CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Philippines ' resort varies from place to place and what it may offer. But nowadays, resorts also
vary from what people needs. People from overcrowded urban areas are attracted by the
relaxing and intact landscape of resorts. With this given, many entrepreneurs in the Philippines
invest for hotel and resort projects resulting to increase in numbers of resorts in the Philippines.
But thinking about how resorts can evolve into something that will give new experience cannot
be ignored.

Recreation or fun is the expenditure of time in a manner designed for therapeutic refreshment
of one's body or mind. While leisure is more likely a form of entertainment or sleep, recreation
is active for the participant but in a refreshing and diverting manner. A time in which individuals
are not compelled to do anything, and are free to choose to relax or to take part in a leisure
activity. Leisure has important social functions, including relief from the demands and restrictions
of work.

I.I BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Resorts have come a long way from the olden days when resort was a small and modest in size
and luxury. But the modern resorts are highly luxurious and offer the latest amenities for
enjoyment.

Historically, the oldest resorts can be traced back to the Roman empire of nearly two thousand
years ago. The ancient Romans created a public leisure facility known as baths that could be used
by both men and women separately. Gradually the baths evolved from their modest structure to
include more extravagant facilities such as a gym, a library, restaurant, stores, lounge, tavern and
even a museum and a theater, these baths were utilized for health, recreation and social
enjoyment.

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The first resorts were created in Virginia and New York. Soon afterwards, the concept of beach
resorts became immensely popular. The sea became a great place of recreation and beautiful
beach resorts mushroomed all over North America and the Caribbean. Jungle resorts also became
popular as the governments tired to conserve the wildlife and organized tourism on such a way
that is promoted adventure tours to the wild, without harming the flora and fauna of the region

Recreation 1970 – 1985 Perhaps the most significant event of the 1970s with respect to
recreation was the creation of a national, not-for-profit agency called participation, whose
purpose was to encourage Canadians to become more physically active. The campaign resulted
in a much higher percentage of Canadians becoming committed to a physically active lifestyle
from 5% to 37% in ten years. In 1981, this increased level of interest in physical fitness led to one
of the largest and most comprehensive surveys ever done to assess the fitness of the nation
Canada Fitness Survey. In 1985, the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute was created
to conduct research and disseminate information about the lifestyle practices of Canadians. The
historical development information presented in this presentation was summarized from Brayley
and Searle (2000) Leisure Services in Canada.

The phenomenon of bioclimatic architecture originates at sources of a human civilization. Direct

contact of the ancient man with the nature has influenced preferences of certain climatic
conditions. In the modern world there is an objective belief that quality of the surrounding us
environment makes direct impact on the quality of our life.

I.II STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This research goals a thorough consideration to establish a bioclimatic resort and recreation
complex here in the province that may benefit many.

The Proposed Bioclimatic Resort and Recreation Complex towards the solution of these
problems:

 What functions will the project to be able to cater the needs of people?

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  Will this project provide employment opportunity for the people of the municipality as
well as the province?
 What are bioclimatic architecture concepts and principles?
 What are the opportunities and challenges of developing a “Bioclimatic resort and
Recreation complex”?
 What are the opportunities and challenges of engaging employees in developing a
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I.III SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

 The amusement and recreational activities in tourism gives the greatest percentage of
employment. Tourism helps a lot in providing occupation for Filipinos.
 To plan and design a Bioclimatic Resort and Recreation Complex on the Sand Dunes Laoag
City that will serve as tourist spot and to develop its full potential without harming the
environment. The goal is to have sanctuary for relaxation, recreation and leisure that will
preserve the natural beauty.
 Enjoyable and educational activities
 For pleasure: Pleasure means to enjoy, relax, and have satisfaction from the leisure time
that is acquired through spending the money. People coming for holiday, trekking, rafting,
and adventure are form of pleasure tourism
 This study, therefore, investigates the association between activities participated in and
recovery experiences in terms of input-output relationship among vacation visitors at
resort destinations in Ilocos Norte.
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I.IV GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

 To review the concept and principles of bioclimatic architecture.

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  Provide a recreational environment for the resort through varieties of facilities and
functions
 To design a facility that use eco-friendly system so that the environment will not be
harmed.
 To provide state of the art innovate resort services that addresses the need of the people.

ARCHITECTURAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The following architectural goals are aimed to be achieved during the design phase of the
study:

 To design more comfortable and enjoyable vacation for the people.

 To design green and sustainability design.
 To have a design solution that includes Bioclimatic approach.
 To provide a healthy atmosphere of the people.

I.V SCOPE AND DELIMINATION OF THE STUDY

The resort with recreational facilities possess wide range of scope. If we analyze the present trend
of internal resort tourism and need of leisure place, then it is acceptable to have multifunctional
resort, which not only focus on overnight stay but also concern in day services too.

For internal visitors, there is no trend of going hotels in weekend, due to their location on core
urban area. They intend to go some distance far from city so that they can enjoy the environment
and freshness there. Hence, resort tourism can provide best solution to internal tourism.

For external tourism, it will function as a luxurious resort which provides all the facilities within
its boundary so as to make their stay pleasing and exotic. It will help to promote resort tourism
in Ilocos Norte and encourage foreigner to come here once just to stay in this very resort.
Ultimately, it will enhance tourism sector of country.

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Resort can also be a place for convection and conference, and that depends on the quality of
space they provide so that the convention, conference or seminar becomes more interesting and
fascinating. The proposed resort will attempt to provide seminar space to meet international
standard.

I.VI JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY

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In present context, tourism in Ilocos Norte holds a great potential to establish itself as significant
means of economy.

A well-synchronized and planned resort, which caters the modern amenities as per the
requirement of the visitors, is present need. We can find many resort here and only few of which
are fulfilling these needs. In addition, most of the resorts are oriented to limited service focusing
only foreigners and paying very little attention to urban haves. The Bioclimatic Resort and
Recreation Complex are still absent in Ilocos Norte and this proposed resort will be the one of
the iconic resort with all resort facilities which will ultimately promote resort tourism.

The creation of unique resort in a built form will be the landmark of valley and even of Ilocos
Norte so that, it becomes place to visit. Resort tourism is well flourished in Maldives, and people
go there just dwell around the resort area. Likewise, this proposed resort will be leisure resort
with recreational activities, which could provide space for both internal and external tourist.

I.VII DEFINITION OF TERMS

BEACH

It is gently sloping strip of land bondering an ocean or other body of water. Beaches form by the
action of rivers, waves, currents, tides, and wind and they are usually covered with sand and
gravel.

BIOCLIMATIC

Relating to the interrelation of climate and the activities and distribution of living organisms.

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COTTAGES

A usually small frame one family house or a small detached dwelling unit.

COMPLEX

A group of similar buildings or facilities on the same site.

Culture

The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

HOTEL

An establishment providing accommodations, meals, and other services for travelers and
tourists.

LUXURIOUS

extremely comfortable, elegant, or enjoyable, especially in a way that involves great expense.

RECREATION

Refreshment of body or mind especially after work, by engaging in enjoyable activities

RECREATIONAL

Areas selected and development primarily to provide non urban outdoor recreation
opportunities to meet other than purely local needs but having the available scenic quality.

RESORT

A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting visitors for holidays or vacations.
Resort are places, towns or sometimes commercial establishment operated by s single company.

SWIMMING POOL

Is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for swimming or water-based recreation.

SUSTAINABILITY

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the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.

TOURISM

Travel for pleasure: the activity of traveling for pleasure.

GREEN ARCHITECTURE

Is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible
and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle from siting to design, construction,
operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction.

TROPICAL DESIGN

Is the STRATEGIC arrangement of elements in buildings and structures to respond to specific

conditions of weather, sun and climate prevalent in the Tropic Region.

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 CHAPTER 2
METHODOLOGY

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I.I RESEARCH DATA

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The data that gathered were taken through into consideration in the study both on and off site
came from several sources.
First source was the actual observation and surveys of the subject and activities that would take
place the procect.
The second source came from the architectural books and magazines.
Third is surfing the internet which gives a wider range of knowledge which provides a clearer
view on how the city works and greater outlook on the different thought in designing the
Bioclimatic Resort and Recreation Complex.

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I.II LOCALE
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The City of Laoag located at the west central part of the province of Ilocos Norte bondering the
South China Sea. It is bounded on the east by the Municipality of Sarrat. In the southeast by the
Municipality of San Nicolas in the southwest by the Municipality of Paoay. In the northeast the
Municipality of Vintar. In the northwest by the municipality of Bacarra, and in the West by the
South China Sea. It is one of the largest cities in the Ilocos Region.

I.III DATE GATHERING PROCEDURES

1. Library Research
The researcher used library method where books, brochures, magazines, newspaper and
previous thesis books were examined briefly to gather facts that are relevant to the study.
2. Internet Search
The researcher mostly used up his time in surfing the internet to accumulate information to the
site and gather all the information through different websites.

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I.IV RESEARCH PARADIGM

 Creating/Looking for a Project

 Proposal

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CHAPTER 3
TERMS AND REFERENCES

I.I REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN
Bioclimatic design had been part of practical knowledge of indigenous building throughout
historical periods, including early modern architecture. When air-conditioning systems became
widely available athe end of the 1950s, interest in bioclimatic design became less evident in
professional and popular literature and in built work.
RESORT
A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting vistors for vacations, tourism and/
or going swimming in a ppool and/or a nearby body of water. Resorts are places, towns or
sometimes commercial establishment operated by a single company.
In North American English, the term "resort" is now also used for a self-contained commercial
establishment which attempts to provide for most of a vacationer’s wants while remaining on
the premises, such as food, drink, lodging, sports, entertainment, and hopping. The term may be
used to identify a hotel property that provides an array of amenities and typically includes
entertainment and recreational activities. A hotel is frequently a central feature of a resort, such
as the Grand Hotel at Mackinac Island, Michigan. A resort is not always a commercial
establishment operated by a single company, although in the late twentieth century this sort of
facility became more common.
SUSTAINABILITY
According to Akadiri, P. (2012) “Design of a Sustainability Building: A Conceptual Framework for
Implementing Sustainability in the Building Sector”. Sustainable building is considers as a way for
the building industry to move towars protecting the environment. The promotion of sustainable
building practices is to pursue a balance among economic, social, and environmental
performance in implementing construction projects. If we accept this, link between sustainable
development and construction becomes clear; construction is of high economic significance and
has strong environmental and social impacts. With the growing awareness on environmental
protection, this issue has gained wider attention from construction practitioners worldwide,
implementing sustainable building construction practices has been advocated as a way forward

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in fostering economic advancement in the building industry while minimizing impact on the
environment. In order to reduce these detrimental impacts of construction on the environment
and to achieve sustainability in the industry, three principles emerge: resource efficiency, cost
efficiency and design for human adaptation. They form framework for integrating sustainability
principles into construction projects right from the conceptual stage.

The researcher would adopt sustainable design as it is widely used by different designer around
the world. The sustainable technique in building design helps through economic, social, and
environmental aspects of a particular building. Since the problem of the project affect the aspects
of sustainable design the researcher in terms of space planning and overall design of the building
should sustainably responsible to its users, environment, and the building itself.
GREEN ARCHITECTURE
According to Damati, S (2013) “Principles in green architecture: An inquiry into the evaluation
criteria of green awards’’. In the process of green movement, different concepts such as
ecological design, sustainable and green design have been introduced into the practice of
architecture. Ecological design is defined as “any form of design that minimize environmentally
destructive impacts by integrating itself with living processes” sustainable development as
meeting “the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet
their own needs.”
But, coming ti the more popular concept of "green", the critics and theoreticians are skeptical
about it and refrain from defining green or green building, and most of the related interpretations
are approximate ones.
What is now obvious is that, the attempts are toward specifying and principles that could assert
that a building which is green. Organizations and institutions involved in environmental issues
each provide their own criteria in order to draw a green building. The organization holding
award programs are also among then, which specify green criteria and let the nominated
buildings compete with each other according to those criteria.
Beside award programs, the certifications such as LEED and BREEAM by environmental
organizations also evaluate the designed and constructed building. These programs are
evaluating projects more quantitatively, but they do not compare the building with each other.
They just maintain the amount of the succession of the green principles in building.
TROPICAL DESIGN
According to Karol, E. (2014) “Climatic Design and Changing Social Needs in the Tropics: A case
study in Kuching, Sarawak”. On the periphery of most urban centres in the tropics, many new
houses are being constructed in previously rural areas. However, the design of these houses
shows little respect for local climate or local lifestyle, as they are now developer-constructed
brick-and-concrete houses on smaller lots rather than community-built housing on large lots. This

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paper proposes a set of design strategies that acknowledges the particular needs related to
climate and changing lifestyle in these tropical zones. Using case study methodology, the design
strategies are tested on a prototype for an actual site in tapah village on the periphery of Kuching.
Sarawak. In order to gauge the thermal performance showed that temperatures generally
remained within an acceptable range without air-conditioning. An informal workshop was held
in tapah to gause social acceptance of the design strategies. The prototype demonstrated that
specific design strategies, some based on traditional design strategies were acknowledged as
important by the local community, although there was concern about the potential increase in
the capital cost of such housing.

According to deshmukh, N (2014). “Case study on Building Orientation”. Buildings account for
more than 30% of electricity consumption in India being second only to industries. It has been
estimated that the total built space in the country would increase fivefold from 2005 to 2030,
and by then more than 60% of the commercial built space would be air-conditioned. We have
made a detailed study on the orientation of building and worked unit, so that how it can harness
maximum daylight and reduce the heat gain by the building. In this case study we came up with
conclusion that instead of existing building would have become more energy efficient and
reduction in heat will be up to 7.56% and curtail on cos consumption.
Philippines is one of the tropical country in the world that experience summer during March to
May. The researcher would adopt the tropical architecture design and technique to maximize the
natural air and light inside the building in terms of arranging the building orientation properly.
Also using passive cooling techniques and solar shading devices can help the air to enter the
building and to minimize the sun light from entering a particular space.
CULTURE
According to Abaya, M. (2015). “I am-Filipino: A Comparative Cultural Case Study of Filipino
Diaspora in the United States and The Generational Gaps between Filipinos and Fil Americans”.
The short-term perspective of Filipino immigrants is that moving to the Unites States in
economically beneficial, a means to a better life. However, in the long run, a possible
consequence of this transfer is the severing of ties between Filipino generations residing in the
United States. In this regard, the study seeks to determine if the initial diasporic movement
indeed affects the development of cultural differences between the three generations of Filipinos
and FilipinoAmericans. Another objective is to study the concept of the Filipino identity living in
a foreign land and the impact of transnationality on the relationship between Filipino-Americans
and their motherland. Moreover, the researcher will provide an analysis on the trends in culture
clash and gaps in realation to the sociocultural development of the three generations. The
research shows negative social implications caused by the migration, looking into causes of
cultural gaps between the traditional first generation Filipino and the westernized second and
third generations, and its impact on the Filipino and transnational identity.

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Adopting the Filipino culture would be the one to be considered by the researcher as it will be
the base in planning and designing the building. It can also be an identity to the location of the
proposed project.
MATERIALS
According to Mokal, A. (2015). “GREEN BUILDING MATERIALS- A Way towards Sustainable
Construction”. We have studied features of all construction material which are socially,
economically benefits for construction industry and human health. Green construction material
reduces side effects on environmental pollution content, and like greenhouse gas emission,
resource depletion, soil pollution, health hazards, ozone depletion. Hence there is an urge to use
the eco-friendly materials for the better tomorrow and healthy life of coming generation.
According to Wahlstrom, M.(2014). “Environmentally Sustainable Construction Products and
Materials – Assessment of release”. The main objectives of sustainable construction activities are
to avoid resource depletion of energy, water, and raw materials and to prevent environmental
degradation caused by facilities and infrastructure throughout their life cycle. The construction
sector consumes yearly about half of all natural resources extracted in Europe and their
transformation into building products has huge energy demands. Therefore the focus of today’s
environmental policy is to be on the building end-of-life scenarios and material efficiency. Here
waste and material savings. These issues are also specifically addressed in the construction
products regulation1 (CPR2011), where health and safety aspects related to use of construction
products cover of the entire lifecycle. Meanwhile the building sector is moving from new
buildings towards maintenance and renovation. This trend will probably further increase by the
energy conservation activities that will be required to achieve20-20-20 goals2 outlined by EC
resulting in a need of renovation of a huge amount of buildings. Until today hardly any
construction product is designed keeping recycling/reuse in mind, the “Design for the
Environment”-concept is one of the key steps towards increased recycling and reuse and thereby
towards minimal environmental impacts of construction and operatios.

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