Some methods and technology that might be employed in the design of this church building - to make it near zero or even zero energy consumption, are the following:
Aerodynamics.
Windcatcher.
Passive solar system.
Natural ventilation.
Chimney effect.
Thermal mass effect.
Precipitation collection.
Tree cooling effect.
Alternative power generator with self-recharge capability.
Sustainability.
Sun path orientation for heat gain prevention.
Minimalism.
Slow design.
Honest construction materials.
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Friday, 11 November 2011
Clients are part of the design process
Clients inputs, criteria, requirements, problems are needed to be disclosed to the architect in order that these problems be solved before the construction drawings are finalized. In the case of a church, all the attendees, members, leaders, and everybody who may use the building in whole or in part, are considered to be part of the clients.
Although the architect may not be able to solve all of the problems, criteria and requirements, it is crucial that they are known to at least arrive at the closest possible solution to be reflected to the solution of the whole building.
Inputs from clients maybe in the form of problems encountered from past church use either owned or leased or rented. Inputs could be a simple space requirement, sound problem, socialization, what affect worship, what can bring you to prayer, traffic, comfort, room relationship, cost, visions, attendance data, etc.
Although the architect may not be able to solve all of the problems, criteria and requirements, it is crucial that they are known to at least arrive at the closest possible solution to be reflected to the solution of the whole building.
Inputs from clients maybe in the form of problems encountered from past church use either owned or leased or rented. Inputs could be a simple space requirement, sound problem, socialization, what affect worship, what can bring you to prayer, traffic, comfort, room relationship, cost, visions, attendance data, etc.
Monday, 7 November 2011
Preliminary Design Option 2
Here are the revised floor plans (option 2) as a result of inputs by the committee submitted by Carol Balquin as of October 31, Monday, 2011.
Inputs submitted:
1 - Make the ground floor to be all parking spaces?
2 - Second floor to be the assembly hall?
3 - Is balcony possible?
4 - Shrink library to just shelves not a room.
5 - Utilize green decks to be office spaces and others.
6 - A definite spaces for parsonage and a guest room?
7 - Define in detail offices and cabinets.
8 - Multi-function hall with movable walls?
9 - Make washrooms closer to stairs?
10 - Stage to have stairs the whole front stretch.
11 - Sound monitor all over.
12 - Lobby to each floor especially where offices are.
13 - Add music studio (left out from last presentation).
14 - Assembly hall floors all flat?
15 - Convert mess hall to be dining hall that can be used as overflow area?
16 - Tea/coffee garden.
17 - Is additional remote entrance/exits possible?
The major revision done here is the moving of the assembly hall from first floor to second floor. This way, we can create more parking spaces as much as possible even if the city might not require.
Anyhow, in this revised plans (option 2), I am assuming that we got no problem with the variance permit and approval. Below is the ground floor plan. (figure 1). The Whole lot area is bounded by walls up to second floor. These boundary walls will act as fences/boundaries in the second floor up to about 4 feet high. This parking arrangement can accommodate at least 68 cars.
The assembly hall in the second floor plan shown in figure 2 is setbacked by 5 meters (J) from lot boundaries. (C),(E),(G), and (H) are without setbacks. (F) is also a setback. (I) is the dining hall but can be used as overflow area whenever needed (J). All the purple colored spaces are for seats, being J,I/J are overflow areas, when glass sliding doors are fully open. (K) is the elevator for seniors and disabled only.
(Figure 3) Third Floor Plan - below: (A) Balcony overlooking the stage in the second floor, (C) is multi-function hall, (B) are offices, guests room/parsonage, etc, (F) are washrooms, (D) are stairs. Detailed plans are shown in figure 4.
Walls in between halls are movable as a matter of suggestion. These movable walls maybe like this example link here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=S7sjhAkOdnw This same kind of walls maybe used for the assembly hall walls, so that when fully open, will be able to use the 'overflow' areas.
(Figure 5) Cross Section - shows 5 meter setback at second floor with fast growing trees that for shading the hot sun walls (shown closed). First floor wall is at the lot boundary will serve as a tall concrete fence. The wall at second floor (shown blue) up to underside of roof will probably be divided to three sections along the height, being lower portion to serve as sliding doors, and being upper portions to serve as huge wall-to-wall windows that tilts open and close as desired.
Challenges:
Inputs submitted:
1 - Make the ground floor to be all parking spaces?
2 - Second floor to be the assembly hall?
3 - Is balcony possible?
4 - Shrink library to just shelves not a room.
5 - Utilize green decks to be office spaces and others.
6 - A definite spaces for parsonage and a guest room?
7 - Define in detail offices and cabinets.
8 - Multi-function hall with movable walls?
9 - Make washrooms closer to stairs?
10 - Stage to have stairs the whole front stretch.
11 - Sound monitor all over.
12 - Lobby to each floor especially where offices are.
13 - Add music studio (left out from last presentation).
14 - Assembly hall floors all flat?
15 - Convert mess hall to be dining hall that can be used as overflow area?
16 - Tea/coffee garden.
17 - Is additional remote entrance/exits possible?
The major revision done here is the moving of the assembly hall from first floor to second floor. This way, we can create more parking spaces as much as possible even if the city might not require.
Anyhow, in this revised plans (option 2), I am assuming that we got no problem with the variance permit and approval. Below is the ground floor plan. (figure 1). The Whole lot area is bounded by walls up to second floor. These boundary walls will act as fences/boundaries in the second floor up to about 4 feet high. This parking arrangement can accommodate at least 68 cars.
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| FIGURE 1. GROUND FLOOR PLAN - PARKING |
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| FIGURE 2. SECOND FLOOR PLAN - ASSEMBLY HALL |
The assembly hall in the second floor plan shown in figure 2 is setbacked by 5 meters (J) from lot boundaries. (C),(E),(G), and (H) are without setbacks. (F) is also a setback. (I) is the dining hall but can be used as overflow area whenever needed (J). All the purple colored spaces are for seats, being J,I/J are overflow areas, when glass sliding doors are fully open. (K) is the elevator for seniors and disabled only.
(Figure 3) Third Floor Plan - below: (A) Balcony overlooking the stage in the second floor, (C) is multi-function hall, (B) are offices, guests room/parsonage, etc, (F) are washrooms, (D) are stairs. Detailed plans are shown in figure 4.
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| FIGURE 3. THIRD FLOOR PLAN - BALCONY, OFFICES |
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| FIGURE 4. OFFICES, PARSONAGE, OTHERS |
(Figure 5) Cross Section - shows 5 meter setback at second floor with fast growing trees that for shading the hot sun walls (shown closed). First floor wall is at the lot boundary will serve as a tall concrete fence. The wall at second floor (shown blue) up to underside of roof will probably be divided to three sections along the height, being lower portion to serve as sliding doors, and being upper portions to serve as huge wall-to-wall windows that tilts open and close as desired.
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| FIGURE 5. CROSS SECTION |
1 - The major challenge in this plan option is a variance to the city. Hope that we can get the variance approval without much penalties. Also, a variance application is not a guarantee of approval.
2 - Another challenge is a reduced natural ventilation to minimum in the first floor since most of it is enclosed all through the lot boundaries, except the portion in the entrance and the back. Although it maybe possible to provide high opening (like an open window) all through the perimeter walls about 2 meters in height up to the underside of beams or floor slabs provided that we can get a consent by the immediate boundary neighbors as per requirement of the city.
3 - Another challenge is the added cost in constructing a structurally sound frames to carry the whole load in the assembly area.
4 - Another challenge will be related to any expansion later on (if there will be) in the assembly area.
2 - Another challenge is a reduced natural ventilation to minimum in the first floor since most of it is enclosed all through the lot boundaries, except the portion in the entrance and the back. Although it maybe possible to provide high opening (like an open window) all through the perimeter walls about 2 meters in height up to the underside of beams or floor slabs provided that we can get a consent by the immediate boundary neighbors as per requirement of the city.
3 - Another challenge is the added cost in constructing a structurally sound frames to carry the whole load in the assembly area.
4 - Another challenge will be related to any expansion later on (if there will be) in the assembly area.
Advantages:
At least total 68 parking created. Another advantage is security - it creates a sense of security since the whole property is sort of secured by a tall concrete wall that defines the boundary of the building. This boundary walls terminates at second floor (where tree is) as shown in Figure 5 above.
Another advantage is it defines more buildable space compared from earlier option.
Yet, this plan option got an advantage of actually creating a privacy fence equals to the area of the lot, hence, floor space in the second and third floor can be maximize. Another advantage to this plan option.
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Design Criteria and Requirements
Project: JILC Dagupan City Church Building
RE: Design Criteria and Requirements
RE: Design Criteria and Requirements
To the members of the building committee:
It shows in the preliminary presentation that there are design requirements which are not met within the given building floor area assumptions. We could either totally eliminate those requirement needs or, squeeze them in and result to cramming, or, add more of the floor area assumptions which will result to variance application to the city and the cost.
It will be in the part of the building committee to decide which solution/s to adhere to. As your architect, really, there is no limit to the design requirements, except that every requirement we add, also adds up the cost. Provided also in the assumption that these are allowed accordingly to our local municipal rules and the compliance to latest building codes.
Please also remember that in the listing of "criteria" and "requirements", they are not written in stones which we can always revise, add in to, deduct in to, criticize, suppress and so on... up to the closest realities are met.
Being your architect, I therefore urge you to please feel free in examining your entries in the "requirements" and submit your inputs.
Here are some possible leads towards a solution:
- from the criteria "near zero energy" specifically the harvest of rainwater, do you think we can stick to this or, totally eliminate(?);
- from the criteria "near zero energy" specifically the use of natural ventilation, do you think that we will forget about this and go back to conventional air conditioning and result to paying high utility cost month after month for as long. In using the conventional air conditioning system, we can add more floor area to accommodate the needed floor area for the requirements not met as mentioned above, i.e. parsonage, guest room, others. But, we must also be willing to pay any penalties (huge amount due to variance) to the city in violating the building codes regarding the allowed minimum setbacks and so on.
- from the overall building design itself considering the "near zero energy", which will be unusual to customary construction methods in the locality known to workers - should we also forget all about this(?) - and go back to the usual methods and practice.
- from the "design criteria - expansion", shall we forget that idea too?
- from the "design requirements - overflow capacity", shall we forget this idea too?
Committee members, forwarding your inputs is therefore a necessary step towards the documentation and plans for the city permission for us to start building.
Edwin Bambilla Ceralde, Architect, UAP
Email: edwinceralde@gmail.com
Friday, 7 October 2011
Preliminary Design
JIL CHURCH DAGUPAN BUILDING
PRELIMINARY DESIGN
Continuation from www.jildagupanbuilding.blogspot.com
Okay, (A) from the lower left corner is the road from Amado Street. (B) is the guard house and quarters. (C) are driveways. (D) are parkings. (E) is the lobby and a space for box office later. (F) is the assembly hall that can contain 943 seats when all doors are closed. Can contain up to 2475 when all doors are open on ground floor only + at least 500 seats for the balcony if balcony is so desired. (G) is the proposed elevator of size just good enough for one person on a wheelchair with a caretaker. (H) is the kitchen and mess hall will serve as backstage at the same time whenever needed. (I,J) are mens and womens washrooms. (K) is the backstage. (L) is the stage extension for performance. (M) is the stage - note the front curtain that goes up and down whenever needed. (N) are overflow areas when the assembly doors are open for overflow capacity.
To the bottom right most is the way to the healing garden which i will present later on.
Some ideas here are:
1 - full front of stage to have stairs all over.
2 - stairs in front of elevator to kitchen maybe moved to close to backstage itself so that the lobby and the mess hall floor will be in one level.
3 - the wall behind the lobby opposite the mess hall maybe taken out so that this whole area may function as a separate hall with a movable partition in between the assembly hall and the lobby.
4 - note how the stage is oriented so that in the case of acquiring (buy or rent) other lots around the site will be easier for expansion. (remember expansion is one of the criteria)
Take note the location of the stairs to the second floor to orient ourselves to the second floor below.
Below (Figure 3 Proposed Third Floor Plan)
The green decks are platforms only not floors with roof. Library will have prayer rooms. Above center are washrooms.
Over all, going back to the requirements mentioned above, some rooms will not be incorporated, these are:
1 - Parsonage.
2 - Guest room with ensuite.
3 - Or, make the green decks to be full storey and house the parsonage and guest rooms here.
Shortly, I will be presenting the configuration of the whole building while waiting the lead from the committee.
In summary, these are what we want to confirm from the committee:
1 - which of the three rooms we can eliminate: parsonage, guest room, or library.
2 - make the green decks to be full rooms to house the parsonage or guest room or the library.
3 - again; ideas, minor requirements, or anything that you think we left out.
UPDATE as of October 8, 2011
Yesterday, I accidentally deleted the third floor so it took me another four hours again to do just that, but... here it is - the proposed third floor plan.
(Figure 4 Proposed Third Floor Plan)
Viewing from south east, to the left and to the right are the green decks (these green decks maybe part of the third floor which can house the guest rooms, sunday school room, or multi use rooms). About the middle is the library and resource center. (this library maybe omitted and make it as guest room or otherwise).
Above right is the proposed balcony in the second floor overlooking from the third floor as shown in the picture below in figure 5 and 6.
(Figure 5). This small balcony in third floor would fit at least four people overlooking the assembly hall below. These small balcony is just in front of the stairs and straight ahead.
(Figure 6). The small balcony could be for monitor or security or video purposes.
I am hoping to finish the roof configuration and the chimney profile by tomorrow so I can post for your meeting this weekend. See you later.
PRELIMINARY DESIGN
Continuation from www.jildagupanbuilding.blogspot.com
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| (Figure 1 Proposed First Floor Plan) |
To the bottom right most is the way to the healing garden which i will present later on.
Some ideas here are:
1 - full front of stage to have stairs all over.
2 - stairs in front of elevator to kitchen maybe moved to close to backstage itself so that the lobby and the mess hall floor will be in one level.
3 - the wall behind the lobby opposite the mess hall maybe taken out so that this whole area may function as a separate hall with a movable partition in between the assembly hall and the lobby.
4 - note how the stage is oriented so that in the case of acquiring (buy or rent) other lots around the site will be easier for expansion. (remember expansion is one of the criteria)
Take note the location of the stairs to the second floor to orient ourselves to the second floor below.
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| (Figure 2 Proposed Second Floor Plan)
In front of the stairs to the right are offices. To the left is the multi function room. To the back of the stairs are sunday school / conference rooms. And straight ahead is the proposed balcony (if so desired) which can accommodate at least 500 seats. (A) is the upper portion of the stage for railing up the front curtain. (B) is the upper part of assembly hall.
Some ideas here are:
1 - omit balcony because its construction is expensive and will affect the total building cost dramatically. Also, if we desire to put balcony, we should forget the "expandable criteria" since if the balcony is there, will be a hindrance to expansion later on.
2 - the right of the offices maybe enlarge for more office spaces if so desired, but again it is also a hindrance to "expansion".
3 - letter (B) can be occupied as second floor area but the stage ceiling will not be high enough to match the size of the assembly hall, especially if there will be "expansion" later on.
4 - the division wall between the sunday school and conference rooms could be movable or collapsible.
5 - Also again, the proposed windows are extra wide, floor to ceiling, double glazed insulated glass, and are sliding to both sides may not be altered as a matter of choice - reason? we want to minimize utility cost including air conditioning.
Again, i am calling all committee members headed by Pastor Jun and Sis Carol to please input your ideas, suggestions, criticisms, adding or omitting requirements and criteria so that we can arrive to the closest possible solution to your church... our church.
Please also pray for the Lord's will for these writings, plans, posts, blogs (with the committee's approval) to be published to online sites for probable solicitation to whoever the Lord Jesus might use.
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The green decks are platforms only not floors with roof. Library will have prayer rooms. Above center are washrooms.
Over all, going back to the requirements mentioned above, some rooms will not be incorporated, these are:
1 - Parsonage.
2 - Guest room with ensuite.
3 - Or, make the green decks to be full storey and house the parsonage and guest rooms here.
Shortly, I will be presenting the configuration of the whole building while waiting the lead from the committee.
In summary, these are what we want to confirm from the committee:
1 - which of the three rooms we can eliminate: parsonage, guest room, or library.
2 - make the green decks to be full rooms to house the parsonage or guest room or the library.
3 - again; ideas, minor requirements, or anything that you think we left out.
UPDATE as of October 8, 2011
Yesterday, I accidentally deleted the third floor so it took me another four hours again to do just that, but... here it is - the proposed third floor plan.
(Figure 4 Proposed Third Floor Plan)
Viewing from south east, to the left and to the right are the green decks (these green decks maybe part of the third floor which can house the guest rooms, sunday school room, or multi use rooms). About the middle is the library and resource center. (this library maybe omitted and make it as guest room or otherwise).
Above right is the proposed balcony in the second floor overlooking from the third floor as shown in the picture below in figure 5 and 6.
I am hoping to finish the roof configuration and the chimney profile by tomorrow so I can post for your meeting this weekend. See you later.
Thursday, 22 September 2011
JILC Healing Garden
Healing Garden
Jesus Is Lord Church Dagupan City
On this blog I will share with you the sequence and updates of JIL (Jesus Is Lord) Dagupan Church building design which will rise in Amado Street, Dagupan City, Pangasinan, Philippines.
DESIGN CRITERIA
1 - Low Cost. This is on top of our list. The cheapest possible yet functional and orderly enough to comply to sound architecture and engineering practices, universal building codes and guidelines.
2 - Expandable. This criteria is important so that when church members grow in number, the church building is capable of growing also in the assumption that we can secure tenancy with the neighbouring properties. Since the lot is not big enough to accommodate what we actually need by this present times plus considering the "future visions" in mind (the Lord willing).
3 - Multi-Use. Another important criteria in this church design. Aside from a worship assembly hall, we also want the church building to function as a multi-function hall, say like the case of theatrical shows, movie viewing, or an open or close air conferencing. It could also be intended to be a community evacuation center in the events of storm calamities.
4 - Near Zero Energy. Another criteria for the church design is what we will call "near zero energy". This means that we will use much of the free natural energies available like natural ventilation from prevailing wind and breeze, the natural cooling processes from greening and shading; the proper blocking of the sun rays while allowing natural lighting; the collection of rain for domestic water consumption and other uses; and the users knowledge on how the building operate to minimize the consumption of energy.
5 - Practicality. Although we aim for a better building with high comfort and efficiency, we will practice practicality even more like what we've been accustomed too. In the bottom end however, (as the Lord will) with divine provisions realized, tapping those comfort and efficiency already built-in the design becomes easier with minor expenses and improvements.
DESIGN REQUIREMENTS:
Parking
Assembly hall of maximum number allowed
Overflow areas on main level
Overflow areas on second level
Lobby
Men's washroom
Women's washroom
Stage
Sound control area
Backstage
Storage
Kitchen
Mess hall
Utility room
Carport for 4
Baptismal pool?
Box office
Guard house and a quarter
Pastors office
Accounting office
Conference hall for 100
Library and resource center (open to public?)
Multi-function room
Nursery
Sunday school rooms
Parsonage
Guest room with en-suite
Prayer rooms
Healing garden
Water tank
Solar chimney
Circulatory elements
Catwalk
DATA:
Data done so far are: sun path chart; prevailing wind direction; Philippines' local, regional and national climatic conditions; design requirements space allocation; building orientation in relation to sun and wind directions; space diagrams and their relationship.
Still waiting for some needed data as per assigned to sister Carol Balquin are the following: local wind direction from PAGASA, Dagupan City; soil test from the structural engineer; high and low tide table; existing BLLM boundary monuments elevation; Also we are waiting for the list of trees and plants and shrubs that tribe well in the locality.
TREES, PLANTS AND SHRUBS
Trees, Plants, Shrubs under consideration: (i.e. climbing, gives shade and allow some sunlight, straight shooter to about 9 meters high, prune-able, low maintenance, not-water sucker.) Palmera, Ylang-Ylang, Climbing Ylang-Ylang, Balete, Jatropha, Bouganvillea, Castor Plant, Camella, Banana?, Bay Laurel, Malungay?, and others still under studies.
SUN PATH CHART
Philippine climate is hot, few months hot-humid and lots of months hot and dry, that is why we need to block the heat from the sun. At the same time, maximize the use of sunlight to minimize lighting to the interior. Also, it is in the intention of using the sun's heat to bring natural air ventilation by way of creating vacuum inside so as to bring colder air from the bottom green shaded portion within the premises. Also, we will use the sun to heat domestic water consumption for shower and kitchen and the steam to supply the "chiller" air conditioning.
PREVAILING WIND AND BREEZE
Again, because these are free stuff like the sun's heat and light thereby reducing the bills for electric, and cooling requirements. We will catch the wind and breeze by way of orienting the roofs, walls, windows, ceilings and other parts of the building, and distribute this to the whole spaces within.
FYI: EARTH'S NATURAL UTILIZATION DIAGRAM:
Green - cools the air volume under its canopy.
Wind and breeze - catch and let push the cool are under the greens.
Roofs, walls, windows, others - use these to catch wind and breeze.
Sun's heat - use this to heat a space (solar chimney) to create vacuum within interior and pulls cool air.
Natural materials - use of materials of heat resisting quality and so on.
Rain - catch and use this to cool the building before discharge to other use including domestic use and gardening, car washing, and so on.
CHALLENGES:
Tight lot. Due to this challenge, how could there be a way for options like: rent or buy the neighbor's lot which I will show you in the upcoming diagram and map.
SOLUTIONS:
Contrary to most common building configurations, our church may have a roof to collect water from rain; roof eaves to catch the wind and breeze; movable, retractable and tilting walls to redirect wind and breeze; trees, plants and shrubs arranged accordingly in blocking the sun; solar chimney to exhaust hot air inside and pull colder wind outside for ventilation; solar panels to produce electricity.
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(Figure 1) GROUND FLOOR PLAN OPTIONS
September 30, 2011
Above left is 973 seat capacity with 3 sides of the assembly area are close. Above right is the same plan but the sides of the assembly hall are open and can accommodate at lease 2,475 all seated except that the parking spots in the right hand is vacated.
Notice the left hand corner where the stage is indented to almost the lot boundary but a 4 feet walk to the washroom area. In front of this washroom entrance is also elevated high enough to house the septic tank provided that the neighbor to the left is not water but an existing fill or we have to relocate this septic tank further from the water.
Another 300 seats more or less can be accommodated on balcony which I will be showing shortly. It will have one access in the lower right corner beside the handicap only elevator. Further right from the stairs is the driveway and then the carport which also carry the floor above. This carport area could also be the stairs location if desired except that it will result in a less efficient plan arrangement since more floor area will be dedicated to hallways which is not very good.
PHASES OF WORK AND THEIR SCOPES
Provided that total budget is all available, their will be no phases of work. However, in the case of uncertainties, we have to phase the work and their scopes accordingly.
Superstructure and roof. First of all, assuming all the documents and permits are ready, the first and most important phase will be the superstructure with roof. This phase depends on available budget, as much as possible be done in continues schedule. The guard house, the carport, the floor above it doesn't have to be build in this phase, however it is a sure advantage if we can build them together.Crucial in this phase are all the foundation, grading, plumbing, electrical panels, all structural components, and total roofs. Costs for this phase will be reported shortly.
Update as of October 5, 2011. This proposed site plan (from Amado Street) will great you with a two storey mass of wall where the church sign and logo may appear. (By the way, don't mind the details for now, they are for representation purposes only. All the details and dimensions will be presented later after the approval of this representation. Also, if you find any inconsistency in any of the plans, ignore for now, the will be revised later). Note the orientation where north is pointing. Immediately to left is the guard space and quarters besides it are parking spaces. Above it could be office spaces or conference hall for 100. In front of you as you inter the lot is sort of a privacy wall towards the assembly area. Behind that wall are parking also. The bigger rectangular roof will house the assembly hall and most of the offices.
Jesus Is Lord Church Dagupan City
On this blog I will share with you the sequence and updates of JIL (Jesus Is Lord) Dagupan Church building design which will rise in Amado Street, Dagupan City, Pangasinan, Philippines.
DESIGN CRITERIA
1 - Low Cost. This is on top of our list. The cheapest possible yet functional and orderly enough to comply to sound architecture and engineering practices, universal building codes and guidelines.
2 - Expandable. This criteria is important so that when church members grow in number, the church building is capable of growing also in the assumption that we can secure tenancy with the neighbouring properties. Since the lot is not big enough to accommodate what we actually need by this present times plus considering the "future visions" in mind (the Lord willing).
3 - Multi-Use. Another important criteria in this church design. Aside from a worship assembly hall, we also want the church building to function as a multi-function hall, say like the case of theatrical shows, movie viewing, or an open or close air conferencing. It could also be intended to be a community evacuation center in the events of storm calamities.
4 - Near Zero Energy. Another criteria for the church design is what we will call "near zero energy". This means that we will use much of the free natural energies available like natural ventilation from prevailing wind and breeze, the natural cooling processes from greening and shading; the proper blocking of the sun rays while allowing natural lighting; the collection of rain for domestic water consumption and other uses; and the users knowledge on how the building operate to minimize the consumption of energy.
5 - Practicality. Although we aim for a better building with high comfort and efficiency, we will practice practicality even more like what we've been accustomed too. In the bottom end however, (as the Lord will) with divine provisions realized, tapping those comfort and efficiency already built-in the design becomes easier with minor expenses and improvements.
DESIGN REQUIREMENTS:
Parking
Assembly hall of maximum number allowed
Overflow areas on main level
Overflow areas on second level
Lobby
Men's washroom
Women's washroom
Stage
Sound control area
Backstage
Storage
Kitchen
Mess hall
Utility room
Carport for 4
Baptismal pool?
Box office
Guard house and a quarter
Pastors office
Accounting office
Conference hall for 100
Library and resource center (open to public?)
Multi-function room
Nursery
Sunday school rooms
Parsonage
Guest room with en-suite
Prayer rooms
Healing garden
Water tank
Solar chimney
Circulatory elements
Catwalk
DATA:
Data done so far are: sun path chart; prevailing wind direction; Philippines' local, regional and national climatic conditions; design requirements space allocation; building orientation in relation to sun and wind directions; space diagrams and their relationship.
Still waiting for some needed data as per assigned to sister Carol Balquin are the following: local wind direction from PAGASA, Dagupan City; soil test from the structural engineer; high and low tide table; existing BLLM boundary monuments elevation; Also we are waiting for the list of trees and plants and shrubs that tribe well in the locality.
TREES, PLANTS AND SHRUBS
Trees, Plants, Shrubs under consideration: (i.e. climbing, gives shade and allow some sunlight, straight shooter to about 9 meters high, prune-able, low maintenance, not-water sucker.) Palmera, Ylang-Ylang, Climbing Ylang-Ylang, Balete, Jatropha, Bouganvillea, Castor Plant, Camella, Banana?, Bay Laurel, Malungay?, and others still under studies.
SUN PATH CHART
Philippine climate is hot, few months hot-humid and lots of months hot and dry, that is why we need to block the heat from the sun. At the same time, maximize the use of sunlight to minimize lighting to the interior. Also, it is in the intention of using the sun's heat to bring natural air ventilation by way of creating vacuum inside so as to bring colder air from the bottom green shaded portion within the premises. Also, we will use the sun to heat domestic water consumption for shower and kitchen and the steam to supply the "chiller" air conditioning.
PREVAILING WIND AND BREEZE
Again, because these are free stuff like the sun's heat and light thereby reducing the bills for electric, and cooling requirements. We will catch the wind and breeze by way of orienting the roofs, walls, windows, ceilings and other parts of the building, and distribute this to the whole spaces within.
FYI: EARTH'S NATURAL UTILIZATION DIAGRAM:
Green - cools the air volume under its canopy.
Wind and breeze - catch and let push the cool are under the greens.
Roofs, walls, windows, others - use these to catch wind and breeze.
Sun's heat - use this to heat a space (solar chimney) to create vacuum within interior and pulls cool air.
Natural materials - use of materials of heat resisting quality and so on.
Rain - catch and use this to cool the building before discharge to other use including domestic use and gardening, car washing, and so on.
CHALLENGES:
Tight lot. Due to this challenge, how could there be a way for options like: rent or buy the neighbor's lot which I will show you in the upcoming diagram and map.
SOLUTIONS:
Contrary to most common building configurations, our church may have a roof to collect water from rain; roof eaves to catch the wind and breeze; movable, retractable and tilting walls to redirect wind and breeze; trees, plants and shrubs arranged accordingly in blocking the sun; solar chimney to exhaust hot air inside and pull colder wind outside for ventilation; solar panels to produce electricity.
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September 30, 2011
Above left is 973 seat capacity with 3 sides of the assembly area are close. Above right is the same plan but the sides of the assembly hall are open and can accommodate at lease 2,475 all seated except that the parking spots in the right hand is vacated.
Notice the left hand corner where the stage is indented to almost the lot boundary but a 4 feet walk to the washroom area. In front of this washroom entrance is also elevated high enough to house the septic tank provided that the neighbor to the left is not water but an existing fill or we have to relocate this septic tank further from the water.
Another 300 seats more or less can be accommodated on balcony which I will be showing shortly. It will have one access in the lower right corner beside the handicap only elevator. Further right from the stairs is the driveway and then the carport which also carry the floor above. This carport area could also be the stairs location if desired except that it will result in a less efficient plan arrangement since more floor area will be dedicated to hallways which is not very good.
PHASES OF WORK AND THEIR SCOPES
Provided that total budget is all available, their will be no phases of work. However, in the case of uncertainties, we have to phase the work and their scopes accordingly.
Superstructure and roof. First of all, assuming all the documents and permits are ready, the first and most important phase will be the superstructure with roof. This phase depends on available budget, as much as possible be done in continues schedule. The guard house, the carport, the floor above it doesn't have to be build in this phase, however it is a sure advantage if we can build them together.Crucial in this phase are all the foundation, grading, plumbing, electrical panels, all structural components, and total roofs. Costs for this phase will be reported shortly.
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| (Figure 2) Proposed Site Plan |
(Figure 3) Proposed North East View
The exposed columns defines the boundary of the assembly hall to house 973 seats when all side doors are closed. When open, it can accommodate up to 2475 seats for the ground floor only. If balcony is desired, add another say 500 seats for that for a total of 2975 seats all in all.
Update as of October 6, 2011.
Having a hard time uploading 3 videos as of today (will come back to that later don't know why that is happening).
So instead I posted this picture of the Proposed First Floor Plan... in the mean time i will try to post it at facebook and tag the committee members. Oh well, i'll go and try the video again... will see you next time sorry for that...
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