MAPATAC,LOUIELYN SHAYNE P.

APL 423 PLANNING 3

BS ARCHITECTURE V-A2
AR. ROLAN ALAMILLO

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

APL 423 PLANNING 3

INTRODUCTION TO URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

2. MAKE AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE TOWN OR CITY WHERE YOU LIVE, AND

DISCUSS THE TYPE OF PLANNING OR CONCEPTS APPLIED IN THE DESIGN.
PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO DEVELOPED YOUR CITY TO
BECOME A MORE FUNCTIONAL AND COMFORTABLE COMMUNITY . APPLY
LESSON LEARNED IN CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES OF URBAN
AND REGIONAL PLANNING.

ANSWER:
THIS IS THE the current land use and zoning ordinance of Quezon City from
the Comprehensive land use plan and Quezon City Zoning ordinance 2016
latest version.

Quezon City is a highly urbanized city and the most populous city in the
Philippines. It was founded by and named after Manuel L. Quezon,
the 2nd President of the Philippines, to replace Manila as the national
capital. The city was proclaimed as such in 1948, though a significant number
of government buildings remained in Manila. Quezon City held status as the
official capital until 1976 when a presidential decree was issued to reinstate
and designate Manila as the capital and Metro Manila as the seat of
government .

Parsons came over in the summer of 1939 and helped select the Diliman
(Tuason) estate as the site for the new city. Unfortunately he passed away
later that year. His partner Harry Frost took over. Frost collaborated with
Juan Arellano, engineer AD Williams and landscape architect/planner Louis
Croft to craft a grand master plan for the new capital — Quezon City.
The plan was approved by the Philippine authorities in 1941. The core of the
new city was to be a 400-hectare central green, about the size of New York’s
Central Park, and defined by North, South (Timog), East and West Avenues.
On one corner of the proposed Diliman Quadrangle was delineated a 25-
hectare elliptical site. This was to contain a large capitol building to house
the Philippine Legislature and ancillary structures for the offices of
representatives.

the Quezon City supported the idea of “ NEW CITY” concept by Architect
William E . Parson as a hired urban planner . The Quezon City Conceptualize
as New City for having a Central Green area and Define by North,
South,East and West avenues to have elliptical roads and rotonda for
boundaries. The first layer of the Central Green is surrounded by
government structures and in the other side is hospitals, housing
settlement, Commercial structures and institutional facilities.The
transportation network is in centralize planning This concept
characterized the notion of making cities more beautiful, social value, and
civic terms ,This concept is somewhat has similarities to Sector model and
multiple nuclei model whom suggested functional zonation occurred
around multiple centers, or nodes.
WE CAN DEVELOPED QUEZON CITY BY SHARING PUBLIC SPACES,Streets,
sidewalks, parks—all of these are public spaces. Cars dominate the space all
too often, but since everyone has a right to it, how do we improve equity?
We can use our private cars less, so we don’t usurp someone else’s space. Try
one or two less trips with your car, and take the public transport more.
Our terminals may not be so well-connected, but this is the best way to
reduce our number of vehicles. Move towards mass transit, and away from
inefficient space usage. Let’s avoid parking on sidewalks, because these
spaces are for pedestrians. Respect “slow-down” and other traffic signs
that exist to make spaces safer.
Make every public space safe and friendly enough for all of us—women,
children, disabled people—by being more open, more visible, and more
inclusive.
BY Encourage metropolitan art, fuel creativity
Putting art and visuals in a city boosts its overall aesthetics, and
contributes to attraction and meaning of a place. Art has helped revitalize
some of the most dangerous cities in the world.
Visuals create vibrancy in a place, and usually make citizens feel safer. It
also helps put value into an experience when we are stuck in line, waiting for
a ride home.
City art can be present in a variety of ways: creation of murals on bland
walls, graffiti, painted walls on train stations, decorated façades, and
placement of statues and monuments.
BY Add greens, clean blues, and better hues
A simple way to improve the city is to green its surroundings. As the biophilia
hypothesis suggests, we tend to connect with the natural environment and
other forms of life.
More natural elements, such as plants and clean waterways, have benefits,
such as less heat, and more attractive surroundings.
While many of us think that it’s difficult to do, it is possible to integrate
green cover with the built-up environment. Urban gardens, biowalls, pocket
parks, or simple potted plants or patches of grass help the urban ecosystem.
We can also start with cleaning water bodies to transform their dumpsite
state into healthy river systems and bays.
BY IMPROVING your plaza, ask for parks
For those of us who still get to treasure a plaza or park, put benches,
tables, sports equipment you’re willing to share, or get into food stalls,
play music, plant trees, hold zumba classes—anything to draw people into
that space and encourage conversation.
Let’s encourage new types of zones, such as family zones and silver zones.
And let’s face it—how satisfied are we with the parks that we have, and the
parks we have lost? So many Filipinos do not even know the feeling of using a
park anymore, nowadays, because we all get attracted to the malls and
commercial areas.
Walk more, bike more
You will be surprised at how little you know about your own environment if
you keep driving a car or staying inside your home. To know one’s roads and
streets takes dedication. One can learn a lot from a personal experience of
using a city’s pathways.
If you were asked to sketch your city, would you know where to draw your
major roads, your barangays, and your landmarks from memory? We should
walk more, and bike more, to know our cities. Benefits include the reduction
of emissions, addressing sedentary lifestyles, more friends, and sleeping better at
night.