A Proposed Two-Storey House Tropical Design

Location: Talisay City, Cebu

Category: Residential

A two-storey residential house in a shared block with a friend. It is a tropical design house that is sensitive to the environment around, the heat of the sun or the wind. Available ventilation around to make use of the cold weather in the area. It still has small vertical gardens for redirecting heat. Additional overhang from the second floor to provide shade for the window below. With the use of vertical louvers or vertical garden in the window area so that it can diffuse the direct heat from the sun and create movement in the interior. In the roof top, it makes use of solar panels to reduce the energy use in the house. Passive design makes users feel the concept of “inside-out and outside-in”. It undergoes a process of assessments and recommendations through sun path & shading study, wind path study, and each part of the structure is calculated for its average daylight factor (ADF).

There is landscape present all around the house to act as vertical barriers against the sun. Ventilation is available all throughout the house for removing of ‘stale’ air and replace it with ‘fresh’ air. This helps to moderate internal temperatures.

A Proposed Multiple Dwelling Residential Townhouses

Location: Cebu City

Category: Residential

A contemporary subdivision consisting of rowhouses and duplex houses that creates a serene and safe home for every users. A design uptake having an expressiveness in form and design through balanced-out façade that can be geometric or a crystal-like facet to standout from the rest. It has that clean lines, contrasts and cool tones, and attention to quality and functionality. The subdivision offers a space for kids like the playground close to the guardhouse for extra security. It focuses on the user’s comfortability and subdivision’s functionality where the spaces are surrounded by greeneries, park, bike and car park, and water tank.