SDA Building nears completion
by Juan Miguel Lago - April 2005

A dream that remained one for years is finally going to be realized.

School of Design and Arts (SDA) building administrator Raul Dasmariñas shared that the 14-storey structure being constructed along Vito cruz Extension is due for completion on January 2006.

Setbacks, Dasmariñas stated, were inherent during the course of construction. He said that "as of now, we are delayed by 40 to 55 days." The causes he said, were the lack of construction materials and legal and unforseen holidays declared by the government.

"So from the previous delay of 30 days, it went up to 55 then down to 40." However, he is hopeful that the workers would catch up with the intended date of completion.

The building, which was designed by Mr. Ed Calma of Lor Calma and Associates, would house all the degree programs of the SDA.

"the building is about 40 percent complete," he said in Filipino. Dasmariñas also added that while the initial design was to have a classical building, the administration has done "many changes before they came up with the election of architects."

"The workers are currently working on the eight floor," Mr. Dasmariñas noted. "It will be topped of on May 2005." He explains that "topping off is the last floor to be built. [sic]"

He explained further that it only involves the exterior facade of the building, and that the interior shall be finished by 2006. He said the students can expect from the new SDA building newer, better and more facilities that can accomodate all the students' needs. "There will be top-of-the-line equipments."

SDA offers short courses

Web Animation
from basic HTML and Javascript to Flash animation and action scripts

2D Animation
from storyboard conceptualization to cell animation

3D Animation
from Maya specialization to modeling, texturing, and 3D/character animation

Photography
from camera formats and studio lighting equipment to specialized professional photography tools

Adobe Photoshop
digital imaging

Adobe Premiere
digital video editing

Adobe After Effects
special effects for video

Alias / Wavefront Maya
basic 3D animation

Macromedia Flash
web animation

Macromedia Dreamweaver
web development

Photography
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Each course leads to a Multimedia Arts Diploma or a Certificate of Completion in the field of specialization taken. Each course includes program handouts and access to the College library’s vast resources, the Internet and other College facilities. Basic knowledge in Windows is a prerequisite for all courses.

For inquiries and reservations, visit or call: School of Design and Arts, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde 2544 Taft Avenue, Manila 1004 mma@dls-csb.edu.ph | 5267441 loc 181 and 123.