PASS THE ARCHITECT BOARD

EXAM MADE EASY

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ATS is a powerful way to jumpstart your own learning.

Authored by: Arch. Junje D. Rodriguez U.A.P

Book Designed Cover by: Jennifer Loba – Rodriguez

ISBN-13: 978-1519457202

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 “Architecture is not a profession or a career
but consecration to justify the noble existence of man.”
Frank Lloyd Wright

“We are called to be architects of the future

not its victims.”
Richard Buckminster Fuller

Now, are you ready to change the vision of the past?

And decode your Future.

And belongs to become Master Architect!

And if you know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

If you had applying what is written here, you’ll find best results that you
never had experienced been before.

This book has been processed, crafts and shaped many times in my
professional career.
 DEDICATION

“This book is dedicated to all young aspirants who dare to become Master
Architect.

Your ages are brave enough to face the challenges of this Future Architecture.”

ATS Consolidated System Process and Approach as described as new method way of
teaching for today’s world development and the solution not just only for solving the
architect licensure exam but an Self-Guided Process or your driven forces to face the
challenge of this global issues related climate changes and to the unpredictable cause of
interest rate hike by the probability effect of this global emerging markets.

And for giving the glimpse birth of Asean Integration which the demand could affect to the
growing countries in which we need to develop ourselves by doing an effective way system
process through our senses, ability to create and awareness due to highly shaped and
improving ourselves through good relationship and to exercises our right judgment and
perspective, to highly moral respects and aspects through the contribution process of
professional services and experiences and the capacity to improve of personal belief; for
helping into community, society, environment and as well as for the best interest of this
future technologies and the love to humanity.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Special thanks to the Good Governance of the Republic of the Philippines- Qatar Embassy -
Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture –and to the United Architect of the Philippines.

For those who founders; past presidents, mentors and faculty members in any prestige
Colleges and Universities, to UAP-Headquarters, Executive Board of UAP-Qatar Chapter &
UAP Family, fellow architect, friends and motivational speaker like: Dr. Alexander Acosta
Ph.D. to his highest distinction for his past speech about (Professionalism to Profoundness
held on Doha) Principal of Philippines School of Doha, Qatar.

To Past Philippines Ambassador Crescente R. Relacion

Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo – Past President of Republic of the
Philippines (2001-2010) who have initiated and approved this Special Professional Licensure
Board Exam (SPLBE)

Arch. Armando N. Alli, - Chairman of the PBOA during the day I took my SPLBE exam
Arch. Angeline T. Chua Chiaco & Ar. Marietta B. Segoria – Members of the PBOA
Arch. Medeliano T. Roldan Jr. – Past National President (2008-2009)
Arch. Isaiah “Jhin” Tabuzo Jr. – Founder UAP-Qatar Chapter – the Father of Filipino
Architect-Qatar
Arch. Herman Mario Macarañas – Past UAP First President (2011-2012) - Qatar
Arch. Crispin S. Manuel – my longtime adviser who have influenced me to crafts and shaped
this unique principle of ATS Consolidated system process approach.
Arch. Ymir Dimalanta and Arch. Rommel Raquiño – my advisers, mentors who have shaped
my professional career.
Engr. Allan David & Engr. Leo Castaños – the persons who have helps me to decode the
past and giving me an in-depth insight about the future coming.
Arch. Aristides de Paz – Head of College of Architecture – Rizal Technological University – I
proud of you Sir Ted, and your word about your teaching is still remain in my heart.

To my beloved wife Jennifer Loba Rodriguez and her 5 kids – Mary, Ken, Jen, Sheikha &
Jungmin – They have always giving loves and cares me and inspirational to make this
project happens.

To my young aspirant who already dare to use this ATS System Process Approach:
Arch. Jonar Navarro – holder the position of 1st PLACER SPLBE 2010
Arch. Garry Jumawid – holder the position of 3th PLACER SPLBE 2015
Arch. Rodelh Lustre – holder the position of 6th PLACER SPLBE 2015
Arch. Josielyn Resma – holder the position of 7th PLACER SPLBE 2015
To Pstr. Eugene Bartolome – who have always given me a powerful message comes from
God.

With your helping hand and unconditionally sharing through your professional experiences
and highly moral guidance’s, the whole process has been completed and be given away
back just for you!
TABLE OF THE CONTENTS:

FOREWORD ¡

CHAPTER 1 – Introduction of System Process 1

CHAPTER 2 – Setting your Goal – Becoming an Architect 3

CHAPTER 3 – Collecting Architect Dictums 7

CHAPTER 4 – Immersing Architecture Subject 10

CHAPTER 5 – ATS in Action – The Process of Making Happen 13

CHAPTER 6 – Health is always your Wealth 17

CHAPTER 7 – Your Final Journey – Successful Architect 19

APPENDIX 1 – Selected Question about ATS Pre Board Exam 23

APPENDIX 2 - Dictums of Marcus Vitruvious Pollio – “May I always build” 35

APPENDIX 3 – Shiatsu Self Massage 36

ABOUT THE AUTHORS iiii

 FOREWORD

Hi there, I am Junje Diaz Rodriguez; a Registered and Licensed Architect in the Philippines,
Entrepreneur and your Architect Board Exam Tips Provider.

This Book is written to stipulate you by achieving your goal - Spiritually, Mentally and
Physically – and It will give you a glimpse of the research I’ve dedicated my professional life
over the last few years; to give you an in-depth INSIGHT, unique STRATEGY, dozen tons
of IDEA and as well as to give ENLIGHTEN, INSPIRATION, MIND BLOWING &
DIRECTIVE which I’ll introducing to YOU by simple using this very own SYSTEM
PROCESS APPROACH on how to solve the Architect Board Exam more effectively,
confidently and precisely.

For a few year ago of using this solely focused principle on the day when I was first took my
Architect Board Exam SPLBE 2009 in Qatar, through my mentoring experiences and for the
important decision making process.

I said this is a unique strategy that’s because when was the first and last time I had
undertaken the architect board exam here in Doha, Qatar that there was no proper review
center with go beyond offering on how to prepare that such kind of exam.

Therefore, I had started digging myself to study carefully. - Detail by detail, day and night -
and the ability to discover some TECHNIQUES which I hope that I have obtained my
license. I had started collecting review materials, dictums and philosophy of most great
architects particularly to the course outlined which I needed in the preparation for taking
the Architect Board Exam. During my time, it was not an easy process because I’m OFW
(Oversees Filipino Worker).

I’m doing my day job to sustain my family but in the same time I’ve undergone to review all
the course outlined which in able to PASS THE ARCHITECT LICENSURE EXAM.

Special Board Exam for Architect and Guidelines which I’m offering to those professional
architects and young aspirants all over the globe and to those who willing to register their
name in the Philippine Roster of Architects. This is your perfect time and chances to get
it more easily by certainly follow step-by-step of this simple, most daring and proven ways
of using this consolidated SYSTEM PROCESS APPROACH.

Over the past 7 years through my mentoring experiences for the contribution process of
young aspirants, to my peers and those professional architects whose willing to take the
exam here in Middle East or even in the Philippines. I’ve developed this most proven
PRINCIPLE over and over again and continuously developed well and I would strongly
suggest you to use this most proven principle if you want to pass the Architect Board Exam
effectively and desiring to list your name in the Philippine Roster of Architects or even in
ARCASIA.

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Now let me run you
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d for:

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CIENTIFIC
C METHOD

T – TECHNICAL APPRO
OACH or * equiv
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ECHNIQUE
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D

S – SCHOLA
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HILOSOPHY
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ues and Baseed Experiencces 

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Mathem
matical and Scientific M
Method 

Your Psycho
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ain way to jjustify and get your coorrect
answer. Believe me because I have
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hat. Let’s ex
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in the following Chapter.

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And let me explain you a bit how the Professional Board of Architecture (PBoA) they
prepared the Questionnaires simultaneously.

The PBOA Chairman and his two members are principally focused on that (3) three areas
on how they PREPARED and EXERT the question when it comes for the preparation, its
take correlated to architect board exam subject outlined. Meaning to say! They are doing an
extensively 24/7 researched on how they are going to sorting out the specific questions in
the day of architect license exam.

Who knows about anything what kind of questions they have already been prepared? The
review center, I guess probably NOT! Nobody else has any idea of what kind of questions
they will be given to the examinees. But prediction we have!

The Chairman of the Board of Architecture that he or she had attended several times on
seminar, a well-educated person and more professional experiences than you, he or she
had already graduated in any prestige University and Colleges in the Philippines. Technically
speaking! He or she has this kind of mind set on how they did to prepare the questions.

The Two Members of the Board who has always supported to validate of their most
extensively and tricky questions particular to the architecture course outlined which they
will be presented in the Professional Board of Architecture (PBOA).

Now, how you’re going to ‘BREAKTROUGH’ such kind of questions if you don’t have
enough experiences (lot of architectural services or professional experiences, I mean!) or
even you have a lot of review materials on your hand.

Hence, we need to face their challenge! And find the effective way how to solve the
problem.

As ATS most promising that gives you a Self-Guided Process, step by step on how to answer
the Architect Board Exam more confidently, effectively, efficiently and precisely by simple
using this most proven formula.

If you ready to Discover! Take your deep breath and just keep on reading.

“The slogan ‘PRESS ON’ has solved and always

will solve the problem of the human race.”

Calvin Coolidge – 30th US President

What does this mean in our topics? Just continues your reading to find out.

“We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.”

Barack Obama – 44th US President

Speech at 2004 Democratic Convention

And those ‘Theories about Belief’ of two US President was my basis of what I have
discovered about the past and have optimistic believe in the future.

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CHAPTER - 1
 CHAPTE
ER 1. – IN
NTRODU
UCTION OF SYST
TEM PRO
OCESS

Architectt must have

e always sysstem to proc cess his/herr answer correctly; herrewith is som
me of
the exam
mple questio m pre boa rd exam, slightly modiffied according to
on, I extractted it from my
my analyysis and perrception.

Question
n 1:

As said by many, the archite ect is only designer who have designed b by influence
es of
geometrical pattern n. This befa alls to evid
dence when n Eero Saa arinen has been made e his
imaginarry principle like a parab
bolic ray Gateway in Stt. Louis, USA ero Saarinen did
A. Where Ee
inspired his masterppiece?
a. Pyram
mid b. Cone
C c. CCylinder d. Dom
me

Answer this
t question
n without us
sing ATS be
efore you co
ontinue read
ding.

What is your
y answer: ____???_
______any clue
c or whatever wild g
guess do you have?

Now, Lett examine to

o use the sy
ystem proc cess ATS (A
Analytical,, Technicall and Scho
olarly
Approacch) which being
b introdu
uced you rig
ght now.

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uestion, you would only e
emphasizing
g that
you need he question very carefu
d to study th ully.

A = by simple analyzing
a the
t question, why an
nd where d
did Eero S
Saarinen do
o his
masterpiiece? (Needd picture to easily unde
erstand) Sea
arch to Mr. Google what is gatew
way in
St. Louiss, USA andd how it is look like. Pause, theen look at tthe image again and start
visualizin
ng where he
e found the pattern.

T = tec
chnically spe
eaking! We need to study which shape do Eero Saarin
nen inspired his
masterpiiece? (Need to experim echnically s peaking!)
ment once, te

S = this approach you can determine

d iff your anallysis is bassed upon yo
our parallel into
ANALYTIICAL AND TECHNICAL
T Design Ph ilosophy into Design Theory) (To
opinion. (D
Generall into Specific) (From
m your Thou ught to bec
coming Things) that’s
s all.

By conclude through the correcct answer, letter B is tthe correct one and wh
hy is the co
orrect
answer. The most effective wa ay how to solve the q question or any Architect Board EExam
Question
ns are bas sed upon your Scie entifically, Technica ality and Psycholog gical
Reasoniing of what I have intro
oduced you to use this most prove en ways APPROACH.

And I ga
ave you hint: the ans
swer is quietly simple
e. 

 
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ANSWER KEY by using
u ATS Consolidate
C ed System Process A
Approach.

When yo ou look in the image of archway in Gateway St. Louis, U USA obviously you can n find
out that the parabolic shape of archway y in which He derived from the cutting plan ne of
vertical cross
c section of cone. Do
D you want to prove tthis? Use Au utoCAD software and do the
exercise to believe. Place cone on the plan ne surface a and cut by ssubtracting into right o
or left
side partt of the conee, then you will see the
e parabolic sshape of arcchway.

Many qu uestions in Board Exam m are come es across tto situationaal cases, soo be awaree and
you’re attentive to the given question,
q most
m of the questions a are tricky annd you feel that
you got the correctt answer in n the first place
p you ssee or read d the question but you u are
probablyy trap and will
w get the wrong answ wer. ‘Don’t fall into tha
at trap’ Justt rememberr that
BOA Cha airman and his two Mem mbers is your opponen t and you n need to overcome such kind
of their questions
q in able to surrvive into the next quesstion.

Tak
ke this to itts logical c
conclusion!!

Herewith
h is the exam
mple questio
on about Co
ost and Estim
mates.

1. Your Client (Mr. Mark So) wants s to alter hhis ceiling layout on his 2 bedroom
Apartment
A and its locatted at some ewhere parrt in Quezon n City. The size of rooom is
about 6.0 Mtts. And 4.8 Mts. or nott less than 28.50 sq.m m. In able to
o implemen nt the
saaid alteratio
on, your client recomm mends you (Architect) to design w with a simp ple in
line. When we w said sim mple; mean ning, you mmust have tto design a and execute ed to
coomplete a set
s of ceilin
ng style andd most of aall, this is fitted based
d on your c client
reequirement,, the height of ceiling is
s about 2.5 meters and d having cornice all aro
ound.
How
H many off commercia al plywood would
w you u
use in the prroject?

a. 14 pcs. c. 20 pcs.
b. 16 pcs. d. 24 pcs.

Now, it is your turrn to analyz

ze the ques
stion and u
use the AT
TS APPROA
ACH in order to
e your answer.
generate

What is your
y answer: ________
__________
_ any clue o
or guessed w
what?

Use thes
se formulas:

A = your analytical approach on the given problem.

T = test your technical ability to find the solution base

ed your own
n experience
es or technique.

S = yourr scholarly approach

a in the situatio
on, traced ba
ack your wh
hisper think
king.

Extrac
cting your correct an
nswer is by
y using this
s simple, m
most daring
g and prov
ven
wayys formula..

And now
n you can make mo
ore activelly and build
d your own
n strategy bases on tthe
same principle e.

 
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ATS consolidated system process is the effective process on How to prepare

and pass the Architect Licensure Exams in the Philippines and desiring to list
your name in ARCASIA.

Its takes a very throughout look a following chapter:

 Introduction of ATS (ANALYTICAL,TECHNICAL & SCHOLARLY) system

process approach
 Setting your Goal – Becoming an Architect
 Collecting Architect Dictums
 Immersing Architecture Subject
 ATS in Action – The Process of Making Happen
 Health is always your Wealth
 Final Journey – Successful Architect
 Sample Question Pre Board Exam – your flashcard to actual exam
 Understanding Marcus Vitruvious Pollio Dictums
 Shiatsu Self Massage – the most effective way of self-massage

This unique strategy originally owned by Arch. Crispin S. Manuel U.A.P, my

long time mentor. - Which I have been developed and gathered over the past
few years through my professional experiences and services.

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