All the great things are simple, and many can

be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice,

honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Winston Churchill

Rationale
In the Philippines not all of the cities have their own
Hall of Justice. Some only have small courthouses
located on different parts of the city. While others
have their own Hall of Justice but lacks supporting
facilities and amenities that may even help the
employees to improve their work efficiency.

Here in Manila. According to the Supreme Court,

they have no Hall of Justice instead they have small
courthouses scattered within Manila and most of
them are only renting spaces. Now they are
requesting to have a centralized Hall of Justice in
order to have easier access and become a more
distinct structure in Manila.

CASE STUDIES AND

ANALYSES

- Makati City hall is a combination

of two structures, first that it is
a cityhall and the second is it
also serves as the Justice Hall of
Makati.
- It is located at San Miguel
Village, Poblacion, Manila, Metro
Manila
- The structure can also be
accessed via Jeepney from
Pedro Gil going to Guadalupe

MAKATI HALL OF JUSTIC

- The courtroom shown inside

the Makati Hall of Justice
shows that the spaces are
minimum, thus allowing only
a hand full of spectators.
- Other spectators who are not
able to take a seat is asked
to wait outside.
- Press/media who wants to
cover the hearing needs to
ask permission first to the
judge and the Supreme
court, thats the only time
when they are allowed inside
the courtroom.

Courtroom interior spaces

- Public Hallways are used by the

attorneys and clients also the
spectators
- If no waiting areas are provided
people usually wait at the hallways
outside the courtrooms especially
when the courtroom only houses
limited seats.

Public Hallway inside the Makati Hall

of Justice

SURVEYS

- The survey was conducted near Manila City

Hall and other minor courthouses in Manila.
- The percentages are as follows, 5% 30% 40%
25%

only

few

people

the

researcher

surveyed said that it was hard getting to the

courthouse from their home mainly because
they live too far from the courthouse.

Most of the people using the courthouses

around Manila were asked if there was any
problem with the traffic flow inside the
facility most of them said that inside the
courtrooms, it was not spacious enough. And
that the seats are too few and they were
telling what if the numbers of witnesses are
many? Where will they sit? And they said
that

they

have

no

waiting

courtrooms for relatives.

areas

near

SITE ANALYSIS

- The proposed site is

surrounded by well
known

structures

like the Manila City

Hall, SM Manila and
the Universidad De
Manila.

 For

the

wind

analysis,

Metro Manila is located in

a part of the Philippines
where

the

prevailing

climate is Type 1.
The northeast monsoon
prevails from November
to

March

while

southwest
prevails

the

monsoon
from

September.

June

to

Project Description

Ever since 2012 Manila officials have been planning on

constructing their very own Manila Hall of Justice. They
already have a budget of 1.83 billion. The only problem
they encountered was finding a lot. They have been
eyeing the GSIS building for a while the only problem was
the NCCA will not allow them to demolish the structure
because it is already considered a cultural heritage.

Architectural
Solution

 Since the site is the GSIS building near the SM

manila. It is already considered as a cultural
heritage.
The main idea is to preserve the faade of the
structure and at the same time be able to reuse the
interior of the structure and reduce the urban
sprawl.

CONCEPT
using

OF

Carbon

RETROFITTING
Fiber

Reinforced

Polymer (CFRP)
Retrofitting

is

technical

interventions in structural system

of a building that improve the
resistance to earthquake

CONCEP
T

SPACE CONCEPT:
Lady Justice (Themis)
Themiswas

the

embodiment

of

divine order, law, and custom, in her

aspect as the personification of the
divine rightness of law. However, a
more direct connection is toThemis'
daughterDike, who was portrayed
carrying scales.

Much like the floor plan of the structure,

there is balance between the distribution of
spaces.

Proper circulation of the people for better

flow.

Site
Development
Plan
*To be presented in design 11

Elevations
*To be presented in design 11

Perspectives
*To be presented in design 11

PROGRAMMING AND
CONCEPTS

PROGRAMM
ING

Behavioral Analysis:
Users
Attorney
Judge
Press/Reporters
Clients
Inmates/Detainees/Witnesses
Maintenance/Security
Staff/Employees
Visitors

Courtroom Spaces

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

SPACE CONCEPT:
Lady Justice (Themis)
Themiswas the embodiment of
divine order, law, and custom, in
her aspect as the personification of
the

divine

rightness

of

law.

However, a more direct connection

is toThemis' daughterDike, who
was portrayed carrying scales.

Much like the floor plan of the structure, there

is balance between the distribution of spaces.

Proper circulation of the people for better flow.

Structural Concept:
CONCEPT OF RETROFITTING
using Carbon Fiber
Reinforced Polymer (CFRP)
Retrofitting is technical
interventions in structural
system of a building that
improve the resistance to
earthquake.

 Pros and Cons of Retrofitting and

Repair
Pros

Highest strength
Highest stiffness
Most durable fibers
Highly resistant to most environmental conditions
High fatigue endurance

Cons
Fabricating this composite material is expensive
compared to traditional steel and concrete.
Required chemicals (epoxy, resin, etc)

Utility Concept: Acoustics

Soundproofing
ROCKWOOL
Though the individual fibersconduct
heatvery well, when pressed into rolls
and sheets, their ability to partition air
makes them excellent heat
insulatorsandsound absorbers.Though
not immune to the effects of a
sufficiently hot fire, the fire resistance
offiberglass, stone wool,
andceramicfibers makes them
commonbuilding
materialswhenpassive fire protectionis
required, being used as spray
fireproofing, instudcavities
indrywallassemblies and
aspackingmaterials infire stops.

Utility Concept: Lighting

The use of LED lights as the main source of lighting inside the Justice

Hall.
Over the past few years, LEDs have become more efficacious. Recently,

blue-white phosphor conversion LEDs have approached the 100 lumens

per watt level (see graph below). The US Department of Energy
estimates that by 2010, white LEDs utilizing phosphor conversion will
rival the efficacy of the most efficient light sources currently in use.

Most light sources, when utilized in

luminaires,

produce

uncontrolled

light resulting in hot spots and

other

discontinuities

illumination.
uncontrolled

The

in

elimination

light

incredible uniformity.

results

the
of
in

Utility Concept: Fire Protection

Hypoxic air technology
Hypoxic air technology for fire prevention, also
known asoxygen reduction system, is anactive
fire protectiontechnique based on a permanent
reduction of the oxygen concentration in the
protected
rooms.
Unlike
traditionalfire
suppression systemsthat usually extinguish fire
after it isdetected, hypoxic air is able to prevent
fire.

 Smoke detectors are installed in protected

volumes because, similar togas suppression
systems, hypoxic air does not
preventsmoldering andpyrolyzingprocesses.

Installation of sprinklers is also considered for

the design as it will help in controlling the fire in
case it occurs.