Some of the Philippine Most Disastrous Days. An introduction to Green Architecture to Palawan State University, BS in Architecture, Theory of Architecture 02

1. Green Architecture:
Environmental Concepts
of Architectural Design
Activity Analysis and Linkages for
efficiency in Shelter, Energy
Conservation and the Design Process

2. Start of Building and
Living Green

3. Before we start let’s go back
to the some of the most
disastrous days in recent
Philippine History.

4. The D-Days of the
Philippines

5. These fateful
events would have
been mitigated by
Good design and
planning
And implementation
of the plans

6. December 12, 1987
The M/V Doña Paz collision with oil tanker MT
Vector

7. December 12, 1987
The M/V Doña Paz collision with oil tanker MT
Vector
M/V Doña Paz RMS Titanic
Number of Life
4,375 lives Casualties
1,502 lives

8. What Went Wrong?
1. Overcrowding
2. The crew was under-
qualified
3. Boat’s license had
expired

9. March 18, 1996
Ozone Disco Fire
The Club has an
occupancy load of: 35 Persons
Total load during
the fire incident:
390
Persons
160 Persons died.

10. What Went Wrong?
1. No sprinkler system
2. No working fire exits or
fire extinguishers
3. Victims were trapped
inside because the
door swung inwards

11. July 16, 1990
Hyatt Terraces Hotel – Baguio
Earthquake
7.7 Magnitude
earthquake shook
Luzon. There are 400
fatalities mostly buried
in the ruins of Hyatt
Hotel and Hotel Nevada

12. What Went Wrong?
1. Unwise site selection
2. Bad structural design
3. Substandard
construction materials

13. August 03, 1999
Cherry Hills Subdivision Landslide
Landslide buries
Cherry Hills
Subdivision during
Typhoon Olga
Killed 58 people and
destroying.
379 houses.

14. What Went Wrong?
1. Developers built the estate on
unstable hillsides
2. Poorly designed foundations built
on clay
3. Government regulatory bodies
issued permits and licenses
despite evidence of non-
compliance with building code

15. September 26, 2009
Ondoy Hits the Streets of Metro
Manila
Typhoon Ondoy registered
455 millimeters. It doubles the
250mm of Hurricane Katrina in
New Orleans.

16. September 26, 2009
Ondoy Hits the Streets of Metro
Manila
Ondoy left more than 300 dead
and thousands of families
displaced.

17. September 26, 2009
Ondoy Hits the Streets of Metro
Manila

18. What Went Wrong?
1. Unregulated urban sprawl
2. Reckless of granting of permits to
develop and build on flood lands and
along waterways
3. Improper disposal of garbage

19. What Happened
Next?
Because of these events, government
formed stricter laws, guidelines, and
standards.
1. Revision of National Building Code
2. Revision of Structural Code of the PH
3. Fire Code of the Philippines
4. BP 344 Accessibility Law
5. Philippine Green Building Council

20. Prepared by
Arch. Rodelito R. Garobo
September, 2012
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