Northville 5 Research PDF

Redevelopment of Northville V Subdivision and Resettlement CASTILLO | CASTRO | ESGUERRA |
Area through a Sustainable and Community Sensitive Approach MENDIOLA | MENDOZA
ABSTRACT
There is an urgency to address the influx of rural migrants attracted by the economic opportunities available in metropolitan cities,
as in Metro Manila whose urban poor have increased considerably in the last few decades. In the absence of secure shelter, a large proportion of
these migrants have embanked along the main river which acted as a magnet due to its assets of livelihood, affordable settlement and
transport.Through case studies from housing community models, an assessment is made on the quality of life that specific relocation sites provide.
Results of studies by urban planning experts on these re-settlers, at times abruptly extracted from their original habitat, and integration into their
host communities through local government participatory management are reflected. Interviews and focused group discussions with
representatives of the informal settler groups were conducted, as well as ocular inspections, in-depth studies of rural and in-city relocation sites.
Further, an analysis is drawn on the effectiveness of these resettlement programs in the hope of having better living conditions, identifying the
problem areas and bringing out the best practices in this regard, with focus on sustainability measures and “humanizing” principles, respecting the
rights of each family as the basic structure of society.
Keywords: humanizing resettlement housing, sustainable communities
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
GOALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
SCOPE AND LIMITATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
METHODOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DEFINITION OF TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 14
CHAPTER II: DATA COLLECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
PRESENTATION OF DATA
PROJECTED BENEFICIARIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CAUSES OF FAILURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
CHAPTER III: CASE STUDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
BACKGROUND
SPECIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
AMENITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
CHAPTER V: THE SITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
MACRO SITE ANALYSIS
SWOT ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
CHAPTER VI:PROGRAMMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
INTERRELATIONSHIP ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
CHAPTER VII: SYNTHESIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
CONCEPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
GUIDELINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
DESIGN STRATEGIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
A. INTRODUCTION
Housing makes up a large part of our national development. The Philippine housing industry believes that every Filipino family
has the right to live with dignity in the comfort of one’s own home regardless of economic status. Access to affordable, adequate, safe,
and secure shelter in well-planned communities is what every family shall hold as a right. With a housing backlog of 3.9 million
households, the numbers of homeless people have increased and their existence has become a social problem since the 1980s. In cities of
developing countries, the numbers of street homeless who cannot live even in squatter areas have increased since the end of the 1990s.
These people face serious problems in surviving on the streets. They are an urban minority deprived of human rights and excluded from
society. However, the problem of the street homeless has not yet been constructed as a social problem in developing countries because it
is overwhelmed by the large-scale squatter problem. The street homeless have been regarded as a part of the squatter homeless. However,
it is not surprising how informal settlement is considered normal in many places in the country today as it is the only choice for some
poor families rather than sleeping in the streets and without a roof. The rapid increase in the urban population produces an enormous
demand for shelter and tenure security. Slum areas are often blighted, overcrowded, and lacking in standard conveniences such as
electricity, water, drainage and health services.
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
Despite having done little to halt the migration of people into cities, both the local and national governments adopt squatter
relocation as a policy to curb the proliferation of illegal urban poor settlements. The Urban Poor Associates (UPA), a non-government
organization monitoring eviction cases, reports that from 1996 to June 2008, a total of 287 demolition cases have rendered more than
85,000 families or more than 400,000 persons homeless. UPA also estimates that only half of the evicted families receive relocation
assistance. Relocation to sites far from their sources of income has disrupted these families’ already meagre cashflow, and the absence of
viable livelihood opportunities in the new sites is not easily remedied in the immediate term.
In the Philippines, there are organizations and institutions who provide assistance to people without homes and those people who
forcefully need to leave their homes to give way for the public projects of the government. One of them is the National Housing
Authority or NHA, which undertakes housing development while estate management/building maintenance is being undertaken either by
LGUs, NGOs, or homeowners' associations. It also covers implementation of alternative in-city project schemes proposed by program
stakeholders and off-city resettlement where in-city project plans are not feasible.
One of the projects of the NHA is the Northville 5 Subdivision and Resettlement Area in Barangay Batia, Bocaue, Bulacan. The
said subdivision was developed in the year 2010, which was managed by the then Vice President of the Philippines, Noli de Castro, and
was inhabited during late quarter of the year. They are the communities coming from the different squatter areas and railways of Bocaue,
Pandacan and Sta. Mesa, and they were relocated to give way to progress. They have to travel long distances in order to have to work.
This is because of the remote location of the site of Northville 5. From the main road of McArthur Hi-way, you still need to ride the
tricycle to reach the site. This makes going out and going inside the location costly and time consuming for the residents.
With this condition & difficulty in the location of the site, it is fair to give these people good and quality housing units so as not
to lose the real sense of giving them homes. Their financial needs are also important as these aspects would help them start again with a
new life wherein they could live and work for themselves and for their family well. Thus, developing a sustainable and community
sensitive environment for them could greatly help these families to generate a good life that they can start with and a community that
could give them their basic economic needs for a long time.
B. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The development of resettlement and housing projects in the Philippines has long been administered by different government and
non government institutions in the country to give assistance to families in danger areas and public owned places that needs to be
transferred to a new residence.
However, certain issues and concerns has been associated to these projects because of the frequently faulty and substandard
assembly of these housing projects being granted to the public. These faults could be managed and altered through proper analysis of the
site and gathering enough information about the subject matter.
The primary purpose of this study is to explore the advancement of the general design and utilization of government housing
projects in the Philippines through various indispensable considerations. The following are the major problems that will contribute to the
future design development of the study’s site:
1) How can we improve the site’s operation towards enrichment of the safety of life, property and general public welfare
in resettlement areas through architecture?;
2) What spaces and facilities are vital and beneficial to the development of a pleasant environment for the community?;
3) What are the effective strategies that could be used in order to improve the odor elimination and other maintenance problems
within the chosen site?;
4) How can the design development of the site incorporate the principles of sustainability and maintenance convenience for the
general well being of its community?
C. GOALS
This study intends to work towards creating a guideline on the advancement of today’s resettlement and housing areas in order to
develop solutions for collected problems and concerns through the following objectives:
 To collect general information about the development of Northville V Resettlement Area and the residents’ relocation at the site.
STRATEGIES:
 Conduct interviews with the local officers of Barangay of Batia to gather information on the history of the development of
Northville and on the residents of the subdivision to gain further knowledge on how they where relocated.
 Coordinate with the local government of Batia, Bocaue, Bulacan and request for informations regarding the project’s construction
and development.
 To recognize the current condition of Northville V Resettlement Area and determine the potentials and development issues within
the site.
STRATEGIES:
 Schedule ocular inspection to gather information on the current condition of the resettlement houses within the site through photo
documentation.
 Conduct short interviews on random homeowners on their current state of living in the community.
 To determine the concerns of the site’s residents and their pattern of behavior and activities which needs to be considered in the
enhancement of the site.
STRATEGIES:
 Gather information and concerns through a community interview/survey.
 Environment behavior study on the pattern of behavior of the people of Northville 5.
 To discern maintenance strategies that could be helpful for the improvement of the community’s waste management and disposal.
STRATEGIES:
 Determine the possible problems on waste disposal and drainage facilities in the community through conducting interviews/surveys.
 Observation during site visits.
 To determine suitable design strategies and approaches which will be beneficial to the improvement of the Northville 5 Resettlement
Housing Project.
STRATEGIES:
 Research for new and/or effective design techniques and methods of integrating sustainable architecture on the enhancement of
housing projects in a tropical country through browsing secondary resource materials regarding both topics.
 Conduct case studies to compare different housing projects in the Philippines and determine the weaknesses of the selected site from
the others.
D. SCOPE AND LIMITATION
Scope of the Study
The researchers shall provide and focus on data gathering only for the following stated below:
 the feasibility of improving the design of the NHA standard housing models.
 the economical efficiency and utilization of materials in the existing housing units in Northville 5.
 the necessary spaces needed by the relocated families, in order to identify existing faults and inadequacies in the current
designs of housing development projects in the country.
 the benefits that the redevelopment could give to its host community, including their need for livelihood and sustenance.
Limitations of the Study
Only the totality of Northville 5 Subdivision will be documented in this study, other government housing projects will not
be considered and will be excluded in the research. Furthermore, because of the difficulty in contacting and communicating with the
offices in the Municipality of Bocaue, Bulacan, there are certain limitations and hindrances in the collection of information about the
housing project since there are also some restrictions in the collection of data due to confidential reasons. Because of this, there may
be inaccuracies in the perceived population of residents in this study, and information from residents’ survey, and some interview of
lower ranking officials will be the primary basis of the data gathered which would likewise influence the outcome of the research.
E. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study will be beneficial to:
a) NORTHVILLE 5 COMMUNITY
This study would be beneficial to the residents of Northville 5 Resettlement Area as it can provide them information
about their community and on how it can be developed into a more sustainable and independent community through proper
analysis of its strengths and faults. Community empowerment through the provision for the studied and cited needs of
people will benefit the population, affording them a healthy and fulfilling life.
b) NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY (NHA)
Since this study explores the current housing condition of Northville 5 Resettlement Area, this study would be
beneficial to the National Housing Authority (NHA) and other government organizations in the country as this may serve as
a guideline on what could be improved in the design and construction of such housing developments for the Filipinos.
c) LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF BATIA, BOCAUE, BULACAN
This study is mostly advantageous to the locality of Batia, Bocaue, Bulacan, which is the location of the site as this
study could help alleviate community problems in the housing area through the redevelopment of the site. Furthermore,
information gathered in this book could help the community departments in future developments and evolution as well.
F. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
In developing a sustainable housing development, three aspects were cited, building up the totality of the whole concept for the
enhancement of the site. Namely, they are the physical, economic, and environmental sustainability, all having the same weight of
considerations.
G. METHODOLOGY
In order to conduct the study and gather specific data in an organized manner, the researchers provided a time table for the
activities required for the collection of outputs for the following objectives:
Objective Method Used Expected Output Agency/Person to Tap Time Frame
To collect general
information about the General information on National Housing
development of the project Data gathering Northville 5’s project Authority (NHA); 1 week
and the residents’ relocation Interviews development and Any government official
at the site. residents’ resettlement of Barangay Batia
To recognize the current Photos showing the
condition and determine the Ocular Inspections current condition of the Northville Community 2 weeks
potentials and development Interviews Northville 5 housing
issues within the site. project
To determine the concerns Interviews/Surveys
of the site’s residents and Environment Survey forms and Northville Community 1 week
their pattern of behavior Behavior Studies summary report
and activities. (EBS)
To discern maintenance
strategies that could be Site Visit Interview records and
helpful for the improvement Interviews notes; Site photographs Barangay Hall of Batia 2 weeks
of the community’s waste
management and disposal.
Second-hand information
To determine suitable design Research from books & other CAFA Library or any
strategies and approaches Case Studies research materials about other libraries 1 week
which will be beneficial to new design approaches
the improvement of the site. towards sustainability
H. DEFINITION OF TERMS
 ALTER/ALTERATION - Any change, addition, or modification in construction of occupancy.
 BUILDABLE AREA - The remaining space in a lot after deducting the required minimum open spaces.
 DWELLING UNIT - One or more habitable rooms which are occupied or which are intended or designated to be occupied by one
family with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating.
 HUDCC - Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council HGC - Home Guaranty Corporation
 LGUs - Local Government Units
 NHA - National Housing Authority
 RESETTLEMENT - the settlement of people in a different place.
 SHFC - Social Housing Finance Corporation
 SOCIALIZED HOUSING - refers to housing programs and projects covering houses and lots or homelots only undertaken by the
Government or the private sector for the underprivileged and homeless citizens which shall include sites and services development,
long-term financing, liberalized terms on interest payments, and such other benefits in accordance with the provisions of this act
(RA 7279)
I. REFERENCES
- Design Manual (NHA Standard Housing Mode) by National Housing Authority (NHA) - e-book
- https://psa.gov.ph/system/files/Shelter%20and%20Housing.pdf
- Socialized Housing Program by Chito Cruz; https://www.scribd.com/
- http://industry.gov.ph/industry/housing/
- http://www.nha.gov.ph/
CHAPTER TWO
1. PRESENTATION OF DATA
Figure 1- Population Growth and numbers of Residential Unit
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Based on the Census of population as of year 2015 the total Population of Northville V was 14,423 residents and having the
annual growth of 589 within five (5) years.
Total no. of residential lots (provided by the resettlement project) = 3,092 units
2. PROJECTED BENEFICIARIES
TARGET PEOPLE
Housing units targeted to benefit informal settler families particularly from Binan Rizal and Bocaue, Bulacan those are
the household dealing with the consequences of the development of land and converting it into a specific type of land purposes such as
the development of transportation networks, utilities, and infrastructure.
AVERAGE INCOME
The average income of every household of Northville V was range from 10,000 pesos and below. And also the same with
the annual monthly cost of the family members.

TYPE OF OCCUPATION
Most of the household occupations are tricycle and jeepney driver, sari-sari store owner and factory worker, the factory
located near the vicinity of the relocation site while other residences and mostly were a housewife.
NEED OF COMMUNITY
Based on the land use plan of Northville V located at Brgy. Batia, Bocaue, Bulacan the development provided specific
facilities and areas that can be used and allocated the different types of spaces such as commercial area, institutional, reactional and even
the community facility / open spaces to support what are the needs of community (Northville V) in performing and supporting the
different types of activities. However, the development of resettlement project didn’t consider some factors that will bring to increase the
quality of living and higher status of the economy between the place and users, with the use of all resources to lead the sustainable
approaches and application of technologies to provide flexible areas. The figure below shows what are the specific spaces and facility
that can be added within the vicinity.

Figure 2- Needs of Northville V

CAUSES OF FAILURE
Improper planning and poor implementation strategies have groomed serious problems of abscondment due to frustration
emanating from lack of financial transparency and unwarranted design variations during implementation. These attributes have a strong
bearing on escalation of project cost and have significantly contributed to growing number of unfinished buildings that appear as
architectural pollution to urban settings.
A. Limitations Caused by Contract Types
B. Project Managers & Unfinished Buildings
C. Quality control and Assurance & Unfinished buildings
D. Indemnity and Unfinished buildings
E. Incremental Design
F. Choice of Materials and sizing of structural members

Summary
 Acute weakness in the planning and implementation of building projects at household level exists.
 Roles played by Architects are marginalized and hijacked by Clients in avoiding professional fees.
 Architects’ failure to take aboard their Clients at design stage invites costly design changes or variations.
 Lack of financial transparency by the owners misleads Architects especially at the design stages
 Clients’ unwillingness to adopt cheaper building materials is a setback to acquisition of housing units
 Poor selection of structural systems and profiles of structural parts has a severe bearing on project cost
Design that allows for a phased construction is not preferred by architects and owners, but had it been adopted it could have reduced the
number of unfinished and unoccupied building sites in the urban setting which in return could have contributed considerably towards
reducing urban housing problems.

CHAPTER THREE
Name: Northville 5 Resettlement Project
Location: Brgy. Batia, Bocaue, Bulacan
Description: Northville V
Northville V Residences is located in Brgy.
Batia,Bocaue, Bulacan. Its total area for development is
about 19.3553 hectares with a total of 3,092 lots and
housing units targeted to benefit informal settler families
particularly from Binan Rizal and bocaue. The lots are
subdivided to 40 sq. m (4 m x 10 m) with an average
housing floor area of 22 square meters unit According to
the interview with the residences of Northville there are
families who gave only a lot allocation and fifty thousand
pesos to construct their dwelling units and installing their
own sources of electricity and water supply.
Figure 3- SITE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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The site was developed in 2010 and was inhabited during the late quarter of the said year. (See Figure 3- Site
Development Plan of Northville V Residences) The houses in Batia Residences are standard row houses. The housing unit is
expandable to 32 sq.m through utilizing the lot some houses have already converted their front yard to sari-sari stores and service
area.
Road and Drainage
Its land development features include concreting of the road network but without sidewalk and concrete curb and gutter
between units and road networks. The drainage system in the subdivision has been reinforced with concrete pipe drainage while other
blocks of dwelling unit with an expose drainage system.
Water and Electricity
The houses have individual lines for water connection using deep wells and nawasa as a source of water. The LGU is
currently working on establishing a supply of water through the Batia Water District. Meanwhile, the power supply in the site is serviced
by MERALCO through the developer.

Community Facilities
Northville V is accessible to the Barangay Hall which is approximately 400 meters away. A day care center, elementary
school, and high school with the health center are located at the center portion of the land use of the development, the place is also less
than 10-15 minutes walking distance from the commercial and community facility located near at the main entrance of the subdivision.
An also approximate 30 minute’s travel by public transportation from a public hospital, and closest Catholic Church. In addition to this,
there is also a proposed one (1) unit, covered court/livelihood center to assist the education of the children in the site and a venue for
parents to increase their livelihood productivity. The site is also accessible through the main Public market of Batia and two resettlement
project within the Batia such as the AFP/PNP and St. Martha.

DEMAND OF SPACES
BASIC SERVICES / FACILITIES

RESETTLEMENTS
Parks/
H
Multi- Playgrounds/
SITES & Road Water Power Transport
School Purpose Open spaces/ Market Chapel
L Circulation supply supply terminal
Ctr. Basketball
court
NV 5
Figure 4 – Status of Basic Facilities
LEGEND:
NORTHVILLE V COMPLETED WITH LOT ALLOCATIONS

LIVELIHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Job Formation
Coop
RESETTLEMENTS Ref and Health Peace
Skills Dev’t/ Credit Entrepreneurship Environmental
SITE And Strength and and
training Guids assistance Dev’t. Mgmt.
Plc. Ening g of Nutrition Order
formation
HOA
NV 5
Figure 5 – Status of socio-economic facilities
LEGEND:
NORTHVILLE V PARTIALLY IN PLACE ESTABLISHED AND CONTINUING

SPECIFICATION:
The building materials used in every unit of Northville 5 is composed of concrete hollow blocks for partition and walling,
corrugated roofing, jalousie window for living area and toilet, and some of the dwellings used the concrete louver blocks for
ventilation.
Unpainted lift channel purlins are installed between the 4” Thk Concrete hollow blocks used for walling off the
entire unit, without plaster cement and unfinished wall

CHB and it serve as the member support for roofing.
are mainly observed.

10mm Thk CHB is used in the firewall of the unit which
is not based on the standard measurement and without
the appropriate minimum distance of 0.30 meter beyond
the outermost edge of the abutting units based on the
Lift channel purlins and firewall connection, without law.
having inclined beams and roof beam to support the
eaves and walls.

Some of the dwelling units are used concrete louver
blocks as window type for a toilet.
The materials used for dwelling units are mainly
observed from the elevation such as solid wood panel
swing door, jalousie window,and concrete louver blocks.

AMENITIES:
The Chapel of Northville 5 (Our Lady of Fatima) is
located at the center portion of the vicinity it allows direct
and can be easily accessed within the residence of the community.

Northville V livelihood productivity and training
center is located at the main entrance of the resettlement area
and it is adjacent to the “tiangge” area and basketball court.

The main entrance of the Northville V wherein the
commercial area, open spaces, and community facilities are
located. The “tiangge” areas or stalls were built in between
the major road it’s usually operated at the afternoon up
to nighttime.

The Basketball court of subdivision, one of the recreational facility that can be used as a public space gathering and
performing related activities such as basketball, volleyball and other activities that can be done in this area by the residences.

One of the institutional facilities of the resettlement project in Northville V, the Batia Elementary School, and Batia High
School is located behind the chapel (Our Lady of Fatima).

ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGES:
Spaces/
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
Facilities
Dwelling Unit Good circulation of spaces, division of blocks and the Sub-standard building material and measurements.
frontage of the unit can access the minor road.
Tiangge No proper waste disposal and poor sanitary condition.
The “tiangge” area located adjacent to the commercial
(commercial Without proper design and treatment for the
and open spaces provided by the land use plan
area) environment.
The location of the facility was not directly accessible in
Basketball Providing a specific area in performing recreational
all residences of the Northville V particular to those who
Court activities
located at the ending block of the vicinity.
livelihood Providing specific facility/area that can be used in
Poor building design and lack of allotted spaces that can
productivity & enhancing or development of the residences and
be used for the purposes of the facility.
training center performance of the community.
It can be easily accessed by the residence of the
The chapel cannot be used and serves for different types
community because it was located at the center of the
Chapel of religion and beliefs because this church is not an
vicinity, supporting spiritual needs and development of
ecumenical chapel.
well-being.

Spaces/
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
Facilities
Without a specific area and location of the terminal so
Terminal Located and adjacent to the public spaces and where the
they occupying the minor road of the place/block were
(Tricycle) people usually gathered.
results to traffic and delay of activities.
Batia Cannot accommodate all the students of Northville V,
Providing institutional facility to attain educational needs
Elementary & shortage of classrooms and facilities in the different year
of the residence within the vicinity of the relocation site.
High School level.

EXISTING PROBLEMS ON SITE

1st day of site visit (February 20, 2019)
Exposed Drainage system along with

road networks. Unfinished dwelling unit. Rough flooring
Sub-standard roofing and firewall Without a roof beam and inclined beam Using an interior wall in firewall
connection between the eaves. to support the lift channel purlins.

2nd day of site visit (February 25, 2019)
Non-uniform building height between the Occupying the road as parking space of their
Unused dwelling units
rowhouses. vehicles and making the storage area of their
pieces of equipment.
Occupying sidewalk and constructing the

Making the unoccupied dwelling units
dwelling unit without the provision to the
for the storage room purposes Demount cover of the drainage system.
authority.

Abandon dwelling units. Occupying one lane of the major roads as Putting stall within the minor road.
public transportation terminal of a tricycle.
Without proper layout of pipe Installation

CHAPTER FOUR
1. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
Several improvements regarding environmental and economic considerations have been proposed and included in the design. Considering the
analysis existing preliminary design the following measurements were integrated:
ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES
 Possible natural cross ventilation integration of building and individual apartment units
 Improved building orientation
 Improved flooding protection
 Improved shading of building envelope via extended horizontal shading slaps
 Improved shading of building envelope via plantation alongside the elongated facades
 Improved day lighting through increased vertical window openings
 Limitation of number of residents per building for the benefit of social balance
 Integration of geographical hazard considerations
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ECONOMIC MEASURES
 Integration and consolidation of repetitive design elements
 Optimized ratio of areas for units to corridor infrastructure
 Design of rectangular rooms and shapes
 Design with continuous and coherent load distribution
 Design consideration of using ordinary construction materials
 Design of apartment units anticipating semi-finished condition
2. IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS
Improving the lives of the informal dwellers is socially and economically beneficial to society and the nation as a whole, through harmonious
urbanization, a synchronization and integration of all of the Earth’s assets, whether physical, cultural, historical, environmental, social or human.
 Security- The Northville V lacks security from its entry and exit points allowing potential threats to penetrate within the community. Also in
front of the site where the public market located that are commonly causes crowded.
 Parking Spaces- during the ocular visit we’ve noticed that the site doesn’t have any parking space for public and private use.
 Recreational Areas- That would promote a lively and interactive community. This will also encourage people to engage themselves in various
physical activities that will help improve their heath condition

 Material Recovery Facility- is a facility that receives coming led materials and then uses a combination of equipment and manual labor to
separate and density materials in preparation for shipment downstream to recyclers of the particular materials recovered.
 Central Market- providing a central market that will solve the scattered, unsanitize and congested wet and dry market in the site.
 Landscaping- Walking is one of their means of transportation by providing trees and plants this will encourage people in the community to
engage in physical activities.
3. RECOMMENDATION
With the presented architectural design concluded, it is recommended to remain with the currently proposed amount of apartment units, as an
increase of units may not lead to the anticipated cost reduction. It may also lead to increased population density with negative side effects such as
social conflict, misuse, and neglect of property. In case the Nexus Planning team and the planning team of the City of Santa Rosa wants to pursue the
realization of the building design as planned, the current architectural design needs for design verification of compliance with existing building
regulation codes, a structural engineering calculation and specifications, as well as MEP planning and specifications before obtaining the building
approval from the local building authorities and the construction drawing planning and documentation.

CHAPTER FIVE
MACRO SITE ANALYSIS
AREA ALLOCATION
GROSS AREA 193,553 sq.m 100%
SALEABLE AREA
RESIDENTIAL 127,715.50 sq.m 65.98%
COMERCIAL AREA 2,420 1.25%
ROAD LOT: 54,717.5 28.27%
10.00M. R.O.W. = 4,050 sq.m.
8.00M. R.O.W. = 8,240 sq.m.
6.50M. R.O.W. = 41,242 sq.m.
4.00M R.O.W. = 900sq.m.
3.00M R.O.W. = 285 sq.m.
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OPEN SPACE/ COMMUNITY 8,700 4.50%

FACILITIES
_____
100%
NO. OF RESIDENTIAL LOTS= 3,092
MINIMUM LOT AREA= 40.00sq.m.
DENSITY= 159 LOTS/ HA.

SWOT ANALYSIS
OPPORTUNITIES
STRENGTH
 Some spaces and lots could be used for future
 Active community improvement in the area
 Enough facilities  Green spaces
 Accessible amenities  Provision to amenities
Space that are related built near each other(such  Open areas in the site could be used to promote public
as the schools and commercial) interaction within the community.
WEAKNESSES THREATS
 Near at the factory of rubber.  air pollution
 The materials used in the housing unit is  traffic cannot be prevented due to narrow roads on the
sub-standard. major roads
 Small roads  can’t regulate traffic flow of vehicles during rush hours.
 Poor signal of mobile data  Existence of accident prone areas
 Exposed drainages  High risk of flooding because of low street level and
 Lack of amenities. improperly planned drainage system.

CONCLUSION
Planning a housing and human settlement or even a small housing unit is not an easy job. It takes a lot of time to design just a simple one.
Considering different factors like Standards, Zoning, Circulation and Sustainability and even the way of their living and culture, we should consider
it for us to know what are the strategies and approaches we’ll use. And which we all know architecture world is imposing now to save our mother
earth. Designing housing is really a serious thing, whenever you’ve decided to put up with another, you should carefully consider all those you’ve
done already, to ensure all those things should work out properly.
After Conducting the research and documentation, the following were recommended to be taken and followed carefully:
1. Design and Building Standards – Compliance to the building laws and standards should be strictly followed to ensure proper and good
design.
2. Sustainability – Use of green technologies should be used as much as possible. This will greatly help in reducing the earth current carbon
footprint and temperature.
3. Circulation – Proper planning should be strictly followed to be able to provide good and ample air and user circulation within the area of the
study.
4. Zoning – Clustering of spaces, areas and/or establishments should be carefully planned out. This is done to avoid user confusion due to
scattered spaces and to have good circulation

CHAPTER SIX
1. INTRODUCTION
The importance of this chapter is to show the community in a bigger picture on what they do inside their community and how they live every day.
This chapter also contributes a deeper understanding on what the NORTHVILLE V community is. Understanding the behaviour and role of involved
individuals also creates a different setting for the community with or without the presence of outsiders like tourists, medical volunteers or
government officials. Activities within the community suggest an overview on what spaces are needed to come up with a reasonable planning and
design for the community.
This chapter also tells the possible pros and cons of the study to make the study possible and realistic in nature. It will also show if there are
elements that can be helpful in achieving a better community setting for the community. The creation of a newer setting for they can lead to progress
as well as their culture’s development. Despite of new setups, it will be put into consideration that its goal is to preserve the community, physically
and culturally.
Lastly, this chapter contributes in concretizing the community in terms of planning and design of the community itself based on their needs in
terms of physical and cultural aspects.
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2. INTERRELATIONSHIP ANALYSIS:
Housing Unit
The diagram and matrix shows the relationship of spaces within a Housing unit.
Main Community
The diagram and matrix shows the relationship of spaces with the Community in Northville V. Open spaces are also seen to project the location of
the proposed development.
Community Church
The diagram and matrix shows the relationship of spaces within the Batak Community Church. A large congregation area has been provided
and is directly accessible to the entrance of the facility.
3. QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS:
FUNCTION GOALS FACTS CONCEPTS NEEDS PROBLEMS
People Mission: Community Assistance: The possibility of

Characteristics: uncontrolled people
To address the The need for
entering the
Community of • experiencing structures that will
community this might
Northville V based on adaptive failures due house people better as
cause a possible
their physical needs to physical and well as assistance to
infiltration or
that are geared cultural threats. medical needs and
trespassing inside the
towards their culture. daily supplies for the
community.
community
Relationships Livelihood: Security: Relation of visitors to The possibility to

the community: bring the community
• Part of their house Space territoriality of
into a possible disease
where use as a the community is not The need for defined
coming from
commercial definite but they places for public use
outsiders or visitors
establishment relied on natural such for community
boundaries created by meetings, volunteer
the natural missions and outreach
programs for the
Space Adequacy: environment itself. people.
• communal
• unidentifiable
community
boundaries
• establish personal
space for their houses
• Inside their houses,

spaces are small and
based to their physical
attributes.
Activities Individual Identity: Value of Potential Priority: Lot space and Space
Loss: requirements:
To strengthen culture • livelihood
and traditions inside • practice their culture The need to showcase
• Physical
the community outside their the culture and
survivability
proper. community for cash tradition inside the
earnings. community proper as
Privacy:
well as education
To have a sense of among the people.
privacy despite of a Every people has a lot
communal approach size of 40sqm per

practiced by the family.
community.
FORM GOALS FACTS CONCEPTS NEEDS PROBLEMS
Site Physical Comfort: Site Analysis: Enhancement: Segregation:
To lessen stress inside • crowded • utilities to supply The need of defining

and outside the basic and additional territorial boundaries
• susceptible to floods
community necessities are yet to- of the community.
boundaries in terms of • can be reached on be-installed
Environmental and
necessary utilities foot
• landscaping to Site Cost Factors:
needed to comply
provide shed and
with their basic The need to provide
fresh air in the site.
necessities. basic and necessary
utilities for the
Community.
Environment Life Safety: Surroundings: Enhancement: Segregation:
To ensure the • surrounded by • utilities to supply The need of defining

community’s safety markets and grassland basic and additional territorial boundaries
through the efforts of necessities are yet to- of the community.
• exposed to natural
strategic planning of hazards such floods. be-installed Environmental and

settlements and Site Cost Factors:
• surrounded by
material-wise design.
rubber factory The need to provide
basic and necessary
utilities for the Batak
Community.
Quality Direction and Climate Analysis: Climate Control and The possibility to
Projected Image: Orientation: occur worse scenarios
• Seasonal rains are
over time such
To give identifiable evident. • relies to natural
landslides in the
and appropriate elements in their
• Warm and dry community due to
directions leading location for protection
during daylight while excessive rains and
towards their
cold during night other hazards brought
community as well as
by nature such floods.
to the main access
road.
ECONOMY GOALS FACTS CONCEPTS NEEDS PROBLEM
Initial Budget Extent of Funds: Clustered: Cost Estimate The development for
Analysis: the Community would
To further use funds community would
be by phase, which it
economically towards group themselves The need of donation
will require a lot of
maintenance of from specific tasks to for funding from
time and money to
utilities and materials earn money. Some government offices
accomplish the
inside the community. will make apply for like NCCA, NCIP,
development.
work or grow their and NHCP.
own business
Operational Costs Technology: Clustered: Operating Cost: The development for

the Community would
To use applicable and community would Through the city
economical group themselves government of Batia
will require a lot of
technology for the from specific tasks to Bocaue Bulacan
time and money to
development of the earn money. Some
accomplish the
Community will make apply for
development.
work or grow their
own business
Life Cycle Costs Maximum Return: Energy Source Cost: Energy Conservation: Operating Cost: The development for
the Community would
To ensure that the The community does They consume a lot of Through the city
Batak community have electricity and electricity due to lack government of Batia
have the capacity to their own water that of landscaping that Bocaue Bulacan in will require a lot of
generate income supplying the overall might help ease the line with “Green City time and money to
effectively out of the community. humid air in the Program”. accomplish the
development being community. development.
presented.
Return of Investment:
To ensure that the

proposed project for
the community is
reasonable
economically.
Maintenance and
Operating Cost:
To ensure that the

community have the
ability to maintain
utilities coming from
monetary income.
CHAPTER SEVEN
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
“A nation where families live together, thriving in vibrant, culturally diverse, and resilient communities”
Goals and Objectives
1. To be able to design a community housing development that possesses not only strength and beauty, but also function and
circulation by means of planning and designing.
2. To be able to impose sustainability to the building by means of green technologies, proper waste treatment and good planning.
3. To be able to design a structure that complies and abides with the building laws that pertains to housing developments and
establishments.
4. To create a structure that reflects not just itself but also emphasizes its location’s cultural and historical character in order to
promote unity and solidarity among its users.
5. To produce a design that will aid in optimizing the use of renewable and natural resources such as solar energy throughout the
building environment.
6. To promote an energy efficient building design by imposing it on the structure.
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7. To introduce Sustainable Architecture to the community housing development with the use of different technologies and
strategies in order to reduce its maintenance cost.
CONCEPT
Sustainable Housing
Sustainable architecture is a style that seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by efficiency and
moderation in the use of materials, energy, and development space and the ecosystem at large. Sustainable architecture uses a conscious
approach to energy and ecological conservation in the design of the built environment.
Energy efficiency over the entire life cycle of a building is the most important goal of sustainable architecture. Architects use
many different passive and active techniques to reduce the energy needs of buildings and increase their ability to capture or generate
their own energy. One of the keys to exploit local environmental resources and influence energy-related factors such as daylight, solar
heat gains and ventilation is the use of site analysis.
The idea of sustainability, or ecological design, is to ensure that our use of presently available resources does not end up having
detrimental effects to our collective well-being or making it impossible to obtain resources for other applications in the long run.
The factors that make the physical structure housing sustainable are:
 Type
 Size
 Shape
 Position, Orientation and Location
 Materials
 Construction
Dwelling type
Type refers to whether your home is an apartment in a block, an attached house (e.g. a row house), a semi-detached house, an
apartment or flat within a detached house, or a fully detached house. In general, an apartment is going to be much more sustainable,
because it has a smaller ecological footprint, than a detached house, even if it has the same floor area.
Dwelling size
The size of a dwelling significantly affects the size of its ecological footprint. House size affects the amount of materials and
embodied energy in a new house, as well as the amount of materials and embodied energy to maintain the house, and the amount of
energy used to heat, cool and light the house. Average home size varies throughout the world. The average new house in New Zealand is
a whopping 209m2 compared to the average UK home which is only 76m2 and in Hong Kong it is a meagre 45m2.
The larger the house, the more embodied energy it has. Embodied energy is the energy that was required to build the house
including the manufacture of all construction materials, components, fixtures and fittings.
The amount of energy required to heat a space is a also a function of the size of the space. Approximately 60% of the power used
in the average home is used for space heating. In theory halving the size of a house size will decrease your energy consumption by a
third.
The amount of energy used in a house is also a function of the number of people who live in it. In many western countries there
are fewer people living in houses than ever before. For example, the average household size in New Zealand decreased from 2.8 people
in 1981 to 2.4 people in 2006. It is projected to decrease still further to 2.3 by 2021. There are a number of reasons why average
household size has decreased and continues to do so. There was a trend throughout the twentieth century from larger, extended families
to smaller, nuclear families. Also, people live longer now on average and there has been an increase in the number of widows and
widowers living alone.
Housing construction and materials
The way a house is constructed and what it is constructed out of also affects the ecological footprint of the house. Construction
methods vary from place to place and they have evolved over time. The availability of materials locally and the prevailing climatic
conditions have traditionally had the largest part to play in the construction of long term shelters. Before the agrarian revolution humans
were always on the move. They made shelters out of a wide range of materials including wood, skins, canvas, snow, earth, ferns, grasses
and turf. Once humans started farming in the same place year after year they started to build permanent shelters. These shelters were
made out of materials found locally including wood, bamboo, straw, earth, grasses, mud, clay, stone, sand and cement. As technology
became more sophisticated construction techniques became more standardized but also more complex. The construction of permanent
homes went from being a skill that all people knew and practiced to being a specialist skill that you need to pay someone else to do. In
all parts of the world you can find wood-framed bungalows and the wood doesn’t necessarily come from anywhere near. An obvious
case in point is that most Inuit live in wood framed bungalows in places where no trees grow. Ideally building materials should be
locally quarried or grown.
The wood frame house is permeable, unlike a rammed-earth house for instance, and must have insulation added to increase its
thermal performance. A heavily insulated house, wood-framed or not, will be much warmer in winter and cooler in summer than a house
that isn’t. This means that it will take much less energy to heat or cool it to a comfortable temperature when necessary. The Passivhaus
standard describes one of the most energy efficient house construction methods.
House shape
House shape is predicated on a number of factors. However the fundamental rule is that a simple shape is much more sustainable
than a complex shape. Complex shapes use more materials and they are not as energy efficient because they have more surface area. The
shape that uses the least amount of materials is the circle. Traditional circular shelters include igloos, teepees, African mud brick huts,
yurts and British and European roundhouses. They were the shape of choice because they were strong, energy efficient, good for
ventilation and air circulation, less vulnerable in strong winds and they used the least amount of material in relation to floor area. After
circles, squares are the most efficient shape, then rectangles.
House location, position and orientation
The location, in terms of climate, is an important factor in the design, construction, and therefore sustainability, of the home.
Houses should always be designed to require the least amount of materials and resources as possible to suit their location.
Orient the house and windows to ensure it gets the most amount of winter sun. The house could also be positioned on the property
to get the most shelter from cold wind and summer sun.
BUILDING DESIGN GUIDELINES
Section 5. Technical Guidelines and Standards for Subdivisions In determining whether an economic and socialized housing shall be
allowed, the following guidelines shall be considered.
A. Site Criteria
1. Availability of basic needs
The prioritized basic needs cited earlier shall preferably be available with reasonable distance from the project site, but where
these are not available, the same shall be provided for by the developer.
2. Conformity with the Zoning Ordinance or Land Use Plan of the City/Municipality
Generally, housing projects should conform with the zoning ordinance of the city/municipality where they are located, thus, shall
be in suitable sites for housing. However, where there is no zoning ordinance or land use plan, the predominant land use principle and
site suitability factors cited herein shall be used in determining suitability of a project to a site. Furthermore, if the project is undoubtedly
supportive of other land uses and activities (e.g., housing for industrial workers) said project shall be allowed.
3. Physical Suitability
A potential site must have characteristics assuring healthful, safe and environmentally sound community life. It shall be stable
enough to accommodate foundation load without excessive site works. Critical areas (e.g., areas subject to flooding, land slides and
stress) must be avoided.
4. Accessibility
The site must be served by a road that is readily accessible to public transportation lines. Said access road shall conform to the
standards set herein of these Rules to accommodate expected demand caused by the development of the area. In no case shall a
subdivision project be approved without necessary access road/right-of-way constructed either by the developer or the Local
Government Unit.
B. Planning Considerations
1. Area Planning
Project design should consider not only the reduction of cost of development to a minimum but also the provision for possible
future improvement or expansion, as in the prescription of lot sizes, right-of-way of roads, open space, allocation of areas for common
uses and facilities. Land allocation and alignment of the various utilities (roads, drainage, power and water) of the subdivision shall be
integrated with those of existing networks as well as projects outside the boundaries of the project site, e.g. access roads set forth herein
and should follow the standard specifications of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
2. Site Preservation/Alteration
a. Slope
The finished grade shall have a desired slope to allow rain water to be channeled into street drains. Where cut and fill are
necessary, an appropriate grade shall be attained to prevent any depression in the area. Grading and ditching shall be executed in a
manner that will prevent erosion or flooding of adjoining properties.
b. Preservation of Site Assets
Suitable trees with a caliper diameter of 200 millimeters or more, shrubs and desirable ground cover shall be preserved. Where a
good quality top soil exists in the site, it shall not be removed and shall be preserved for finishing grades of yards, playgrounds, parks
and garden area.
c. Ground Cover
Grass, shrubs, plants and other landscaping materials used for ground cover shall be of variety appropriate for its intended use
and location. They shall be so planted as to allow complete and permanent cover of the area.
3. Easements
Subdivision projects shall observe and conform to the provisions of easements as may be required by:
a. Chapter IV, Section 51 of the Water Code of the Philippines on water bodies
b. National Power Corporation (NPC) on transmission lines
c. Fault traces as identified by PHIVOLCS per Resolution No. 515, series of 1992
d. Right-of-way of other public companies and other entities.
e. For projects abutting national roads (primary roads) adequate easement shall be provided for road including loading and unloading
as may be required by national/local government units.
f. Other related laws
4. Circulation
a. Depending on the classification of roads adjacent to the subdivision and the size of the project site, road network should result into a
hierarchy of functions and should define and serve the subdivisions as one integrated unit.
b. Roads complemented with path walk within the subdivision must be so aligned to facilitate movement within and in linking the
subdivision to the nearest major transportation route and adjacent property. Whenever there is/are existing roads within the project site
which shall be made part of the subdivision, these shall be improved in accordance with the standards set forth herein.
c. Streets should conform to the contours of the land as much as practicable.
d. Provisions of major street extension for future connection to adjoining developed and/or underdeveloped properties shall be
mandatory and integrated or aligned with existing ones, if any.
e. Streets shall be so laid out to minimize critical intersections such as blind corners, skew junctions, etc.5
f. Roads shall conform with civil work design criteria as per Section 10.B.3 of this rules and sound engineering practices.
C. Allocation of Area for Parks and Playgrounds
Area allocated for parks and playgrounds shall be mandatory for projects 1 hectare or above and shall be strategically located
within the subdivision project. Allocated areas for parks and playgrounds shall be non-alienable and no buildable for community hall but
buildable for basketball court. It shall be exclusive of those areas allocated for community facilities and shall vary according to the
density of lots and/or dwelling units in the subdivision, whichever is applicable, as shown below:
Table 1: Parks and Playgrounds Allocation
SOCIALIZED HOUSING
Density (No. of lots/DU*per hectare) Allocation (% of gross area for PP**)
150 and below 3.5%
151 – 160 4%
161 – 175 5%
176 – 200 6%
201 – 225 7%
Above 225 9%
In no case shall an area allocated for parks and playgrounds be less than 100 square meters. An addition of 1% increment for
every 10 or fraction thereof above 225.
The site shall not be subject to flooding nor situated in steep slopes. Sites potentially hazardous or dangerous to the health and
safety of users6 especially children, should be avoided, e.g., along rivers, near dumping site, etc.
Location of parks shall be based on hierarchy, accessibility and shall be free from hazards, risks, barriers, etc.
Table 2: Hierarchy of Roads
PROJECT SIZE RANGE (has) SOCIALIZED HOUSING
2.5 has. And below Major, minor, motor
court, path walk
Above 2.5 – 5 - do -
Above 5 - 10 - do -
Above 10 - 15 Major, collector, minor, Motor
court, path walk
Above 15 – 30 - do -
Above 30 - do -
D. Minimum Lot Area
The minimum lot area of various types of housing for economic and socialized housing project shall be as follows:
Note:
1. Saleable lots designated as duplex/single attached and/or row house lots shall be provided with housing components.
2. Price of saleable lots intended for single detached units shall not exceed 40% of the maximum selling price of the house and lot
package.
Table 3: Minimum Lot Area
TYPE OF HOUSING SOCIALIZED (SQ.M.)
a. Single detached 64
b. Duplex/single attached 48
c. Row houses 28
E. Lot Frontages
The minimum lot frontages for various types of housing both for economic and socialized housing projects shall be as follows:
Note:
For row houses, there shall be a maximum of 20 units per block or cluster but in no case shall this be more than 100 meters in length.
Table 4: Minimum Lot Frontage
Types of Housing/Lot Socialized Housing
1. Single detached 8m
a. Corner lot 8m
b. Regular lot 4m
c. Irregular lot 3m
d. Interior lot
2. Duplex/single attached 6m
3. Row house 3.5m
Setback/Yard
The minimum setback of dwelling unit both for economic and socialized housing project shall be as follows:
a. Front Setback 1.5 m.
b. Side yard 1.5 m (from the building line)
c. Rear yard 2.0 m.
d. Abutments May be allowed per requirements of the National Building Code of the Philippines
F, Length of Block
Maximum block length is 400 meters. However, block length exceeding 250 meters shall already be provided with a 2-meter
alley approximately at mid length.
G. Water Supply
Whenever a public water supply system exists, connection to it by the subdivision is mandatory. Each lot and/or living unit shall be
served with water connection (regardless of the type of distribution system). Water supply provided by the local water district shall be
potable and adequate. It shall be complemented supplemented by other sources, when necessary, such as communal well, which may be
located strategically for ease and convenience in fetching water by residents and at the same time not closer than 300 meters from each
other.
If public water supply system is not available, the developer shall provide for an independent water supply system within the
subdivision project. Minimum quantity requirement shall be 150 liters per capita per day.15 Each subdivision must have at least an
operational deep well and pump sets with sufficient capacity to provide average daily demand (ADD) to all homeowners provided a
spare pump and motor set is reserved. Likewise, required permits from the NWRB shall be obtained and standards of the Local Water
Utilities Administration (LWUA) shall be complied with.
If ground reservoir is to be put up, an area shall be allocated for this purpose (part of allocation for community facilities). The size
shall depend on volume of water intended to be stored. It shall be protected from pollution by providing buffer of at least 25 meters from
sources of pollution/contamination.
For elevated reservoir, structural design shall comply with accepted structural standards or the National Building Code of the
Philippines. The elevated reservoir or water tank capacity must be 20% average daily demand plus fire reserve. Alternative sources of
water supply may be availed of such as collected rain water and other devices with water impounding capacity.
Provision for fire protection shall comply with the requirements of the Fire Code of the Philippines. Whichever is applicable, the
Local Government Unit shall provide each community with fire hydrants and a cistern that are operational at all times.
For a multi-storey building, a water tank shall be provided if the height of the building requires pressure in excess of that in the
main water line. Capacity should be 20% average daily demand plus fire reserve.
H. Electrical Power Supply
When power is available within the locality of the project site, its connection to the subdivision is required. Actual connection,
however, may depend on the minimum number of users as required by the power supplier.
Provision of street lighting per pole shall be mandatory if poles are 50-meter distance and at every other pole if the distance is less
than 50 meters. Installation practices, materials and fixtures used, shall be in accordance with the provisions of the existing rules and
regulations of the National Electrical Code of the Philippines or the Local Electric Franchise Holder/Local Electric Cooperative or the
local utility company.
Electric bills shall be proportionately shouldered by the users prior to issuance of Certificate of Completion (COC) and turn over of
open space to Local Government Unit (LGU).
Sewage Disposal System
a. Septic Tank
The sewage disposal system shall be communal or individual septic tank conforming to the design standard of the Sanitation
Code of the Philippines.
b. Connection to Community Sewer System
Whenever applicable, connections shall be made to an approved public or community sewer system, subject to the requirements
and provisions of the Sanitation Code of the Philippines and other applicable rules and regulations with regard to materials and
installation practices.
9. Drainage System
The design of the drainage system of the subdivision shall take into consideration existing development of adjacent areas relative
to their impact/effect on its drainage system, if any. Further, it shall conform with the natural drainage pattern of the subdivision site and
shall drain into appropriate water bodies or public drainage system or natural outfalls. In no case shall drainage outfalls drain into a
private lot. Its layout shall conform with sound engineering design principles certified by a duly licensed civil/sanitary engineer. Drain
lines shall be of durable materials and approved installation practices. The minimum drainage system for economic and socialized
housing shall be concrete lined canal with load bearing cover.
In case of non-existence of drainage system in the locality, catchment area for drainage discharge shall be provided for and
developed by the owner/developer in consultation with local authorities or private entities concerned, to prevent flooding of adjacent
property. Moreover, said catchment area shall be made safe and maintained.
If applicable, underground drainage system shall be provided with adequate reinforced concrete pipes (RCP), catch basins,
manholes/inlets and cross drain for efficient maintenance. Minimum drainage pipe shall be 300 millimeters.
Garbage Disposal System
Garbage disposal shall be undertaken by the local government or in the absence thereof, by individual lot owners or homeowners
association, with proper observance of sanitary practices and methods.
Fire Firefighting
The Homeowners Association shall form fire brigade in collaboration with the barangay fire brigade. Water for firefighting shall
be part of the water supply requirements and shall comply with the requirements of the local/district fire unit of the Philippine National
Police.
BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS
Ceiling Heights
1) Minimum ceiling height for habitable rooms shall be measured from the finished floor line to the ceiling line. Where ceilings are
not provided, a minimum headroom clearance of 2.0 meters shall be provided.
2) Mezzanine floors shall have a clear ceiling height of not less than 1.80 meters above and below it, provided that it shall not cover
50% of the floor area below it.
Openings
Doors
a) A minimum of one entrance/exit shall be provided where the number of occupants is not more than 10 and 2 entrances/exits where the
number of occupants is greater than 10.
b) Doors shall have a minimum clear height of 2.0 meters. Except for bathroom and mezzanine doors which shall have a minimum clear
height of 1.80 meters.
c) Minimum clear widths of doors shall be as follows:
Main Door 0.80 m.
Service/Bedroom Doors 0.70 m.
Bathroom Door 0.60 m.
Windows
a) Rooms for habitable use shall be provided with windows with a total free area of openings equal to at least 10% of the floor area of
the room.
b) Bathrooms shall be provided with window/s with an area not less than 1/20 of its floor area.
c) Required windows may open into a roofed porch where the porch:
c.1 abuts court, yard, public street or alley, or open water course and other public open spaces;
c.2 has a ceiling height of not less than 2.0 meters.
Roofing
Roofing material that is impervious to water shall be provided.
e. Electrical Requirements
There shall be provided at least one light outlet and one convenience outlet per activity area.
Firewall
Whenever a dwelling abuts on a property line, a firewall shall be required. The firewall shall be of masonry construction, at least
150 millimeters or 6 inches thick and extend vertically from the lowest portion of the wall adjoining the living units up to a minimum
height of 0.30 meter above the highest point of the roof attached to it. The firewall shall also extend horizontally up to a minimum
distance of 0.30 meter beyond the outermost edge of the abutting living units.
A firewall shall be provided for duplex/single-attached units and at every unit for row houses. No openings whatsoever shall be
allowed except when the two abutting spaces of 2 adjacent living units are unenclosed or partially open, e.g. carports, terraces, patios,
etc.; instead, a separation wall shall be required.
DESIGN STRATEGIES
Design Considerations:
i. Aesthetics
ii. Green Architecture: Several green technologies will be used in designing the building to encourage sustainability upon
government buildings.
iii.Landscaping Design and Natural Ventilation: The arrangement of foliage, likewise, helps in the part of passive cooling in the
City Hall. Retaining the trees’ original locations makes the structure’s surrounding more natural and ecological.
iv. Circulation: The clustering of spaces and offices helps the users to circulate and roam around the building. Pathway surfaces are
also designed in for both people with disabilities and normal users.
v. Sustainable building design environment -friendly designs include, for example, designing rooms, facilities and amenities to
maximize the natural ventilation from the prevailing coastal winds. External screens can be fitted and used to shade windows from direct
sunlight. Ceilings can be well insulated to minimize heat transfer into rooms.
Design Strategies:
I. LOUVER
Louvers could and should move
depending on the time of year, and
thus the height of the sun.
It is an arrangement of
parallel, horizontal blades, slats, laths,
slips of glass, wood, or other material
designed to regulate airflow or light
penetration. Louvers are often used in
windows or doors in order to allow air or light in while keeping sunshine or moisture out. It is a framed opening, as in a wall, door, or
window, fitted with fixed or movable horizontal slats for admitting air and light and shedding rain. Louvers are often made of aluminum,
metal, wood, or glass. They may be opened and closed with a metal lever, pulleys, or through motorized operator. Louver systems serve
to improve indoor day lighting. Fixed mirrored louver systems can limit glare and of redirect diffuse light. Such louvers may be
integrated in between two panes of double glazing.
II. LANDSCAPING
Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area
of land, including:
1. living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly called gardening,
the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating
a beautiful environment within the landscape.
2. natural elements such as landforms, terrain shape and elevation, or bodies of
water; and
3. Abstract elements such as the weather and lighting conditions.
Landscaping requires expertise in horticulture and artistic design.
Construction requires study and observation. It is not the same in different parts of the world. Landscaping varies according to
different regions. Therefore, normally local natural experts are recommended if it is done for the first time. Understanding of the site is
one of the chief essentials for successful landscaping. Different natural features like terrain, topography, soil qualities, prevailing winds,
depth of the frost line, and the system of native flora and fauna must be taken into account.[2] Sometimes the land is not fit for
landscaping. In order to landscape it, the land must be reshaped. This reshaping of land is called grading.
Removal of earth from the land is called cutting while when earth is added to the slope, it is called filling. Sometimes the grading
process may involve removal of excessive waste (landfills), soil and rocks, so designers should take into account while in the planning
stage.
III. NATURAL ILLUMINATION AND PASSIVE COOLING
Passive cooling is a building design approach that focuses on heat
gain control and heat dissipation in a building in order to improve the
indoor thermal comfort with low or nil energy consumption. This approach
works either by preventing heat from entering the interior (heat gain
prevention) or by removing heat from the building. Natural cooling utilizes
on-site energy, available from the natural environment, combined with the
architectural design of building components rather than mechanical systems
to dissipate heat. Therefore, natural cooling depends not only on the architectural design of the building but on how the site's natural
resources are used as heat sinks (i.e. everything that absorbs or dissipates heat). Examples of on-site heat sinks are the upper atmosphere,
the outdoor air, and the earth/soil.
Protection from or prevention of heat gains encompasses all the design techniques that minimizes the impact of solar heat
gains through the building’s envelope and of internal heat gains that is generated inside the building due occupancy and equipment. It
includes the following design techniques.
i. Microclimate and Site Design:
By taking into account the local climate and the site context, specific cooling strategies can be selected to apply which are
the most appropriate for preventing overheating through the envelope of the building. The microclimate can play a huge role in
determining the most favorable building location by analyzing the combined availability of sun and wind. The bioclimatic chart,
the solar diagram and the wind rose are relevant analysis tools in the application of this technique.
ii. Solar Control:
A properly designed shading system can effectively contribute to minimizing the solar heat gains. Shading both
transparent and opaque surfaces of the building envelope will minimize the amount of solar radiation that induces overheating in
both indoor spaces and building’s structure. By shading the building structure, the heat gain captured through the windows and
envelope will be reduced.
iii. Building Form and Layout:
Building orientation and an optimized distribution of interior spaces can prevent overheating. Rooms can be zoned within
the buildings in order to reject sources of internal heat gain and/or allocating heat gains where they can be useful, considering the
different activities of the building. For example, creating a flat, horizontal plan will increase the effectiveness of cross-ventilation
across the plan. Locating the zones vertically can take advantage of temperature stratification. Typically, building zones in the
upper levels are warmer than the lower zones due to stratification. Vertical zoning of spaces and activities uses this temperature
stratification to accommodate zone uses according to their temperature requirements. Form factor (i.e. the ratio between volume
and surface) also plays a major role in the building’s energy and thermal profile. This ratio can be used to shape the building
form to the specific local climate. For example, more compact forms tend to preserve more heat than less compact forms because
the ratio of the internal loads to envelope area is significant.
iv. Thermal Insulation:
Insulation in the building’s envelope will decrease the amount of heat transferred by radiation through the facades. This
principle applies both to the opaque (walls and roof) and transparent surfaces (windows) of the envelope. Since roofs could be a
larger contributor to the interior heat load, especially in lighter constructions (e.g. building and workshops with roof made out of
metal structures), providing thermal insulation can effectively decrease heat transfer from the roof.
v. Behavioral and Occupancy Patterns:
Some building management policies such as limiting the number of people in a given area of the building can also
contribute effectively to the minimization of heat gains inside a building. Building occupants can also contribute to indoor
overheating prevention by: shutting off the lights and equipment of unoccupied spaces, operating shading when necessary to
reduce solar heat gains through windows, or dress lighter in order to adapt better to the indoor environment by increasing their
thermal comfort tolerance.
vi. Internal Gain Control:
More energy-efficient lighting and electronic equipment tend to release less energy thus contributing to less internal heat
loads inside the space
IV. SOLAR PANELS
Photovoltaic solar panels absorb sunlight as a source of energy to
generate electricity. A photovoltaic (PV) module is a packaged, connect
assembly of typically 6x10 photovoltaic solar cells. Photovoltaic modules
constitute the photovoltaic array of a photovoltaic system that generates and
supplies solar electricity in commercial and residential applications.
Each module is rated by its DC output power under standard test
conditions (STC), and typically ranges from 100 to 365 Watts (W). The efficiency of a module determines the area of a module given the
same rated output – an 8% efficient 230 W module will have twice the area of a 16% efficient 230 W module. There are a few
commercially available solar modules that exceed efficiency of 24%
V. SOLAR LAMP POST
A solar lamp also known as solar light or solar lantern, is a lighting system
composed of an LED lamp, solar panels, battery, charge controller and there may
also be an inverter. The lamp operates on electricity from batteries, charged through
the use of solar photovoltaic panel.
Solar-powered household lighting can replace other light sources like
candles or kerosene lamps. Solar lamps have a lower operating cost than kerosene
lamps because renewable energy from the sun is free, unlike fuel. In addition, solar
lamps produce no indoor air pollution unlike kerosene lamps. However, solar lamps
generally have a higher initial cost, and are weather dependent.
Solar lamps for use in rural situations often have the capability of providing
a supply of electricity for other devices, such as for charging cell phones. American
investors have been working towards developing a $10 / unit solar lantern for replacement of kerosene lamps.
Components of a solar panel lamp:
 Solar Panels
Solar panels are made out of silicon, a semiconductor material. A solar cell has two different layers of silicon. The lower layer
has less electrons and hence has a slight positive charge due to the negative charge nature of electrons. In addition, the upper
layer has more electrons and has slightly negative charge. A potential barrier is created between these two layers.
 Battery
A battery is usually housed within a metal or plastic case. Inside the case are electrodes including cathodes and anodes where
chemical reactions occur. A separator also exists between cathode and anode which stops the electrodes reacting together at the
same time as allowing electrical charge to flow freely between the two. Lastly, the collector conducts a charge from the battery to
outside.
 Charge Controller
This section controls the entire working systems to protect battery charge. It ensures, under any circumstances including
extreme weather conditions with large temperature difference, the battery does not overcharge or over discharge and damage the
battery even further.
This section also includes additional parts such as light controller, time controller, sound, temperature compensation, lighting
protection, reverse polarity protection and AC transfer switches which ensure sensitive back-up loads work normally when outage
occurs.

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Redevelopment of Northville V Subdivision and Resettlement CASTILLO | CASTRO | ESGUERRA |

Area through a Sustainable and Community Sensitive Approach MENDIOLA | MENDOZA

rights of each family as the basic structure of society.

Keywords: humanizing resettlement housing, sustainable communities

ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

electricity, water, drainage and health services.

B. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

transferred to a new residence.

site and gathering enough information about the subject matter.

future design development of the study’s site:

in resettlement areas through architecture?;

within the chosen site?;

general well being of its community?

enhancement of the site.

 Gather information and concerns through a community interview/survey.

 Environment behavior study on the pattern of behavior of the people of Northville 5.

 Observation during site visits.

D. SCOPE AND LIMITATION

Scope of the Study

designs of housing development projects in the country.

Limitations of the Study

E. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study will be beneficial to:

b) NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY (NHA)

c) LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF BATIA, BOCAUE, BULACAN

Objective Method Used Expected Output Agency/Person to Tap Time Frame

information about the General information on National Housing

at the site. residents’ resettlement of Barangay Batia

To recognize the current Photos showing the

potentials and development Interviews Northville 5 housing

issues within the site. project

To determine the concerns Interviews/Surveys

their pattern of behavior Behavior Studies summary report

and activities. (EBS)

strategies that could be Site Visit Interview records and

of the community’s waste

management and disposal.

which will be beneficial to new design approaches

the improvement of the site. towards sustainability

family with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating.

 LGUs - Local Government Units

 NHA - National Housing Authority

 RESETTLEMENT - the settlement of people in a different place.

 SHFC - Social Housing Finance Corporation

- Socialized Housing Program by Chito Cruz; https://www.scribd.com/

Figure 1- Population Growth and numbers of Residential Unit

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annual growth of 589 within five (5) years.

the development of transportation networks, utilities, and infrastructure.

the annual monthly cost of the family members.

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that can be added within the vicinity.

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Figure 2- Needs of Northville V

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architectural pollution to urban settings.

A. Limitations Caused by Contract Types

B. Project Managers & Unfinished Buildings

C. Quality control and Assurance & Unfinished buildings

D. Indemnity and Unfinished buildings

F. Choice of Materials and sizing of structural members

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reducing urban housing problems.