A Pinoy GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM Finalist
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A Call for Community Action
To Friends & All:
Help this Pinoy architect finalist become the Guggenheim Museum Art Shelter Competition Winner
No Purchase Necessary
Deadline: October 10, 2009
#1 Please Visit:
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/education/sackler-center/design-it-shelter/vote-for-shelters
#2 Please Vote for
A Bamboo Shelter in a Garbage Dump City
By Gonzalo Raymundo
From: Quezon City , Philippines
Shelter location: Philippines
FINALIST
#3 Please forward to your mailing list
Spread the News!!
Thxs a bunch,
Maria Elizabeth Embry
(Always proud to be a pinay!!)
let us run with endurance the race that is set before us Hebrews 12:1
Filipino architect leads in online polling
By Cynthia Balana
Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 14:01:00 09/22/2009
MANILA, Philippines -- Filipino architect Gonzalo “Jun” Raymundo, Jr. was selected as one of the top 10
finalists in the prestigious Guggenheim Art Shelter Competition and has been leading the online voting polls
for the award, the Philippine Embassy in Washington reported on Tuesday.
The Guggenheim Art Shelter Competition is an exhibition contest sponsored by the Guggenheim Museum
and Google SketchUp. It is open to both amateur and professional designers who are challenged to come
up with various 3D designs inspired from different shelters in any part of the world using Google SketchUp
and Google Earth.
Submissions were received from nearly 600 contestants in 68 countries around the world. Ten finalists were
then drawn from this pool of contestants for the People’s Prize Award, which will be chosen through an
online public voting.
In his report to the home office, Philippine Ambassador to Washington Willy Gaa said that Raymundo has
exhibited exceptional skill in design and architecture.
“Truly, his work best reflects ingenuity, workmanship and culture that the Filipino people can be proud of. I
encourage members of the Filipino community to extend their support to Mr. Raymundo by casting their
votes for his meritorious piece of art,” he said.
Raymundo’s work entitled, “A Bamboo Shelter in a Garbage Dump City ,” is a bamboo design shelter built
on a concrete base situated at a garbage dump in the Philippines . The bamboo wall represents a strong
sense of camaraderie or “bayanihan” to signify that “where there is unity, there is strength.” His work
collectively symbolizes
“sustainability and hope.”
The competition opened last June 8, was closed to submissions on August 23, and will end on October 21,
the 50th anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum’s opening, when two prizes, a Jury Prize and a People’s
Prize, will be awarded. The voting period will run until October 10.
Let us Pray for the safety of the Storm Victims (Ondoy 9/26) in the Philippines
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