Cebu International Convention Center
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| Cebu International Convention Center | |
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| Location | Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines |
| Status | Complete |
| Constructed | 2006 |
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| Floor count | 3 |
| Floor area | 28,000 sq. m |
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| Architect | Manuel Guanzon |
| Contractor | WT Construction |
The Cebu International Convention Center is a structure built by the Cebu provincial government in time for the 12th Asean Summit and 2nd East Asia Summit at a cost of more or less US$10-million dollars. It is a three-storey structure with a gross floor area of 28,000 square meters and situated on 3.8 hectares of land at the Mandaue City Reclamation Area in Metro Cebu.
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[edit] Background
The site where the convention center now stands was actually intended for a sports complex dubbed as the Cebu Megadome. A contest was held for its design and the winning entry was the "spinning disc" by Architect Alexus Medalla. The project however was stalled after some members of the provincial board opposed it.
In late 2005, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo decided that the province would be the venue of the 12th ASEAN Summit in December 2006. The Philippines was supposed to host the summit on December 2007 yet but Myanmar, the original host for 2006, backed out. Since the province lacked a stand alone convention center that was truly international in nature (an international convention center in Waterfront Cebu City Hotel was not considered due to the presence of a casino), Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia revived the megadome project but with the design revised as a convention center instead of a sports arena. The external structure would still be that of a "spinning disc."
A few weeks after though, a new design came up and was eventually considered since it was cheaper and easier to build (granting that it was smaller in size too) considering the time constraint that the Cebu provincial government was running to. Construction for the substructure began on April 2006 and work on the superstructure itself which was entirely made up of structural steel began three months after. The center was finished four months later sometime late November and was officially inaugurated on December 6, 2006.
[edit] 12th ASEAN Summit
The 12th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), originally scheduled for Dec. 10-14 in Metro Cebu cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu was moved to January 10-13, 2007 due to Typhoon Utor. The decision was made in consideration of the safety and welfare of the participants.
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 The original Spinning Disc design of the Cebu Megadome. |
 The new design by Architect Manuel Guanzon features a "yoke" to symbolize unity among ASEAN countries. |
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 The convention center at night. |
