SUSTAINABLE TROPICAL DESIGN OF TERTIARY HOSPITAL WITH FLEXIBLE PANDEMIC

FACILITY IN SAMAL, BATAAN

A Thesis presented to

The College of Engineering and Architecture

University of the Cordilleras

In Partial Fulfilment

of the Requirements for the Degree

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE

by

KYLE GEROME BAYOT

JULY 2021

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 University of the Cordillera

Governor Pack Road, Harrison Road Baguio City

Department of Architecture

To: Arch. ____________________________________

Thesis Adviser

RE: ENDORSEMENT LETTER FOR TITLE DEFENSE

Dear Architect,

May I inform you that my advisee, BAYOT, KYLE GEROME with the thesis entitled: SUSTAINABLE

TROPICAL DESIGN OF TERTIARY HOSPITAL WITH FLEXIBLE PANDEMIC FACILITY IN

SAMAL, BATAAN had accomplished the requirements for and analyzed 100% of his/her/their thesis.

I am hereby certifying and endorsing the presentation of the findings of the research study for

Oral Defence for panel evaluation requirement to the architectural panel committee.

Thank you.

Arch. Nicanor K. Latogan. MS Arch.

AR 411 Design 08 Adviser

Date: _________________

CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY

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Researcher hereby declare that this proposal is solely prepared by the researcher and that the contents are

created to the best understanding and philosophies of the researcher can provide. It was also affirmed that

any type of citation and related literatures provided by other authors are duly recognized.

Researcher also affirm that the intellectual content of this thesis is based on the true data gathered from

the government and other related literature/authors. All of the personnel who helped in preparing this

thesis are well recognized and acknowledge.

KYLE GEROME BAYOT

Date _______________

Arch. Nicanor K. Latogan, MS Arch.

Research Supervisor/Adviser

Date _____________________

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 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kyle Gerome Bayot a multi-ethnical Filipino with the culture of ivatan in Basco Batanes, Bisaya

in Samar, Pangasinense in Basista Pangasinan and Tagalog in Balanga Bataan but born and raised in the

beautiful City of Baguio. He is a second born child out of four offspring of Alfredo Bayot. Kyle is a

graduate of Aguinaldo elementary School for his primary education, a graduate of Baguio city national

high school in his secondary education and took up Batchelor of science in Architecture in the University

of the Cordilleras.

Being raised in a family whose livelihood are arts and construction, cultivate the mind of a young

boy to pursue the profession of architecture. His passion grew and grew as he continue to develop his

knowledge and honed his skills through the guidance of his family, instructors and friends.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

Endorsement Letter for Title Defense/Approval Sheet.......................................ii

Certificate of Originality.........................................................................................iii

About the Author...................................................................................................iv

Acknowledgement................................................................................................v

Table of Contents…………………………………………….………………………...vi

PART 1: THE PROBLEM 1

Chapter 1 ……………………..................................................................................1

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 CHAPTER 1
1.0 THE PROBLEM

1.1 Background of the Study:

Humanity is facing an enormous dilemma that forced people to a sudden change of

lifestyle. Mandatory isolation was implemented to slow the spread of the CoVid-19 in fear of

casualties. The main concern brought up by Manuel Dyrit a former health secretary in 2003, in

an interview by C. Fumbuena of Rappler it is the lack of facility available in the Philippines and

its inability to immediately put up one specifically for the pandemic victims that could

accommodate, isolate and treat them. In one of the data shown by the Department of Health in

(Oct 2020) there are only 66 DOH Hospitals all throughout the country with the 22,773 Total

authorized Bed Capacity in 2020. There are 38 DOH hospitals in Luzon, 12 DOH hospitals in

Visayas and 16 DOH hospitals in Mindanao. In addition to the data the official gazette of the

republic of the Philippines (2015), there are 685 Local Government Unit Hospital and 70 DOH

Hospital, in the past 6 years DOH lost 4 of its hospitals. This data only shows how limited the

nation’s facilities even before the catastrophe begun. As the time pass by pandemic emergency

continues, people begun to see a trend among the countries like India and northern Italy where

lack of hospitals noticeably made a huge impact in their death toll. In an article shown by the

CNA Insider India, a large number of casualties had faced their demise without even

experiencing the proper treatment they need, patients laying on benches, pathways and some

were even laying on the ground next to a cadaver of infected personnel.

This kind of situation is not new to the Philippines, in one of the news provided by GMA

in 2021 one child who is experiencing sepsis deserted in an ambulance without a proper

equipment caused by hospitals being over crowded with Patients. Another is a man who drove to

11 different hospital to be admitted but unfortunate enough to be rejected with the same reason

of no vacant room for admission. And there are a lot more that has not been shown by the media

experiencing the same scenarios. The solution that the Government has planned since 2015 is to

improve the health care competence throughout the country, to help the nation not just with

covid but for any pandemic that would strike the country. It would also help in lifting the

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healthcare capacity of the nation. (Ano ung plan , di mo sinabi specifically kung ano ung plan

since 2015)

1.2 Project Goals, Objectives and Strategies

With the intensive need of medical on a global scale, the goal of the study is to design a

tertiary hospital that would cater a 100 bed capacity together with a flexible pandemic facility

with applied science in green sustainable tropical architecture in the municipality of Samal,

Bataan. The strategic flow of the project proposal will be as the following objectives:

1.2.1 Samal Bataan

a. To elaborate the need of medical facility for the municipality of Samal

Bataan. Understanding its benefit to the community

1.2.2 Tertiary Hospital

a. To identify areas needed for a tertiary hospital that would grant accreditation from

the department of health in the Philippines.

b. To attain a productive planning circulation that would benefit the practitioner of

medical care in delivering treatment to the patients without delay, good sanitation

and serene stay at the infirmary.

1.2.3 Pandemic facility

a. To study results in suppressing the spread of virus focusing on the past epidemic

viruses like SARS 2003, Meningococcimia, and the current pandemic Covid 19.

Comparing data and solution that has been used and now being used to subdue the

range of virus.

b. To design flexible facility that would help the community of Samal, Bataan in

fighting the spread of virus and could be utilized after pandemic.

1.2.4 Sustainable Tropical Design

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1.3 Significance of the study