Kamangyanidad: A Self-sustaining Community Complex Integrating Centralized Cultural Adaptive Housing for

Mangyans in Occidental, Mindoro.

FRANCISCO, John Clemilson P.

Technological Institute of the Philippines

Manila

September 2022
CHAPTER 1: PROJECT BACKGROUND

THE PROJECT

Across the ages, a tribal group of eight communities in Mindoro also called Mangyans mainly Bangon,
Alangan, Taubuhid, Buhid, Tadyawan, Ratagnon, Iraya, and Hanunuo have suffered displacement,
cultural degradation, and dispossession, which influence their access to health services, cultural
distinctiveness, native dignity, education and daily living needs which is a common problem to
Indigenous societies over the world. The Mangyan population today ranges from 100,000 to 280,000 or
is estimated from 7.5% to 21% of the total population of Mindoro, these population rate stems from
uncertainty due to the remoteness of many families and communities.

Mangyans nowadays support their needs by providing foods with the use of a shifting land or also
known as swidden-framing as described by Harold Conklin, Swidden-framing or “kaingin” is shifting
cultivation of land normally by firing bushes, trees, and plants as the technique to clearing out the areas
and leaving the field fallow for two to four years before planting. In response to the arising enigma of
protecting the ecosystem and environment aside from outdated and ineffective strategy, this farming
method or cultivating the land is not tolerable according to the modern agriculturist since it directly
affects the destruction of forest reserves, local dwellings, and deterioration of lands soils and eventually
pollution of water.

Embodied in the Mangyan culture are the health systems being practiced today that need proper
medical assistance to promulgate a lively and safe life. According to the report of the International Fund
for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in 2012 by Jacqueline K. Cariño, from Cordillera People’s Alliance
of the Indigenous rights group, Cariño connotes the poor nutrition status rate is high in the number of
Mangyan children. In these communities, tuberculosis and malaria are prevalent, also there are
common illnesses present in many tribes such as skin diseases, diarrhea, infectious diseases, vector-
borne diseases, and the unsafe complication practices of maternal care for Mangyans.

Among the Mangyan community, education is crucially needed in securing the future as people,
knowledge as a medium of trade dealings of goods to local civilians, and the lack of knowledge that
hinders supporting themselves in protecting ancestral lands being occupied by lowlander people.
Education in their community is not formal as they learn from watching and observing, allowing
themselves to learn that only pertains to the means of living, earning, and religious and moral training.
As for the Mangyans, acquiring education is a waste of time and unnecessary effort due to the evidence
of their forefathers being able to survive life in the absence of education. The capacity to enroll in a
lowland school requires perseverance and courage to surmount rivers and mountains due to the far
location of basic institutions. The Haggibat, an organization that lies to assist Mangyan children in far-
flung areas of Mangyan tribes provides schools for basic education, but some of the schools are closed
due to the encampment of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the organization of this literacy
 schools are stopped since AFP states the alleged organizations is being used by the NPA. Addressing
the threats and dangers in the day-to-day lives of the indigenous community, it appears that opposing
the approved government dam construction and mining operations is identical to supporting and being a
member of NPA leaving them a subject of harassment and military surveillance. Inhabited the high
lands of Mindoro many tribes lost their lands to the powerful developers and loggers that eventually
forced the community into massive displacement and this act of lasciviousness affects their mental
health, food security as well as their physical health. Military strafing and bombing operations against
the rebels in 2019 compelled more than 600 Mangyans to leave their land and flee to the lowlands.

In the underlying needs to support the Mangyan community, this study deals to exhibit the importance of
the cultural identity of Mindoreños, a safe settlement for the community, established an accessible
health service, support for educational needs as people, and a space for establishing trades for native
products and other entertainment spaces catering modernized immersive life experiences.

PROJECT COMPONENTS

ADAPTIVE HOUSING

In accordance with the rapid growth of Mangyans, various high lands are being inhabited which
leads to massive destruction of the natural environment where houses are built and lands are
cultivated. The proposal will envelop the Mangyans in helping them nurture their lives, an
adaptive housing project will be the main structure of this development. This adaptive house
will serve as a shelter from the extreme poverty of housing that is inadequate from strong rains
and winds, it has a cultivating area for self-sufficient or staple food production, and an area that
conforms to the culture of Mangyans where families are bonded together in a single roof. This
housing project is envisioned to be a huge circled structure adhering to the right ventilation,
passive cooling, maximation of natural lights, and other tropical identities which corresponds to
the primitive ideas of dwellings in trees. Each house can accommodate a single family with
proper sanitary and access to at least a proper residential or living environment. As a
supporting facility in producing goods and food production, biodegradable waste products can
be collected as fertilizer for the cultivating area and agricultural areas. This housing project can
be done using a shipping container van, with this all-housing issues can be resolved
environmentally friendly by turning them into residences. In providing illuminance to the
residentials solar energy will be introduced and integrated.

EDUCATIONAL FACILITY

The crucial needs for public education have a huge impact on protecting their rights and native
identity. The proposal will provide a community education facility that teaches writing, reading,
and basic mathematics, it is hoped that this educational assistance will find refuge to develop
 essential skills that lie to relieved self-determination in their rapidly changing world. This facility
will also cater to volunteers extending their help in providing education to the indigenous tribes.

HEALTH CENTER

For the Mangyans, being in harmony with creation meant being able to submit to and honor the
owner of the land, the forest, and all of its resources. They had the belief that when they upset
the forest's owner and its guardian spirits, they become ill and the primary source of their
medication is the environment and shamans, worst of these scenarios do not have enough
attention to properly cure and identify the cause. Medical facilities or health care offices are
hardly seen in this nomadic community and the need to provide these facilities can provide
immediate assistance in providing safe maternal delivery, fighting malnutrition, the emerging
case of transmittable diseases, and meditating the false narrations of the community.

TRADING FACILITY OR MARKET

As a helping hand in a boastful living, the proposals will allocate the market for trading goods
and native products, woven traditional functional items, fruits, poultry products, and other
handicrafts. This facility will help them in securing money, which becomes an essential need of
Mangyans today. The market in this community complex is designed to be a tourist attraction
in which visitors can have an immersive experience inside and outside the complex.

TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL

Importations of goods and native products cannot be done if the area does not have proper
transportation terminals. Extending this feature can promote tourism, accessible trading
pattern, and permeable ways to the extending volunteers.

HERITAGE AND COMMUNITY PLAZA

To allow the chances of tourism and promote economic growth. The complex is established
with a heritage and community plaza. The heritage facility will be used to showcase different
cultures and traditions that help to enrich and educate the young generations about the
ancestral evidence of life and creative cultures, a great cultural item of importance to their
community. The community plaza will add variation and instruments to the rich culture of
Mangyans where they can hold many activities and culture-based traditions.

CULTIVATING AREAS

The ecological system portrayed a vital role in their survival and settlements to provide an
ecological balance between Mangyans and the environment, the proposed project is allied to
introducing advanced farming technology or the use of vertical farming. Cultivating areas will
 serve as the ground for food production and planting of goods mainly vegetables and fruits.
These techniques will limit the environmental destruction of forest reserves, where wildlife and
locally nurtured animals’ life supports are inhabited.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Major Objectives:

The proposed community complex responds to the needs of the Mangyan community in sheltering the
day-to-day lives which endanger the massive destruction of the environment and protecting their rights
to quality living without harassment and alarm the government supports. This project aims to signify that
Mangyans are appreciated and important in preserving identity and culture. Through the lens of
architectural approach and adaptive qualities, this complex will help them convert destructive livelihood
into environment-friendly natured based facilities. It also aims to address the gap between civilized
settlements and the primitive nature of Mangyans making it significant to the continuous change of their
world without compromising their culture and traditions. More importantly, is the preservation and
housing of the indigenous tribes from the natural phenomenon that exterminate their existence.

Minor Objectives:

 To provide a spherical shelter that envelopes the use of modern construction and adaptive techniques
in a nomadic life of Mangyans with provisions of tropical design solutions.
 To exhibit a self-sustaining community complex that lies to address the lack of importance of the
Mangyans
 Responds to the environmental hazards due to the emerging population of Mangyans.
 To facilitate their potential growth towards unified human development.
 To assist and alleviate Mangyans political, economic, social and cultural conditions.

PROJECT SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

The project is focused only on providing self-sustaining community complex settlements for Mangyan people in
Mindoro that seeks refuge to address and prevent harassment from armed forces of the government and solve
the massive destruction of lands. This study covers architectural solutions conforming to the project components
as discussed and will be limited to the study on the effects of introducing modernized life to the indigenous
community.
CHAPTER 3: DESIGN INPUTS

REVIEW OF RELATED CASE STUDIES

1. LGU Balingasag, NHA inaugurate IP Village

BRIEF DISCRIPTION: The location, where the Higaonon's

ancient practices are kept in the community, is also
intended to become a popular tourist destination in the
future. With the department's mandate to provide Filipino
families, especially the underserved, which includes
IPs, with sustainable, access to decent, resilient, and
more affordable homes communities worldwide. These
initiatives will guarantee the security of our
intellectual property and protect it from both natural
and artificial harm.

SIGNIFICANCE: As part of preserving culture, the project is built in accordance with the ancient practices and
beliefs of the Lumads. The significance of this project is the cultural aspects that are kept in building this
community that unveils the colorful and rich signatures of the Lumad people. It includes the sustainable, decent,
and resilient homes of indigenous people.

2. SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION’S OFFICE BUILDING

BRIEF DISCRIPTION: The

building was remarkable
because of its flat ziggurat-
like, pyramidal
architecture. They worked
to build one of the nation's
first green structures and
were motivated by the
Banawe rice terraces. The
structure was designed to
save energy with the right orientation (north-south axis). No area of the interior was much more over 15 meters
away from the outer band of windows, which were angled to reduce heat gain and glare. The nipa hut served as
inspiration for the windows' slanted alignment and similarly tilted sun blockers. Each floor is furnished with
continuous planters, which add to both the overall attractiveness and the design's intended functionality. The
surrounding planting was supposed to include a sensor-assisted irrigation system, and the sunshades were
supposed to eventually house solar panels.
SIGNIFICANCE: Conservating energy can have a big impact in providing building in far flung areas as for the
limitations and sufficient supports. San Miguel building uses angled incorporating vegetated façade in shading
the interiors from sun and to limit heat gain. Employing this façade as planting area for food production can
provide life support to the Mangyans. The supposed irrigation system and sun shades can be used in community
building and adaptive house.

3. Apple Campus. Cupertino, USA

BRIEF DICRIPTION: Create a new campus near to Apple's Infinite Loop Campus to increase efficiency and
convenience for its employees. To encourage shared collaboration and creativity minimize the overall structural
footprint on the site, and increase the number of manicured lawns green space, design a new campus that allows
for the co-location of services and the centralization of staff in a single existing office, research, and development
building. Reduce dependency on grid electricity by producing a sizable portion of the campus's energy
requirements at an on-site Central Plant up to 13,000 personnel can be accommodated. For the satisfaction of
Apple employees, create a sizable open and green space. Using integrated design and development, surpass
the objectives of social, economic, and environmental sustainability.

SIGNIFICANCE: The design form of this project corresponds to the envisioned design form of the main building.
A centralized structure that creates a unified, convenience, creativity, and the increase of collaborative
community. It also creates a solid ground for protection against natural phenomenon and can prosper the lives of
Mangyans. This project also uses approach in green design and tropical solution by providing open green spaces
and the reduction to depend on electricity.
 4. Tietgen Dormitory Copenhagen, Denmark

BRIEF DISCRIPTION: The Tietgen Dormitory's straightforward circular shape is an urban approach to the
surroundings, making a striking architectural impression in the recently developed neighborhood. The circular
shape of the building, which stands for equality and the collective, is contrasted by protruding volumes that
represent the individual apartments. The apartments are arranged at different depths in an alternated rhythm,
which reflects each person's own individuality through their form, gives the building's exterior form its distinctive,
crystalline expression, and neutralizes the potentially imposing shape of the circular space.

SIGNIFICANCE: The significance of this project conforms to the structural form and efficient use of urbanized
house where unity and collaboration are introduce as single family similar to the native community dwellings of
Mangyans. This structural form can be use to identify and classify different Mangyan tribes present in Mindoro
that showcases different rich culture and abundant history.

5. Place of Hidden Waters, Puyallup Nation Tribe Tacoma, Washington

BRIEF DISCRIPTION: This project serves as a great illustration of environmentally friendly and culturally
appropriate housing. This small multifamily home form has a lower environmental impact and is suitable for a
rainy climate. The construction project also offers a very social setting, but there was fear that it would be "too"
communal for modern tribal members who are accustomed to more private environments. To a more
personalized modern lifestyle. Place of Hidden Waters clearly demonstrates how a tribal project can serve as a
national example for eco-friendly housing, going beyond just tribal housing. The housing and community center
designs, which are modern interpretations of the Puyallup Tribe's multifamily cedar plank longhouses, provide a
linear courtyard that is partially covered and has townhouses lining each side. The courtyard, much like
longhouse, establishes a commonly shared area and covered entry area that is meant to promote community
engagement, offer a safe play area for kids, and give more protection for each family. Place of Hidden Waters is
made of a single, repeated modular structure, just like the longhouse.

SIGNIFICANCE: Place of Hidden Waters clearly demonstrates how a tribal project can serve as a national
example for eco-friendly housing, going beyond just tribal housing. The significance of this project is the use of
cultural description of Puyallup tribe that portrayed their way of living the use of materials and communal grounds
that has a huge impact in avoidance to culture shock. This project serves as a way to transform living
environment of the tribal community into modernized life without disregarding the culture and history.

6. Canopea Home is a Solar-Powered Urban Habitat with a Vertical Farm by Rhône-Alpes for the
European Solar Decathlon

BRIEF DISCRIPTION: The nanotowers are fewer than 10 stories tall and each floor is a residence, using design
cues from forest canopy that collect 95% of the forest's total solar energy and 30% of its rainfall. Laundry,
kitchen, and a small amusement room are located on the top floor underneath the solar canopy, which is a
communal area. Nanotower clusters are connected by corridors that are home to gardens, storage spaces, and
recycling facilities.

SIGNIFICANCE: The study uses design cues from forest canopy that collect 95% of the forest's total solar
energy and 30% of its rainfall. These little solar-powered homes have been built using modular construction, and
they are arranged around a central vertical farm. The significance of this modern construction into the proposal
can be seen in accessible way to establish the adaptive homes. Additionally, the project solutions for adaptability
in project locations and conditions.

7. Tree Houses, Dawson Lake, U.S.

BRIEF DISCRIPTION: The eight local wood-built homes are perched among the maple, poplar, and oak trees of
a sizable forest near a lake. They will soon come together to form a plastic-free community for a research facility
on sustainability, where academics and researchers from the world's top universities will be welcomed for
meetings, talks, and conferences under the terms of a program that is still being developed. The Dawson Lake
complex will transform into a "laboratory" of design restoration on a large scale with the addition of other
sustainable buildings, such as a wellness center, an agriculture and nutrition and facility, and a room for culture,
visual, and performing arts. This will improve the stability and health of the surrounding ecosystem. Another
suggestion is to use a sizable area to build photovoltaic systems and wind generators in order to generate
renewable energy. To further reduce CO2 emissions, cars must stay outside the property, and only the electric
vehicles and bicycles that are accessible at the entry may be used for internal transportation.

SIGNIFICANCE: The importance of surrounding forest in the proposal is the connectivity of Indigenous tribe to
nature, it is the implications of adaptive house that aims to unleash a futuristic collaboration to nature and one on
the step-by-step process to introduce modern living environment. Furthermore, The Dawson Lake complex will
transform into a "laboratory" of design restoration on a large scale with the addition of other sustainable
buildings, such as a wellness center, an agriculture and nutrition and facility, and a room for culture, visual, and
performing arts. This will improve the stability and health of the surrounding ecosystem. Another suggestion is to
use a sizable area to build photovoltaic systems and wind generators in order to generate renewable energy and
to further reduce CO2 emissions, cars must stay outside the property, and only the electric vehicles and bicycles
that are accessible at the entry may be used for internal transportation.

8. Wohnpark Alt-Erlaa, Vienna, Austria

BRIEF DISCRIPTION: Harry Glück, an Austrian architect, had a similar concept for a "stacked family house" in
the 1970s by building terraces by stacking individual "single villas." There seem to be plant troughs of the almost
4 m2 that go in addition to this idea and function as small gardens and privacy screens. The 13th floor is when
the layered terraced gardens reach their highest point. Because of their high standard of living, security, and
variety of uses, the terrace towers at Wohnpark Alterlaa continue to be widely regarded and respected by their
residents. As a result, almost all of Harry Glück's apartments have wide terraces with troughs for horticulture and
swimming pools on the roof.

SIGNIFICANCE: The significance of this building structure is the use of wide terreces to provide small garden. In
relation to the project the use of wide terraces is for production of self-sufficient or staple food for every single
dwelling.

9. SOM Envisions a Vibrant, Diverse, and Ecological Urban Co mmunity in Guangming District,
Shenzhen
BRIEF DISCRIPTION: The incorporation of advanced open spaces that enhance the region's existing
topographical, hydrological, and landscape systems is essential to the master plan's success. In actuality, open
areas make up over 40% of the overall project, with the Science Plaza serving as its focal point and housing a
variety of recreational, and distinctive agricultural purposes. The plan also stretches beyond the Science Park's
limits to build a stronger general landscape system that is incorporated into the city's architecture, streets, and
smaller open spaces and plazas. While the commercial business district is located at the eastern edge of Expo
Center, producing commercial offices, retail, residential, and cultural uses; and the northern edge of Science
Park consists of department stores, hotel, and residential uses, the Transit-Oriented Development project lies
directly adjacent to two new metro stations. Lastly, the southern neighborhoods offer a distinctive blend of
sporting and cultural activities that support active, healthy lifestyles. 

SIGNIFICANCE: The project provide advanced open spaces that enhance the region's existing topographical,
hydrological, and landscape systems. The project also offer a distinctive blend of sporting and cultural activities
that support active, healthy lifestyles. 

10. Agritecture: Transforming cities into green, food-producing hubs

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: C.URB: A Call for Pasig City to Counter Urban takes a comprehensive approach to
solving food security by addressing other underlying concerns like the environment, logistics, youth awareness
and unemployment in addition to offering a remedy to the problem's primary cause. To accommodate the many
crops that the city needs, the proposal included a number of urban farming methods, including hydroponics
(Nutrient Film Technique and Flow Method, Ebb), aeroponics, and aquaponics. The "flood and drain" method,
commonly referred to as the "ebb and flow method," is a type of hydroponics that includes periodically flooding
and draining nutrient solutions. Crops are inundated with water and nutrients, which are then drained back into
the reservoir. The Nutrient Film Technique, often known as NFT, is another hydroponic technique that enables
the recirculation of dissolved nutrients into the roots of the crops. To guarantee that the nutritional solution travels
to the roots directly without wastage, this would be done through waterproof channels or tubes.

SIGNIFICANCE: The study approach to solving food security by addressing other underlying concerns like the
environment, logistics, youth awareness and unemployment in addition to offering a remedy to the problem's
primary cause. To accommodate the many crops that the city needs, the proposal included a number of urban
farming methods, including hydroponics (Nutrient Film Technique and Flow Method, Ebb), aeroponics, and
aquaponics.
REVIEW OF PERTINENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS

NATIONAL BUIDLING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES (NBCP)

RULE IV - TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION

SECTION 401. Types of Construction With the exception of permanent non-bearing dividers of
one-hour fire-resistive construction, which may use fire-
retardant treated wood in the framing assembly, Type IV
structures must be made of steel, iron, concrete, or
masonry, and their walls, ceilings, and permanent partitions
must be of non - combustible fire-resistive construction.
CHAPTER VII
CLASSIFICATION AND GENERAL REQUIREMENT OF ALL BUILDINGS BY USE OF OCCUPANCY
Section 701. Occupancy Classified. Residential Dwellings, Group A
Division 1- Residential buildings/structures for the sole use
of single-family occupants, including housing for school or
business staff, single-family homes, churches or other
similar places of worship, church rectories, community
centers, playgrounds, pocket parks, parkways, promenades,
and play areas, clubhouses, and recreational facilities like
golf courses, tennis courts, basketball courts, swimming
pools, and similar uses run by the local government.
SECTION 403. Requirements on Type of a. Buildings of Types II and III must have one hour's worth
Construction of outside bearing and non-bearing walls. Those of Types IV
and V must have a four-hour fire-resistive rating, whereas
those of Types III must.
RULE VI - FIRE-RESISTIVE REQUIREMENTS IN CONSTRUCTION
SECTION 603. Fire-Resistive Standards All building materials, as well as their types, assemblies, and
combinations, must meet the following fire-resistive
evaluations:
Floor Construction
Solid R.C. slab
- Average cover to reinforcement 25 minimum thickness
- Overall Depth 150 minimum thickness
Solid pre-stressed
Concrete slab
 - Average cover to tendons 65 minimum thickness
- Overall Depth150 minimum thickness
Partitions
- Solid concrete 175 minimum thickness
- Solid masonry 200 minimum thickness
- Hollow unit masonry 300 minimum thickness
Protection for metal structural members
- Concrete 75 minimum thickness
- Masonry 100 minimum thickness
- Metal lath with vermiculite or perlite
gypsum plaster 50 minimum thickness
Exterior Wall
- Solid concrete 180 minimum thickness
- Solid masonry 200 minimum thickness
- Hollow masonry 300 minimum thickness
Column (all faces exposed)
- Reinforced concrete 450 minimum thickness
SECTION 704. Location on Property Structures on the Same Property and Structures Housing
Courts.
Structures located on the same site and court barriers shall
be taken to have a boundary line between them for the
purpose of establishing the necessary wall and opening
protection. When a new building is being constructed next to
an existing building on the same property; Provided, that two
or so more structures on the same estate may be regarded
as one construction if their combined area is within the
range of permitted floor areas for a single building. The
space shall be that which is permitted for the least restrictive
habitation or construction when the structures thus
evaluated house various residences or are of varying forms
of construction.
Footprint Based on Firewall Provisions
A firewall can be built on a maximum of 85% of the length of
each side property line for an R-3 use or occupancy,
provided that no firewall construction exceeds 65% of the
total perimeter of the R-3 property, that is, the total length of
all property lines, provided that firewalls in R-3 lots are only
 permitted for a maximum two (2) storey component
structure, and provided further that all applicable
requirements of the R-3 use or occupancy are met.

SECTION 707. Maximum Height of Buildings Number of allowable floors above established grade 3 floors
Meters above highest grade 10.00
Minimum Required Parking Slot, Parking Area one (1) car minimum parking for every six slots (6) housing
and Loading Space Requirements units, both of which shall be made available outside of the
RROW (inside a building) or only lot lines.
RULE VIII - LIGHT AND VENTILATION
SECTION 802. Measurement of Site All projects from the walls surrounding courts, yards, and
Occupancy light wells must be measured clear of them roof leaders, wall
copings, sills, or steel fire escapes are the only parts of wells
or yards that are prohibited breadth greater than 1.20
meters.
SECTION 804. Sizes and Dimensions of The use, type of construction, and height of the structure as
Courts specified above shall determine the minimum dimensions of
courts and yards, provided that the minimum horizontal. The
dimensions of the aforementioned courts and yards must be
at least 2 meters. All interior courts must have a door
through a room or rooms or a hallway with a minimum width
of 1.20 meters that leads to a street or yard.
SECTION 805. Ceiling Heights The minimum ceiling height required for habitable rooms
with artificial ventilation is 2.40 meters measured from the
floor to the ceiling, provided that for structures of more than
one (1) storey, the minimum ceiling height for the first storey
shall be 2.70 meters, for the second story 2.40 meters, and
for each subsequent story, a typical head-room clearance of
not less than 2.10 meters above the finished floor shall be
provided. Rooms with natural ventilation mentioned above
must have ceiling heights of at least 2.70 meters.
SECTION 806. Sizes and Dimensions of a. Human Habitable Rooms: 6.00 sq. meters with a 2.00-
Rooms meter minimum dimension;
b. 3-square-foot kitchen meters, with a 1.50-meter minimum
dimension;
c. Toilet and bath: 1.20 sq. meters with a 900-millimeter
 minimum size.
SECTION 807. Air Space Requirements in a. 3.00 sq. ft. of classroom space 1.00 square meters,
Determining the Size of Rooms meters space on the floor per person in meters;
b. 12.00 sq. ft. of workshop, factories, and offices per
person, meters of airspace; and
c. Habitable Rooms - 14,000 cu. per individual, meters of
airspace.
THE PHILIPPINE GREEN BUILDING CODE
Section 8. Building Use / Occupancy Residential Dwelling: Condominium 1- 20,000 sqm
Coverage and Applicatio
Section 10. Energy Efficiency Air Tightness and Moisture Protection
Buildings must be conceptualized and constructed with:
i. Complete seals and weatherstripping around, inside, and
on the exterior of window and door assemblies.
ii. Reduce vapor or moisture migration from outside spaces
by providing moisture protection on the exterior façade's
surface.
NATURAL VENTILATION
i. In regularly inhabited spaces, operable windows or
balcony doors must be supplied.
spaces. The opening's size must correspond to at least 10%
of the floor space of regularly occupied spaces.
ii. All windows that can be opened must have safety
elements to guard against high winds, water intrusion, and
to safeguard building occupants, especially the safety and
security of children.
ROOF INSULATION
Straw 2.4 to 3.0

Section 11. WATER EFFICIENCY Rainwater Harvesting

i. Calculate the minimum storage tank size (in cu.m) by
dividing 75 times the building's footprint area.
ii. Water collected must be used for things that aren't
potable, like Cooling towers, irrigation, and toilet flushing.
Water Recycling
Recycled water generated on site must be used for non-
potable purposes applications including cooling towers,
 irrigation, and toilet flushing a discrete and independent
piping system from the source of potable water system.

Section 12. MATERIAL SUSTAINABILITY i. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) must not be present
in paints, varnishes, adhesives, or sealants used inside or in
nonventilated locations, or they must be present at levels
that are acceptable to humans.
ii. There must be no urea formaldehyde in composite wood.
iii. The health and safety of the construction workers and
building occupants must not be compromised by the use of
any other chemical-containing products.
Section 13. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Material Recovery Facility (MRF)
i. Buildings must have a minimum amount of space for MRF
ii. For simple garbage collection, MRF must be completely
enclosed and accessible from both within and outside the
building.
iii. There must be solid waste containers available for at
least four types of garbage:
- Biodegradable (biodegradable)
not recyclable (to be disposed off in the landfill)
- Recycled (paper, cardboard, plastic, metal, wood, etc.)
- Particular garbage
Section 14. SITE SUSTAINABILITY Site / Ground Preparation and Earthworks
i. a plan for controlling erosion and sedimentation on the
building site that lists measures
utilized to stop soil from producing water pollution by running
off at natural sources of water.
ii. Additional steps to lessen the impact of pollution and
improve safety on
construction that complies with NBC Rule XI
iii. management strategy for collecting stormwater
iv. Storm water collection structures or facilities
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 192
SECTION 4. Mandate (a) Whenever possible, ensure the availability and
sustainability of the nation's natural resources by prudent
 use and systematic replacement;
(b) Boost natural resource production to fulfill population
growth's demands for land, mineral, and forest resources;
c) Increase the natural resources' contribution to achieving
national economic and social development;
(d) Encourage equal access to natural resources for all
facets of society;
(e) Preserve particular terrestrial and marine ecosystems
that are emblematic of the natural and cultural heritage of
the Philippines for the benefit of present and future
generations.
Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines (PD 705)
SECTION 15. Topography No public domain land with an 18% slope or higher may be
designated as disposable and alienable, and no forest land
with an 18% slope or higher may be designated as grazing
land.
SECTION 16. Areas Needed for Forest 1. less than 250 hectares of land that are not adjacent to or
Purposes. close to any designated alienable or disposable land;
2. isolated rocky forest sections that are at least five
hectares in size or that guard a spring for shared usage;
3. areas that have already been replanted with trees;
4. Those portions of forest concessions that are timbered or
have good residual stocking
support a wood processing facility that is already operational
or is authorized to be built;
5. no matter their size, ridge tops and plateaus that are
encircled entirely or partially by forest lands are where
headwaters originate.
6. a suitable location for the road right-of-way;
7. twenty-meter-wide strips of land along the channels that
are at least five (5) meters broad and the normal high
waterline of rivers and streams;
8. along the shorelines of oceans, lakes, and other bodies of
water, areas of mangrove or swampland at least twenty (20)
meters wide, as well as strips of land at least twenty (20)
meters wide facing lakes;
9. areas required for other purposes, including national
 parks, historical sites, game refuges and wildlife
sanctuaries, forest station sites, and other places of public
significance; and
10. Areas that the President has already designated as
national parks, game refuges, bird sanctuaries, national
shrines, and national historic sites:

FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES OF 2008

RULE 10. FIRE SAFETY MEASURES Any structure, whether old or new, intended for human
habitation shall be equipped with exits that allow for a quick
and secure escape. In the event of a fire or other disaster,
44 of the residents. the way exits are made, and other fire
safety building must be done in a way that ensures the
protection of human life. The likelihood of a fire or other
emergency does not depend on a single fire. safety
engineering. There must be additional protections for life
safety. if any measure of protection fails because of a
human or mechanical breakdown.
Every building or structure must be planned, built, outfitted,
maintained, and managed in a way that will prevent danger
to life and secure the safety of its occupants from fire,
smoke, vapor, and fumes during the time of escape.
With due consideration for the character of the occupancy,
the number of people exposed, the fire protection available,
and the height and type of construction of the building or
structure, each building or structure shall be provided with
exits of a kind, number, location, and capacity appropriate to
the individual building or structure in order to provide all
occupants with practical facilities for escape.
Every exit of buildings or structures shall be arranged and
maintained to provide free and unobstructed egress from all
parts thereof at all times.
Except in mental, criminal, or correctional facilities where
staff are constantly on duty and appropriate evacuation
plans are in place in case of fire or other crises, no lock or
fastening mechanism that would prohibit escape from within
 a building shall be installed.
Every exit must be easily seen. Every inhabitant of a
building or structure must be able to easily identify the
direction of escape thanks to the clearly indicated exit route.
Each escape route must be set up or labelled in such a way
that it is obvious how to go to a place of safety outside. Any
doorway that does not serve as an exit must be marked to
reduce the likelihood that people may mistake it for one.
Likewise, passage constituting a way to reach an exit shall
be marked to minimize confusion. All means of egress shall
be provided with adequate and reliable illumination.
Fire alarm systems or devices shall be provided in every
building or structure of such size, arrangement, or
occupancy, to provide adequate warning to occupants.
Every building or structure, section, or area of which the
reasonable safety of a number of occupants may be
endangered by the obstruction of any one exit due to fire or
smoke, shall have at least two remote exits, so arranged as
to minimize any possibility that both may be blocked by any
one fire or other emergency conditions.
In order to provide reasonable safety for occupants using
exits and to stop the spread of fire, smoke, or fumes through
vertical openings from floor to floor before occupants have
entered exits, every vertical way of exit and other vertical
openings between floors of a building must be suitably
enclosed or protected.
DIVISION 5. MEANS OF EGRESS
SECTION 10.2.5.2 GENERAL PROVISIONS Permissible Exit Components
An exit shall consist of the approved components that are
described, regulated, and limited as to use by Sections
10.2.5.3 through 10.2.5.12 of this IRR. Exit components
shall be constructed as an integral part of the building or
shall be permanently affixed thereto.
Protective Enclosure of Exits
1. When an exit must be secured by keeping other exits
apart
portions of the building by some of this IRR's standards, the
construction of the separation must comply with the
following standards:
a. The separation must have a fire resistance rating of at
least one (1) hour regardless of whether the exit connects
three (3) stories or less whether the connecting storey is
above, below, or at which the discharge at the exit starts.
b. The separation must have a resistance rating of at least
two (2) hours when an exit join four (4) or more levels,
whether above below the discharge floor. It will be made out
of noncombustible materials, and building must be used to
support them having a fire resistance rating of at least two
hours.
c. Any gaps in the structure or separation wall must be
sealed by an authorized self-closing door that resists fire.
d. Only those openings in the escape enclosure are allowed.
entry to the enclosure from areas that are typically occupied
and for leaving the enclosure.