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“Reinventing S.O.A.: SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE”

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Maria Rebecca M. Peñafiel, cUAP

Doctor of Philosophy in Human Resource Management
Master of Science in Urban Planning, School of Urban and Regional Planning, UP Diliman
Director III, National Center for Health Facility Development, DOH, Manila

Arch. Ma. Rebecca M. Peñafiel served as Director III of the Health Infrastructure Service
of the Department of Health, Manila, before becoming Director III of the National Center
for Health Facility Development, DOH, Manila, where she prepares and implements annual
operations plans, coordinates policy formulation and standards development, and health
facilities infrastructure overall project planning, development and implementation. She has
attended numerous local and international training and special courses for the World Health
Organization, US Department of State, and other agencies and has participated as speaker
in numerous conventions of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, Philippine Hospital
Association, Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers, among others. Arch. Peñafiel is
currently an Associate Professor at of the College of Architecture and Fine Arts, University
of Santo Tomas, Manila. She is a graduate of the College of Architecture, University of
Santo Tomas, Manila, with a MA in Urban Planning, School of Urban and Regional Planning,
University of the Philippines, and units leading to a PhD in Human Resource Management,
University of Santo Tomas, Manila.

“The Public Architect’s Contribution to Health Sector Plans,
Programs and Projects to Achieve Health for All Filipinos”
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
The basic perception is that a public architect engages in the design and construction of
government infrastructure projects. However, more than that, he is involved in the physical
development programs of the government which are expected by the general public to
be implemented with strong adherence upon the three principles of good governance –
participative decision making, transparency and accountability. The reason is obvious.
Funds for government infrastructure projects like transport terminals, resettlement housing,
hospitals and other health facilities, schools, government centres, barangay multipurpose
centres, markets, prisons, to name a few, are sourced from taxpayers’ money, from the
private sector to be paid back from taxpayers’ money, or from foreign loans to be paid with
interest from taxpayer s’ money. The supreme trust of the public must be the goal of the
public architect. Public service should be his primordial reason for wanting to become a
public architect.
By virtue of the Constitution and the provisions of the Local Government Code, national
government agencies in the Philippines set the policies, standards and guidelines for
infrastructure project design development, procurement and implementation. They also
put in place control and regulatory mechanisms to ensure that quality service is performed
within the resulting structures and buildings. Lastly, they facilitate the ways and means
these projects and its benefits could be sustained through capability building programs,
advisory, technology transfer, and other forms of technical support. All these activities are
to be conducted and completed under a strong pillar of good governance with maximum
participation solicited from the private sector.
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