CENTRO: A BIO-DISASTER RESILIENT REDEVELOPMENT AND
REVITALIZATION OF TARLAC CITY CIVIC CENTER
CENTRO - A Bio-Disaster Resilient Redevelopment and Revitalization of Tarlac City
Civic Center will stand as the new civic center of the capital city of the Tarlac
Province. It will primarily situate three main components for the enrichment of the
local people as well as the people from other cities and provinces; the new Tarlac
City Hall Building (main building in study), the City Arena and the linear park which
will sit parallel along the Tarlac City River Belt.
The current City Hall can no longer accommodate the increasing demands of users.
Furthermore the public building lacks an authorative value.
The City is also lacking for an indoor recreational area. In order to compliment the
proposed structures, a linear park or a People's Park along the boulevard of the
Tarlac River will give more life into the development.
Furthermore, adequate macro analysis on the Province and the City was done in
order to acquire data on the different factors that could affect the site.
The site situated at the heart of Tarlac city undergone analysis to be able to
determine its suitability for the project.
The design concept of the Proposed Tarlac City Civic Center revolves on the
concept of the systems of the human system. This aims to create a holistic approach
for the development. Each system of the body (Respiratory System, Skeletal
System, Circulatory System etc.) corresponds to a feature of the structures such as
the breathability of the building, its structural support and the circulation path of the
building.
Aside from the proposal of a new city hall, an arena and a linear park, the site will
also be connected with an elevated walkway/bike lane for the people. This aims to
promote pedestrianism and the separation of pedestrians to vehicles.
The use of bicycles have been widely growing within the city and the province, our
family personally owns three bikes which we opt to use for buying needed goods
from a nearby store/grocery, my younger brother also is active in bicycle
programs/competitions in the city. The city already integrated bike lines in several
barangays which would make this project feasible controlling the amount of private
vehicles by these parks and walkways within the central business district and
promoting the use of bicycles and the locals walking from point to point.
This part of the presentation highlights the architectural character of the main
building in study, the Tarlac City Hall. The facade concept of the building gears
toward a building skin made from perforated metal shaped like a grain of palay
colored with yellowish-gold signifying the city and the province's main product. It also
combines the form of 'aligned houses" signifying "sambahayan" showing the
importance of every household/family unit in order to build a city.
A radial planning of the City hall integrated with green elements in its centerpiece
acts as a point of direction of users eliminating the possibility of confusions and
moreover, helps enhance the interior of the building as well as stimulate the senses
of the office users increasing their productivity to give better service for the locals.
The interior of the city hall accepts a large amount of sunlight thus controlling the
heat inside by its skin and ledge designs. Furthermore, the open area in the middle f
the buildings acts as the lungs of the building giving breathability for the system.
Offices are planned facing the middle area with planters and green elements to
stimulate the senses.
A planting area at the rear elevated side of the building starting from the City
Agriculture office down to the ground floor serves as a nursery for small plants, this
is to give a holistic view to the development, these seedlings will then be transferred
to the planting site on the linear park or be distributed to locals as a program of the
department.
This idea came from the planting programs of public schools, the proponent's
mother, a teacher, is active in participating on planting activities of the school. The
goal is to apply this program to other government buildings which then can be
utilized for the beautification of the city and a source of extra income for the office/
local people.
The research focus of the study; BIO-DISASTER (use and exploit nature to prevent
disaster) is to create an edifice that will not only withstand and protect the people
and the surrounding but also exploit the nature in useful and productive ways.
Floods, winds and earthquakes are disasters which are the main causes of
destruction of both natural and built environments .
To counter these forces the building is designed to counter such impacts using
analysis of its form for aerodynamics, diversion of water flood to planting facility and
integrating seismic isolated systems.
Moreover, another feature of the development is the integration of planting sites with
variations of flowering to fruit and vegetable bearing plants in to the linear park.
Rainwater collection which is then filtered and cleaned eventually serves as an
alternative supply for the fountain square and watering the planting area.
CENTRO: A BIO-DISASTER RESILIENT REDEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION OF TARLAC CITY CIVIC CENTER
CARLO P. GULAPA
FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY
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