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101-3047-8 – Urban sketching at the corner house

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Finally I am getting round to posting my sketches done with #UskQuezonCity at the corner house. This building was designed (by Thai architects, the Department of Architecture, in collaboration with the BAAD Studio in the Philippines) as an “aesthetic community mall”, following an open air concept along the lines of “The Commons” in Bangkok. It houses a lot of small eateries and features an atrium circumnavigated by a ramp which is supposed to be a safe jogging path for residents of the area. The building is interesting, though maybe a bit over-designed with a forest of white steel columns, but we chose to sketch the view of San Juan you can see from one of the ramps. In my first sketch I started with a simple outline of the shapes and then filled in some details.

My second sketch (of my wife) was a bit messy and full of errors. I keep forgetting that my first rule in sketching is “don’t rush even if you have only a little time – take your time to see the scene instead of jumping in”.

Sun-16-Mar-2025

99-2994 – An engineer’s dream

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Here is the second sketch I did on Sunday 16th Feb with #UskQuezonCity at the Quezon City Hall M.I.C.E building. I called this “An engineer’s dream”, but equally a structural engineer might consider this a headache! Clearly the architects wanted to include lots of elements – a soaring pointy roof, a huge cantilevered canopy, a sloping glass atrium-like space and just on the edge of my sketch a domed roof. It was certainly interesting to sketch anyway.

Sun-16-Feb-2025

99-2993 – MICE shadows

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On Sunday 16th Feb I went to the #UskQuezonCity 6th anniversary sketch-walk at the Quezon City Hall M.I.C.E building (meaning Meetings, Incentives, Conference and Exhibits…not the cute little furry things). For my first sketch I went up to the first floor and (being an architect) chose to sketch the building and the shadows of the massive cantilevered structure. The building has a modern and elaborate design. During the sketch-walk we got free snacks and lunch and a huge number of first-timers joined the event.

Sun-16-Feb-2025

98-2962 – Benitez Hall

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This is the second sketch I did with #UskQuezonCity at the University of the Philippines sunken garden on Sunday 12 Jan during our first #SketchWalk of the year. This building (used by the College of Law and designed by Filipino architect Juan M. Arellano) is one of the first academic buildings constructed at UP and was built “in anticipation of the official transfer of the University of the Philippines from its original location at Calle Isaac Peral, which is now known as the United Nations Avenue”.

Sun-12-Jan-2025