BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS

(Applicable for both Economic and Socialized Housing)

a. SPACE STANDARDS
economical
efficient
practical
. to afford the maximum living comfort and convenience
. to insure health and safety among the occupants
It shall provide complete living facilities for one family including
provisions for living, sleeping, laundry, cooking, eating, bathing and
toilet facilities.

B. CEILING HEIGHTS

1.62 (5-4)

0.36

Minimum Ceiling Height

Mezzanine Floor Height

C. OPENINGS
1) DOORS
) 1 entrance/exit
2 entrances/exits
) 2.00 meters
1.80 meters

- number of occupants not more than 10

- number of occupants greater than 10

- minimum clear height of door

- bathroom and mezzanine height of doors

) Minimum clear widths of doors:

Main Door
- 0.80 m.
Service/Bedroom Doors - 0.70 m.
Bathroom Door
- 0.60 m.

0.80 m

MAIN DOOR

0.60 m

SERVICE DOOR

BATHROOM DOOR

2) WINDOWS
Total free area of openings equal to at least 10% of the floor
area of the room
Bathrooms provided with window/s with an area not less
than 1/20 of its floor area
Required windows may open into a roofed porch where the
porch:
- abuts court, yard, public street or alley, or open water
course and other public open spaces
- has a ceiling height of not less than 2.0 meters

3) INTERIOR STAIRS
Width - minimum clear width of 0.60 meter
Riser - maximum height of 0.25 meter
Run/tread - minimum width of 0.20 meter
Stair treads shall be exclusive of nosing and/or other projections.
Headroom Clearance - minimum headroom clearance of 2.0 meters
Such clearance shall be established by measuring vertically from a place parallel
and tangent to the stairway tread moving to the soffit above all points.
Landings - maximum height between landing shall be 3.60 meters
Handrails - at least one handrail on one side provided there is a guard or wall on
the other side.
Stairways with less than 4 risers need not have handrails
Stairs with either a guard or wall on one end need not be provided with a handrail
on that end.

MINIMUM HEADROOM CLEARANCE

2.00 M

Handrails on stairs
not be less than 0.80 m
or more than 1.20 m
above the upper surface
of the tread

0.20 m (MIN.)
TREAD

LANDING TO LANDING
3.60m (MAX.)

- measured vertically to
the top of the rail from
the leading edge of the
tread.

GUARD AND HANDRAIL DETAILS

Handrails shall be so designed as to permit continuous
sliding of hands on them and shall be provided with a
minimum clearance of 38 millimeters from the wall to which
they are fastened.
The height of guards shall be measured vertically to the
top guard from the leading edge of the tread or from the floor
of landings. It shall not be less than 0.80 meter and no more
than 1.20 meters. Masonry walls may be used for any portion
of the guard.

WINDING AND CIRCULAR STAIRWAYS

width of run - not more than 300 millimeters
- not less than 150 millimeters

FIREWALL
masonry construction
@ least 150 millimeters
(or 6 inches thick)
extend vertically
with a minimum
height of 0.30 meter
above the highest point
of the roof
1 hour fire resistance

MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS AND CONDOMINIUMS

1.LOT PLANNING
Access to the property.
. Direct vehicular access to the property shall be provided by means
of an abutting improved public street.
Access to the dwelling.
. An independent means of access shall be provided to each dwelling,
or group of dwellings in a single plot, without trespassing adjoining
properties.
. Each dwelling must be capable of maintenance without trespassing
adjoining units.
. Utilities and service facilities must be independent for each dwelling
unit.

MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS AND CONDOMINIUMS

1.LOT PLANNING
Access to living units.
. An independent means of access to each living units shall be
provided without passing through any yard of a living unit or
any other yard.

NON-RESIDENTIAL USE

is harmonious or compatible
with the residential character
of the property
private clinic/office, garages, carports

computation shall include hallways,

corridors or similar spaces
which serve both residential and
nonresidential areas
NON-RESIDENTIAL AREAS >25% OF TOTAL RESIDENTIAL AREA

MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS AND CONDOMINIUMS

Cooperative store, and structures for the
homeowners association.
Any non-residential use of any portion of the property
shall be subordinate to the residential use and
character of the property.
The floor area authorized for non-residential use,
whether in the principal dwelling structure or in any
accessory building, shall not exceed 25% of the total
residential area.
Open Space Requirements.
Portions of the property shall be devoted to open space

FLOOR AREA
All building design standards for the single-family dwelling shall
apply to all living units of multi-family dwellings, except that,
the minimum floor area of a living unit in multi-family dwellings:
Economic housing
= 22 square meters
Socialized housing
= 18 square meters
BP 220 condominium projects = 18 square meters
ELEVATOR REQUIREMENTS
Provision of elevator mandatory for projects 6 storeys and
above

SETBACK REQUIREMENTS
Setbacks to property line

DISTANCE BETWEEN 2-STOREY BUILDINGS

MIN. DISTANCE BET. 2 BUILDINGS
taller building does not exceed 2 storeys
=

4.00 meters

MIN. HORIZONTAL CLEARANCE

BET. 2 ROOF EAVES

= 1.50

meters

DISTANCE BETWEEN 3 - STOREY BUILDINGS

minimum distance between two buildings

taller building has 3 or 4 storeys = 6.00 meters

minimum horizontal clearance between the two roof eaves = 2.00meters

DISTANCE BETWEEN BLANK WALLS OF TWO BUILDINGS

minimum distance between buildings with more than 4 storeys = 10 meters
minimum horizontal clearance = 6.0 meters
2 sides of the buildings facing each other are blank walls
no openings or only minimal openings for comfort rooms
minimum distance between the buildings = 2.0 meters
minimum horizontal clearance between the roof eaves = 1.00 meter

PARKING REQUIREMENT

one (1) parking slot

per eight (8) living units

SIZE OF AN AVERAGE AUTOMOBILE (CAR) PARKING SLOT :

PERPENDICULAR OR DIAGONAL PARKING

2.5 meters x 5.0 meters

PARALLEL PARKING
2.15 meters x 6.0 meters

may be allowed in addition to on-site parking provided that designated

parking area is part of the project and provided further that it shall not be
100 meters away from the condominium project.

100 meters

1-3.

Sizes of main door, service door, bathroom door (W x H)

4.

Minimum distance between 2 buildings taller buildings does not exceed 2 storeys

5.

Size of parallel parking

6.

Maximum height between landings.

7.

Minimum horizontal clearance between the 2 roof eaves of 3-4 storeys

8.

Size of perpendicular or diagonal parking

9-12.

Characteristics of a firewall

13.

Minimum width run/tread

14.

Minimum clearance of handrail from the wall

15.

Minimum floor area of BP 220 condominium projects

16.

One (1) parking slot per ______ living units

17.

Bathrooms provided with window/s with an area not less than ______ of its floor area

18.

Minimum headroom clearance

19-20. Winding and circular stairways width of run