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ARROCEROS PARK

X.
GSIS

SITE
ANALYSIS
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MANILA MET
(all images are taken by researchers on 07-18-16)
COMMON SITE STREET PROBLEMS

1. OBSTRUCTION AT 2. LACK OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSING


SIDEWALK Figures 13. Pedestrian crossing is not
Figure 12. No pedestrian crossing in front of MET Figures 14. Pedestrian crossing is evident
Figure 11. Utility pole and its concrete base evident along street adjacent to the KKK on the other side of Figure 13.
obstructing the sidewalk in front of MET Monument

3. ERRATIC
ZONING 4. URBAN SPRAWL; BARRED ROAD THAT CAUSES
TRAFFIC
Figures 15 & 16. Actual picture of people outside GSIS premise who were not following simple rules Figures 17. Barred road used as parking lot in front Figures 18. Traffic at intersection along
due to absence of proper place for them to do it legally of Manila City Hall; intersection near GSIS and SM SM Manila and GSIS
Manila
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Pedestrian accumulation due to
jeep and bus terminals;
Presence of abandoned
buildings Main point of transportation Pedestrian accumulation due to
a commercial building (mall)
(all images are taken by researchers on 07-18-16 site visit)

Accessible to LRT
Central station There are schools and
universities nearby and
within the site.

A street along the city hall is


closed and served as a
parking lot for government
employees.
The site is adjacent to
Intramuros- a tourist spot
There are street vendors occupying
the sidewalk intended for human
There is traffic congestion in the site accessibility.
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streets.
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OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
(external, positive) (external, negative)
STRENGTHS Knowing that the structures in itself are If the structures are re-used, surely, its
(internal, positive) significant historical landmarks, its lost grandeur would awaken and prove
restoration would contribute greatly to the to the public, especially to the
would be developed area. Also, its generation who was not able to witness
importance, adjacency to the major roads these structures golden days, that they
and proximity to various landmarks would would no longer be just a piece of the
enable the establishment to be easily found past but also a part of the present,
and recognized by the public. The near which in turn would last to the future.
modes of transportations, such as the LRT
station, Pasig Ferry station and SUV
terminals, would also serve greatly in
providing the means of reaching the
structures and the site.

WEAKNESSES To minimize the identified weaknesses of To avoid repeat of negligence to the


(internal, negative) the site, the best way is to provide proper structures, it is best to make flexible
buffers along the rivers edge and utilize the plans, which would flow according to
significance and impact of the development what the current users will need.
to the people in raising awareness to the
Pasig rivers current situation. Also, various
designs can be used to form floor or disaster
resilient structures.

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XI.

DATA
PRESENTATION
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Initial Research

Guide for Problem Identification

Identify a flaw in the sites current layout which would likely be detrimental to the

Project.

What is the current flow of the pedestrians in the site? Identify the effect of the sites

current layout to the behavior and circulation of the users.

Notes regarding site visit/Summary of Oral Report and Discussions

Date: July 8, 2016

The researchers gathered data pertaining to the history, general information and related

architectural studies to the research. The general layout of the research and the main goal was

discussed among the members. A preliminary site visitation was also done to familiarize the

researchers in the location and orientation of the site. Common users of the area was also

observed such as the street vendors and students.

Date: July 15, 2016

When a concrete format and goal of the research was decided, the Researchers went back to

the site to conduct a thorough study. The Arroceros Park was the first to be studied, identifying

the problems that was observed within the protected area. The Manila Metropolitan Theater

was next to be observed, its faade studied, particularly the carbon footprints present. The

researchers noted that more carbon footprints can be found upon the right side, the one

adjacent to the Highway.

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Next facility observed was the Mehans Garden. Particular problem that arose was that unlike

within the Arroceros Park, when inside the Mehans Garden noises from the near road can be

heard.

Lastly, the GSIS building, which is currently being used as a car park. Conducting an

unstructured interview with the parking lot guard, we learned that the condition of the

building and that it is regarded as condemned.

Observed behavior of the users is that after exiting the LRT Central Station they crowd upon

the area proximate to the Manila City Hall, SM Mall and and Liwasang Bonifacio Park. This

shows that the current layout of the site has a huge impact to the flow of the users, as the

facilities such as the Central Station and SM Manila City attracts most of the users.

August 17, 2016

It was decided upon the group that the problems will be solved through the goals agreed upon,

such as promoting the use of each building, connecting their uses and relating their function

in amplifying cultural community.

Unstructured Interview Results (GSIS)

1. To identify whether the present generation know of the importance of the GSIS

Building as a heritage structures, students who pass by the area were questioned.

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Question: Para sa iyo, maganda ba iyang building? For you, is the building

aesthetically pleasing?

Student's Reply

10%
0%

Yes
30%
60% Maybe
No
No reply

Population : 10 students

Remarkable answer:

Student: Oo? I mean, kahit na mukha siyang ghost house, maganda parin

siyang tignan, di siya mukhang out of placed. I think, yes. In spite the obvious

look of abandonment, the structure does not look out of placed.

2. To know the present stand of the adults regarding the state of the GSIS building.

Question: May gamit/pakinabang pa po ba iyang building na yan? Kung wala, sa tingin

niyo po ba kailangan nay an gibain? Do you think the GSIS building still has a purpose?

If none, is it time for the building to be demolished?

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Positive

Negative

Out of five adults that were questioned, two answered that they are positive the structure still

has a use while the rest responded no. Although when asked if the building should be

demolished, two out of three answered not to demolish the building. These respondents were

two women, age ranging from 50-65 years old, and had a basic idea regarding the age and

heritage of the structure.

Remarkable answers:

Parts of conversation with two women.

Matagal na iyang building na iyan eh, luma na. Wala ng gumagamit niyan.

No one is using the building as of now.

Pero di naman ata kailangan gibain. Dinadaanan ko iyan dati nung nag tra-

trabaho pa ako.I think it doesnt need to be demolished. I used to pass by this

building when I was still working.

Sayang naman kung gigibain. It would be a shame to demolish the

building.

Man who parked his vehicle within the premises of the building: Ay, wala na yan eh.

Nasunog yan, alam ko condemned na yan. Alam ko rin talaga gigibain na iyang GSIS.

That building, from what I know, is already condemned and I also heard it would be

demolished soon.

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SITE & EXTERIOR IMAGES
METROPOLITAN THEATER

Figure 19. Panoramic view of the ground floor seating area of auditorium

Figure 24. Front faade of MET from a nearer point of view; about
to cross towards MET

Figure 20. Panoramic view of open green court

Figure 21. Left side of the stage Figure 22. Stage in auditorium Figure 23. Left side of MET where Figure 25. Front faade of MET from a farther view under an
a vendor resides expressway

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(all images are taken by researchers from 7-18-16 site visit up to 08-17-16 manila tour)
Figure 27. Broken window looking
though the rectangular open space
ventilation at the rear

Figure 26. Pipes and Gauges area


Figure 28. Damaged ceiling at second
at the rear of the building
floor with view of the open green
Figure 25. Corridor towards the court at the left side
rear of the building

Figure 30. Dance hall with damaged


wooden flooring
Figure 31. Damaged ceiling at the Figure 32. Looking at the gallery
gallery; looking from the gallery below from the second floor
Figure 29. Womens toilet at third floor - balcony ground floor
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(all images are taken by researchers on 08-17-16 Manila tour)


Figure 33. Uppermost left side roof deck Figure 34. Projection booth corridor at Figure 35. Third floor roof deck overlooking the expressway
overlooking the right side of the building third floor - balcony and the front of the building

Figure 36. Uppermost left side roof deck Figure 37. Open green court at right side of Figure 38. At the balcony overlooking the stage
overlooking the rear and left side of the building the building overlooking from second floor

Figure 40. At second floor promenade overlooking


Figure24
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P a g e left side roof deck the grand foyer
overlooking the left side of the building Figure 41. At second floor promenade

(all images are taken by the researchers on 08-17-16 Manila tour)


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(image source: Google images)


SITE & EXTERIOR IMAGES
GSIS BUILDING

Figure 41. Panoramic view of the front faade of GSIS Bldg.

Figure 43. Ground floor arcade at the front of the building

Figure 42. Panoramic view of the left-side faade of GSIS Bldg. Figure 44. View of the entrance lobby building from the left
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(all images are taken by the researchers on 07-18-16 site visit)


Figure 46. Lower front faade of the
entrance lobby building/portion of GSIS
building
Figure 45. Panoramic view of the left-side faade of GSIS Bldg. and the right side of SM Manila, showing the contrast of the both buildings.

Figure 48. In front of the vestibule and entrance Figure 49. Looking though the iron door- Figure 50. Left side of the building,
lobby building, showing more parking but for cars gate of the entrance lobby, showing the showing a portion of a basketball court
Figure 47. Steps and current motor parking at the elevator, stairs and its high ceiling along a car parking
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e

(all images are taken by the researchers on 07-18-16 site visit)


The Building was set on fire.

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(image source: Google images)


SITE & EXTERIOR IMAGES
ARROCEROS FOREST PARK

Figure 51. LRT track in front of Arroceros Park concrete fence

Figure 56. Bay walk of the park adjacent to the Pasig River
where the Quezon Bridge can be seen

Figure 52. Front portion of the forest upon entering the vicinity; pavement full of molds

Figure 57. A tree in a falling position at the bay walk of the


park adjacent to the Pasig River
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Figure 53. Signage for Manila Education Figure 54. Guard house at the left side of Figure 55. Farther left side from the
Center government building inside the park the entrance gate entrance where the road has turned into a
parking lot (all images are taken by the researchers on 07-18-16 site visit)
Figure 63. Improper placement of trees names

Figure 58. Central LRT Station at opposite side of Figure 61. A stone tablet stating, In 2011 under the
Arroceros park presidency of Mimi S. Valerio, the Catholic Womens
Club planted 900 trees in this area to commemorate
its 90th anniversary. It is being maintained by the
CWC Environmental Committee.

Figure 59. Manila Education Center building in the park

Figure 64. Local bamboos spotted (indicating


that the site is suitable for bamboo plants

Figure 62. A tarpaulin stating a project under construction;


Proposed Construction of Two (2)-Storey Building having the
logo and name of Department of Environment and Natural
Resources with a tree cutting permit no. LP&DD-FUS-C/B.P#:
2016-05-87

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Figure 60. Underutilized pond within the forest park Figure 65. Nature taking over the walkway

(all images are taken by the researchers on 07-18-16 site visit)


Manila Education Center (Organizational Structure as of 2016)
SERVICES
Personnel Services Administrative School Plant Reacs

Chief Admin. Officer Officer-in- Officer-in- Educ.


charge charge Program
Supervising Admin. Specialist
Officer
Admin. Admin.
Planning
Figure 66. Panoramic view from right to left: Manila Education Center Building to the building adjacent to the Non-Teaching (5) Assistant Assistant
Officers
linear walk and the Pasig River.
Promotions (4) Admin. Aides Admin. Aides Admin.
(2) (2) Aides (5)
Elem. Recruitment/
Appointment/Step
increment (6) SERVICES
Secondary Recruitment Accounting & Property Records
/Appointment/Step
School Division Receiving,
increment (6)
Superintendent Routing &
Mailing (4)
Elem. Leave & Pay (6)
Asst. Superintendent
Secondary Leave & Pay Files and
(5) Natl Fund Inventory Records (5)
staff
Files and
Performance Appraisal
Figure 67. Stone tablet stating: Figure 68. The construction site of the two-storey by the DENR City Inventory staff Records (5)
Manila Education Center besides the Manila Education Center (3)
Division of City Schools, Manila
SERVICES
The Division of city schools building was Retirement (4)
constructed through city school board Budget
resolution no. 662, series of 2004. *(Manila Education Center lacks a large storage) Elem. Supplementary
Dedicated to the public school teachers,
*School Division Superintendent was said to be Payroll (5) Chief Admin. Admin. Officers
students and parents of Manila. the highest official in the building Officer (2)
Supervising
Inaugurated on June 20, 2006 at the Receiving & Admin Aides (4)
Admin. Officer
Manila Botanical Garden on the occasion Maintenance (5)
31th |araw
of the 435 P ang
g Maynila
e celebration.

(all images are taken by the researchers on 09-30-16 site visit)


SITE & EXTERIOR IMAGES
PARK AND RIDE MAIN BLDG.

Figure 69. The car ramp at the left side of the Park and Ride Building

Figure 70. The car ramp at the left side of the Park and Ride Building

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(all images are taken by the researchers on 07-18-16 site visit)


SITE & EXTERIOR IMAGES
MEHAN GARDEN

Figure 71. The high school building at the left side of Mehan Garden Figure 72. The Manila City Hall Building within the garden

Figure 74. The Mehan Garden marker states:

The Mehan Garden was established in 1858 by the


Spanish Colonial authorities as a botanical garden,
named Jardin Botanica.
When the American occupiers of Manila came, they
decided to convert the garden into a public park. In 1913,
it was named after John C. Mehan, who was in charge of
Manilas parks and sanitation.
Figure 73. Panoramic view from left to right: The High School building to the inner Mehan garden.
The Mehan Garden was declared a historical site by the
National Historical Institute in 1934.
The restoration of the Mehan Garden to its former glory
is among the priority projects under the Urban Renewal
Program of my Administration. The restoration works
stated in October 2015 and was completed in March
2016 under the supervision of Arch. Luis R. Antonio &
Associates.

This park is dedicated to the Filipino People.
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(all images are taken by the researchers on 07-18-16 site visit)


SITE & INTERIOR IMAGES
PARK AND RIDE TERMINAL 2

Figures 75 & 76 respectively. Posted tarpaulins at the vehicle entrance of Park and Ride Terminal 2 displaying its south-bound Figure 77. The terminal building
destinations showing the loading area at the left,
the waiting area, and the three vacant
concessionaire.

Figure 79. An image showing one of


the five column foundations of the LRT
line.
Figure 78. Panoramic view showing almost the entire terminal structure. At the left side is where toilets, paying area, and an admin/security office are. At
the middle, loading and waiting areas can be found. As for the right side of the building, vacant concessionaire units and food stalls are present; observed
spaces are the following: ticketing area, public toilet, guard posts at the peoples entrance and exit, and at vehicle entrance and exits, electrical and switch
board 34 | Padmin/security
room, age office, waiting area, vehicle loading area, and food stalls.

(all images are taken by the researchers on 09-30-16 site visit)


SITE & EXTERIOR IMAGES
LAWTON FERRY STATION

Figure 80. Front faade of the Quezon Bridge (Lawton) Ferry Station

Observed interior spaces are the following: Ticket booth, public


toilet, guard post, Lounge/waiting area, and operator post. Figure 82. A cut-out from a newspaper in Sept. 13, 2016, stating
(Lacking of storage) that the Department of Transportation (DOTr) plans to
Observed organizational structure: Operator, Asst. Operator, reinvigorate the Pasig River Ferry with routes form Plaza
Ticket Seller, and Security Guard. Intramuros to Nagpayong Pasig City, and vice versa. DOTr also
Figure 81. Entrance signage and entryway plans to buy 20 ferry boats with capacity of 100 commuters each,
Current operator: MMDA (contract ends in December as said by towards the station locally made from known cities with shipbuilding industries such
the operator) as Cavite, Batangas, and Bataan. Repair of ten ferry terminals was
Current range no. of passengers: 3-10 (Friday most earnings) also stated to be done. DOTr alreaedy submitted to the congress
Central Ferry & Gas Station: Guadalupe (Lambingan station also and Senate the fund needed for this reinvigoration of the river
ferry.
provides gasoline)

Figure 84. Informal settlers at the left side Figure 85. Bamboo shoots on the ground, while the Park and Ride Terminal 2 is
of the loading and unloading area of the visible beyond the fence (at the back of the Ferry terminal).
terminal.
Figure
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a ramp, and a brick-paved way.

(all images are taken by the researchers on 09-30-16 site visit)


Data justifying the relocation of the
Lawton Ferry station due to very near FARE MATRIX as of 2016
proximity from the next ferry terminal (@ PUP Ferry Station)

Figure 86. Google map (2016) of the site showing the proximity of the Plaza Mexico, Escolta, and Lawton Figure 87. Image taken by Abigail Dabu at PUP
ferry stations. (image modified by Marzan) Ferry station. This fare matrix is used due to the
loss of the picture of the fare matrix at Lawton
Ferry station taken by researchers during site visit.

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MANILA BARANGAY BUREAU INFORMATION / ORG. STRUCTURE
GOVERNMENT (FIELD) OFFICES
ADJACENT TO ARROCEROS PARK

Figure 88. A board posted outside the Manila Barangay Bureau stating its services and/or interior spaces Figure 89. Front Faade of the building housing the central
office of Department of Public Services (DPS) at ground floor,
and the COMELEC at the second and upper floors. Each
COMELEC entrances of government offices are also shown in the figure.

COMELEC (Organizational Structure as of 2016)


PER DIVISION (DIVISIONS I-VI)

Election Officer

Assistant. Election Officers (6)


Figures 90, 91 & 92 respectively. Showing how the old building is already
not safe and bearable for occupancy. This was taken at the second floor
COMELEC offices. Election Casuals/Job Orders
(2)
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DPS (Organizational Structure as of 2016)
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SERVICES City Govt. Department Head III

Info/Clerks (5)
The Department of Public Services is a local government
unit that concerns waste management, street swiping, and SERVICES/DIVISIONS
other services regarding outdoors. The unit is in charge of Administrative/Personnel Finance Operations Supply
collecting non-organic wastes such as tree trunks, tree
branches, debris or excess concrete from a renovation, etc. Chief Admin. Officer Chief Admin. 24/7 Calls Supply
DPS currently has inadequate space/room for the Officer Receiving Staff
Supervising Admin. Staff (3)
Operations Division and Clerks. It also does not have a (10)
Officer Supervising
maintenance room, conference room and garage for its two Admin. Officer
trucks. Promotions Operations
Staff (17
Admin. Officers
Recruitment/ taking shifts)
The building currently shared by DPS and COMELEC is Appointment/Step Admin. Aides
still under COMELEC. An almost-faded marker at the stairs increment
going to the fourth floor (storage) states that in April 29,
Leave & Pay
1967, this building was a Geriatrics Center by Philippine
Federation of Private Medical Practitioners, and served as a Performance Appraisal
tribute to Sergio Osmena, former President of the
Philippines during 1944-1946. Retirement

Supplementary Payroll
Maintenance
Information regarding the following field offices: Hawkers Department,

Recreation and Action Center, Youth Center, and Civil Service Commission,

was not acquired by the researchers through personal interviews, unlike the

government offices stated herein.

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MAPS

Figure 66. Official Zoning Map (as of 2005)


(image source: Palafox Associates (2005). Manila Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance 2005-2020)

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LEGEND

HISTORIC SITES AND STRUCTURES


INSTALLED WITH HISTORICAL MARKERS
WITHIN THE SITE (as of 2005)

13. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines


32. Bulwagang Lungsod ng Maynila
34. Manila Metropolitan Theater
39. Botanical Garden/Mehan Garden
92. Andres Bonifacio National Shrine

Figure 67. Histo-Cultural Heritage Overlay Zone (as of 2005)


(image source: Palafox Associates (2005). Manila Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Zoning Ordinance 2005-2020)
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Figure 68. Typical University District PUD Figure 69. Planned Unit Development Overlay Zone by Palafox Associates
(image source: Palafox Associates (2005). Manila Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Zoning (image source: Palafox Associates (2005). Manila Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Zoning
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Planned Unit Development

The Planned Unit Development is defined as a discretionary method for the design of

living environments which emboldens a more effective and fruitful use of land and of public

services by allowing under certain circumstances a more adaptable means of land

development than is usually allowable under lot-by-lot restrictions.

The PUD consents the consumer to experience living in an eye-catching and a clean

environment by preserving the unharmed landscaping and brings back the beauty of it. It aims

to be more ample in approach to environmental design and to have more and a better

housing intent of promoting good site planning. The environment can be more receptive to

human needs owing to a more comprehensive and supple approach to recreation,

commercial, and other support facilities. PUD also opens a way to stimulate a productive use

of open space in an environment and offers a choice of better design and more favorable

economics.

PUD must address itself to the physical, social, and aesthetic needs of people. It must

tap all the resources of all design professionals like the architects, landscape architects,

engineers and planners to create an improved environment for living. It must have a common

open space for work and leisure with their facilities and must preserve the natural land

features.

For the housing, it should allow varied building types and mixed use of land at higher

densities when combined with common open space for shopping centers, and also should

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allow tractability of locations, taking full advantage of especially fascinating sites where

compatibility with adjacent land use is assured.

For the owner, the living environment itself should be suitable for any needs. The open

areas should have safe tot lots and recreational amenities for both children and adults within

easy walking distance from their own units or residential areas. The interconnecting

pedestrians should be there and should not cross a roadway. It should have existing choice of

housing types that ought to be owned or rented and consider a greater privacy on the sound

insulation, enclosures around the exterior courtyard and especially the site or environment

itself.

For the developer, he or she should know how to manage the money or expenses for

the unit cost through clustering, site preparations and some problems like drainage problems,

utility line problems and etcetera. He or she should have the ability on how to conserve land

and at the same time be used for applying the complementary features in the particular site

and should know the possible variety of housing types.

Figure 68. Actual Figure-Ground of the Site


(image made and edited by the researchers)

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Figure 69. University Belt that passes through the site
(image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:University_Belt.JPG)
THE SITE

Figure 70. NCR - National Road Classification


(image source: http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/infrastructure/RBI2/RD/prod02.htm
DPWH, December 15, 2014)

Methods of Building Conservation

Preservation/Conservation It is the process by which a structure is being kept from

destruction and see to it that the structure is not

irredeemably altered or changed.

Rehabilitation - emphasizes the retention and repair of historic materials, but more

latitude is provided for replacement because it is assumed the property

is more deteriorated prior to work. Both Preservation and Rehabilitation

standards focus attention on the preservation of those materials,

features, finishes, spaces, and spatial relationships that, together, give a

property its historic character.

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Restoration - focuses on the retention of materials from the most significant time in a

property's history, while permitting the removal of materials from other

periods.

Reconstruction - establishes limited opportunities to re-create a non-surviving site,

landscape, building, structure, or object in all new materials.

Adaptive reuse - refers to the process of reusing an old site or building for a purpose

other than which it was built or designed for. Along with brownfield

reclamation, adaptive reuse is seen by many as a key factor in land

conservation and the reduction of urban sprawl.

Renovation - is the process of improving a broken, damaged, or outdated structure.

Renovations are typically either commercial or residential.

Facadism - refers to an architectural and construction practice where the facade of a

building was designed or constructed separately from the rest of a building.

More often it refers to the practice where only the facade of a building is

preserved with new buildings erected behind or around it.

To understand the sole of the nation, it is necessary to open the book of its past.

- An Excerpt from NATIONAL TREASURES: A Journey Through History

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TV Documentary. Stated by NCCA chairman Felipe De Leon, Jr. (2013)

On the point of rapid growth, yet still small in area, possessing the bay of

Naples, the winding river of Paris, and the canals of Venice, Manila has before it an

opportunity unique in history of modern times, the opportunity to create a unified

city equal to the greatest of the Western world, with unparalleled and priceless

addition of a tropical setting.

Daniel Burnham's statement describes Manila for what she was before.

"Queen of the Pacific", "Paris of the Orient", these are but a few names called

upon the city that evolved from a spanish town to a modern city. Through the

course of time, Manila had undergone changes. Various plans had been intended

for the blossoming city, and the most known of these was designed by architect

and urban planner, Daniel Hudson Burnham.

After the 333 years of Spain's occupation, the Americans who bought and

liberated the Philippines from the Spaniard's reign envisioned an area that would

showcase the positive facet of their rule and extramuros, a concise term used to

name the suburban municipalities outside the walled city of Intramuros from

where the Spaniard's ruled, was used. Here, Burnham designed for what he

foresaw will be needed by the Filipinos.

Taking into account the growing population of the area, he designed the city

to accommodate this need by combining a radial and grid-style plan. The natural

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landscape of the area was also utilized as he plan for the city to make use of its

river and esteros as a means of water based transportation systems. He was

inspired from the Bay of Naples, River Seine, and the canals of Venice and was also

heavily influenced by his other works by the way he carefully laid out the

structures that would be built.

A portion of this plan was implemented, which could be presently seen on

Roxas Boulevard and Luneta Park, but was unfortunately halted due to the

breaking of Second World War. At the conclusion of the war, Manila was the

second most devastated city. Little to no attention was given regarding the plan

after this event, instead of continuing what Burnham intended to be a gradual

change to the city, the government opted to relocate the capital to Quezon City

and fund more to the rice fields and irrigation projects,

Years later, during the regime of President Marcos, Manila was again brought

to light. New infrastructures were built within the city such as the Cultural Center

of the Philippines and stations of the Light Rail Transit line 1. Even the old

structures such as the Metropolitan Theatre were restored and used. Today, due

to the political clash of wills by the succeeding leaders, the plans intended not just

for Manila but the whole Metropolitan City was stopped. A part of Manila today is

deteriorating. Pasig River no longer held the previous beauty it had and the

heritage structures along Escolta are held little to no importance by a majority of

the public.

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SITE PHYSICAL ESSENTIALS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT:

(District 5, Manila)

1. Street Lighting Project

A city electrician, Lorenzo Alconera and a city engineer Robert Bernardo

reported the installation of over 1,000 new lampposts at 60 streets in Manila worth

P61 million in just a years time under Mayor Joseph Erap Estrada. The projects

were funded by city funds totaling some P105,223,320, covering the cost of the lamp

posts and civil works needed for the projects. The street lighting project is in line

with the city governments urban renewal program which is inclined with the

revitalization of Manilas former glory which included improved landscaping,

renovation of historic parks and monuments and more convenient facilities.

The project not only developed business and local tourism in Manila but it also

improved security. Estrada has said that District 5 had the most number of street

lighting project and has greatly affected its character as a District positively.

These are the noted streets in which the project has been completed:

District 5Antonio Villegas from Natividad Lopez to Division of City Schools;

Madre Ignacia from Remedios to Quirino Ave.; Alonzo from Adriatico to

Mabini; Antonio Vasquez from P. Gil to San Andres; Cuarteles from Roxas Blvd.

to Adriatico; General Luna from Taft Avenue to Mabini; Jorge Bocobo from T.

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M. Kalaw to San Andres; Julio Nakpil from Taft Avenue to Adriatico; Luis Ma.

Guerrero from P. Gil to San Andres; Adriatico from P. Faura to Quirino and on

to Vito Cruz;

M. H. del Pilar from T. M. Kalaw to Quirino; Mabini from Quirino to Vito Cruz;

Maria Orosa from T. M. Kalaw to San Andres; Onyx from P. Gil to Zobel Roxas;

P. Burgos (city hall perimeter and Lagusnilad); Padre Faura from Roxas

Boulevard to Taft Avenue; Pedro Gil from Taft Ave. to Roxas Boulevard;

Penafrancia from Quirino Avenue to Sagat; Pilar Hidalgo from P. Gil to San

Andres; Quintos from Roxas Boulevard to Mabini; Remedios from Taft Avenue

to Roxas Boulevard; Salas from Roxas Boulevard to Adriatico; San Andres from

Taft Avenue to M. H. del Pilar; San Marcelino from N. Lopez to Ayala; Soldado

Street from M. H. del Pilar to Mabini; Sta. Monica from Roxas Boulevard to

Adriatico; UN Avenue from Roxas Boulevard to Taft Avenue; Vito Cruz,

Liwayway Street from Zobel Roxas to Anonas; N. Lopez from P. Burgos to Ayala;

Remedios Circle, and West Zamora from Quirino to Canonigo.

Demographic Data of Manila where the site is located according to the Household Population

by Age Group and Sex by Province and Highly Urbanized City: National Capital Region, 2010

AGE GROUP HOUSEHOLD POPULATION

BOTH SEXES MALE FEMALE

All ages 1,642,743 805,503 837,240

Under 5 162,235 83,536 78,699

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59 156,276 80,811 75,465

10 14 150,286 76,903 73,383

15 19 166,391 80,041 86,350

20 24 175,310 84,593 90,717

25 29 161,293 79,059 82,234

30 34 137,327 68,923 68,404

35 39 111,958 56,100 55,858

40 44 101,567 49,738 51,829

45 49 87,588 42,458 45,130

50 54 74,265 35,595 38,670

55 59 56,003 26,325 29,678

60 64 41,486 18,786 22,700

65 69 22,727 9,500 13,227

70 74 17,423 6,626 10,797

75 79 11,016 3,759 7,257

80 84 5,834 1,766 4,068

85 and Over 3,758 984 2,774

This table shows the population of Manila by age. From this information, it can be

deducted that the abled body sector of the city which is on the age bracket that had been

highlighted on the table, total of 10,717,002; male-522,832 and female-548,870, is the

possible general target age group of the project proposals in a wide range of users not focused

on the District 5 of Manila where the site is located.

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