philippine d-days: intro to green architecture
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Some of the Philippine Most Disastrous Days. An introduction to Green Architecture to Palawan State University, BS in Architecture, Theory of Architecture 02TRANSCRIPT
Green Architecture:Environmental Conceptsof Architectural Design
Activity Analysis and Linkages for efficiency in Shelter, Energy
Conservation and the Design Process
Start of Building andLiving Green
Before we start let’s go backto the some of the most
disastrous days in recent Philippine History.
The D-Days of the Philippines
These fateful events would have been mitigated byGood design and
planningAnd implementation
of the plans
December 12, 1987The M/V Doña Paz collision with oil tanker MT
Vector
December 12, 1987The M/V Doña Paz collision with oil tanker MT
Vector
M/V Doña Paz RMS Titanic
Number of Life Casualties 1,502 lives 4,375 lives
What Went Wrong?
1. Overcrowding
2. The crew was under-qualified
3. Boat’s license had expired
March 18, 1996Ozone Disco Fire
The Club has an occupancy load of:
Total load during the fire incident:
35 Persons
390 Persons
160 Persons died.
What Went Wrong?
1. No sprinkler system
2. No working fire exits or fire extinguishers
3. Victims were trapped inside because the door swung inwards
July 16, 1990Hyatt Terraces Hotel – Baguio
Earthquake7.7 Magnitude earthquake shook Luzon. There are 400 fatalities mostly buried in the ruins of Hyatt Hotel and Hotel Nevada
What Went Wrong?
1. Unwise site selection
2. Bad structural design
3. Substandard construction materials
August 03, 1999Cherry Hills Subdivision Landslide
Landslide buries Cherry Hills Subdivision during Typhoon Olga
Killed 58 people and destroying.
379 houses.
What Went Wrong?
1. Developers built the estate on unstable hillsides
2. Poorly designed foundations built on clay
3. Government regulatory bodies issued permits and licenses despite evidence of non-compliance with building code
September 26, 2009Ondoy Hits the Streets of Metro
ManilaTyphoon Ondoy registered 455 millimeters. It doubles the 250mm of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
September 26, 2009Ondoy Hits the Streets of Metro
ManilaOndoy left more than 300 dead and thousands of families displaced.
September 26, 2009Ondoy Hits the Streets of Metro
Manila
What Went Wrong?
1. Unregulated urban sprawl
2. Reckless of granting of permits to develop and build on flood lands and along waterways
3. Improper disposal of garbage
What Happened Next?
Because of these events, government formed stricter laws, guidelines, and standards.
1. Revision of National Building Code
2. Revision of Structural Code of the PH
3. Fire Code of the Philippines
4. BP 344 Accessibility Law5. Philippine Green Building Council
Prepared by
Arch. Rodelito R. Garobo
September, 2012
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