around area C
UAP Sugbu Hosts AA
Streetware Asia in Cebu
By Karl Aries Emerson F. Cabilao, UAP
It was a big milestone for UAP Sugbu Chapter
when it successfully held a design workshop in
Cebu City last July together with the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture,
the prestigious London-based institution that
produced architecture icons like Rem Koolhaas
and Zaha Hadid. Dubbed as AA Visiting School
Streetware, the workshop spanned for ten days
and attracted around 40 architects and architecture students and graduates from all over the
country and even parts of Southeast Asia.
“After three years of AAVS Streetware
Penang (in Malaysia), our knowledge partner
Thinkcity and I decided to start the AAVS Streetware Southeast Asia, a journey where city by city
we challenge the design methodology in different
regions in Southeast Asia,” explains Naiara Vegara,
the director of the AA VS Program. She added that
Cebu was chosen as a venue since it is part of the
Southeast
Asian Creative
Cities
Network just like
Penang and
next
year’s
host,
Bandung, Indonesia. A studio
inside
the
University of
San
Carlos
School
of
Architecture,
Fine Arts and
Design served
as the work
place
and
brainstorming venue for the participants who
worked there from morning until early evening.
The site for the AAVS design project is
the area surrounding the historic Compania Maritima building, built during the American colonial
period and had served as a hotel before being converted into an office for a shipping company after
the liberation of Cebu during World War II in 1945.
The participants were grouped and assigned to deal
on various concerns for the design project including
circulation, people behavior, local history, landscaping among others. The groups presented their outputs in front of a public audience in the composed
students, architects and design professionals as well
as representatives from government and nongovernment organizations.
Spearheading the preparations and conduct of the sessions were UAP Sugbu Chapter officers headed by its immediate past president Dennis
Mayo, president Loloy Castro, vice president for
programs and development Jumax AmellabonMorgia and past president Buck Sia.
C2 rolls out two
events in one night
UAP District C2 had two UAP
Events last August 5, 2016. They
had the first UAP Balangkasan attended by UAP Bacolod, Negrense and
Mt. Kanlaon Chapters at North
West Inn Hotel Function Room, Bacolod City. The UAP National Chairman
for Balangkasan, Arch. Sylvester
Seno facilitated the event. Guest
Architects from Ilo-ilo Chapter also attended the event with
their Chapter President Ar. Racy Yusay. The Balangkasan topic
was “Illegal Practice in the Architectural Practice.” Two architects were asked to share their experience as panel speakers.
Arch Robert Aguillon of UA P Bacolod r epr esented the
“seasoned architect” while Arch Rougely Gambito-Lora, UAP
Negrense Chapter President
represented the
“young architects. After
the sharing, the ArchiBy Karl Aries Emerson F. Cabilao, UAP
tect audience gave their
reactions and formulated
questions and solutions
for the topic. Arch Seno
also guided the Architects on how to come up
with a resolution based
on the discussion. The
First Balangkasan was
successful in coming up
with feasible solutions to
address the issues on
Illegal Practice. The
The venue for this year’s UAP District C1 Joint
Event was also attended
Induction of Officers and New Members was
by NEVP- Arch Nina
livelier and fuller. Apart from close to a hundred
Arce, SECGEN-Arch
new members in attendance, the two new
Renato Heray, VP for
“babies” of District C1, the newly-chartered
Area C- Arch Kendell
UAP Metro Cebu and UAP Cebu Fort San Pedro
chapters joined in one of the most anticipated
Esperas
and
UAP
activities in the District.
Committee Chairman
Archt. Jensen Racho, who was recently awarded as
“Model District Director for Area-C” by the UAP National Board, formally
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Ar. NONARD SUVISOR represented UAP Hamili in the Footsteps of
Hope (gift giving and feeding program) at Sicogon Island happening at
the same time of the Chapter’s 12th Annivesary. The Chapter allocated
budget for school and art supplies given to the pupils of San Fernando
Elementary School and Buaya Elementary School. Sicogon Island is located in Carles town, north of Iloilo.
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