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UAP ATTENDS ARCASIA ACA 17
Hongkong—Official delegates from the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) attended the
recently concluded Arcasia’s 17th Asian Congress of Architects (ACA17) held last September 2628, 2016 in Hong Kong.
The delegation led by UAP National President,
Arch. Guillermo Hisancha, actively participated in
various meetings held conjunction with ACA17,
Arch. Hisancha and Immediate Past President
Arch.
ma.
Benita
O.
Regala attended the ARCASIA Council Meeting
held
last
September 27
-28 as the
UAP official
delegates,
Arcasia five
committee
meetings were
attended by
the following:
Committee
on Architecture Education (ACAE):
Architects Wilfredo Gacutan, Executive Director,
UAP Commission on education; Jonathan Manalad, Chairman of the UAP Committee on Research
and Academic Institution; and John Joseph Hernandez, ARCASIA Deputy chair on Committee on
Education; Committee on Green Architecture and
Sustainable Architecture (ACGSA): Michaela
Rosette
Santos,
Chairman
of UAP
Committee
on
Green
Architecture; and
Emelito
Pusalan,
member
of
the
UAP
Committee
on
Green
Architecture and
Vice
President of the Philippine Green Building Initiative; Committee on Young Architects (ACYA):
Patrick Rodriguez, Chairman of the UAP Arcasia
Young Architects; and Star Florentino-Marudo;
Committee on Social Responsibility (ACSR):
Renato Heray, UAP Secretary General and Past
Chairman, UAP Bayanihang Arkitektura and Rene
Richie Corcuera, overall chairman of UAP Bayanihang Arkitektura; Committee on Professional
Practice (ACPP): Ma. Nina Bailon-Arce, UAP
National Executive Vice Prsident and Benjamin
Panganiba, Executive director of the UAP Commission on Professional Pratice; UAP Past Presidents
Yolanda D. Reyes, incumbent UIA Vice President
for region IV and ARCASIA Adviser, and Edric
Marco Florentino, ARCASIA Committee on Professional Practice, also attended the event.
Arch. Hisancha also served as one of the speakers
during the UIA Symposium held last September 28,
2016, coinciding ACA.
One of the key feature of ARCASIA is the Asia
Congress of Architects (ACA) which is a major
regional congress held every two years that take the
form of a large international congress for fostering
intellectual exchange and strategic discussion of
regional challenges, initiatives and development
amongst hundreds of architects. The theme for
ACA17 in 2016 is “Growth and Diversity: The
Green Age of Asia”. (Courtesy: KYP)
UAP Unification Committee Formed
By ARCH. MA. ELENA E. LAMASAN
Chairperson , UAP SPECIAL ARCHITECT'S COMMITTEE ON UNIFICATION
“For the Love and Protection of the Architecture Profession Regardless of Affiliations”
Not just to one of us but almost to all of us that this DREAM and a NOBLE PURPOSE is a living
spirit. And when Arch Guillermo H. Hisancha was elected to be our UAP National President FY
2016-2017, a UAP SPECIAL ARCHITECT’S COMMITTEE ON UNIFICATION was created under
his office.
To serve as an
“Envoy” in creating
and
maintaining
working relationships
with Other Associations of Architects
(OAA’s) defined in
Section 40 of RA
9266, to attain excellence in the Architecture Profession both
in the Local and
Global Practice is its
first objective. Next
is
to
be
the
“Mediator” between the UAP and OAA’s – Other
Associations of Architects for a parallel and harmonious attainment of the Architect’s Vital Role in
the Society as a whole. It also has to serve as the
“Liaison” of the Office of the UAP National Presi-
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dent in matters
dealing
with
negotiations
towards Unification within
and outside the
Organization.
The Committee
on Unification,
being a NEW
Committee had
undergone
a
CONSULTATION PERIOD
on the months of July-August and part of September by way of online communications and actual
meetings with the members. Emails and Facebook
messages were sent and received from some members of the UAP NBD, Chapter Presidents, Stand-
Above: UAP NP Guillermo H. Hisancha with the
PIA National President Renato Basa during the
Joint Assembly and Strategic Planning held on
June30-July 2, 2016 in Iloilo City; Left: The UAP
NP in an Imprumpto Discussion with the AAIF
Leaders, led by former PRBoA Chairman Arch.
Armando Alli.
ing and Special Committees and to OAA’s (Other
Association of Architects).
The first draft of the Mission- Vision of the Committee focused on three concerns: FIRST is the
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The UAP Post • Vol. 42 Issue 01 • July—September 2016