THESIS FORM 09.

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THESIS TOPIC APPROVAL SUMMARY SHEET

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NATURE OF THESIS:
__ Innovation
__ Exploration
__ Invention
TOPIC APPROVAL 01:
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__ PENDING
__ DISAPPROVED
TOPIC APPROVAL 02:
__ Relevant in multi-dimensions to
multiple stakeholders.
__ Problem identified must be the
root base of the issue argued and
must be addressable by an
architectural solution or its effects
__ Thesis statement proposed must
contribute to the existing body of
knowledge of architecture. It must
aim to achieve any of the
following conditions within the
context of the local, regional or
global sphere:
a) Postulate a new idea;
b) Reinforce and widen an
accepted idea;
c) Disapprove an accepted
idea;
d) Clarify an otherwise
contentious idea.
___ The execution of the strategies,
methods and procedures must
lead to the irrefutable conclusion
of proof of the thesis statement.
THESIS PLATFORMS OF EXCELLENCE
___ URBAN DECAY AND RESURRECTION - A large
segment of the world population will be living in urban centres around the
world and the biggest of these centres are in South and South East Asia.
Country capitals such as Manila are experiencing urban decay. This can be
seen in manifested aberrations in water security and management, mobility,
disaster resiliency, connectivity and health & well being. Solutions
generated by the design of the built and virtual environments play a vital
role not only in improving the quality of life in these decaying urban centres,
but in resurrecting them into happy, healthy, efficient and resilient places for
living.
___ MOBILITY - Among the many issues that plague the typical urban
centre, mobility of people, information and goods ranks the highest. The hall
mark of a highly evolved urban centre is the free and inexpensive passage
of people, information and goods. Design and system solutions that address
issues of urban mobility are relevant and integral to a healthy urban life.
___ HOUSING - Next to mobility, is the issue of housing for the large
masses of people living in country capitals in Asia. In the developing
economies of the ASEAN and South Asia, the shortage or even the
absence of housing generate even bigger problems of health and
sanitation, food security, and disaster resiliency. New typologies and
materials, generated by new behaviour patterns need to be created and
developed. An innovative revision on systems, policies and its eventual
implementation and governance need to be designed.
___ RESOURCES AND DESIGN - The Philippines is in
possession of vast natural resources, most are exotic and largely
unharnessed for the public good, like lahar, husk, bamboo, fibre, coconut,
urban solid waste and automotive & computer refuse. Design and
development research is the starting point in transforming these otherwise
untapped or useless resources into useful, beautiful evolved building
materials and assemblies. As a further concept migration, design may also
be with the center of harnessing human resource with the over-arching
strategy of HCD/DT.
___ INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIES - Borderless reciprocity
and free passage of services and goods are the economic agendas of the
next thirty years. Competitiveness and market relevance are the probably
the only currencies that economies shall soon accept. Good design is good
business, and good design is competitive and relevant. The development of
good design needs the understanding of a mind that is global in
perspective. The development of good design needs the development of
networks and alliances that shall contribute and collaborate in solving local
problem with globally oriented solutions and vice versa.

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