MP2: Project Objectives

Course Architectural Design 7

Date @November 9, 2022

Homework Due @November 12, 2022

Status Not Started

Type Plate

MP2: Mixed-Use Condominium

Site location: Lot directly north of the Mabini Circle, in front of MartOne
Site description: Corner(?) lot; currently unoccupied — parking lot

Project Objectives
1. To provide a built complex fully integrated with residential, commercial and office
workspaces to the immediate vicinity.

2. To address the demand for vibrant communities that have easy-access to

entertainment, public services and necessary institutions.

3. To encourage community building through nurturing harmonious, peaceful and

loving environment for the tenants/residents.

4. To pioneer the development of technologically-advanced mixed-use communities in

Santiago City in promotion of sustainable green architecture, and utilize its location
— being at the center of the new downtown district.

Design Objectives
1.

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 2. To design walkable communities through efficient planning of spaces and seamless
transitions of different zones using the aid of architectural and interior design
elements.

3. To create and design cozy and inclusive communal and recreational spaces to be
shared between the tenants/residents.

4. To incorporate contemporary elements and new building technologies into the

mixed-use condominium to create a sustainable cost-efficient design aesthetically
and physiologically.

Random Ideas

2 elevator sets/routes for the residential units on the upper floors (ex. 4F to 9F, and
10F to 15F)

Separate main/entrance lobbies for the commercial and residential zones

Make use or fully utilize the corner lot (multi facade?)

Design with respect to the landmark (Apolinario Mabini statue) — colonial-period

filipiana aesthetics(?) [case study: Rizal Park/shrine vs Torre de Manila]

Concept dump

Design Concept: Harmony Amidst the City

Form Concept: Streamline
Design peg: Seamlessness, continuous design elements

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