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En Sepia: Architectural Heritage
Conservation with Sugbu Chapter
A
s UAP-Sugbu Chapter heads to the
climax of another fruitful fiscal year,
they thought it was a perfect time
to wax nostalgic and recognize the
beautiful architecture of the past. Thus,
chapter members clad in sepia tones came
to their recent GMM at the SM City
Cebu Conference Hall D.
For the past
years,
the
chapter had
sparks of
“Heritage” mode with
their monthly publication
of their Heritage Nook
on Cebu ’s most widelyread local daily, SunStar
and past chapter tours
to heritage sites in the
province. A plan is also
brewing for another
heritage-related chapter
activity this coming fiscal
year. Well, that’s another
story.
Just
like
the
numerous heritage treasures around
us, the GMM was one to remember.
First, it was held in conjunction with
the longest-running construction event
in the Southern Philippines , the 15 th
Construction Show Cebu at the SM
City Cebu Trade Hall. Also, the new
UAP National President, Arch’t.
Medeliano Roldan, Jr. dropped
by the conference room
to listen to the
professionallyilluminative
presentation
by academician, researcher and
heritage advocate, Past Chapter
President Carmencita Solis. Arch’t.
Roldan, by the way, was in Cebu as
keynote speaker during the opening
program of the Construction Show,
organized by L.A. Ducut and Company,
Inc.
It was also on that night when
Arch’t. Boy Roldan announced, as part
of his keynote speech, that the 16 th
UAP National Conference of Architects
(NCA) will be held in Cebu later this
October. By Karl A.E.F. Cabilao
Dumaguete
Dumaguete Chapter’s
Chapter’s Summer
Summer Do’s
Do’s
Dumaguete Chapter Dobnates Tiolet Fixtures to School
Last summer, the Department of
Education Division of Tanjay City, Negros
Oriental sounded off the alarm and asked
assistance from the UAP-Dumaguete
Chapter for their program “ A Comfort
Room for Every Classroom”. As expected,
the architects were there to the rescue.
The project aims to provide solution
to the urgent lack of toilet facilities of
schools in Tanjay, DepEd’s Tanjay City
Division. With the support of HCG, the
Chapter donated 20 sets of brand-new
elongated water closets complete with
covers and fittings and another 20 sets
of wall hung lavatories to the
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Donation of toilet fixtures to a school in Tanjay
City as part of its Adopt-a-School Program
Lunch break during the chapter’s summer
outing
schools in need.
The turnover was witnessed by a
representative from HCG, UAP Dumaguete
Chapter President Ran Lim and Vice
President Alex Udjaji together with the
recipients from the DepEd officials in
Tanjay City.
By Renante Angelo S. Lim