Republic of the Philippines

Bicol University
INSTITUTE OF DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE
East Campus, Legazpi City, Albay 4500
A.Y. 2022-2023

EAROPH International x UAP Webinar Paper Analysis

PALINGENESIS TOWARDS META-POLIS THROUGH ARCHITECTURE AND
RENEWABLES

Mikaela Francesca S. Razon

BS Architecture 5B
AD9: Thesis Research Writing

The title of the webinar itself is already intimidating for a student like me. It is also the
same as what we are facing right now, the horrific impact of climate change. In reality, we are the
reason why we are experiencing this phenomenon as explained by Arch. Yolanda David-Reyes,
the outgoing president of EAROPH International. We make our disasters because we only think
of ourselves. Now, this is a wake-up call. The need to cooperate and initiate conversations with
other professionals to address the problem for a healthy and sustainable environment. We must
act and make no more excuses against this intimidation.

Dialogues from the speakers and reactors contributed to demystifying the intimidation of
what this webinar entails. Arch. Nikos Fintikakis emphasized how we are involved and vulnerable
in the face of climate change. Through the principles of renewable sources, he introduced the 4
qualities; The Warm, The Cool, The Dry, and The Wet which contribute to temperature comfort
for survival, especially in highly urbanized cities. Engr. Gregers Reimann set an example on how
to achieve palingenesis into renewable energy. To put it simply, culture cultivated these qualities
by achieving the exact ancestral characteristics in systems or structures that incorporate
renewable energy.

Arch. Antonio Riverso poetically stated that urban cities and social life are very far from
our future built landscape that should be based on a responsible approach to nature and the use
of the inexhaustible potential energy of the sun, wind, earth, and water as he calls for changes in
cities as this will forefront global palingenesis towards meta-polis. Engr. Alberto Bicol connected
that we should not isolate ourselves, these webinars will only be a waste if we do not turn a blind
eye by making excuses and stop emitting carbon.

As an undergraduate architecture student undergoing thesis writing, this is an eye-opener

that as future professionals we must design based on what is currently happening around us and
what might happen ahead of us. We must take advantage of what we have done and allow our
past mistakes to be the guide in building a better environment. We must counter that intimidation
and start communicating, learning, and acting for a sustainable urban development that is
culturally rooted through architecture and renewables.