924.
The structure is a rectangular building that has a length dimension of 86 meters and a width of 74 meters with two interior courtyards or patio . The most significant feature is the fact that it actually consists of 40 separate structures that are separated from each other with the only chance provided by the pre-printing skewer floor. But some parting locations are now difficult to pinpoint because of the many cosmetic changes in the interior of the building that have been going on for years. According to an article written by the former dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Manuel MaÃÆ'Â ± osa, this is how the distribution:
- four corner units
- two middle units (front and back entrances)
- one tower (including two lift cores)
- one entrance canopy
- a total of 26 units
- seven units for the P. Noval side
- seven units for Gov. Forbes ( now Arsenio H. Lacson) side
- six units for Dapitan side
- six units for EspaÃÆ' Â ± side
- the middle four (or paraninfo )
- two staircases adjacent to the tower and elevator core
Statue
Standing on the foundation of the fourth floor of the building are the statues that symbolize the spiritual and intellectual aspirations of the University. Designed by Francesco Monti Italia, a faculty member at the Architecture Faculty, they were installed between 1949 and 1953.
- Surrounding the clock, the so-called "Tria Haec" are the three represented statues, from left to right:
- Expectations
- Faith (above clock)
- Charity
- To the right of Tria Haec are theologians and historians:
- Saint Augustine
- Raymond of PeÃÂÂ ± afort, O.P.
- Vincent of Beauvais, O.P
- To the right of theologians and historians, overlooking Padre Noval Street is a tragedy:
- Pedro CalderÃÆ'³n de la Barca
- Sophocles
- William Shakespeare
- To the left of Tria Haec are philosophers:
- Aristotle
- Saint Albert the Great
- Plato
- To the left of the philosophers and to Arsenio Lacson Avenue are the playwrights:
- Lope de Vega
- Aristophanes
- MoliÃÆ'¨re
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History
Construction began in 1924 and the first classes were held on July 2, 1927. Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, Liberal Arts (they would later join under the name of Philosophy and Literature, later renamed the Faculty of Arts and Letters), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy , The Faculty of Engineering, and the College of Education are the first residents to be transferred to the new building. Since then, the Main Building has become the campus focal point. This is where all the successful structures rotate.
After the invasion and occupation of the Philippines by Japan during World War II, the Japanese converted the university into a Santo Tomas Refugee Camp for Americans and other non-Filipinos beginning on January 4, 1942. Three floors of buildings were occupied by internees. Several internees were placed in the Education Building (now the Hospital of Santo Tomas University) and other buildings.
On February 3, 1945, during the Battle for Manila the university was liberated by the 1st Cavalry Division, the tanks of the 44th Tank Battalion and Filipino guerrillas. On February 4, Japanese commander Toshio Hayashi took several internment hostages at the nearby Education Building and negotiated for Japanese troops to rejoin the Japanese forces in the south of the city to be exchanged with the internees. A dedicated plaque in 1954 commemorated the event.
After the war, the UST resumed operations, holding classes in the building. The university and the building were visited by Pope Paul VI in 1970 and Pope John Paul II in 1995 when UST hosted World Youth Day 1995.
Gallery
See also
- List of University buildings of Santo Tomas
References
External links
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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