PROPOSED FOUR-STOREY COMMERCIAL BUILDING (C2)
Statement of the Problem:
Mr. Tan commissioned you to design a Four Storey Commercial Building within a regular Inside Lot with
a size of 14.80M width and 20.50M depth. Bounded on the East is points 1-2. On the North are points
2-3. West are points 3-4. On the South is the shorter side of the lot, are points 4-1 fronting the Twelve
Meters RROW with sidewalks. The highest grade of lot from the sidewalk is 200mm. Apply minimum
Front and Rear setbacks.
The owner requires a Hundred and Forty Square Meters for the Ground Floor. Having a One and a Half
meter walkway fronting the rentable spaces, ending at the stairs. On the left corner should the stairs be
located at 2.70m X 3.45m dimensions. Front Yard has to be 14.80M X 10.50M parking. He also needs
2.00M X 2.00M yard at the rear corners.
On the Second Floor, he strictly requires a total area of 191.80 Sq.M. with a front balcony of 1.50M X
11.65M. Stairs and Hallway is 3.15M, fronting the street with an area of 20.32 Sq.M. and to be
extended by 3.5M.
The Third and fourth Floors need an area of 221.40 Sq.M. The Third Floor is available for tenants while
the Owner would use the Fourth Level as his office.
The Owner loves roof decks having 2 sides of firewalls. He wants a Multi-Purpose Area and also would
like to install solar panels. Provide stairwells with Storage of 26.62 Sq.M.
Design objectives:
•The architect is required to design and maximize the space in accordance to the client’s needs
•The project must be designed and planned on an C-2 zoning
SEVEN STOREY APARTMENT BUILDING (R-3 Max.) w/o Firewalls
Statement of the problem:
Mr. and Mrs Lopue were able to come up with an amount enough to fund a seven storey apartment
building to be built in Mansilingan, Philippines. They commissioned Architect Sac to do the project. They are
excited to build this project as another business venture. They immediately wanted to invest their money,
aiming to achieve the return of investment the soonest possible.
The site is a 647.90 square meter lot with a frontage of 20.90 m. The client wants it to have a 24 – car
parking spaces connected to the street by a six meter (6 m.) driveway starting from seven meters (7 m.)
from the left corner of the lot. At the right corner of the property will be the entrance lobby, elevator lobby,
guards quarter with t&b and storage with 57.33 square meters with 4.90 m side. There will be a 1.10 m wide
pedestrian walkway adjacent to main entrance. At the rear is the utility room or 5m x 2m and the
generator/electrical room of 5.9m x 2.8m opposite each other.
The 2nd floor of the building up to the 7th floor will have a typical plan with 10 units each. The 8 studio type
units of each floor will have an area of 3.2 m x 7.70m at rear; at which will be divided into 4 units on the right
side and 4 units on the left side, separated by a hallway; all with balconies. The remaining two units will have
an area of 10.20m (front) x 6 m with balcony. All balconies will be 3.84 square meters and 1.2 m wide. The
hallways will have a total length of 24.80m and width of 1.50m. It ends at the fire exit stair, with 1.50m x 8 m
dimensions. The building has common areas, of which are the lobbies, stairs, a 57.33 square meter storage
with a 4.90 m width. The roof deck area will be the same as the typical floors. The 24.64 square meters of
the roof deck will be allotted for the water tank. The rest of it will be a party place.
Project site features:
The site is a rectangular regular consolidated 3 inside lots. It has 0.0 elevation from the sidewalk. The lot is
bounded by sidewalk and road right of way at the east. It is currently being occupied by 3 units x 2 storey
apartments.
Design objectives:
The architect is required to design and maximize the space in accordance to the client’s needs
The project must be designed and planned on an R-3 zoning
