I.

ABSTRACT It is surrounded by specific cultural and

Tropical design is a planned arrangement of environmental circumstances, whether they embrace

features in structures, particularly residences, to or confine. Tropical architecture focuses on

adapt to a certain weather, condition widespread in problems with ventilation, integration, and climate

the tropic area. The purpose of this study is to because it was specifically created to address a

evaluate the current residential house in which I live variety of natural components on the buildings and

in order to determine whether or not the building houses.

adheres to tropical design principles and what The house that I live in is situated at Brgy.

distinguishes it as an example of tropical 33- A La Paz, Laoag City. The house sits in a 400

architecture. square meter irregular plot. It is a traditional

Through evaluation and examination of the bungalow house that have 2 bedrooms, living area,

building, this study will help the house become more kitchen and dining, toilet and bowl and porch. It has

sustainable and completely adopt the principles of big roof overhang that makes the house become

tropical architecture, especially for the people who pretty simple and direct. It applies some of the

are living in it. The study will be carried out using tropical design principles to have better living. Most

diagrams that show how to develop a solution once especially we are living in a tropical country that has

it has been evaluated and subjected to analysis. Data climate of hot, humid and wet.

from this study are constrained and solely based on

information analyzed and acquired from reliable III. PROLEMS

websites of sources. The house is located in a rural area in Laoag

City it has a limited of design principle that has been

II. INTRODUCTION applied in the house that I lived in. The vegetation is

As we all know tropical design is a strategic not enough to lessen the heat of the sun. There is not

arrangement of elements in a buildings and enough of sunshade and sun protection devices. The

structures most especially houses to respond a orientation of the house is not properly oriented.

specific condition of weather, sun and climate

prevalent in the tropic region. IV. RESEARCH QUESTIONS

 Although the house has some tropical

architectural features. It is not enough to sustain it to VII. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

become sustainable tropical house. This study This study will contribute to the

attempted to answer the following questions: improvement of the house to become more

1. What are the design measures possible sustainable and adopt fully the principles of tropical

ideas to improve the house to become energy architecture most especially to the people who are

efficiency and cost efficient? living the house through assessment and examining

2. What are the possible method to improve the house.

the indoor environment quality?

3. What are the application or solutions that VIII. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

will make the house fully livable and become a This case study focuses on assessing the

tropical house? residential house if it has adopted the tropical design

principles. The study will be conducted by analyzing

V. GOAL OF THE STUDY and creating diagrams on how to create a solution

The goal of this study is to assess the current after assessing it. Data gathered from this study are

residential house that I lived in to verify if the house limited to and it is only based on the analyzation and

is applied tropical design principle and what makes gathered information on the legit website of sources.

it as an example of tropical architecture.

VI. OBJECTIVES

This study had two over all objectives: (1)

to determine if the house applied a principle in

tropical design that makes the house as an example

of tropical architecture. (2) to know what are the

possible ideas to improve the house to become

energy efficiency and to make a substantial savings

in running cost of both cooling and lighting.

XI. CONCLUSION

XII. REFERENCES

Par, B. E. (2012, November 14). Case Study of Tropical Design of an Architect. Retrieved from slideshare.net:

https://www.slideshare.net/BryllEdisonPar/case-study-of-tropical-design-of-an-architect