LA CONSOLACION COLLEGE MONTINOLA SITE

a reflection of the history and heritage of the country

PREPARED BY
Design Concept Bamboo as structural material
A hundred years of upholding unity. A hundred years of practicing charity. A hundred years of living with
Gods truth.

Amidst the traditionally-inspired buildings of the main campus, a new campus will soon rise from the
conventional design of school buildings. This shall exhibit the schools beautiful past and, its expanding present
and its promising future.

The perpetual ignorance of human society towards nature have evidently affected our way of thinking.
Human society tend to forget consequences brought upon by the vast advancement of technology neglecting
the lessons of our past.

The concept is creating something new from what is traditionally done or practiced in architecture, since it
is designed to be an enticing cluster of structures where students, teachers, staff and visitors alike would be able
to go back to nature and be serenaded with the serenity and harmony of the sites existing vegetation
supplemented by the symbolic silo of the Spanish era.This concept envisions us to a perception of returning to
ones nature as man is nature.The concept exhibits the timeline of the educational institution, incorporating the
past traditions of the Augustinian formation, enduring the present situation projecting its adamantine pretium. Bamboo, poor mans lumber has been rich on the site given by the Montinola family.
Through research it has been found that of mild steel at yield point and this coupled
with other merits, boosts the usage of bamboo as construction material.
The history and culture of the Philippines are reflected in its architectural heritage, in the dwellings of its
various peoples, in mosques and churches, and in buildings that have risen in response to the demands of Bamboo is a grass, it is the fastest growing woody plant on earth. When bamboo are out
progress and the aspirations of a people. Different architectural style also varies as we have different culture and for building or other use, the underground system of roots and rhizomes of the bamboo
style in living; these also constitute the Filipinos creative response to the problems posed by the geography and remains intact and the plant quickly sends up new shoots which become culms. The
climate of the archipelago, despite of all these the Filipino designs can be distinguished basing from the culture term culm refers to the vertical trunk of the bamboo. A cut and trimmed culm is called a
and the reason of its tradition. pole.
It is versatile material because of its high strength-to-weight
ratio, easy workability and availability of it on the site.
The vernacular character in the sites different structures by the use of bamboos which the site is naturally
rich with so the idea is to incorporate the school structures with sites bamboos. Incorporating the Filipino culture Bamboo has better tensile and compression strength than
and tradition to the aesthetic and functionalism of the structures. Use of stones, gravel and incorporating steel, is harder than red oak and maple, and has a greater
bamboo as structural system using tension and integration by following the systematic bamboo structural design. resistance to expansion and contraction associated with
temperature and humidity changes. This makes bamboo a
FILIPINO CONTEMPORARY VERNACULARISM
renewable alternative resource for environmentally
sustainable development.
The design of the and
functionality of the structures are
mostly relevant to the bahay na
bato, where man comes back to
nature.

Yes, nature is truly

unpredictable thats why we need
to be with it, go with it, and be it.
Man is nature, not man and
nature. As one the most pleasing
architectural structures in both
aesthetic and functionality.