PROPOSED NEW PAGADIAN DOMESTIC AIRPORT

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY:

“FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION”

THAT HAS BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD, FORM AND FUNCTION SHOULD BE ONE, JOINED IN A
SPIRITUAL UNION.

- FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

BACKGROUND:

GEOLOGICAL:

GEOGRAPHICAL:

CLIMATE: LOCATED WITHIN THE TROPICS OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, PAGADIAN

HAS PRONOUNCED DRY SEASON FROM JANUARY TO MARCH AND RAINY
SEASON FROM APRIL TO DECEMBER.

NOT AFFECTED BY TROPICAL STORMS AND TYPHOONS.

RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION IS MODERATE.

POPULATION: SUBDIVIDED INTO 54 BARANGAYS, FOURTEEN (14) OF THESE ARE CLASSIFIED AS

URBAN. [199, 060 IN 2015]

RELIGION: CHRISTIANITY – STARTED ARRIVING IN THE EARLY PART OF 20 TH CENTURY

THE INCREASING CHRISTIAN POPULATION PROMPTED THE CREATION OF THE

PARISH OF PAGADIAN IN 1938.

STRUCTURAL CONCEPT:

STEEL CAN OFFER HIGHEST ARCHITECTURAL FLEXIBILITY IN DESIGN AND FABRICATION. FASTER IN
STRUCTURAL CONSTRUCTION IN COMPARISON TO OTHER MATERIALS AND LESS DISTURBANCE AT SITE.
VERY LARGE CLEAR SPAN FRAMING CAN BE EASILY MADE IN STEEL WHICH IS A PRIMARY CONCERN
FUNCTIONALLY AND AESTHETICALLY FOR AIRPORT TERMINAL APPLICATION.

- STEEL FRAMING
- STEEL GRILLAGE FOUNDATION
- STEEL COLUMNS AND BEAMS

SWOT ANALYSIS:
STRENGTHS: DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF ECO-TOURISM

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT

WEAKNESSES: COMPETITION WITH NEARBY TERMINALS

POSSIBILITY OF STRONG SEASONAL WINDS

STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE AND EXTENSIVE WORK FORCE

OPPORTUNITIES: ECONOMICALLY AND SUSTAINABLY APPEALING

CAPITALIZATION ON EXPECTED MAXIMUM PROFITS

EXPANSION AND COVERAGE OF LARGER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

THREATS: DOWNTURN OF GLOBAL ECONOMY

GOVERNMENT LAWS OPPOSING THE AVIATION INDUSTRY

VULNERABILITY TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES

DESIGN CONSIDERATION:

1. ACCESSIBILITY

LAND TRANSPORT TERMINAL WITH VARIETY OF ROAD TRANSPORT MODES FOR THE SITE TO BE
MORE ACCESSIBLE AND CONVENIENT FOR THE AIR TRAFFIC PASSENGERS.

THE SITE LOCATED 5KM. AWAY FROM THE CITY CENTER AND IS SITUATED IN BARANGAYS IN
MURICAT AND TIGUMA IN PAGADIAN.

PERSONS-WITH-DISABILITY (PWD) FRIENDLY AND CONSIDERABLE

2. EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY

NATURAL VENTILATION THROUGH PASSIVE COOLING.

THE ENPLANING AND DEPLANING OF THE PASSENGERS TO ENSURE SMOOTH FLOW OF

PASSENGERS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TO AVOID DELAY FLIGHTS.

3. SECURITY AND SAFETY

SEGREGATION OF PRIVATE, SEMI-PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPACES

SEPERATING THE WAY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONS AND PRIVATE VEHICLES.

SEPARATE ACCESS ROAD FOR AIRSIDE