TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

363. P. Casal St. Quiapo, Manila

ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT

VANESSA B. DELA TORRE

AR511S4 - Architectural Design 9

UP-Philippine General Hospital Diliman Project

An integrated medical and research center through adaptation of new normal

CHAPTER I: PROJECT BACKGROUND
A. THE PROJECT
Hospitals play an important role in a health care
in our society. It is an institutional type of building
that offer different types of services such as
generic medical, radiology, surgery, psychiatric
services, dental laboratories, and emergency and
other outpatients care centers. Despite the rapid
growth of the population of the county, it is
essential and necessary for the national
government to build Hospital every Local
Government Unit to makes it easier and
convenient for the people.
Due to the rapid growth of covid cases in the
Philippines, the congestion of the facilities and
hospital beds are fully occupied and some
doctors could not accommodate of some
patients. As covid-19 disease to continue to rise
in the country, it is expected that some of the
hospital and medical could stop accepting
outpatients. Most of the hospital are at maximum
capacity and some of the patients who are even
need of treatment are being sent to home.
Community transmission are still the main effect
of it’s continuing growth of the Disease in the
country including the hundreds of daily death.
Physical and social distance are still not followed
by other people such as public transportations,
restaurants, malls and wet markets and other
crowding areas. As the number of cases rising
rapidly, the government are implementing and
supporting the expansion of another hospitals in
the National Capital Region (NCR). Adding some
of the most important facilities and equipment for
the healthcare workers as it can help them to
prevent from infecting a disease.
Philippines General Hospital Main located at the
Taft Avenue, Manila is a tertiary stated-owned
administered and operated by the University of
the Philippines-Manila. Philippine General
hospital Main is the largest training hospital in the
whole country of the Philippines. The Philippine
general hospital served more than 600,000
patients every year annually and remains referral
center for tertiary care. Serving and providing
quality service for the Filipinos for the whole
nation.
The Philippines general hospital main now is
currently battling for covid-19 inpatients and
outpatients who admitted for treatment. Currently,
the PGH stop accepting admitted Inpatients due
to the rapid growth of Covid Patients. The highest
previous 250 bed-capacity of Philippine General
Hospital Main has now reached to it’s 266
admitted patients for treatments.
According to the data of Philippine General
Hospital Demographics, previous 2018 the
Philippine General hospital served a 647, 773 for
the total of Patients who admitted and 699, 063
for the year 2019. The year 2020 and 2021
decreased the size of patients due to the new
implementation of new normal setup for the
hospital and since march 2020 there have been
limited elective admissions. The whole year of
2020 of total data, the PGH served more than
200,000 and for the first half of 2021, the PGH
served more than 150,000 of Patients who
admitted.
B. PROJECT OBJECTIVES
The major objectives of the proposal is to reduce the
overcrowding hospital facilities issues in Metro
Manila.
To offer more research facilities, teaching hospitals
with more innovative in medicine. And to provide
more diagnostic center and complete equipment for
the different kinds of disease.
The minor objective of the proposal is to provide a
comfortable and sustainable facility and fully
equipment for the health workers. And to provide a
functional and efficient space for the health workers.
And to design and create a friendly humane
environment for patients and staffs.
C. THE CLIENT
University of the Philippines
University of the Philippines eyes on
implementing a new general hospital in Diliman,
Quezon City that will cater a 700 bed and a
research and teaching center to be a world class
hospital. The University of the Philippines also
focus on including a research facility and
teaching center for the students. The new project
will help to decongest the overcrowding of the
facilities and beds. The private sector will be the
responsible for design, build and finance to the
project and to the full equipment of the medical
laboraties.
D. PROJECT SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS
The proposed project will be a tertiary general
hospital to be located in the Arboretum Site. The
target will be the admitted Inpatients and
Outpatients within the catchment area of PGH
Diliman Covers the NCR and the contiguous
provinces of Bulacan and Rizal. The scope will
be focused on designing and planning &
circulation of the spaces such as the hospital
700-beds, functional areas, research
laboratories, educational program and
emergency areas and to cater all the needs of
the users. The project is also focusing on
designing a new flexible spaces thru adaptation
of the new normal life.
The target users are all people around UP-PGH
Diliman within 30-kilometer radius. The
catchment area are from the National Capital
Region, Bulacan and Rizal area. It projected that
within 2042, the increase of population with 20.2
million. It will be available for the local
community who want to admit to avoid the
congested facility of other hospital.
E. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
The project development will first start to collect any
data spaces needed for medicals, teaching and
research center spaces. Then also to collect any data
for maps, photo-documentation, and the lot-bearing or
actual lot size for the project. And also to collect data
for the density or target market for the proposal or
project. And also to gather data and design according
to the legal codes of the Philippines such as National
Building Code P.D.1096, B.P. 344 and P.D. 1185.
And also to come up with the ideas to meet the new
rules and policy design for the new normal setup.
The project process of the proposal is to gather data
for the possible space and requirements. And to
secure a copy of the lot bearing of the site location.
And also to gather data for the density or target
market of the proposal. And to ensure all the legal
aspects of the applicable codes are followed correctly.
The project output of the collected and data gathered
for the conducted research will be the new UP-
Philippine General Hospital Diliman: An integrated
medical and research center through adaptation of
new normal.
CHAPTER II: SITE JUSTIFICATION
A. SITE SELECTION CRITERIA
For the selection site criteria, it is important to
choose an appropriate site that will be feasible for
the project.
For the General Site Criteria, the Lot Size and
Area is 20 points because the lot size is suitable
and the 4.2 hectares is pass to the tertiary
hospital design project. The Vehicular
Accessibility is 20 points because the site is
accessible to any type of vehicle. The pedestrian
accessibility is 10 because the site location has
existing pedestrian walkways that is suitable for
the transportation travel and existing traffic
control system. The vulnerability to natural
hazard is 5 because the site location is 5
kilometers away to the active west valley fault
line of Marikina. The Climate is 5 because the
site location has an irregular dry season and wet
season. The availability of Utilities is 20 because
the quezon city supplied by the meralco power
company and Maynilad water services. The
existing of hospitals is 3 points because the site
location is mostly surrounded by hospitals within
2 kilometers away. The total points for the
general site criteria is 83.
For the specific site criteria, the target community
is 30 points because it is near to the residentials
and commercials. The vulnerable to man-made
hazard is 20 because the site location is free
from the smoke hazard of industrial
establishment. The site potential is 30 because
the location of the site is a tourism development,
business sectors and agencies, job opportunities
and rationalized residential planning. The
property land use & zoning is 3 because the lot of
the site is an open space & park and it is not
intended for institutional, but the site is not part of
the protected forest area of arboretum. The total
points for the specific site criteria is 83.
B. MACRO-MESO SITE ANALYSIS: REGION/
PROVINCE/ TOWN
REGIONAL
Metro manila or officially a National Capital
Region (NCR), is located at Southwestern portion
of Luzon and also one of the largest Regional in
the Philippines. Composed of 16 cities which is
City of Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan City,
Taguig City, Makati City, Paranaque City, Pasay
City, Las Pinas City, Malabon City, Navotas City,
Marikina City, Pasig City, Mandaluyong City,
Muntinlupa City, San Juan City and as well as
Valenzuela City.
Metro Manila has many central business districts
such as Makati Central Business District,
Bonifacio Global City, Ortigas Center and
Alabang. Metro Manila is home of the tallest
skyscrapers in the whole country and include
many Landmarks such as Shangri-La Plaza,
EDSA Shrine and SM Megamall.
Metro Manila main transportation is Jeepneys,
followed by Railway Train, and Buses. The roads
of metro manila are built from the city of manila
that connects to each cities and metropolis
composed of 10 radials and 6 circumferential
major roads.
TOWN MAP
Quezon City’s is a larger area of government-
owned land for the development of public
improvements and for the local community.
Quezon City has six districts, among the six
districts, Districts II has the most largest
population with a 688, 773 or 23.46% of the total
population. While District V, has the most fastest
with 1.79% which is even higher than the city’s
growth rate of 1.17%.
Quezon City is borded by Manila to the
Southwest, and Caloocan and Valenzuela to the
west and northwest. San juan and Mandaluyong
by south lies. Marikina and Pasig to the
Southeast. While Marilao River lies San Jose del
Monte in the province of Bulacan.
The Quezon City name after the former President
Manuel Luis Quezon select the city, it was
established during commonwealth period and
then replaced Manila in 1948. After the World
War from 1939-1945 the construction begin again
on capitol site. There are many historical
landmarks that can be seen around in Quezon
City including the EDSA People Power
Revolution and the site of Unang Sigaw ng
Balintawak.
ROAD NETWORK
Based on the traffic survey conducted by MMDA
Traffic engineering Center, EDSA was the most
heavily used road in the National Capital Region
(NCR) with a total of 2.06 million vehicle per day.
As the types of vehicles, Jeepneys comprise 9%
of the total traffic volume of the EDSA Road while
buses make up to 4%. 70% of cars comprises
while trucks represents 4%.
According to QCPDO, as of 2009 the total road
length of Quezon City is 2, 247.75 kilometers, it
increase from 32.34 from 2003. There are
existing and inter-connection of main road and
these are Katipunan Avenue, Nagkaisang Nayon,
South Zuzuarregui Street in Old Balara,
Congressional Avenue in Culiat. The road are
also provided with alternate route to avoid
congested and traffic volume issues.
POPULATION
According to Philippine Statistics Authority,
Quezon City has the most high total population
rate and from 2000-2020. With the rapid increase
of population in the city and the result of growth
population, every district demand for additional
institutions, health care and and the like.
The city of Quezon has surpassed the record
from 1980 with a one million mark and a total
population of 1,165,865 and then to 2000 hit the
two million population with 2,173,931 and then to
2015 the Quezon City has hit three million mark
population in the latest Philippine Statistics
Authority Census.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority,
among the six districts of Quezon City, District II
remains the largest and most populous districts
with a total population from 2010 at 635,967 with
23.03 % and to 2015, it increase in 688,773 with
23.46% and a total of growth rate with 1.53.
Followed by District V who has the 2 nd most
populous district and District VI. District V has the
largest and fastest growth rate population with a
total of 1.79 followed by District VI with 1.67.
NATURAL HAZARDS
There are top five (5) barangays are prioritize for
earthquake impacts, these are: Barangay
Bagumbayan, St. Ignacius, Ugong Norte, Bagong
Silangan, and Batasan Hills. Followed barangays
are Barangay White Plains, Blue Ridge B,
Kaligayahan, Libis and Commonwealth are the
barangay who are constitute to a second tier for
prioritizing emergency management planning and
preparedness actions.
One of the most longest and active faults in the
Philippines is West Valley Fault, a 100 kilometer
long. Quezon city is the second most affected
area by West valley fault (WVF) that runs from
Barangay Bagong Silangan, Batasan Hills,
Matandang Balara, Pansol, Blue Ridge B, White
Plains, Bagumbayan and Ugong Norte. The west
valley fault roughly move 4 times in the last year
and may be possible trigger within the next few or
ten years.
FLOOD HAZARD
Quezon City have also a higher risk of Flood due
to the Monsoon rains or such typhoons in some
particular areas of Quezon City. The city of
Quezon have a five catchment area river system,
these are: San Juan River, Tullahan River,
Marikina River, Pasig River and Meycauayan
River and their tributaries and creeks with a total
length of 200 kilometer.
There are top three (3) barangay that have a
greater risk of high flood susceptibility, these are:
Barangay Capri, Talayan and Katipunan.
According to Japan international corporation
agency (JICA), climate change have a greater
impact that can cause the increase of affected
areas in Quezon City by 2050 as much as 7%.
CLIMATE
According to PAGASA Climatology and
Agrometeorology, Quezon City, it shows that
rainy season is from May to November with peak
between July to September.
175.5 in Novaliches drops to 42.9 in December.
From July to September, the mean was 364.3,
492,1 and 664, 6 respectively. It was when
typhoon Ondoy in September 2009 hit metro
Manila, the recorded rainfall volume was 1,123.5
mm almost twice more than the average 440 mm
for the same month in 2007 and 2008.
In terms of temperatures, the average high is 34’
0 degree Celsius in April and May, 30’0 degree
Celsius in December and January while the
average low for the same months is 24’0 degree
Celsius to 25’0degree celsium from April and
May and 22’0 degree Celsius to December and
January.
SOIL DESCRIPTION
Quezon City’s has a prevalent tuff layer. Quezon
city have soils with high bearing capacities at
shallow depths. It is recommended to place on
foundations so it has more capable of carrying
loads that are suited for shallow depths.
UTILITIES
POWER SUPPLY
Manila electric company (MERALCO) serves as
the main power supply for the city of Quezon
City. The three transmission line coming from the
North Luzon and South Luzon pass within the
city. Quezon City has twelve (12) MERALCO
sub-stations.
WATER SUPPLY
Quezon City is provided by two concessionaires
of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage
System (MWSS).
Quezon city’s north and west parts are within the
concession area of Maynilad Water Services, Inc.
while the southeast is under the Manila Water
Co., Inc.,
Some of the older residential communities are
mostly developed by then the PHHC (now NHA)
are: Roxas District, Quirino 2 and 3, project 4, 6,
and 7, Malaya Housing project (UP Village,
Teachers Village, Central, Pinyahan and
Sikatuna village) GSIS Village, Congressional
Village, South Triangle, Kamuning, Heroes Hill,
and Philam Subdivision.
But some particular of Quezon City are not yet
covered by the supply of Maynilad, these are:
Payatas, Holy Spirit, North Fairview and in
Kaligayahan.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
Quezon City has five river system within
catchment area. First, the San Juan River which
collects surface run-off in 46% of the City’s
territory has the largest coverage. It is a major
tributary of the Pasig River. It begins as La Mesa
Dam then officially takes San Juan name when it
meets with Mariblo Creek in Quezon City.
Second, the Tullahan River covers the next
largest area at 34% of the City. 28 kilometers of
creeks acts as tributaries to this 12 kilometer
main waterway. Third, is the Marikina River that
covers the city’s territory for 15%. Of 9%
kilometers of Marikina River serves as the city’s
natural boundary into which 25 kilometers of
creeks and canals directly flow. Fourth, is the
Meycauayan River, it is a 5.11 kilometer and
serves 3% of the city’s territory.
PROPERTY LAND USE & ZONING
The full map of Quezon City is dominated by
different types of Land Use and Zoning. In 2009,
changes in residential development increased
with the opening of new subdivisions in District II
and in some particulary area in Quezon City.
Some notable changes is the deterioration of
some of the city’s old residential area located in
Galas, Laloma and Project 4. Second, the
commercial land use, some commercial
establishment have the tendency to locate in
residential concentrations. Some particular part in
Quezon city area such as Cubao could be
considered a more prominent in commercial node
in the City. The commercial development in the
city increase it’s land use share from 5.93% in
year 2003 to 6.26% in 2009. Third, the Industrial
land use, it was observed that from 1995-2000,
there is a decreased in industrial development in
the city due to the national policy on dispersion of
big industries to areas outside Metro Manila.
Industrial development in Balintawak area will
however continue for some more time due to the
several major roads that links to the seaport.
C. MICRO SITE ANALYSIS: THE SITE AND ITS
IMMEDIATE ENVIRONS
THE SITE
The site is located beside at Arboretum Forest of
Diliman, Quezon City. The site has approximately
4.2 hectares fronting Central Avenue Road. The
site has an existing hospitals/medicals nearby
and institutionals. The site can be easily
accessed by PUVs, private Vehicles, PUBs and
Tricycles.
SITE ANALYSIS
SUN AND WIND PATH ANALYSIS
Quezon City has an average wind speed of 7.5
miles per hour. The windiest day of the year is
December 18 with an average hourly wind speed
of 9.5 miles per hour. The calmest day of the
year is May 31, with an average hourly wind
speed of 5.5 miles per hour. The predominant
average hourly wind direction in quezon city
varies throughout the year. The wind is most
often from the west for 4.0 months from may to
September. The wind is most often from the east
for 8.0 months from September to may.
The Quezon city during December to January is
a moderately hot winter with an average
temperature ranging between min 22.9 degree
Celsius and maximum of 28.3 degree Celsius.
January is the coldest month due to the northeast
monsoon coming from the Siberia.
ACTIVITY AND NOISE
The site is surrounded mostly by residentials,
commercials and institutionals. it is expected that
the activity noise and natural noise coming from
the arboretum forest. And the two red dot in the
major road showing the vehicular noise and
traffic noise. The site is beside at the Arboretum
Forest, the vegetation of the forest can help to
reduce the noise and to clean the air of dust and
other pollutants. surrounding to the proposed site
project.
SITE PHOTO
The current for the proposed site project is still
subject in proposal for the future development of
Philippine General Hospital. The site is clearly
has a lot of vegetation within the inside. Since the
slope is flat in terrain, it will be a big advantage to
a designer to manipulate it’s design concept. And
to use and maximize the spaces needed for the
proposal.
SWOT ANALYSIS
One of the most important when analyzing a site
condition is the S.W.O.T Analysis. It helps what is
more needed and the strength of the project site,
to address what is the lacking and what are to
minimize.
The strength of the site is very accessible to all
types of vehicle. And the site has low terrain
slope that can be easily to manipulate design.
And the site is nearby to the residentials,
commercials and the like so people can easily
access to the site.
The weakness of the site is that the site is
vulnerable to natural hazard because the site
location is 5 kilometers away to the west valley
fault line in Marikina. And since the site is fronting
central avenue road, the site is more prone to
activity surrounding noise and vehicle noise.
The opportunity of the site is that the site is
nearby to the other research institutional and it
can be a great opportunity for the medical
students.
The threats of the site location is that the
proposal is nears to the health care building and
can increase the competition with other health
care providers. And since the site is intended for
open space & parks, the site is beside to the
protected forests of the Philippines.
D. INITIAL SITE SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM
The initial schematic design for the site is based
on the design guidelines of the Department of
health, and also planning & circulation for the
tertiary health care.
The zoning will be divided into three buildings,
the main hospital with 700-bed and the
administration offices. The next building will be
for the medical teaching for the medical students.
And the next building will be for the research
institutional to focus on research initiatives that
impact on national health policies. And the
utilities building will be for maintenance and STP.