design guidelines for the flower shops for the redevelopment of dangwa flower market

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Design Guidelines for the Flower Shops for the Redevelopment of Dangwa Flower Market,

Manila

Submitted by: Carlo P. Gulapa

Research Methods in Architecture

AR401

January 1! "01#

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I. Background and Rationale

$ith the Philippines% tropical climate! a hu&e 'ariety o( (lo)ers and ornamental

plants are to be (ound. *hese (lo)ers are used by +ilipinos as a means o( e,pressin&

(eelin& in di((erent occasions. -i&hlands o( en&uet and *a&aytay are some primary

sources o( a di'erse ran&e o( (loras that contrasts (rom color! si/es and (ra&rance are

circulated all o'er the country.

*he an&)a +lo)er Maret in Manila is one stop o( the central maret )hen it

comes to (loras in Metro Manila. ut be(ore reachin& the streets o( an&)a! the (loras

needs to run across the e,treme north o( 2u/on do)n to the 3ational Capital Re&ion (or

hours be(ore reachin& their destinations. *he +lo)er Maret has been the central maret

o( such plants (or a lon& period o( time no) in the metro! residential streets )ere

con'erted to commercial ones (ormin& a lon& strip o( shops and stalls. t is about

desi&nin& and (ormulatin& a street system )ith a one united (lo)er shop desi&n that

)ould en&ra'e an&)a as a symbol o( (loras in Metro Manila.

II. Statement of the ro!lem

*he research is to come up )ith a set o( desi&n &uidelines (or (lo)er shops (or the

rede'elopment o( an&)a as the central maret and an architectural symbol o( (loras in

Metro Manila

III. "heoretical Framework

*he (rame)or o( the desi&n )ill be based on one o( Marc5Antoine 2au&ier6s seminal

essay%s core theme Return to Nature.*he proposed rede'elopment )ill (ocus more on

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the or&anic (eatures o( construction! this is to in (use the architecture to the product! the

ornamental plants. Minimal amount o( hard elements such as concrete and metals )ill be

utili/ed and )ill d)ell more to the so(ter (ields o( architecture lie the use o( bamboos.

I#. $onceptual Framework

*he structure o( the proposed rede'elopment o( an&)a Maret )ill be a symbol

o( ornamental plants tradin& in the Philippines! it is pro7ected to also hold e'ents related

to the (ield not only as a commercial establishment and sho)case +ilipino products. 8ne

'alue in speci(ic is the organic simplicityo( the type o( architecture reducin& the hard

elements yet &i'in& that sense o( com(ort and sa(e )or place.

#. Review of Related %iterature

A &ood re(erence o( the research )ould be the A Living Architecture by +ran

2loyd $ri&ht and *aliesin Architects. t discusses )hat or&anic architecture is and its

main purpose is to ac9uire the idea o( this type o( architecture and not the style o( any

architect on or&anic architecture.

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