A historical landmark in the city

Date: Q3 2014 – 2015
Quantity: 34 pcs Neos 1, 2 Focal Spot LED, Various TAL products such as Cedrus, Micro Obo, etc.
Project: The indoor and outdoor lighting we designed to bring out the beauty in the classic structure with various Schréder and TAL exclusive products.

Key Features:

• Used the Church’s structure to create dimensions and depth
• Maximized using indirect illumination to bring out more beauty on the structure
• Used various small variations in color temperature to further enhance depth and a warm cozy atmosphere in the Parish
• Mixed the best of TAL and Schréder within budget of the project
• Nowadays, the illuminated bell tower is supposedly visual from some areas in Leyte and Samar near Tacloban

The Santo Niño Parish in Tacloban City is a historical landmark in the city. In 1596 the Jesuits built a small chapel or ‘visita’ under the titular Dulce Nombre de Jesus. The small chapel was made up of light materials and nipa. When the Jesuits where expelled from the country, the Augustinians from nearby Cebu’s‘Basilica del Sto. Niño’ took over and renamed the chapel Sto. Niño. This all happened in 1768, the same year when Tacloban was declared a city and the first Spanish settlers settled in.

The Franciscans came in around 1843 to manage the parish and by 1860, a new Romanesque Church was built with a towering appearance and the prominence of round arches and small windows ventilating around the church. The church was made of adobe and a mixture of coral stones, a common style and method during this period. It was in 1990 that the church was handed over to the Archdiocese of Palo.

The church has since then battled and sustained a few typhoons and earthquakes. The strongest typhoon being in 2013 when Yolanda (Haiyan) destroyed most of Tacloban and the church provided cover and shelter saving human life.

A big rehabilitation project started in 2014 with the help of donations to make the Parish shine again after the typhoon in 2013. The indoor and outdoor lighting we designed to bring out the beauty in the classic structure with various Schréder and TAL exclusive products. We received a well appreciated ‘plague of recognition’ from Archbishop of Palo, John F. Du for our support and services in the project.