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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