Lor Calma and Partners Net Two Wins at the 2022 Outstanding Property Award London

Lor Calma and Partners stand out as the sole Philippine winner amidst a sea of international awardees at the 2022 Outstanding Property Award London (OPAL). The venerable firm garnered wins for two projects: Miriam College in Alviera, Pampanga, and the Davao Civic Center, both under the Architectural Design, Educational/Institutional category. The two entries join hundreds of others awarded the 2022 OPAL award by a 34-member jury panel that includes the likes of Kengo Kuma, Ben van Berkel of UN Studio, Michael Sorensen of Henning Larsen, Michele Salvi of Zaha Hadid Architects among others. The awards program lauds projects from around the world under three disciplines: architectural design, interior design, and property development, which all accord one ‘-of the Year’ plum, multiple platinum awards, and award winners.

Outstanding Property Award London is an international award-giving body instituted “…to recognize the efforts of talented international Property developers, Architects, and Interior Designers who aim to improve our daily lives with their practical, well-thought-out properties and projects.” The 2022 OPAL is organized by the Farmani Group, the organizer of the “International Design Awards (IDA), Architecture Masterprize, Prix de la Photographie in Paris, London International Creative Awards, and the Annual Lucie Awards for Photography.”

What follows is a brief project description of each project from the firm. •

Winners, Architectural Design: Educational/Institutional Category

Miriam College – Alviera

Lead designer: Jose Eduardo Calma
Other team members: Albert Ascalon, Sara Virina, Marcelo Calma, Krister Abla, and Juan Paolo Pena
Space syntax: Leandro Poco

The new Miriam College is a sprawling 29,000 sqm educational compound, consisting of a three-story double sinusoidal complex that tightly embraces the site’s rolling terrain. The academic building guides people in and out through spatial cues that follow a natural rhythm. The campus is organized for students, teachers, staff, and visitors to move about its three levels by way of the dynamic, double sinusoidal circulation spine. The learning and interaction spines create a quadrant of education, one that promotes learning, creativity, recreation, and social interaction.

Davao Civic Center

Lead designer: Jose Eduardo Calma
Other team members: Albert Ascalon and Ayn Del Mundo

The vanda sanderiana, widely considered the “queen of Philippine flowers,” is the inspiration for the Civic Center project. The steel-framed structure is sheathed in a petalled façade giving rise to five distinctive roof expressions and seven façade arrangements that echo the forms of its floral muse. The gaps between the petals are filled with high-performance, insulated glass walls, while the usage of multi-colored dichroic film helps evoke a sense of movement and color within the interior spaces.

About the Firm

Lor Calma and Partners (LCP) was established by renowned father and son architects Lor and Ed Calma as an architectural design, interior design, master planning, and furniture design firm. Spearheaded by Arch. Ed Calma as the Principal Designer of the company, LCP has the personal strength and experience of a fully competent staff to support all of its client’s projects. LCP has done various institutional buildings, commercial/retail, museums, exhibitions, development design, and more.

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