UP starts construction of P675-M Faculty Center, 3 years after fire

The University of the Philippines Diliman on Friday kicked off the construction project that will see its Faculty Center (FC) rise from the ashes as a "new and improved facility," three years after it was burned to the ground.

According to an article posted on the university's website, the new facility will be a a cluster of structures that includes a nine-level faculty building, a six-level parking building, a single story hall, and an amphitheater.

Citing the Office of the Vice President for Development (OVPD), the new FC will house offices, conference rooms, meeting spaces, lecture and multipurpose halls, libraries, galleries, and recreational areas like break rooms, lounges, and a café.

The P675-million project is expected to be finished by November next year.

Flames engulfed the Faculty Center on April 1, taking with it decades of research and incalculable losses in terms of archived materials. — Jessica Bartolome/MDM, GMA News