Nurturing the Gift of Mentoring
Future Architects
Hospitality and Casino Design and
Planning: The Macau Experience
Gloria B. Teodoro, UAP
Eliezer B. Villaruz, UAP
Arch. Gloria B. Teodoro finished her BS Architecture
degree at the University of the Philippines College
of Architecture. She finished her Master of Arts in
Urban and Regional Planning from the UP School of
Urban and Regional Planning where she is currently
pursuing her post-graduate studies. Apart from being a
registered architect, having ranked 7th in her licensure
examinations, she is also a licensed Environmental
Planner. Professionally, she is affiliated with Architects
Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA), the Philippine Institute
of Environmental Planners (PIEP), and the Philippine
Green Building Council (PGBC). She has also been
affiliated with the Accrediting Agency of Chartered
Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP),
the Technical Panel on Architecture, Engineering and
Maritime Education (TPAEME) Committee on Architecture
Curriculum, the Architecture Committee of the National
Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and the
Council of Deans and Heads of Architectural Schools in
the Philippines (CODHASP). For the past 25 years, Arch.
Teodoro has actively served the United Architects of the
Philippines in various capacities mostly on appointments
related to architectural education. Between 1989 to 2006,
she served as the Dean of the College of Architecture of
Fine Arts of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines
and since thereafter, has been the Dean of the School of
Architecture, Industrial Design and the Built Environment
of the Mapua Institute of Technology.
Arch. Villaruz is a Registered Architect-Authorized
Person for Architecture licensed by the Public Works and
Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) Macau Special Administrative
Region in 2007 and since then, has been involved in
various Hospitality and Casino development projects.
He is an active member of the Architects Association
of Macau (AAM) where he serves as Editorial Board
Member and column writer for Arquitectura Macau, a
quaterly publication by AAM for Architecture circulated
within Macau and Hong Kong. He is also an International
Associate Member of the American Institute of Architects
(AIA) Hong Kong Chapter since 2010 where he regularly
participates in various CPEs facilitated by AIA within
the region. A graduate of BS Architecture at Saint Louis
University Baguio City in 2000, he took units in Urban and
Regional Planning at the University of the Philippines and
Saint Louis University between 2000 and 2004.
Abstract
Overnight, Macau, a previous Portuguese colony has
emerged into an international entertainment destination,
and has overtaken Las Vegas and has become the largest
Casino City in the world with a year-ending revenue of
USD34billion in 2011. The immediate rise has propelled
competition of bringing world class entertainment
facilities, most expensive retail and hospitality and the
biggest gaming floor development turning the 5.2sq.
km. “Cotai Strip” into a USD43billion investment with its
targeted completion by 2016 through its 6 major gambling
share holders namely MGM, Melco PBL, Galaxy, VenetianSands, Wynn and SJM. With this current experience,
this presentation will discuss elaborately the complex
design and planning process of these developments,
the project and construction implementation within a
marathon completion program, and the strategy of casino
sustainability by bringing in high-end entertainment
facilities and franchising international hotel brands for its
hospitality operations.
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