Property developer Megaworld Corp. said it is integrating museums and urban artworks in its various township developments across the country.
The company recently opened the P110-million Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art inside its 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park township in Mandurriao, Iloilo City.
The 3,000-square meter museum is the first contemporary art museum in the whole of Visayas and Mindanao. It features three main galleries that house artworks of both national artists and local Ilonggo artists. The museum also has its own theatre room called The Box and the Museum Shop which sells merchandise customized with some works of renowned artists.
“Ilomoca is a concrete manifestation of our goal to create urban townships that have their own charm and character. We want to curate our developments in such a way that they seamlessly blend with the local culture and promote tourism,” said Megaworld senior vice president Kevin Tan.
The company is also putting up another museum in its 35.6-hectare township in San Fernando City in Pampanga province.
The ‘heritage’ museum at the capital town will pay tribute to the historic Pampanga Sugar Development Company, where the township is located. Significant artifacts of the old sugar central will be housed in the museum, which will be integrated with the proposed mall development that will also take some design inspirations from the sugar central.