Republic of the Philippines

Eastern Visayas State University

Tacloban City

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED DISCIPLINE

ASSIGNMENT
In

ARCH 443
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE III

“REACTION PAPER”

SUBMITTED BY:
LUCERO, RALPH DANIEL A.
BSAR 4A

SUBMITTED TO:
AR. HERVY G. CATILOGO,uap
Instructor

Date:
March 14, 2019

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER PAGE………………………………………………………………………….......1

TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………………………………2

TOPIC NO. 01 - GUIDELINES FOR THE UIA ACCORD

 SUMMARY OF THE TOPIC……………………………………………....3-4

 REACTION………………………………………………………………….5-6

TOPIC NO. 02 - APEC ARCHITECTS’ OPERATIONS MANUAL

 SUMMARY OF THE TOPIC………………………………………………7-8

 REACTION………………………………………………………………….9

TOPIC NO. 03 - ASEANS ARCHITECT OPERATIONS MANUAL

 SUMMARY OF THE TOPIC………………………………………………10-11

 REACTION………………………………………………………………….12

TOPIC NO. 04 - SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES OF THE ARCHITECT

 SUMMARY OF THE TOPIC……………………………………………….13

 REACTION…………………………………………………………………..14s

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 GUIDELINES FOR THE UIA ACCORD ON RECOMMENDED INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM IN ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE POLICY
ON ETHICS AND CONDUCT

The topic has four (4) principles.

The first principle is about the General Obligations, it stated that

 All Architects, shall have integrity in everything that they say or do in their capacity
as members of a liberal profession.

 All Architects shall possess a systematic body of knowledge and theory of the arts,
science, and business of architecture developed through education, examination,
training, continuing professional development and experience. This process must
assure the public that, when an Architect is appointed to perform professional
services, that has met the required standards.

The Policy of the UIA is that these standards must be founded on a minimum period
of five years’ full-time architectural education at university level (or equivalent), followed
by a minimum of two years’ full time (or equivalent) professional practice experience so
as to enable the provider properly to perform all architectural services expected of a
provider on entry to the architectural profession.

All Architects shall also maintain and advance their knowledge of the art and science
of architecture, respect the body of architectural accomplishment, contribute to its
growth, and give precedence to learned and independent professional judgement over
any other motive in the pursuit of the art, science, and business of architecture.

The second principle is about Obligations in the Public Interest. In the interests of the
public Architects must observe both the letter and the spirit of the laws governing their
professional activities and the work and services for which they are responsible. They
must protect the health, safety and welfare of the public, and take account of the social
and environmental impact of their professional activities in the implementation of such
work and services. Above all, it is the duty of all Architects to respect the needs of society
and to embrace the quality and sustainability of the built and natural environments.

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 The third principle is about the Obligations to the Client. All Architects owe their clients
a duty to carry out their work or services faithfully, conscientiously, competently, in a
professional manner, and with independence, impartiality and integrity using care, skill
and due diligence. All Architects shall at all times exercise independent unprejudiced and
unbiased judgement. They shall have regard to all relevant technical and professional
standards when performing all professional services. Independent, impartial, learned
and professional judgement should take precedence over any other motive in the pursuit
of the art, science, and the business of architecture.

And lastly, the fourth principle is about the Obligations in the Interests of the
Profession. All Architects shall have an obligation to uphold the independence,
impartiality, professional secrecy, integrity and dignity of the profession, and shall
conduct themselves in a manner that respects the legitimate rights and interests of others
and in addition have an obligation to acknowledge the professional aspirations and
contributions of their colleagues and to respect their rights. All Architects shall also
acknowledge the contribution made to their work or services by others such as, for
example, staff, the client, urban planners, landscape architects, other architects,
multidisciplinary professional firms or companies, artists, interior designers, structural
and technical services engineers, construction economists, specialist suppliers,
specialist contractors, contractors and others in the project team.

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 This topic may have some contribution of importance in some factors like economic
growth, social progress and cultural development. First, I am going to express my opinion
about the contribution of importance of this topic in terms of economic growth in our
country. When we say economic growth, it is an increase in the inflation-adjusted market
value of the goods and services produced by an economy over time. You see, when an
Architect is knowledgeable enough or he/she possessed an advanced knowledge in the
field of architecture this helps the architect’s growth, and to give precedence to learn and
to be an independent professional to give judgement over any other motive in the pursuit
of the art, science, and business of Architecture. Because of this, the business in
architecture will bloom amidst all crisis in our country when the Architects will show what
they’ve got, propagate some ideas that is in trend in the world of architecture and to
practice also the correct ethics and conducts so that the clients will give their trust more
to the Architects whenever they have some buildings they want to build.

Second is about the contribution of importance in terms of social progress. Social

progress is the idea that societies can or do improve in terms of their social, political, and
economic structures. Based on this guidelines, it is stated that,” above all, it is the duty
of all Architects to respect the needs of society and to embrace the quality and
sustainability of the built and natural environments”. The field of architecture is a great
contribution and also a great help when it comes to social progress because the
Architects possessed the knowledge and has been studying community architecture
during their education. And also by innovating some ideas that will meet the needs of
community that can help the community progress more when it comes in developing
economic structures.

Third is about the contribution of importance in terms of cultural development. The

meaning of cultural development is the interest in exploiting, improving, understanding
of and showing respect for different faiths and cultural diversity and the extent to which
they understand, accept and celebrate diversity as shown by their tolerance and attitude
towards religious, ethnic and socio-economic groups in the local, national and global
communities. It is stated above that, “All Architects shall at all times exercise independent
unprejudiced and unbiased judgement. They shall have to all relevant technical and
professional standards when performing all professional services. Independent,
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impartial, learned and professional judgement should take precedence over any other
motive in the pursuit of the art, science, and the business of architecture”. Commonly,
Architects are known as designers and planners of a structure but let us not limit the field
of architecture in these things. Architects can also restore some historical landmarks and
sites by considering the culture, beliefs and other aspects helps the cultural heritage to
improve and also to be preserved.

In general, all of the principles that these guidelines had tackled are implying that all
Architects should perform their jobs well by observing and performing the proper conduct
in regards to their scope of work and also by considering the needs of the community.
Impractical and illegal practices shall not be tolerated because this could cause a havoc
in the profession of Architecture.

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 APEC ARCHITECTS’ OPERATIONS MANUAL

The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation is an international forum composed of

twenty-one member economies with the objective to act collectively to promote economic
and technical cooperation within Asia-Pacific region. Its purpose is “to sustain the growth
and development of the region for the common good of its people”.

The manual sets out the organizational structure of the APEC Architect framework
and the rules and criteria that underpin its operation.

THE APEC ARCHITECTURE FRAMEWORK

 The APEC Architecture Project is a based on a framework agreed to by

participating economies. In essence this involves:

o Participating economies

o A standard for being an APEC Architect, agreed to by participating

economies.

o The online register of APEC Architect, provided in section by participating

economies.

o Overall governance provided by a central council that typically meets every

two years

o Administrative monitoring committees within each participating economy

o An operating manual that lays out the projects rules and procedures

o A secretariat that provides administrative services

THE STANDARD FOR BEING AN APEC ARCHITECT

 An APEC Architect is a person who is registered, licensed or otherwise

professionally recognized as an architect in a participating economy, and whose
name is enrolled on a section of the APEC Architect Register maintained by that
economy.

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  Participating economies have agreed to a set of requirements and standards that
must be met by an architect from any participating economy to be accepted and
recorded as an APEC Architect.

The APEC Architect criteria is based on:

 A recognized architectural education

 A minimum period of post graduate to practical experience with specified

 Architects deemed by their monitoring committees to fulfill these

requirements are eligible for registration as an APEC Architect.

REGISTRATION AS AN APEC ARCHITECT

I. APEC ARCHITECT REGISTRATION CRITERIA

• Architectural education

• Fulfillment of period of pre-registration or pre licensing experience for

recognition as an architect in a home economy

• Fulfillment of registration/licensing requirements for recognition as an

architect in a home economy

• Professional practice as a registered/licensed architect

II. ENTITLEMENT TO REGISTRATION

• Admission to APEC Architect Register

• Maintaining APEC Architect Registration

• Acquired rights

III. THE COMPETENCE OF AN APEC ARCHITECT

• An APEC Architect must be competent to create architectural designs

• An APEC Architect must be competent to translate a design concept into

built form

• An APEC Architect must be competent in the practice of architecture

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 The purpose of APEC as stated above is “to sustain the growth and development
of the region for the common good of its people”. My reaction to this topic is that being an
APEC Architect is quite noble because of their sole purpose. But becoming an APEC
Architect is not easy. The APEC Architects had set a registration criterion, entitlement to
registration, and the competence of an APEC Architect. But does it have what it takes to
contribute to the economic growth, social progress, and cultural development? For me,
yes, the APEC Architects can also contribute in terms of the said factors by their motives
and with their objective to act collectively to promote economic and technical cooperation
within Asia-Pacific Region. Based on what I have learned in this topic, there is an
operating manual that lays out projects rules and procedures. Therefore, the APEC
Architects has its own projects and job opportunities that helps the economic growth of
an economic country, of course, social progress and cultural development are subsumed
in the projects.

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 ASEANS ARCHITECT OPERATIONS MANUAL

This topic is all about the ASEAN Agreement on Mutual Recognition Arrangement
(MRA) on Architectural Services was signed by the ASEAN Economic Ministers on 20
November 2007. The Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) on Architectural Services
will facilitate the mobility of architectural professionals within ASEAN and enhance
information exchange in order to promote adoption of best practices on standards of
architectural education, professional practices and qualifications.

The main objective for the agreement is to conform to the spirit of ASEAN co-
operations based on fair distribution of resources and benefits through collaborative
research and set standards and commitment of technological transfer in architecture
among ASEAN Member Countries.

ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEANS)

• Is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising ten countries

in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and
facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational,
and sociocultural integration among its members and other countries in Asia. It
also regularly engages other countries in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

What is ASEAN for?

 Accelerate economic growth, social progress, and cultural development

 Promote regional peace and stability

 Promote active collaboration and mutual assistance in economic, social, cultural,

technical, scientific and administration

Objectives:

 To promote cooperation in trade and economic growth and promote peace and
stability in the region.

 To exchange information in order to promote adoption of best practices on

standards of architectural education, professional practice and qualifications;

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  To conform to the spirit of ASEAN co-operations based on fair distribution of
resources and benefits through collaborative researches; and

 To encourage, facilitate and establish mutual recognition of Architects and set up

standards and commitment of technological transfer among ASEAN Member
Countries.

ASEAN Purposes and Aims:

 The ASEAN Declaration states that the aims and purposes of the Association are:
(1) to accelerate the economic growth, social progress and cultural development
in the region through joint endeavors in the spirit of equality and partnership in
order to strengthen the foundation for a prosperous and peaceful community of
Southeast Asian nations, and (2) to promote regional peace and stability through
abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries
in the region and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter.

 In 1995, the ASEAN Heads of State and Government re-affirmed that “Cooperative
peace and shared prosperity shall be the fundamental goals of ASEAN.”

AS OF TODAY,

THE ARCHITECT THAT WANT TO BE AN ASEAN ARCHITECT:

• 52 of them who applied in 2013 and only 40 were approved in July this year. This
is barely one percent of around 38,000 licensed architects in the country.

• THE Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) listed a total of 40 ASEAN

architects who can now practice their profession not only in the country but also
anywhere in the region.

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 Being an ASEAN Architect has its own perks like having lots of opportunity that may
help “Accelerate the economic growth, social progress, and cultural development” of an
economic country as stated above in the summary of the report. When it comes to
economic growth, being an ASEAN Architect is a great help because of the services that
the ASEAN Architect may offer not only in his/her country but also in other economic
countries. And as for social progress, the options on how a certain community may
improve their economic structures will not be limited to the local Architects only. Like for
example, after the typhoon Yolanda left the Province of Leyte devastated, some architects
made a collaboration in our country to produce and design some solutions about typhoon
proof houses and they helped design some settlements to improve the life of the
community in their new built environment. And for the cultural development, this is also a
new opportunity for the foreign architects to study different cultures and to understand
more about the origin of the culture and the history of their architecture from one country
to another. Because of this, by exploring the culture of a different country the ASEAN
Architect can understand more about the culture of that country and this may lead into
helping the country’s social progress because the ASEAN Architect will know what to do
when he/she designs a plan for the community. And because of that job this will also
contribute to the economic growth of the country.

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 SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES OF THE ARCHITECT

THE EXPANDED ROLE OF THE ARCHITECT IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

A. PRE- DESIGN SERVICES

B. ALLIED SERVICES

PRE-DESIGN SERVICES

• Consultation

• pre-feasibility studies

• feasibility studies

• site selection and analysis

• site utilization and land-use studies

• architectural research

• architectural programming

• space planning

• space management studies

• value management

• design brief preparation

• promotional services

ALLIED SERVICES

• Architectural Interiors

• Landscape Architecture

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 My opinion about this topic is that by following the pre-design services the Architect
can aid the client to choose wisely and to be wise enough in making a decision when it
comes to pursuing the project. The Architect can also help the client to choose a proper
site for the project. Social progress and cultural development is evident because the
Architect prepares a detailed analysis of the site in the Site Utilization and Land-Use
Studies. This involves the identification of the site’s development potentials through the
proper utilization of land. The analysis covers the context of the site as well as that of its
surrounding environment and the development controls that apply to the site and its
environs. The Architect can also identify through intensive research if the project has a
good or bad effect to the culture of the community nearby and can properly advise the
client on the possibilities that may occur in the project if the client pursue the project. And
as for the cost of the project it is best to employ the Value Management. This technique
is applied in the Cost Management process to minimize the negative effect of simplified
operation associated with many cost reduction programs. The goal of Value Management
is to achieve an unimpaired program at minimum cost. Thus, a plan, design or system
that has been successfully value –managed will satisfy the same performance criteria as
the costlier alternatives. Hence, when an Architect accustom itself into employing the
supplemental services of the Architect, many clients will entrust their projects more to the
professional architects with the help of the allied services. Therefore, the business of
architecture will escalate in the market and it will also contribute in the economic growth
of the country.

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