Loyola Memorial ParkLoyola Memorial Park is a Work of National Artist for Landscape Architecture Ildefonso P. Santos located at Marikina City; Parañaque City, Metro Manila, National Capital Region.
Work of Architect I.P. Santos (1983)
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The Loyola Memorial Parks, one in Paranaque and the other in Marikina, are the successful visionary end results of a triumvariate partnership of business, landscape architecture,a nd fine art. The developers used art supported by a sophisticated lanscape design as a strategic marketing tool in both memorial parks. It was also the first tme in the Philippines that scupture interacted with the environment, enhancing the landscape with symbols on the abstract concept of death and redemption.
The earlier Marikina park was developed over a period of twenty-five to thirty years although the Paranaque branch was fits to be opened to the public. (Source: The landscape architecture of Ildefonso P. Santos)