DAYAT

NOUN, "IRRIGATED RICE FIELDS, READY FOR

SEEDING." THE SITE LOCATION IS
SURROUNDED BY RICE FIELDS. ANCIENT
PAMPANGA HAD VAST AREAS OF IRRIGATED
RICE FIELDS THAT LOOKED LIKE A LARGE
LAKE OR SEA, WHICH IS WHY OUR
ANCESTORS HAD TO USE THE QUALIFYING
TERM DAYAT MALAT ("SALTY IRRIGATED
FIELDS") TO REFER TO THE ACTUAL SEA. THE
TAGALOGS WHO HAD BORROWED THE TERM, MEDIUM RISE MIXED-USED
HOWEVER, DROPPED MALAT AND
DEVELOPMENTAL WITH CENTRAL
CORRUPTED DAYAT INTO DAGAT. SOME
SCHOLARS THINK THAT THE AGRICULTURAL
WATER SQUARE
TOWN ARAYAT GOT ITS NAME FROM THE
WORD DAYAT (D AND R ARE
INTERCHANGEABLE IN KAPAMPANGAN, AS IN
DUGO AND RUGO).

LOCATION: SIRAN, MUN. OF GUAGUA, PROV. OF PAMPANGA DSGN 415

THE CENTRAL WATER SQUARE CONSISTS OF THE FF.:

PICNIC GROVE
OPEN ASSEMBLY
OUTDOOR GYM
RAISED PLATFORM
PLAY AREA FOR KIDS
SEATING PLAZA
JOGGING PATHS

WATER SQUARE
PICNIC GROVE
RAISED PLATFORM

PICNIC BENCHES W
SUN SHADES

OPEN ASSEMBLY

THE PICNIC
RAILINGS
GROVE,
RAISED
PLATFORM,
RAISED PLATFORM AND OPEN
ASSEMBLY
CAN HOLD DESIGN STRATEGIES
RAIN WATER STORAGE
APPROXIMATE
LY 202268.615
GALLONS OF
WATER.

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY COMMUNITY

OUTDOOR
SPACE
“ARCHITECTURE IS REALLY ABOUT WELL-BEING. I THINK
THAT PEOPLE WANT TO FEEL GOOD IN A SPACE… ON THE
ONE HAND IT’S ABOUT SHELTER, BUT IT’S ALSO ABOUT
PLEASURE.”
WATER STORAGE LANDSCAPING
– ZAHA HADID FACILITIES