URDANETA CITY UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering and Architecture

San Vicente West, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan
(075 568-2475 loc. 8113 ucucea@gmail.com
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A Proposed Hillside Camping Resort in Natividad Pangasinan

(Introducing ‘Glamping’ as a Creative Type of Accommodation through the
‘Tiny-House’ Concept)

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A Research Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Architecture

College of Engineering and Architecture
Urdaneta City University

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In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of

Science in Architecture

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By
Adona, Gillian Mirjana G.
January 2020

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The researcher expresses her most humble, sincerest and heartfelt

gratitude to everyone who had given their help, support and assistance in the

realization of this study. In particular, the researcher would like acknowledge

her deepest appreciation to:

Arch’t. Bherlie Joe T. Libaste, Arch’t. King M. Ganancial, members of

the defense panel, for their insightful comments, encouragement, time and

effort for the improvement of the study;

Arch’t. Beverly Jean M. Tadeo, the researcher’s adviser, for the guidance

all throughout the research journey, for sharing her thoughts and knowledge

inputs that lead to the improvement of the study;

Arch’t. Russell Niels V. Meimban, the researcher’s Architectural Design-

10 instructor, for the guidance and assistance throughout the study;

Ms. Jhoanne Celeste S. Macanas, the researcher’s critic reader, for

lending her time and effort in polishing the research output, for sharing her

brilliant ideas in making this study successful;

Engr. Albert Yanga, the researcher’s statistician, for helping her analyze

the result of the study;

the researcher’s parents and relatives, for the unending love and

support, emotionally and financially, for motivating her to bring out the best

she could do and to keep going;

her friends and classmates, for sharing their ideas and suggestions for

the betterment of this research.

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 DEDICATION

With all sincerity, I proudly and wholeheartedly dedicate this to the people

who loved, cared, guided and showed their unending support to me all the

way;

Mr. and Mrs. Welmer A. Adona

My parents, who are always got my back guiding and supporting me

financially and emotionally all throughout my college journey and keeping

me inspired to strive harder each and every day;

my siblings, friends and instructors

thank you to the support, kindness, guidance, advises and for sharing your

ideas in making this study a success.

Gillian

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Content Page

Title Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Approval Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v-vii

List of Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

List of Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Chapter 1: Project Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1. Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.2. Background of the Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

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 1.3 Literature Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.3.1. Foreign Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

1.3.2. Local Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1.4. Statement of the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.5. Goal and Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.6. Significance of the Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10

1.7. Scope and Delimitations of the Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.8. Terms and Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12

Chapter 2: Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.1. Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.2. Theoretical Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.3 Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.4. Research Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.4.1.. Research Flow Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2.5. Design Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.5.1. General Design Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.5.2. Site Selection Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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 2.5.3. Site Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-20

2.5.4. Site Evaluation Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

2.5.5. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2.6. Proponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

2.7. Clientele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Sample Survey Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-27

2.8. Population and Locale of the Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

2.9. Data Gathering Tools and Sampling Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

2.9.1. Sample Size for Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2.9.2. Treatment of the Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 3: Architectural Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

3.1. Factual Data Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3.1. A. International Case Study and Contextual Information . . 31

3.2. Data Presentation and Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.2.1. Based on Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-40

3.2.2. Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

3.3. Architectural Space Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-47

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 3.4. Behavioral Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-51

LIST OF IMAGES

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Image 1.1. Aerial View of SJCC Resort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Image 1.2. SJCC Clubhouse Façade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Image 1.3. SJCC Clubhouse Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Image 1.4. SJCC Clubhouse Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Image 1.5. SJCC Clubhouse Balcony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Image 1.6. Around Follie Glamping Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Image 1.7. Glamping Cabin Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Image 1.8. Pool and Villa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Image 1.9. Ty Bombadil Tiny Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Image 1.10. Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Image 1.11. Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Image 1.12. Aerial View of Nacpan Beach Glamping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Image 2.1. Site A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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Image 2.2. Site B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Image 2.3. Site C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Image 3.1. Roost 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Image 3.2. Roost 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Image 3.3 Roost 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

LIST OF TABLES

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Table 2.1 General Design Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Table 2.2 Site Evaluation Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Table 3.1 Main Entrance and Parking Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Table 3.2. Lobby/Reception Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Table 3.3. Function Halls . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Table 3.4. Administration Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Table 3.5. Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Table 3.6. Bar and Grill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Table 3.7. Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Table 3.8. Central Park and Plaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Table 3.9. Glamping Accommodations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Table 3.10. Other Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Table 3.11. Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

LIST OF FIGURES

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Figure 2.1. Theoretical Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Figure 2.2. Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Figure 2.3. Diagrammatic Notion of the Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Figure 2.4. Flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Figure 2.5. Site A Zoning Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Figure 2.6. Site B Zoning Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Figure 2.7. Site C Zoning Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 2.8. Sample Size Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Figure 3.1. Guests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 3.2. Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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 LIST OF CHARTS

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Chart 3.1. Question 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Chart 3.2. Question 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Chart 3.3. Question 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Chart 3.4. Question 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Chart 3.5. Question 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Chart 3.6. Question 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Chart 3.7. Question 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Chart 3.8. Question 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Chart 3.9. Question 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Chart 3.10. Question 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Chart 3.11. Question 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Chart 3.12. Question 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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 ABSTRACT

Researcher: Adona, Gillian Mirjana G.

Course and Year: BS Architecture 5

Research Title: A Proposed Hillside Camping Resort In

Natividad, Pangasinan: Introducing ‘Glamping’
as a Creative Type of Accommodation through
the ‘Tiny-House’ Concept

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Natividad is known for its pilgrimage site and nature tourist spots

which makes the town one of the most visited place in the province of

Pangasinan. However, the existing facilities for accommodation within the

area is not adequate to accommodate a large number of tourists. As a result,

the town is envisioned to build and establish more facilities and amenities

that can offer leisure, relaxation and lodging for both locals and tourists.

Introducing a creative type of accommodation can satisfy the people’s leisure

and outside hospitality experiences through the ‘tiny-house’ concept

integrating a flexible design of functional areas. With the use of biophilic

design, it will enhance the human to nature connection that will add to the

relaxation and leisure to the users.

Keywords: accommodation, tiny-house, flexible design, biophilic design

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