The Drawing Room Contemporary Art presents a showcase of works by its represented artists Vermont Coronel Jr. and Troy Ignacio. The artists are based and create works about Quezon City and Manila City respectively. The two dynamically different cities and contexts in the capital region of the Philippines have subtle and nuanced similarities. These are methodically observed and visually illustrated by Coronel and Ignacio through the use of watercolor and aerosol applied on paper. The Brutalist architecture as remnants of the seventies and eighties period that physically mark socio-political turmoil in the Philippines are softened and balanced by the constant presence of life forms as depicted by endemic plants that thrive even in concrete walls and pavements. The fragility of the artists’ material is evident.