Bahay Pinoy Bamboo House Competition

Dear Colleagues,

The UAP Competitions Committee would like to invite you to join the “BAHAY PINOY” Bamboo Design Competition. This is a project of the Rotary-UAP Joint Committee on Housing of the United Architects of the Philippines and Rotary Makati Central D-3830

The project shall be to design low-cost single-detached dwelling with a 20-30 sqm. floor area with no particular lot utilizing bamboo as the major building material for both structural and architectural components

 

WHO MAY JOIN

The competition is open to the following:

Category I – Registered Filipino Architect (Team/Individual)

Category II – Graduate of BS Architecture / Students (3rd year, 4th year & 5th year of architecture course)

 

COMPETITION TIMETABLE

Launching (October 25, 2008)  Deadline for registration (January 20, 2009) Deadline for submission of  questions (January 27, 2009) Deadline to dispatch answers to questions (February 12, 2009) Deadline for submission of entries (March 12, 2009) Judging                       (March 17 – 21 , 2009) Deadline for submission of boards by winners (April 15, 2009) Awarding (April 25, 2009) Registration Fee Category I-ONE THOUSAND PESOS (PhP 1,000.00)  Category II-FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (PhP 500.00)  PRIZES Category I First Prize Php 100,000.00 Second Prize Php 50,000.00 Third Prize Php 10,000.00 Category II First Prize PhP 25,000.00 Second Prize PhP 10,000.00 Third Prize PhP 5,000.00 Winning housing prototype shall be constructed in Malacanang. COMPETITION SECRETARIAT United Architects of the Philippines 53 Scout Rallos Street , Diliman, Quezon City Telephone (63-2)4126364, (63-2)4126374 Fax (63-2)3721796 Email: bahaypinoy2008@gmail.com Website: http://bahaypinoy2008.blogspot.com More information can be found at the above site. Ar. Rey Gabitan UAP Competitions Committee Chairman

“Daring Structures: Buildings That Will Make You Say, WTF!!!”

I had to look up, because I could have almost sworn I was at the old AV room at the 5th floor of Melchor hall.  But I wasn’t in my old college though, and around me weren’t my old classmates, rather I found myself at Portico in Serendra with new faces from the Alabang Chapter.   But in front of us was Arch. Bronne Dytoc my old professor who had been good enough to humor our request for a seminar about structures and architecture, which was basically what we had now, “Daring Structures: Buildings That Will Make You Say, WTF!!!”
“Sabi nga ni Joseph” our current chapter president who knew I took up Arch. Dytoc’s class, if I signed up to take this seminar because I wanted to see if Bronne had new stuff?   In my head I said perhaps, but actually I just wanted to look in on the stuff I now just barely remember.

For me the greatest thing I take away from the seminars is the understanding and inspiration of the daring structures presented. That  and the explanation of  the ‘magic’ of how they work, why they work and why  architects made them that way.

Its also fun to see this all again after a few years of practice.