Joshua Dimasaka

OVERALL GOAL

• Design Goal:

"To design a proposed Sustainable Built Environment and Learning and Exhibition Center that will serve as the main headquarters of the Philippine Space Agency located at Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone to decongest the traffic volume in the neighboring metropolitan Manila and to create opportunities in other provinces. This headquarter center will house the administration office and rooms, special lecture halls, exhibition space for arts related to astronomy, the environment, and disaster risk.

• Measures:
Solar Energy Potential
Ventilated / Open Space
Natural lighting in the center while providing smooth air flow
Use of engineered wood for gravity system design
Use of seismic-dissipating lateral frame to reduce the design loads
• Targets:
LEED Certification
• Strategies:
Follow the specific goals described below.
The ceiling height of the ground floor will be designed to accomodate air movement and trees planted.
The perimeter area of the upper building floor will be the space for admisnitration office rooms.
The lecture hall will be in the ground floor due to large loads.
The exhibition space will be in the center of the entire building.

SPECIFIC GOALS