Leo Casison

LEO C. CASISON, UAP
Founding Director
Design / Managing Director
Contact: (63918) 210.7339

LEO C CASISON was exposed to Art at an early age. His grandfather was a painter, an intimate friend of Fernando Amorsolo. His father was in the construction business. His career jumpstarted early when he won the design competition during his 4th year architecture studies at University of Santo Tomas in 1981. He was later recommended by his professor to the firm, Engracio L. Mariano & Associates (ELMA). He was a working student and was able to handle several projects with ELMA. The effort and competence earned him to become later, a Junior Associate. In 1984, he joined Skidmore OWings & Merill (SOM) for seven years. While in this firm he met Medi A. Nasrabadi, a similarly young architect of SOM. In 1989, Medi eventually decided to put up a design consultancy firm and invited Leo to become also a founding director of Interior Exterior Design Consultants Inc. (IEDC). A few years past, a design firm, Pimentel Rodriguez Simbulan & Partners was formed wherein he was also founding partner. In the much later year of 2004, he worked solely on his architectural design studio until the last quarter of the year 2006. Due to a strong clamor for revuitalized design techniques and functional innovations, he decided to team up with Luis P. Santiago and put up Casison N Santiago Inc. (CNSI).

Leo's 25 years of experience in designing and construction shall give a mileage in the field of architecture. His design background is diverse to include planning, interior fit-outs, graphics, landscape, institutions, corporate offices, multi and single residential housing, commercial structures, hotel and other mix-use development. His travels to the western hemisphere and Asian continent have afforded him to be well versed in foreign-based design and construction methodology. He has attended the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Arcasia & United Architects of the Philippines conventions in seeking updates in technical information.

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS
College of Architecture and Fine Arts 1982

PROFESSION REGISTRATION AND AFFILIATIONS
Registered Architect in the Philippines PRC No. 7250
United Architects of the Philippines UAP No. 3458
Past President of Makati Central Business District Chapter-UAP
Architect's Golf Club (AGC)
Atelier Alumni Association (UST)