La Consolacion College – Bacolod City

School of Architecture, Fine Arts & Interior Design

THESIS WRITING

PROPOSAL: AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS CENTER

NAME: JULES T. ALON

SOURCE LOGBOOK:

1. The Kenyan perspective on adoption of green concept in biodiversity conservation: Case of

Nairobi, Kenya | JBES
2. Modelling the combined effects of habitat heterogeneity and roads on landscape functional
connectivity in a Mediterranean forest carnivore
3. https://urbanizingwatersheds.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/danao_madonna_finalreport.pdf
4. Blending Architecture with Nature: the Old Man in The Mountain
5. Low forest cover in the Philippines : Issues and responses at the community level
6. Deep Ecological Awareness is Spiritual Awareness.pdf
7. RA 545 - Architecture law
8. RA 1378 - Plumbing Code of the Philippines
9. Fire Code of the Philippines
10. Architectural Code of the Philippines
11. RA 10587_Environmental Planning
12. Republic Act No 9053 Practice of Landscape Architecture in Philippines
13. PD 1096 - National Building Code (N.B.C.)
14. PD 1216 - Defining Open Space
15. PD 1308 - The Law Institutionalize the Environmental Planning Profession (1993)
16. Wildlife Conservation Park Thesis
17. Biophilia: an Ecological Park, Guintubdan, La Carlota
18. Wildlife Conservation Center Thesis
19. Agritecture: Fusion of Architecture and Agriculture
20. http://klehm.org/our-trees/about-the-arboretum/#.XSgmQugzZhE
21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse
22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretation_centre
23. https://www.bgci.org/resources/bgs_in_conservation/
24. https://www.esf.edu/ere/endreny/GICalculator/BioswaleIntro.html
25. Katsuyuki KATAYAMA & Amelita C. LUNA, Introduction of Agroforestry in the Philippines, 1998
26. Peter Walpole, Low forest cover in the Philippines : Issues and responses at the community
level, http://essc.org.ph/content/lview/579/1/
27. http://www.economywatch.com/agriculture/development.html
28. "The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision" by Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi.)(2014)
29. Zero_Aqua_Waste_Management
30. Un-dissociating_architecture_and_agricululture.pdf
31. Urban_and_Peri-urban_Agroforestry_as_Multifunctional_Landuse
32. CO2FIX model: A tool for estimating carbon sequestration potential of any agroforestry systems
33. http://new.forestfoundation.ph/public-parks-open-green-spaces-guidebook
34. https://www.yankodesign.com/2019/07/04/architectural-designs-that-focus-on-humans-and-
nature-alike
35. https://growagoodlife.com/vegetables-that-grow-in-shade/
36. Resource management for upland areas in Southeast Asia
37. R&D Status on Agroforestry and Multipurpose Trees and Shrubs
38. Agroforestry Farming Practices in Leyte and Implications for System Design
39. An innovative agroforestry system for food and fuel production
40. Traditional Agroforestry Systems
41. Agriculture Development by Integrating an Architectural Solution
42. http://www.canlaoncity.gov.ph/about_canlaon_city
43. Design, construction and maintenance of small farm reservoirs
44. 10 Features of a Philippine future farm
45. Farm Management.pdf
46. Innovative Markets for Sustainable Agriculture
47. https://www.pps.org/article/tencharacteristics-2
48. https://issuu.com/jeffreyyip/docs/thesisbook
49. Local_Foods_and_Public_Markets.pdf
50. https://issuu.com/amishpatel/docs/arch_5999_thesis_booklet
51. A Restaurant & Public Markets.pdf
 La Consolacion College – Bacolod City
School of Architecture, Fine Arts & Interior Design
THESIS WRITING

PROPOSAL: AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS CENTER

NAME: JULES T. ALON

JUSTIFICATION:

I have chosen this thesis problem because of the fact that an Agricultural Business Center is
a mix of Agriculture & Business, this dualism of form of market that focuses on the economy of
a certain location while it deals on the production of food and services. It really caught my eye
because they balance each other in a way without production there’s no consumption, likewise
the other way around. With the right planning & design I attempt to obtain that interconnectivity
within that two aspects of the market. But unlike anything else this proposal seeks to exhibit
ecological awareness. Ecological awareness is a study between relationships of living organisms
and their natural environment that cause minimal impact on its ecosystem. In the same way that
an Agricultural Business Center that has a woven interdependence within their spaces, with
every space has a function, with every form there’s connection.

This proposal focuses on sustainable agricultural methods mainly on agroforestry. It seeks to

influence farmers & farm owners the advantages of this method, and intends to remove the old
systems of agriculture like the “kaingin system” the slashing and burning of trees. Instead
agroforestry provides increased biodiversity and reduced soil erosion among crops and
pasturelands. It also increases the crop yields of the narrow fields. It shows a way that with
proper agricultural methods there’s no need of slashing and burning of trees.