developed by Arch. Andrew Penalosa, which was presented during the trainings, seminars and conferences on Organic Agriculture organized by the Agricultural Training Institute.

1. Agritecture
Arch. Andrew Peñalosa

2. Agritecture
 is the fusion of Architecture
and Agriculture.
“Buildings That Grow Food”
http://www.agri-tecture.com/

4. Architecture
the art & science of building;
specifically : the art or practice of
designing and building structures
- especially habitable ones
 profession of designing buildings,
open areas, communities and
environments with consideration
for their aesthetic effect

6. Agriculture
 the science, art, or practice of cultivating
the soil, producing crops; raising, feeding
& breeding livestock and in varying
degrees the preparation and marketing of
the resulting products
Farming

8. History
An ancient Roman architect named Vitruvius wrote De
Architectura and dedicated this book to his patron,
the emperor Caesar Augustus, as a guide for building
projects
- Three Virtues of Architecture
This formulation; for all its antiquity
remains a useful framework for the
preliminary analysis of a building.
Vitruvius gave us the ABC of architecture.

9. The Vitruvian Virtues
of Architecture:
 Utilitas - Utility - Function
 Firmitas - Strength - Durability
 Venustas - Beauty - Delight

10. AgriTecture
 means the marriage or unification of
Productivity
and
Creativity

11. Sustainable Agriculture
65% of Filipinos
are dependent on
Agriculture (
livestock, crops,
aqua and
forestry) and it is
the poorest
sector of our
economy

12. Effects of
Agritecture
Agritectur
e is the
multiplier,
it is both
the come
– on and
the
output.

13. Over- all Criteria:
1.Doability
2.Replicability
3.Sustainability
4.Visibility
5.Practicality

14. Agritectural Primers
Orientation
Structures = Northwest - Southeast or
Amihan and Habagat
A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can
only advise his clients to plant vines.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Plants = East To West to maximize
Sunlight

15. Wind Path Diagram
Orient your structures to the least
surface resistant area against the
monsoon

16. Sun Path Diagram
Orient your plants to where there is maximum
exposure to sunlight

17. Site selection
Zoning/ Classification
Permanent
Temporary
Mobile
Potential for future Habitation
Convertible for Habitation
Utilities
Geophysical Hazards
Laws

19. 100 SQ.M Lost Cost Housing
Project
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20. 11:00 AM

21. 12:00 PM

22. 1:00 PM

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24. 3:00 PM

25. 4:00 PM

26. By: Arch. Ginn Cabahug
Arch. Revo Lapinig
Ms. Camille Mamac

27. A MODEL FOR A 100 sqm.
SUSTAINABLE HABITAT : “HEALTHY HOME”
RATIONALE
The initiation of the project primarily started with the concept of food
security, providing a low cost home to less capable.
PROJECT OBJECTIVE
•To generate income at least Php 50,000.00 per annum
•To increase income by 20% by the 2nd year
•To supply or provide the unserved market demand with the production
provided
•Maximum utilization of the area given, generating income

28. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
 COMMODITIES FIRST YEAR
GROSS SALES INPUT COST NET
INCOME
 CROPS 37, 475.06 5, 830.00 33, 675.00
 POULTRY 46,720.00 26, 064.00 20,656.00
 TOTAL 84, 195.06 31, 894.00 52, 301.00

29. Reflect the
Character
of the Owner
Get to know and understand the Client
The Agritect shall initiate the
interaction of the structure and Nature
and see to it that the needs of the
client are addressed

32. Sustainable Integrated Farming
for 700SQM Home Lot
General Objective:
The project aims to augment the aggregate
annual income of Sycayco family of at least
50% through integrated farming by
adopting organic technology and
contribute in the promotion of organic
farming and in the survival of our dying
mother nature.

33. Specific Objectives: The establishment of
integrated farming adopting organic
technology aims to:
 1. Increase production of at least 50% annually and a monthly
income of more or less PhP10,400.00 starting year 2013;
 2. Promote integrated farming by adopting organic technology
starting in 2013 on a 700-square meter piece of land;
 3. Hone the farming skills of the target proponent through the
application of integrated farming by adopting organic farming
technology;
 4. Provide employment to at least 3-5 persons per cropping
season with daily wage of PhP150.00; and
 5. Supply the daily food requirement of the family-proponent
starting the second quarter of the project implementation.

34. Project Description
The proposed project is an integrated farm that adopts
organic technology on a 600-square meter, more or
less, farm lot

35.  The organic technology focuses on the production of
different high value commercial and cash crops like
carrots, lettuce, salad tomatoes, cucumber, and cacao
and the regular crops like ginger, turmeric, and string
beans.
 Other components of the integrated farm include
carabao raising, native chicken and swine raising, and
tilapia culture. The approaches to fertilizer uses, pests
and diseases control is purely organic. In which, raw
materials come from available farm wastes,
indigenous plants and crops that are easily found and
grown within the area or nearby areas.

36. The crop rotation will be practiced to maintain the fertility
and condition of the soil and habitat of micro organism. At
the start of the implementation of integrated farming
system, the organic inputs will be purchased.

37. For the remaining 100 square meters is allocated for the building
construction such as house and mini structure with a restaurant, a
warehouse and a display area for the post harvest handling and the
open space for the planting flowering plants and herbs as insect
repellant and attractant.

38. Financial Analysis.
The proposed project will have a total capital requirements of
PhP207,000.00. Out of PhP207,000.00, 76% or PhP158,240.00 will
be borrowed from the City Agriculture through the Department of
Agriculture under the Greening Program distributed as follows

39. The projected Income Statements for crop and livestock
production, and tilapia culture will have a combined average
net income of PhP331,213.79 for a three-year operations,
with Return on Investment of 160.01%. The computation
also reveals that it has a payback period of 1.21 years.

40. Savings Generation/mobilization
The proposed project also considers the generation of
savings for the family. In every sale, the family will set aside
at least 1% of the total sales for the family savings. In which,
later on the 50% of the total savings could be used for
expansion of the project
Prepared by:
CHARITO A. CADORNA
Coordinator for Agriculture
AFOS Foundation for Entrepreneurial Development
AR. FELIPE B. JOCSON
UAP Mt. Kanlaon
WINNIE T. SYCAYCO
FITS-ISS
City Agriculture Office
Bago City, Negros Occidental

41. No Straight Lines
- There has to be a
surprise in every
corner
- Details, details, details

43. Ingress and Egress
 Access - Entrance and exit
Botanical Perimeters

44. The Image of the City
– Kevin Lynch
 Paths - the streets, sidewalks, trails,
and other channels in which people
travel
 Edges - perceived boundaries such as
walls, buildings, and shorelines
 Districts - relatively large sections of
the city distinguished by some identity
or character;
 Nodes - focal points, intersections
 Landmarks - readily identifiable
objects which serve as external
reference points.

46. Determine your highest
point
- Know your terrain, use it to your
advantage, minimize earth
moving
- identify your sources of water
- Lowest point == ponds,
Sewage and septic tanks

47. No house should ever be on a hill or
on anything. It should be of the hill.
Belonging to it. Hill and house should
live together each the happier for the
other.
- Frank Lloyd
Wright

49. Determine your core
business
Determine your assets, what are you good at

50. Turn On’s – Farm
Tourism
What are the special
features your project?
Photo Areas
Romantic Areas
Recreation Areas
Public Areas

51. Diversity
Multi - cropping instead
of Mono- cropping
Designing for the senses
Sensing Architecture
- The architect must act as a composer that
orchestrates space into a synchronization for
function and beauty through the senses – and how
the human body engages space is of prime
importance. As the human body moves,
sees, smells, touches, hears and even tastes
within a space – the architecture comes to life.
- MARIA LORENA LEHMAN

52. Principles for Operations
 N E W
 P O T _
 4 R’s
 7 Principles

53. Natural
 Indigenous
 Organic
 Pro - Life
 Pro - Health
 Pro - Family

54. Excellenc
e
 Passion for
doing the best
that you can in
any given
situation

55. W – Wow
Factor

56. Praise to the
Owner
The greatest
architect is God
Protect and make
use of your
surrounding,
maximize your
view

57. God is the great mysterious motivator
of what we call nature, and it has often
been said by philosophers, that nature
is the will of God. And I prefer to say
that nature is the only body of God that
we shall ever see.
Frank Lloyd Wright

58. O – Sanctuary of Order
Create peace for
those entering
Wellness and
relaxation
Whollistic healing

59. T – Offer of Thanksgiving
Paying it forward, it
is there to be seen,
and to be replicated
Credit is given to
where credit is due
Bio tecture

60. Nature is my manifestation of
God. I go to nature every day
for inspiration in the day's
work. I follow in building the
principles which nature has
used in its domain.
Frank Lloyd Wright

61. Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Rejuvenate

63. The 7 P’s
Principle of
Space and Time
 There is always an
opportunity in the eyes of
the Agritect
 There is no unproductive
soil, only an unproductive
farmer
 There is no impossible
project, only an uncreative
architect

64. Principle of Light
 Hosea 4:6 – My people suffer because
they lack knowledge
 “ kung walang knowledge, walang power”
 Natural Lighting and Ventilation
 Use available tools such as Sun path diagram,
sun requirements, Shade tolerant plants,

66. Principle of
Color
The more colorful the
plant the more effective
it is an insect repellant
Red, browns and yellows
(autumn colors) generally
are shade tolerant plants

68. Principle of Equilibrium
and Balance
Rule of nature
Pest and predator

70. Principle of
Redundancy
There is strength
in numbers
Groupings –
plants
help one another
Aesthetically
pleasing

71. Principle of
Compatibility and
Complementarity
 companion
cropping
 plant spacing

73. Principle of Stress
 In construction prior to installation
we apply post or pre tension to make
it stronger
 In plants and trees we apply
stress to it to produce and bear
sweeter fruits
 In animals we apply stress to
produce hormones necessary for
production

75. N – Never
E – Ending
S - Story

76. Remember that you are the artist,
the landscape is your canvass, the
plants, the animals and the
structures that you put into it are
your lines and colors, the brushes
are the people that help you to
execute it properly, as an artist you
should have harmony from with in
and an instinctive sense of balance
to create a perfect composition of
beauty, strength and function that
you could share with the world.

77. All Glory to
God!
Mabuhay po
tayong lahat!