Architectural Design Course
Understanding Rules 7 and 8 of the Revised IRR of the National Building Code.
2011 PRC Most Outstanding APO Awardee
UAP has won for the 4th time the prestigious PRC Most Outstanding APO Award.
Free Design Lecture at UAP
A jampacked crowd attended the free lecture on Rules 7 and 8 of the RIRR of PD 1096.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Architectural Design and Site Planning (ADSP) Review Schedule June 2012 LEA
Here's the schedule for the Architectural Design and Site Planning (ADSP) Review Course for the June 2012 Licensure Exam for Architects. Review starts April 1, 2012. Course Fee is P3,500.00. Pls. call 02-4126364 for more details (look for Ms. Gigi).
June 2012 LEA Refresher Course
Here's the schedule for the refresher class for the June 2012 Licensure Examination for Architects. Classes start May 20, 2012. Course Fee is P3,500.00. There will be three Sections to be opened (Section A, B and C). For more information, call 02-4126364 look for Ms. Gigi.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
3RD GREEEN TECHNICAL TRAINING SEMINAR
Those interested may download the attached flyer, program and registration form. Submission of registration form will be on or before April 21, to the PGBI Secretariat.
Kindly post this on your organization's website, share this with your colleagues who are qualified.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Mark Anthony Breis - EMCON Tower
Here's the Thesis Project of Mark Anthony Breis of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) who bagged the Top Thesis Award for 2012.
The main design concept of the project is a high performance building design encapsulated with characteristic of being ecological, innovative and responsive, towards high performance building design elements such as sustainable site, energy efficiency, water efficiency, good indoor environmental quality and sustainable and low impact materials.
The project site is located at Bonifacio Global City with a total area of 6, 539 sq. mts. The architectural top height of the tower is 212.90 meters from natural ground line. With the total of 60 floors, it is a mixed use development made up of commercial center at ground floor, Class A leasable office units for BPO-ICT industry in the podium blocks A & B and residential units with amenity level at the main tower. Total no. of lifts are 13, 4 are for office podium blocks A & B with one freight elevator in each block and 6 lifts for residential tower, strategically divided for low zone, high zone and royal penthouse areas with one freight elevator.
EMCON (Efficiency Minus the CONsumption)
The skyscraper is designed with the utmost consideration of using renewable energies from nature’s passive forces such as solar and wind, reducing its consumption of fossil fuel energy by approximately 16% (Other energy efficiency measures excluded in the estimated percentage).
From Negative Image Comes a Positive Geometry
For an efficient capturing of renewable energy, the tower’s plan shape is designed aerodynamically for two reasons, one is for wind load reduction and the other is to create a wind tunnel in both sides towards the direction of prevailing winds, creating a shape similar to the shape of a typhoon, which is the eminent character of climate change effects in the Philippines. The shape of the plan also provides a naturally ventilated double skin envelope with horizontal strut support at south oriented façade.
Forms Inspired by the Local Context
Forms and character of the building is also derived from the local context. The office podium’s façade is inspired with the Philippines’ art of weaving. It is made up of tempered glass with low e coatings and ceramic fritted glass, alternately arranged that creates the weave like pattern. This kind of facade greatly reduces heat gain, thus decreasing cooling loads of AC system in office podium. On the other hand, the tower’s curving façade is inspired by the sails of “balangay”, which is the ancient boat of the Philippines.
Large screen viewing setup HERE
If you also have an interesting thesis project to showcase here, just e-mail me (raegab@yahoo.com) the files and I will convert it to flash files for viewing here.
The main design concept of the project is a high performance building design encapsulated with characteristic of being ecological, innovative and responsive, towards high performance building design elements such as sustainable site, energy efficiency, water efficiency, good indoor environmental quality and sustainable and low impact materials.
The project site is located at Bonifacio Global City with a total area of 6, 539 sq. mts. The architectural top height of the tower is 212.90 meters from natural ground line. With the total of 60 floors, it is a mixed use development made up of commercial center at ground floor, Class A leasable office units for BPO-ICT industry in the podium blocks A & B and residential units with amenity level at the main tower. Total no. of lifts are 13, 4 are for office podium blocks A & B with one freight elevator in each block and 6 lifts for residential tower, strategically divided for low zone, high zone and royal penthouse areas with one freight elevator.
EMCON (Efficiency Minus the CONsumption)
The skyscraper is designed with the utmost consideration of using renewable energies from nature’s passive forces such as solar and wind, reducing its consumption of fossil fuel energy by approximately 16% (Other energy efficiency measures excluded in the estimated percentage).
From Negative Image Comes a Positive Geometry
For an efficient capturing of renewable energy, the tower’s plan shape is designed aerodynamically for two reasons, one is for wind load reduction and the other is to create a wind tunnel in both sides towards the direction of prevailing winds, creating a shape similar to the shape of a typhoon, which is the eminent character of climate change effects in the Philippines. The shape of the plan also provides a naturally ventilated double skin envelope with horizontal strut support at south oriented façade.
Forms Inspired by the Local Context
Forms and character of the building is also derived from the local context. The office podium’s façade is inspired with the Philippines’ art of weaving. It is made up of tempered glass with low e coatings and ceramic fritted glass, alternately arranged that creates the weave like pattern. This kind of facade greatly reduces heat gain, thus decreasing cooling loads of AC system in office podium. On the other hand, the tower’s curving façade is inspired by the sails of “balangay”, which is the ancient boat of the Philippines.
Large screen viewing setup HERE
If you also have an interesting thesis project to showcase here, just e-mail me (raegab@yahoo.com) the files and I will convert it to flash files for viewing here.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Influential architects - Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright is an incredibly influential architect because his work was so original, holistic, creative and varied. See some examples and learn what about his work was so unusual...
Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture.
Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture.
Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture.
Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture.
Influential architects - Le Corbusier
See why Le Corbusier was one of the most influential architects of our time from just 50 years ago. His work challenged form and function for centuries to come.
He was a pioneer in studies of modern high design and was dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities.
"You employ stone, wood, and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces: that is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: 'This is beautiful.' That is Architecture. Art enters in..."
"Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of masses brought together in light."
"Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep."
"The house is a machine for living in."
"It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution."
"Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city."
"The 'Styles' are a lie."
"Architecture or revolution. Revolution can be avoided."
He was a pioneer in studies of modern high design and was dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities.
"You employ stone, wood, and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces: that is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: 'This is beautiful.' That is Architecture. Art enters in..."
"Architecture is the masterly, correct, and magnificent play of masses brought together in light."
"Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep."
"The house is a machine for living in."
"It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution."
"Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city."
"The 'Styles' are a lie."
"Architecture or revolution. Revolution can be avoided."
Influential architects - Mies van der Rohe
Learn why the August 2010 Vanity Fair issue, with Angelina Jolie on the cover, inspired Doug to do a series on Influential architects. This video is about Mies van der Rohe.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, are widely regarded as the pioneering masters of Modern architecture.
His mature buildings made use of modern materials such as industrial steel and plate glass to define interior spaces.
He called his buildings "skin and bones" architecture.
He is often associated with the aphorisms "less is more" and "God is in the details".
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, are widely regarded as the pioneering masters of Modern architecture.
His mature buildings made use of modern materials such as industrial steel and plate glass to define interior spaces.
He called his buildings "skin and bones" architecture.
He is often associated with the aphorisms "less is more" and "God is in the details".
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