As architect Ned Carlos’ pioneering chapel at St. Louis School-Don Bosco in Dumaguete City celebrates its 16th anniversary this year, its organic-inspired form—a reflection of the architect’s ageless aesthetic of intangible pragmatism—is more suitable for the COVID era than ever.
It’s been more than a decade since Dumaguete City has seen an abstract work of architecture. Take note, the St. John Bosco chapel was completed in 2005, two years before the first iPhone was launched. At the time, sacred buildings in Negros Oriental were designed like they were still in the Spanish era, ushering modern architecture’s ascendancy.
The exterior design’s roof with the unique …
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