Bahay Pinoy Design Competition

THE “BAHAY PINOY” DESIGN COMPETITION 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 5, 2009)
Deadline for submission of questions (January 19, 2009)
Deadline to dispatch answers to questions (February 5, 2009)
Deadline for submission of entries (March 5, 2009)
Judging (March 12 – 15 , 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

DELIVERABLES
- Competition Entry Form
- Three (3) sets A3 size:
•- Architectural drawings showing perspective, plans,
four (4) elevations and two (2) sections.
•- Structural concept details of primary framing of walls,
columns and roof system.
•- Concept report/detailed drawings describing the design approach and
innovative features.
•- Direct cost estimate of the project.

After the deliberation and six (6) winners have been announced by the jury,
the six (6) winners will be notified through e-mail/fax/telephone and
be required to submit, re:
•Three (3) boards of A1 size (594mm x 841mm)
a) Board 1 – Perspective (eye-level)
b) Board 2 – Floor plan, 4 elevations & 2
sections
c) Board 3 – Concepts & Details
•
594mm (vertical) and 841mm (horizontal)
•
dimensions in metric scale preferably 1:100m.
•
Detailed cost estimate of the project.
•
Electronic files of each board in pdf format saved to a CD.

Instructions and Presentations
Drawings may be done in color or monochrome.
Boards shall have a 1mm black line all around, setback 25mm from the edge

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: bahaypinoy @ yahoo.com

TAO Pilipinas' YP Design Challenge

TAO Pilipinas is very pleased to inform evrybody about the launch of the YP Design Challenge, a design ideas competition for young professionals and students that aims to generate ideas and design solutions for sustainable community development in urban poor settlements.

The YP Design Challenge is comprised of three design challenges, working around themes of sustainable community development. Each category has its own set of competition guidelines, judging criteria and prizes. Participants may choose to join in any or all of the following design challenge categories:
Design Challenge 1: Sustainable Shelter
Design Challenge 2: Trash Transformation
Design Challenge 3: Portable Playground

For partners in the academe, TAO Pilipinas is encouraging architecture/id, planning and engineering schools in Metro Manila to consider the design challenges in this competition as student design plate/project requirements for a semester. The competition is seen as a vehicle for the students to directly deal with sustainability issues in their academic design assignments and offers design educators an opportunity to orient and guide the students on important ideas on sustainability in their design studios.

The YP Design Challenge Launch will be on June 06, 2008 (Friday) at ISO-Ateneo (1:30pm). During the launch, the competition rules and guidelines will be introdced as well as its website, www.ypdesignchallenge.tao-pilipinas.org. (This website can already be accessed for more information about the competition.)

Millennium School DEsign Competition Winner

Eleena Jamil of Malaysia won the top prize in the just concluded Millennium School Design Competition organized by the MyShelter Foundation, National Disaster Coordinating Council, Department of Education, ABS-CBN, and the United Architects of the Philippines.

The classroom structure consists of two main parts: the reinforced concrete frame structure and the bamboo structure. The concrete frame structure is essential to anchor the lightweight elements to the ground. The bamboo frame construction consists of 4 layers of joined bamboo poles, with horizontal and diagonal bracing. The diameter of bamboo culms used are no less than 100mm. Steel pins and nylon lashings are used to create a strong but flexible joints. This means that the framing poles can slightly move in relation to one another, making them able to withstand the power of strong winds. At ground connections, concrete is injected into the culm to provide a strong joint.

The classrooms are kept small and separate so that damage can be restricted and repairs can be carried out separately. The walls are kept porous with clear small openings to reduce wind pressure on the walls. During a typhoon, loose furniture such as table and chairs be kept in storage. Small classrooms are built in cluster of two rather than in a continuous line to allow wind to pass through between them, lessening wind damages. Permanent ventilation opening on either side of the classroom and at roof level can reduce the wind pressure inside the classrooms and keep the internal spaces cool at all times. The roofs will be built at a pitch of 30 degrees and above to prevent wind lift off. The high pitched roofs also provide ample shade to the spaces below.