JHOANNA ANGELINE ZIALCITA

ARSERCH
 BRIEF INTRODUCTION

The Philippines is currently ranked 116 in the Human Development

Index, regarded as a country with medium human development, with
an adult literacy rate of 96% and a tertiary gross enrollment ration of
36%. A significant drop in higher education enrollment from the recent
decade emerged with the implementation of the K to 12 system and
Covid pandemic; indicating the effect of external conditions in
educational facilities.

The percentage of national GDP spent in education declined over the

years, failing to meet the standards of United Nation's recommended
national investment on education. Indeed, the government sees
investment in education as a key to strengthen human development
outcomes and excel in the global knowledge economy.

Educational facilities are becoming a reflection of modern information

society. The development of technologies and advanced mobility of
population result in rapid changes of lifestyle and cultural necessities
of a citizen. Educational architecture needs to be adapted to such
changes. Development of public spaces must consist of dynamic,
non-complete, open environmental system with the possibility of
persistent change.

Aldo Rossi’s “The Architecture of the City” held that the city embodies
its past memories for the establishment of future monuments. His design
theory has been an influential reference for the reimagination of cities.
Urban design must argue that a city should be studied and valued as
an object that is constructed through the course of time. Architectural
mobility through educational facilities is the capability of space to be
adapted by means of movement in time or adaptation to changing
internal or external conditions.
 RESEARCH PROBLEM

30% of the Philippine population is below 15 years of age, projected to have

the most significant growth in its university-aged population compared to
other ASEAN countries. Demand for higher education is steadily growing,
and supported by national policy. The country continues to rank medium in
human development, with an adult literacy rate of 96% and a tertiary gross
enrollment ration of 36%.

Over the past twenty years, CHED has responded to the country's need to
develop the human resources base to support a knowledge economy
responsive to the challenges of globalisation and the 21st century, by devel-
oping a number of polices and guidelines on international partnerships and
transnational education.

Joint international programs reached out to CHED in hopes of providing

support for Philippine Higher Education Institutions (HEI) to develop and
implement niche postgraduate programmes in subject specialisms that are
not offered in the Philippines and are key to national and regional progress.

Higher Education of the Philippines is still evolving towards a potential hub

for innovation, the consequence of its poor system has led to low literacy
rankings annually that will continue to affect economic growth. Dynamic
theories suggest spaces that are unrestrictive to movement of facilities, this
phenomenon allows for constant change in programs that do not hinder
the maturation of communities.
 How can we incorporate
community ammenities into
the school and vice versa?

How can institutions coexist How can linear programs

dynamic programs evolve towards a
that are not multi-faceted center for
education-centric? community?

How can architecture be a

How does ephemeral
platform for merging private
architecture become an
and public educational
entity of the city?
systems?
 How can we use architecture as a conduit for
merging private and public institutional relationships?
 EDUCATION

COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE DYNAMIC

SOCIAL STATUS HISTORICISM PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS EPHEMERAL SPACE MATURATION

MULTI FACETED
CULTURE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR LEVELS OF INTELLECT GOVERNMENT SUPPORT LINEAR PROGRAMS
PROGRAMS

ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNAL INTERDISCIPLINARY MULTIDISCIPLINARY

MOTION RESTRICTIVE SPACE
IMPACT VALUE KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE

DIGITAL
TANGIBLE HERITAGE INTANGIBLE HERITAGE WESTERN SYSTEM RELATIVE PHENOMENON FUNCTIONALISM
LEARNING

Ashraf Salama: Disciplinary

Paradigm shift of boundaries and knowledge Aldo Rossi: The Architecture of
community architecture fragmentation the city
 CITY ECOLOGY ECONOMY CULTURE TECHNOLOGY

Environmental Issues Environmental Issues Social, Cultural, and Construction and IT-Digital
Collective Life Historicism Reality and Sustainability and Sustainability Behavioral Issues Practices

Historically Relative Educational institutions

Dynamic Phenomenon Bodies of knowledge derive from different disciplines -- needed for successful creation of built environments
are not just a
functional aspect

Educational environments
attract progress
Overlooks Naive
way of life Functionalism

Responsive Maturation of Merging

Disiciplinary Knowledge Multidisciplinary Knowledge
spaces communities schools with Form
public facilities

Growing urban artifact;

modified overtime
Reflecting the movement
of academic platforms

Permanence

External Internal
School School
Disciplinary Knowledge
Propelling Pathological Conditions Conditions (Boundaries are crossed) Interdisciplinary Knowledge
Permanence Permanence (Boundaries are visible)
 GOALS

The goal is to produce a hybrid design that sets new

parameters in educational facilities with the use of
dynamic phenomenology. It aims to provide a framework
for institutions that will allow for schools to prosper along
its emerging economy.

To contribute towards the understanding of how higher

education concepts are initiated as a collective and how
its relational endeavour fits into wider policy contexts such
as social, political and economic processes.

OBJECTIVES

-To establish approaches to disciplinary knowledge that

aim to initiate new forms of learning.

-To determine the tangible and intangible elements of

learning that contribute or hinder development.

-To determine the effects of permanence and ephemerality

in educational architecture.

-To determine appropriate programs that are suited for

merging with educational facilities.
 SCOPE
The scope of this study will focus on the hybridization of
entities that compliment one another to improve literacy
and economic development.
The subject proponent is focused on Manila, Philippines,
the study is an analysis of Manila’s networks of higher
education and its strengths and limitations.
LIMITATIONS
Private and Public Higher Educational Institutions contain
certain data that are confidential for the researcher to
obtain. The research is limited to available digital resources
and interviews. This educational facility research study is
explorative in nature.