Pedro Siochi Explained

Pedro Siochi y Angeles
Native Name Lang:	es
Birth Date:	1886
Birth Place:	Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Death Date:	1951
Death Place:	Manila, Philippines
Alma Mater:	University of Ghent, Belgium
Practice:	Pedro Siochi and Company
Significant Buildings:	Legislative Building, Manila Manila Metropolitan Theater, Manila Cebu Provincial Capitol Manila Central Post Office Caliraya Dam, Laguna Santa Catalina College, Manila St. Scholastica's College, Manila

Pedro Siochi was a Filipino architect and civil engineer of famous landmarks in the Philippines.

Background

Pedro Siochi y Angeles was a Chinese-Spanish-Filipino architect and civil engineer of famous landmarks and structures in the Philippines. He was born in 1886 in Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines.^[1]

Education

Siochi attended the University of Ghent in Belgium. He later worked with the Philippine Bureau of Engineering and Construction.^[2]

Career

Pedro Siochi and Company

Siochi was the founder and owner of the architecture firm Pedro Siochi and Company, Inc.^[3]

Notable works

Among the significant works of Pedro Siochi and Company are famous Philippine landmarks, namely:

• Talavera River Irrigation System in Bulacan Province (1923)
• Culasi Port in Roxas City (1926)
• Manila Central Post Office (1926) with Arch. Juan M. Arellano and Arch. Tomás Mapúa (1926)
• Legislative Building (1926) with Arch. Ralph Harrington Doane, Arch. Antonio Toledo, And Arch. Juan M. Arellano
• Manila Metropolitan Theater (1931) with Arch. Juan M. Arellano^[4]
• St. Cecilia's Hall of St. Scholastica's College (1932) with Arch. Andres Luna San Pedro
• Taal Vista Lodge in Laguna (1937–39) with Andres Luna de San Pedro
• Cebu Provincial Capitol (1938) with Juan M. Arellano
• Caliraya Dam in Laguna (1939)
• Santa Catalina College (1952).^[5]

Death

Siochi passed away in 1951 in Manila, the Philippines.

See also

• Manila Metropolitan Theater
• Manila Central Post Office
• Legislative Building
• Cebu Provincial Capitol
• Caliraya Dam

Notes and References

1. Wood, Leonard (1925). Annual report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands. Washington D.C.: Washington G.P.O
2. Lico, Gerard (2008). Arkitekturang Filipino: A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Philippines. Quezon City: The University of the Philippines Press. p. 310. .
3. Alarcon, Norma (2008). The Imperial Tapestry: American Colonial Architecture in the Philippines. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House.
4. Montinola, Lourdes (2010). Art Deco in the Philippines. Manila: ArtPositAsia.
5. de la Torre, Visitacion (1981). Landmarks of Manila: 1571-1930. Makati: Filipinas Foundation, Inc.