Tutorials for Rules 7 & 8 of the NBCP

Due to numerous requests, a third session for tutorials on Rules 7 and 8 of the Revised IRR of the NBCP will be conducted by Ar. Rey S. Gabitan on January 4, 2015. Most of the questions in Day 2 of the Architecture Board Exams focuses on computations to determine the applicable development controls especially the AMBF, PSO, TOSL, ISA, USA, MACA, GFA, FLAR, TGFA and possibly AMVB.

The tutorials will also cover some estimating and the sample questions will be examples of recent board exam questions.

For more info, text or call: 0949-8304537 or email to orbisccd@yahoo.com or orbis.ccd@gmail.com.

Quiz on Rule 7 & 8 of the Revised IRR of the NBCP

Here's a Sample Quiz on Day 2 of the Architecture Board Exam pertaining to Rules 7 & 8 of the NBCP.

There will be 3 questions randomly picked from a database of 9 questions.
Each time you take the quiz, there will be different questions appearing. Enjoy!!!



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Design Review For the Jan 2013 Architecture Board Exam

The UAP Center for Career Development will soon start review class for the January 2013 Board Exam for Architecture.

The Design Review Class will be given by the following lecturers:
Ar. Rey S. Gabitan - Rule 7 & 8 of the National Building Code
Design Guidelines for Residential, Commercial, Educational, Hospitality, Commercial and Terminal Facilities will be delivered by the following:
Ar. Annie C. Pugeda
Ar. Dondon de Guzman
Ar. Alfred Carandang
Ar. Ted Inocencio
Ar. Karen Naguit
Ar. Jean Cornejo

Course Fee shall be P3,500 inclusive of handouts:
Schedule: First batch: (August 26, Sep. 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30) 9:00am-4:00pm

Please call 412-6364 (look for Ms. Gigi) for more details

Architectural Design & Site Planning (ADSP) Review Notes 2

Here are sample questions for Architectural Design and Site Planning Exam. To know the answers, enrol at the UAP CCD Refresher Class slated to start May 20, 2012. More sample questions will be given in the Refresher Class. Pls. call 02-4126364.
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Architectural Design & Site Planning Review Notes 1

Here are sample questions for Architectural Design and Site Planning Exam. To know the answers, enrol at the UAP CCD Refresher Class slated to start May 20, 2012. More sample questions will be given in the Refresher Class. Pls. call 02-4126364.

 
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Determining Allowable Maximum Volume of Building (AMVB)

ALLOWABLE MAXIMUM VOLUME OF BUILDING (AMVB) Above-Grade – The limit of the total volume of space that can be occupied by a proposed building/structure above grade level. the AMVB is an imaginary prism within the fully enclosed areas and courts of a proposed building/structure shall fit.

Quantifying the AMVB. The AMVB shall be primarily determined by the following:

a. Multiply the AMBF (in square meters) for the lot by the applicable BHL (in meters) for the lot to arrive at the initial AMVB (in cubic meters); the result of this step is the imaginary footprint prism;

b. Superimpose the angular plane originating from the center of the RROW on the footprint prism; this shall result in the reduction of the initially computed building volume due to the application of incremental setbacks and of roof configuration dictated by the angular plane; the result of this step is the AMVB;

c. To crosscheck the AMVB against the Allowable Maximum TGFA (separately determined), convert the AMVB into its approximate area equivalent (in sq. meters) by dividing it with the BHL. Before converting the AMVB to its area component, check for the effects of the incremental setbacks on the TGFA for each floor of the proposed building/structure.



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Determining AMBF & PSO (R-1 & R-2)

The following rules shall be observed in the determination of the Allowable Maximum Building Footprint (AMBF) for buildings and related habitable structures. If the stated rules are compared with

a) Rule VIII Table VIII.1.- Reference Table on Percentage of Site Occupancy and Maximum Allowable Construction Area (MACA);

b) Rule VIII Tables VIII.2. and VIII.3. (setbacks, yards and courts); or

c) with the applicable stipulations under this Rule and with the applicable stipulations of the Fire Code,

the more stringent but applicable regulation out of the aforementioned rules should be observed.



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Free Design Lecture at UAP

A jampacked crowd attended the free lecture on Rule 7 and 8 of the RIRR of PD1096.

More than 400 applicants to the June 2010 Architecture board exams attended the two day free lecture last June 3 and 4, 2010 at the UAP Teatro Arkitekto . The lecture conducted by Arch. Rey S. Gabitan focused on the Development Controls under Rules VII and Rule VIII of the Revised IRR of the National Building Code or PD 1096.

Examples on different building types on each zoning classification were given and claculations were given to determine the Allowable Maximum Building Footprint (AMBF), Maximum Percentage of Site Occupancy (PSO), Min Total Open Space within Lot (TOSL), Max Impervious Surface Area (ISA), Min Unpaved Surface Area (USA), Max Gross Floor Area (GFA), Max Total Gross Floor Area (TGFA), etc.

The lecture-workshop simulated the design problems given in the Licensure Examination for Architects.

Sample Design Problem 1

SUBJECT: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND SITE PLANNING
DATE/ TIME: 27 November 2009 and 03 December 2009, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
VENUES (4) : Al-Khobar & Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA); Doha (Qatar); Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
WARNING: If there are conflicts between a stated word and the number/ amount/ figure described, the stated / spelled word shall prevail. Should there be conflicts between two (2.0) stated quantities, the higher figure shall prevail.

IMPORTANT NOTE: For this reformat of the examination in this subject, the Examinee shall be allowed to make full use (open books) ONLY of Rule VII and Rule VIII of the 2004 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 1096, otherwise known as the 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP) i.e. ONLY as downloaded and reproduced from the PRBoA website at www.architectureboard.ph. The use of other IRR versions are specifically disallowed during this examination.



A. PROJECT NO. 1,2,3,4 & 5 TITLE (and General Description):

A Proposed _______-Rise _______________ Project [development with Basement, Podium (with covered parking) and Tower components] on a Project Site with a ________ Percent (0.0%) Slope

B. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM:
A _________ has decided that its _________ (X-X, e.g. R-3, C-2, I-1)-zoned property (the “Project Site), with a Total Lot Area (TLA) of ______________square meters (0.0 SqM) and located in _____________, shall host a __________-rise __________________ Building (the “Project”).

C. PROJECT SITE FEATURES:
The Project Site is a _______ lot, with a _____ meter (0.0 m) wide frontage facing _______. The Project Site uniformly slopes at 0.0% towards the _______ (0.0) m wide street i.e. the road right-of-way (RROW) that is also relatively flat (at a slope of 0.0%) and which has ________ (0.0) m wide sidewalks at both sides. The surface of the sidewalk at the center of the Project Site frontage is considered as elevation 0.0 m.
The 0.0 m wide RROW was recently declared an arcaded street by city ordinance. The proposed building is also fully covered by a separate Green Building ordinance. To the _____ of the Project Site (as viewed from the RROW) are ____________ complexes. Across the Project Site is a long row of _____-rise ___________ buildings.

D. DESIGN OBJECTIVES:
a. To plan/ design a _______________ building with features such as _____________________;
b. To plan/ design the Project in a way that can maximize profits for the Project Proponent; the ratio of saleable versus non-saleable spaces based on GFA shall be at 0:0; and
c. To plan/ design the Project to serve as a landmark in the host area.

Sample FLEA Design Questions from Al-Khobar & Jeddah, KSA (administered 27 November 2009)

Project No. 2: A Proposed Medium-Rise Apartment Building
B. Test for Knowledge of Site Planning
(JAK, SEQUENTIAL QUESTIONS)
Note: Only the choices to the question are shown. The reader must do
research to arrive at the correct (or best) answers.
Project No. 2. Under the 2004 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of P.D. No. 1096 or the 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP), what is the minimum unpaved surface area (USA) for the Project Site (zoned as Maximum R-3)? The answer is a percentage (%) of the Total Lot Area (TLA).
Note: To arrive at the answer, the examinee must make use of table/s from the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096/ NBCP (open books).
a. 30
b. 20
c. 10
d. 70
Project 2. For the Project Site (zoned as Maximum R-3 under the NBCP), how much is the minimum USA (in square meters)?
Note: To arrive at the answer, the examinee must make use of table/s from the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096/ NBCP (open books).
a. 400
b. 700
c. 500
d. 600
Project 2. What is the maximum allowable impervious surface area (ISA) for the Project Site (zoned as Maximum R-3 under the NBCP), if the building shall NOT have a firewall? The answer is a percentage (%) of the Total Lot Area (TLA).
Note: To arrive at the answer, the examinee must make use of table/s from the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096/ NBCP (open books) and use a simple calculator.
a. 10
b. 20
c. 70
d. 30
Project 2. For the Project Site (zoned as Maximum R-3 under the NBCP), how much is the maximum allowable ISA (in square meters)?
Note: To arrive at the answer, the examinee must determine the total lot area (TLA) from the information given in the Project description, then make use of table/s from the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096/ NBCP (open books) and finally use a simple calculator.
a. 1,800
b. 2,400
c. 1,200
d. 3,000
Project 2. For the Project Site (zoned as Maximum R-3 under the NBCP), how much is the combined total for the maximum allowable ISA plus the minimum USA (in square meters)?
Note: To arrive at the answer, the examinee must determine the total lot area (TLA) from the information given in the Project description, then make use of table/s from the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096/ NBCP (open books) and finally use a simple calculator.
a. 2,400
b. 2,700
c. 1,800
d. 2,100

III.Sample FLEA Design Questions from
Doha, Qatar & Abu Dhabi, UAE
(administered 03 December 2009)

Note: Only the choices to the question are shown. The reader must do
research to arrive at the correct (or best) answers.

Project No. 1:
A Proposed Open Market Residential Housing Prototype

A. Test for Knowledge of General Compliances Relative to Site Planning and to the Planning and Design of Buildings_(DAD, RANDOM)
Project 1. Under the 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP), what is covered by the Building Height Limit (BHL) for the Project?
Note: To arrive at the answer, the examinee must extract the necessary information from the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096/ NBCP (open books).
a. antenna
b. electrical or electronic devices mounted on top of the parapet wall, if introduced
c. deck roof level parapet wall, if introduced
d. mast

Project No. 2:
A Proposed Medium-Rise Apartment Building

C. Test for Knowledge of Space Planning_(DAD, RANDOM)
Project 2. Using the maximum Total Gross Floor Area (TGFA) and the Building Height Limit (BHL) that are allowed for the Project under the NBCP, what shall be the resultant TGFA per floor (in square meters)?
Note: To arrive at the answer, the examinee must determine the total lot area (TLA) from the information given in the Project description, then make use of table/s from the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096/ NBCP (open books) and finally use a simple calculator.
a. 2,666
b. 4,222
c. 5,444
d. 3,888

Project No. 3:
A Proposed Medium-Rise Office Condominium

D. Test for Knowledge of Architectural Design of Buildings (General & Specific) _(DAD, RANDOM)
Project 3. In terms of material production, which of the following flooring materials is considered to have the lowest carbon footprint?
Note: To arrive at the answer, the examinee (assumed to have worked for at least 2 years/ 3,840 hours) must read available information on the subject, do some independent research or make the necessary inquiries. The 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096/ NBCP is not needed to answer this question.
a. baked clay tiles
b. hand-cut natural stone
c. ceramic tiles
d. high-pressure laminate flooring

Project No. 4:
A Proposed Low-Rise National Government Office Building
E. Test for Knowledge of Structural Conceptualization_(DAD, RANDOM)
Project 4. Assuming a heavily forested location for the Project Site, what type of roof structure should be introduced?
Note: To arrive at the answer, the examinee (assumed to have worked for at least 2 years/ 3,840 hours) must read available information on the subject, do some independent research or make the necessary inquiries. The 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096/ NBCP is not needed to answer this question.
a. steel deck roof
b. steep gable roof
c. RC deck roof
d. low-slope metal roofing on space frame

Project No. 5:
Proposed Medium-Rise Garment and Undergarment Factory Building
F. Test for Knowledge of Architectural Interiors (AI)_(DAD, RANDOM)
Project No. 5. Which of the following is a good lighting device for a general production area with the ceiling consisting of the soffit of a suspended slab?
Note: To arrive at the answer, the examinee (assumed to have worked for at least 2 years/ 3,840 hours) must read available information on the subject, do some independent research or make the necessary inquiries. The 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096/ NBCP is not needed to answer this question.
a. pendant lighting (suspended incandescent lamps)
b. industrial lighting (suspended fluorescent lamps with reflectors)
c. pendant lighting (suspended CFLs with housing)
d. troffer lighting (fluorescent lamps with soffit-mounted lightboxes and diffusers)

Calculating AMBF and PSO for a corner lot

Design Lecturers

Arch. REY S. GABITAN, uap, piep

Rey S. Gabitan earned his BS Architecture and Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of the Philippines in 1988 and 2000 respectively. He is both a licensed architect and environmental planner having passed the board exams for architecture (first placer, 1988) and for environmental planning (sixth placer, 2002).
Arch. Gabitan is presently a regular faculty member of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) College of Architecture and Fine Arts. He is also a Review Specialist at the Center for the Designed Environment Professions (CDEP).

Arch. ARMANDO EUGENE DE GUZMAN III

Arch. KAREN ANNE U. NAGUIT, uap

Arch. Karen Anne Naguit is a graduate of BS Architecture (batch 2007)from the University of Sto. Tomas (UST). She ranked 7th place in the January 2009 Architecture Licensure Examination.

Arch. Naguit started her career with R.R.Payumo + Partners, Inc. right after graduating from college. She had done site supervision for the St. Luke’s Medical Center in E. Rodriguez and Fort Bonifacio Global City and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Branch Building in Tuguegarao. In 2009, she moved to Rchitects, Inc. where she got involved with projects like the ADMU Highschool Chapel and the Tribeca: Bryant and Chelsea Towers and the Bellevue Bohol and Stratford Residences. At the same time, she is an instructor at the JPT Review Center teaching History of Architecture and E-Design (Expanded Design).

A multi-awarded designer, her group entries got shortlisted in the professional group category of the International Design Competition for the Hong Kong Crossing Boundary Facilities. She - together with her close college classmates - also bagged the first place in the NAIA Terminal 3 Rotunda Competition.

At present, Arch. Naguit is a Managing Partner of Fuyoh Food Farm Corporation and Principal Architect of Studio Eleven:23.

Architectural Design Course

Module 1: Calculating for the AMBF, PSO, TOSL, ISA, USA & MACA for Low-Rise to Medium-Rise Residential Buildings – Rule 7 & 8 of the RIRR of NBC
(Arch. Rey S. Gabitan)
3 hrs.

Module 2: Calculating for the GFA, TGFA, FLAR &, BHL for Low-Rise to Medium-Rise Residential Buildings – Rule 7 & 8 of the RIRR of NBC
(Arch. Rey S. Gabitan)
3 hrs.

Module 3: Calculating for the AMBF, PSO, TOSL, ISA, USA & MACA for High-Rise Residential and Commercial Buildings – Rule 7 & 8 of the RIRR of NBC
(Arch. Rey S. Gabitan)
3 hrs.

Module 4: Calculating for the GFA, TGFA, FLAR &, BHL for High-Rise Residential and Commercial Buildings; Calculating AMVB for R-1 & C-3 – Rule 7 & 8 of the RIRR of NBC
(Arch. Rey S. Gabitan)
3 hrs.

Module 5: Calculating for the AMBF, PSO, TOSL, ISA, USA & MACA for Institutional and Industrial Buildings – Rule 7 & 8 of the RIRR of NBC
(Arch. Rey S. Gabitan)
3 hrs.

Module 6: Calculating for the GFA, TGFA, FLAR &, BHL for Institutional and Industrial Buildings; Frequently Asked Questions – Rule 7 & 8 of the RIRR of NBC
(Arch. Rey S. Gabitan)
3 hrs.

Module 7: Site Planning, Space Planning, Architectural Design, Structural Conceptualization and Architectural Interiors for Mercantile and Business Facilities - Commercial
(Arch. Alfred Carandang)
3 hrs.

Module 8: Site Planning, Space Planning, Architectural Design, Structural Conceptualization and Architectural Interiors for Residential and Industrial Facilities
(Arch. Annie Pugeda)
3 hrs.

Module 9: Site Planning, Space Planning, Architectural Design, Structural Conceptualization and Architectural Interiors for Health Facilities
(Arch. Ted Villamor G. Inocencio)
3 hrs.

Module 10: Site Planning, Space Planning, Architectural Design, Structural Conceptualization and Architectural Interiors for Terminal Facilities
(Arch. Jean Cornejo)
3 hrs.

Module 11: Site Planning, Space Planning, Architectural Design, Structural Conceptualization and Architectural Interiors for Educational and Institutional Facilities
(Arch. Karen Anne Naguit)
3 hrs.
Module 12: Site Planning, Space Planning, Architectural Design, Structural Conceptualization and Architectural Interiors for Hospitality Facilities and Other Building Types
(Arch. Armando Eugene de Guzman III)
3 hrs.