Manuel and Socorro Fong Sports Center
Xavier School Nuvali
Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna
Completed 2019
View from Soccer Field
Swimming Pool, with Bleachers at right and Upper Gym at left
Upper Gym, with Bleachers at right and view of Swimming Pool area beyond
Construction began in June 2018 on this 4,900 square
meter Sports Center with a goal to remember the Jesuit peregrination that generated Xavier School in the
first place. The project’s architectural expression has its pragmatic roots, such as response to the program and to the climate, but
they are tied together by the sense of the Jesuit journey from
Shanghai to Manila to escape the Communists. This is why, for example,
we use brick for the base of the building, as a reminder of the brick
that dominated the Jesuit campus in Shanghai that Xavier School's founding priests were forced to leave.
Construction Progress Photos from May 2019
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