Presentation #8

Abstract

At the beginning of modernity, architects like Frank Lloyd Wright or Antonin Raymond saw in the Far East an opportunity to escape from the dominant Beauxartian schemes, and reach a new architecture. If then the modulation of the Japanese house and its exquisite harmony with nature were taken as the basis for a new way of building, perhaps today the architecture of the Far East can inspire us again.
On the other hand, in 2021 it will be 500 years since the arrival of the Spanish in the Philippines and the beginning of the evangelization of Asia. The confluence of religions originated a hybridization of architectures destined for worship, which after numerous vicissitudes crystallized in the religious architecture that we contemplate today. These architectures constitute an important tourist attraction and, in parallel, cause of concern for the official organisms in charge of the patrimonial protection of each country.
The enormous construction and urban development activity that has taken place in this part of the world in recent decades forces us to turn our gaze to the Far East. What christian architecture has been made there in the last hundred years? What ideas, what concepts are reflected and reflected in it? What can we learn from these buildings?