3.

THESIS CONCEPT

Current Concerns
on Existing Disasters

Employee Housing
Needs Derived
from Survey

Natural & Manmade Disasters

Spatial (varied) &

Special Facilities
Needs

BSUs lack of
Detailed Plan for
an Employee
Housing from L.U.P.

Changing the Urban

Behaviour

Employees situation
being integrated in
the planning process

BSU housing
Proposal (standards
& guidelines)

Disaster-Resilient BSU
Employee Housing

Institutional

NEEDS
ADDRESSING
SOLUTIONS

Cultural

BSU Land Use Plan

FINAL
OUTPUT

Geographical

CONCERNS

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK DIAGRAM

The design approach chosen to be applied in the proposed BSU

employee housing basically tackles three areas: the geography, culture and
institution of La Trinidad. Considering these three from the start will give a
glimpse of how the community evolved overtime thus making any designer
aware of the issues that hinders and aids a societys growth. By understanding
how these issues are related to one another, it helps the researcher create a
housing proposal that is resilient to both natural and man-made disasters. These
could be achieved by aiding their chances of survival through deliberate
spatial manipulation while guiding them to safety to counter any impending
disaster and reduce casualties.
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