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• Cesar Concio is the first University Architect of the University of the Philippines
• When the University transferred to Diliman from Padre Faura in the late 1940’s, Cesar Concio was tasked to continue what Louis Croft has started
• He is also one of the architects selected by President Roxas in 1947 to study the trends in Architecture and Engineering to design the buildings of the Capital City, especially for his position as the chief architect of the UP Diliman Campus. This mission enabled him to meet the architect of Brasilia’s buildings, Oscar Niemeyer
• His meeting with Niemeyer in Brasilia exposes Niemeyer’s influence on his designs, especially the parabolic Church of the Risen Lord in the University of the Philippines, Diliman
• Niemeyer is best known for adopting modern architecture to Brasilia by using adjustable brise soleil to moderate sunlight entering the buildings. This sun shading technique is manifested in Concio's design for the Mechor and Palma Hall in UP Diliman

AWARDS

• Philippine Institute of Architects Gold Medal of Merit, 1964
• Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award, 1969