executive commissions
UAP-CIA ON THE MOVE
Heeding the call of the UAP National President Arch. Guillermo
“Guimo” Hisancha for Unity, Accountability and Professional Excellence, the Commission on Internal Affairs (CIA), under the leadership of
Arch. Corazon Tandoc, FUAP, has laid out various plans and programs
to strengthen membership participation and further professional development. Among these plans include the update of membership database,
creating online modules for conferences and seminars, streamlining and
evaluating membership status, fostering camaraderie through creative ED CIA Corazon Fabia - Tandoc ,FUAP ,
ASEAN Architect with Committee Chairs Olive
physical activities, and more.
Robles , IT Committee ; Carol Victorino , Vice
Chair General
Welfare Committee; Vanessa
Lagman Chair
Me,nets
hip
Committee;
Becca Rellosa,
Chair Chapter
Organization ;
Roger Victorino
From left to right : General Welfare Committee Chair and Chair General
Vice Chair Carol Victorino and Roger Victorino , ED CIA Welfare; FranCorazon Tandoc.NP Guimo Hisancha , Chapter Organization. cisFrigillana Chair ChapterOrganization
Committee Chair Becca Rellosa and Membership Committee Committee and Bobby Baradi Vice Chair
Chair Vanessa Ledesma.
Chapter Organization.
ED CIA Corazon Fabia - Tandoc , Fuap ,
Asean Architect meeting with NP Guimo
Hisancha and Committee Chairs Carol
and Roger Victorino ,
Rebecca Rellosa, Vanessa
Lagman
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Aguirre
commission on
internal affairs
uap-emergency architects
BUILDING FOR RESILIENCE: Materials and Construction Technologies
By Arch. Stephanie Gilles, UAP, PIEP
The UAP Emergency Architects (UAP-EA), a socio-civic disaster-response arm of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP), has organized its first major capacity building
activity for the year, geared towards disaster resilient methods. Held last September 24, 2016 at the Events Hall of CW Home Depot Makati, the seminar was entitled “Building
for Resilience: Materials and Construction Technologies”. The event was attended not only by fellow architects, but also by engineers, environmental planners, landscape architects, real estate brokers, contractors, developers, resiliency advocates, students from over 30 schools & universities, and other individuals who support disaster resilience as their
advocacy. In fact, the response to pre-registration was overwhelming (a total of 709 online registrants), prompting the UAP-EA to relocate to a bigger venue to accommodate
those who have signed up, along with the walk-in participants.
The program set out for a solemn start as UAP-EA Chairman Ar. Stephanie Gilles led the invocation, followed by the National Anthem and UAP Hymn. UAP-EA Founding
Chair Ar. Rey Gabitan shared his wisdom in the Opening Remarks, which also detailed the current initiatives in Disaster Resilience, as well as touching base on the beginnings and aspirations of the UAP-EA. The first speaker, Mr. Ted Stubbersfield, came all the way from Australia to share his expertise on the various applications of timber. Introduced by UAP-EA's Mem-
Open Forum with questions addressed to the speakers; Inset photo
shows the CWHD Events Hall of CW jampacked with participants.
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bership Head Ar. Matthew Chua, Stubbersfield was generous in sharing case studies of disaster
resilient construction buildings, as well as giving a brief background on the climatic landscape of
Australia to put things into context.
The second speaker was UAP-EA's very own Ar. Jose Miranda, who was introduced
by UAP-EA Core Group member Ar. Robert Simbol. During his talk, he gave the structural properties and highlighted on the versatility as well as practical applications of coco lumber, posing a
challenge to the audience in using coco lumber for other uses. One of the most-awaited speakers,
based on initial audience interviews, was Engr. Fred Silisilon, Jr., who was consequently introduced
by UAP-EA's External Affairs Head Ar. Tessa Espinas. He shared the various applications of
bamboo, being a flexible and resilient material, readily renewable and constantly available, looking
at it as a building material with a lot of potential for construction.
After the a short break, the talks resumed with the fourth speaker, the team of Ar.
Eddie Urcia and his son, Ar. Francis Urcia, who was introduced by UAP-EA's Facilities Head
Calixto Camantigue, Jr.. The two speakers are also the winners of the 1st UIA-UAP Joint Design
Competition on Emergency Disaster Health Care Facilities. In separate talks, the two discussed
theoretical and practical applications of precast concrete materials, sharing the salient features of
their invented and patented precast construction technology techniques.
This was followed by a discussion on steel as a building material by Engr. Ruel
Ramirez, who was introduced by UAP-EA's Capacity Building Head Ar. Geomilie Guittap. He
took a different approach on the discussion, winning over the attention of the crowd as he combined
The UAP Post • Vol. 42 Issue 01 • July—September 2016