GOTA DE LECHE BUILDING
ARCADIO ARELLANO, BUILT IN 1915
Tucked behind the quiet residential environment of Sampaloc lies a building that has a mission to provide ample nutrition to mothers and their children. This structure is the Gota de Leche Building. It is a two-storey building that drew inspiration from the Ospedale degli Innocenti in Florence, Italy – one of the first recorded structures from the Renaissance period. The design was then modified to adapt to the tropical climate of the Philippines.