UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE

HOUSING

Arkiweek Pavilion Design Competition

Submitted to:

Ar. John Clemence Pinlac

Submitted by:

Agapito. Exel Christ D.

4AR-3

3rd March 2020

 Sociopetal spaces are spaces with the means to bring people together. The Arkiweek
Competition project was to create a Sociopetal Pavilion Design which means the class had to create,
build or design a pavilion which will bring people or students rather, together. Sociopetal spaces
usually include playgrounds, cafes. Understanding what socipetal space is fundamental as giving high
regards to the flow as well as the structure within the space is very critical specially for a space
designed for different individuals.

The project that was given was the Sociopetal Pavilion Design, in which the class had to
design a Pavilion as well as the furniture which fits the needs of the school as well as the students.
The pavilion’s concept was a mother’s embrace where the “arms” can be seen at sides of the
pavilion formed by the movement of a mother’s embrace. The pavilion also had an “oculus” on top
of the roof, which is supposed to provide warmth and light, which is what a child feels when being
hugged by their mother figure, the feeling of warmth and hope. Moreover, the furniture was
designed in such a way, children wouldn’t be hurt as the edges were sanded and curved which
creates a safer space. The furniture had lazy susans attached in which it was painted and had words
of motivation that comforts whoever reads it, especially in today’s society, where the rate of
depression is increasing.

My contribution to the project was sanding the plywood to make it smooth, so that it is
easier to coat with varnish as well as prevent people from getting splinters. I was also involved in
nailing the bamboo to the table as well as sawing the different pieces. Furthermore, I was also part
of the creatives team where we made pubmats for teasers and for DPs as well as creating the coffee
table book where documentations and concepts were all combined in the book.

The process of creating the pavilion was indeed stressful as apart from arkiweek duties, we
had to balance out academic plates and arkiweek at the same time. We bumped into different
obstacles as a class such as materials, a place to work and tools to use. It was a fun experience even
if most of us barely had sleep towards the end due to the fact that we managed to work as a class
and create something we are proud of. Even if there were changes in the design such as the roofing
material where it was initially supposed to be made out of nipa but was replaced with GI roofing due
to time constraints, it was still nice to see the class working as one and having fun from sanding
everything to painting the furniture. One massive obstacle was to transport it from Bulacan to UST
as the pavilion was too big in which it had to be disassembled to be sent to UST and reassembled in
UST. Whilst doing the coffee table book and compiling everything, it gave me the sudden realization
how everyone worked really hard to achieve a common goal while having fun even when tired,
people would push the others to work and have fun, making each and every one smile and pulling
each other up and helping one another.
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 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sociofugal vs Sociopetal Space. (2008, February 11). Retrieved from

https://designforservice.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/sociofugal-and-sociopetal-space/

Sugihto, E. (2016, July 12). Sociopetal and sociofugal spaces. Retrieved from

https://medium.com/@social_archi/sociopetal-and-sociofugal-spaces-f8e3f18880e8