DESIGN PHILOSOPHY FOCAL POINT

"ARCHITECTURE MUST BE TRUE TO ITSELF, ITS LAND, AND ITS PEOPLE. THE TERM "NIPA HUT", INTRODUCED DURING THE

PHILIPPINES' AMERICAN COLONIAL ERA, REFERS TO THE
NIPA OR ANAHAW THATCHING MATERIAL OFTEN USED
DESIGN CONCEPT FOR THE ROOFS. HOWEVER, NOT ALL BAHAY KUBO USED
NIPA MATERIALS.IT OFTEN SERVES AS AN ICON OF
THE INSPIRATION OF THE FOUR-LEVEL ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IS
PHILIPPINE CULTURE. THE HOUSE IS EXCLUSIVE TO THE
ROOTED IN A PAYAG ROOF. "PAYAG" IS ONE OF THE MOST ILLUSTRATIVE AND
LOWLAND POPULATION OF UNIFIED SPANISH
RECOGNIZED ICONS OF THE PHILIPPINES. THE NAME OF THE PRIMITIVE NIPA HUT IS CONQUERED TERRITORIES.
ACTUALLY BASED ON THE SPANISH PHRASE CUBO, MEANING CUBE, PROBABLY

BECAUSE OF ITS RECTANGULAR APPEARANCE AND BAHAY IS THE FILIPINO WORD FOR
HOUSE. THE ROOF OF THE "PAYAG" IS TRADITIONALLY MADE OF NIPA BUT THE USE OF
THIS MATERIAL HAS SEVERAL DOWNSIDES. NIPA CAN BE EASILY DAMAGED BY WIND
AND RAINWATER SO A GI SHEET ROOFING CAN BE OPTED TO. SO INSTEAD OF USING
NIPA, THE DESIGNER USED SOLID HARDWOOD TO MIRRORED THE DESIGN AND
APPEARANCE OF A NIPA.

THE PROPOSED ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION BUILDING HAS A TOTAL AREA OF 8,800

SQM. THERE WIL BE AN OPENING IN THE MIDDLE AREA IN GROUND FLOOR THAT
SERVES AS A PORTAL OF THE BUILDING. ALSO, IT HAS AN OPENING IN THE MIDDLE
PART OF THE BUILDING FOR THE LIGHTWELL OF THE INDOOR GARDEN WHICH ALSO
SERVES AS THE FOCAL POINT OF THE BUILDING. THE WHOLE FACADE WILL BE
WRAPPED BY LAMINATED TIMBER WITH FULL LENGTH FIBERGLASS WINDOWS TO
ENHANCE THE AESTHETIC OF THE BUILDING. THE LAMINATED TIMBER WILL BE
FORMED LIKE NIPA ROOFS. THE BUILDING FACADE SYSTEM UTILIZES DERIVED
ETHNICAL PATTERNS WHICH SHOWS THE PRESERVATION OF THE CULTURE OF
FILIPINOS. ALSO, THE ROOF IN THE MAIN ENTRANCE HALLWAY HAS A WINGS LIKE
PATTERN TO SYMBOLIZE THE WINGS OF AN EAGLE.

ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER MATERIALS

BALANCE/ SYMMETRY
CEMENT WALL FINISHED
INSTITUTIONAL
VERNACULAR

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
MODERN ARCHITECTURE
SKYLIGHT ROOFING
FULL LENGTH HORIZONTAL WINDOWS
INDOOR GARDEN
PATTERNED WOOD PANEL FULL LENTH GLASS WINDOW

PAYAG-PAYAG
A PROPOSED ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION BUILDING