Restoration of the Old City Hall of Iloilo (now UP Visayas Campus)

Project: Restoration of the Old City Hall of Iloilo (now UP Visayas Campus)
Location: Iloilo City
Cultural property owner: University of the Philippines, Visayas
GAA Budget: P40,000,000.00
Fiscal year: 2017
Date started: 26 October 2017
Target completion date: 14 August 2018
Implementing agency: National Historical Commission of the Philippines
Contractors: J.S. Lim Construction and Trading
Project documentation:

The facade of the building (11 October 2017)

Panoramic photo of the facade (11 October 2017)

The entrance hall of the building (11 October 2017)

Columns at the entrance hall (11 October 2017)

The ceiling of the entrance hall (11 October 2017)

The walls at the entrance hall is covered in gypsum board, now deteriorated due to water damage and insect infestation. The hall is presently used as a reading room. The room was originally painted to look like marble. (11 October 2017)

Two classrooms attached to the main building (11 October 2017)

The balcony at the back of the building. It has a non-functioning fountain. (11 October 2017)

The main lobby or entrance hall used as a reading room (11 October 2017)

Ongoing Restoration work at the Old Iloilo City Hall (now UP Visayas) [August 2018]

Concrete sculpture by Francesco Monti

The comservation team found it hard to remove gypsum boards and adhesive from the sufaces of the main lobby. This hall will be restored to its marble-painted surfaces which have been badly damaged.

Restoration of wooden window frames

Wood planks were dismantled, checked from infestations, and returned to its original location. This two-storey room was the session hall of the old city hall.

Ongoing repainting work at the exterior

Restoration of the balcony fountain with an Art Deco-style head of a lion made of concrete. This feature is located at the rear side of the building.

Incompatible additions and architectural finishes were already removed from the building. Restoration of the architectural integrity of this Juan Arellano-designed building is the aim of the conservation work.