Thesis Presentation Architecture Bachelor Degree ®2011

3. Barangay 306 composed of
20 blocks, 2 Plazas, 1 church
and 15 streets; Barangay
384 composed of 16 blocks,
11 streets and 1 mosque
The total land area of the two
Barangay is 95, 164. 58 sq. m.
16 % of the total land area of
District III, Manila

4. View of Northwest Carlos Palanca Street

5. View of Riverfront, Northwest C. Palanca area

6. View of Northeast Quiapo district area

7. In the history of the district it had been
the place where religion is accepted by
our Malay ancestors who were animist
during the pre-Hispanic period.
They’ve become a follower of Islam then
later baptized in Christianity that have
resulted into the present two different
sects in the study area.
It has been a successful trading area to
the different parts of the world of its
early inhabitants both the Muslim and the
Christian because of its strategic
location. The presence of the Quiapo
church and the Golden Mosque are the
tangible example of the religion that
evolved in the place.

8. The location of the district that made it the
business center during Spanish Colonialism
and the presence of the Quinta Market that
had been very significant in the trading period
up to the period that this part of Manila
became heart of the downtown is very
important to the present land use of the area
which is highly mixed-use commercial.
The present urban conditions of Carlos
Palanca Street and its environs are believed
to be the result of its historical and intrinsic
traditions.

9. Quiapo district has become a worship and
market place for both its native people;
the Christians and the Muslims.
It is a multicultural character mixed of
Tagalog, Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, Indian,
and Muslim.
Piety drew commerce and commerce
fostered piety, a marriage that gave birth
to the districts eccentric character.
Quiapo Pilot Urban Renewal Project
(QPURP)
Central Manila Urban Renewal Tourism
Redevelopment Plan (Special Design Areas
(SDA) - Quiapo Crossroads: East Meets
West plus the Pasig River Corridor.
Areas for Priority Development - Quiapo
Boulevard- Hidalgo- San Sebastian Renewal
and the Quiapo Golden Mosque and Islamic
Community Renewal.
CPSWG – C. PALANCA URBAN RENEWAL
PROJECT.

11. • Actual site survey/analysis/observation
• Photo documentation
• S.W.O.T Analysis
• Research and review of related written literatures &
works: History, urban redevelopments/renewals, existing
programs/projects (NGO’s, LGU’s), media
documentations, news
• Gathering of info, maps, SEPP from government agencies
• Interviews and surveys to the barangay, police, students,
employees, vendors, etc.
• Consultations

12. • Divergence of Social Groups
• Dilapidated Old Heritage Structures
• Under-utilized Heritage Landmarks as Community Asset
• Under-utilized Cultural activities, arts, crafts, as Community
Asset
• Lack of neighborhood/community identity
• Divisive activities and products to local culture/Religion
• Dispute between Barangay jurisdiction (Muslim vs Christians)
• Diversity of local people
• Lack of commitment of some local community in the place

13. • Dirty Surroundings
• Ineffective waste collection
system
• Improper waste disposal
• Noisy Environment
• Water pollution
• Air Pollution
• Inefficient drainage system
• Blighted Street Environment
• Unattractive Informal
Settlements on waterways
• Increased of Urban Island Heat
effect
• Lack of open space/ parks
• Lack of buffer zones
• Flood prone area
• Presence of chemical hazards on
water and soil
• Threat of Soil Erosion along
riverbanks/waterways
• Seismic Hazards

14. •Incompatible Land uses and lack of
zoning
•Irrational Public Transport
Routes/Terminal/Transit
•Disorderly Pedicab operation
•Congestion
•Poor Pedestrian Traffic
•Vehicular and Pedestrian corridor
conflicts
•Unsystematic parking
•Insufficient parking areas/facilities
•Violation of traffic rules and
ordinances
•Disorganize Vending Operations
•Poor implementation of law/
ordinance
•Poor concrete paving/surface
condition of streets
•Lack of interaction nodes
•Lack of pedestrian friendly facilities
•Unattractive urban image
•Lack of unifying elements
•Lack of urban furniture
•Large and inharmonious
signage/billboards
•Buildings lack Architectural character
•Unsightly Informal Settlements
•Crime Ridden Area Perception
•Neglected waterways as alternative
transportation

15. •Irrational Public Transport
Routes/Terminal/Transit
•Disorderly Pedicab operation
•Vehicular traffic

16. Presence of Informal Vendors on Streets

17. Rough and broken road
causing water pooling.
Crisscrossing electrical
wires.

18. Drainage and Flooding problems

19. Problems on Garbage
Management
Dirty surroundings.

20. Presence of old big
warehouses (Some vacant)
Presence of Informal settlers

21. Presence of derelict
buildings.
(vacant upper stories,
demolished & abandoned
buildings, dilapidated +
deteriorated)

22. Presence of Derelict Buildings

23. Presence of Informal Settlers and dumped
garbage along Esteros

24. Presence of Transit Stop On-Street Parking

25. Drainage problems
Vendors selling DVD’s along
sidewalks causing Garbage
Problem

26. •Presence of Muslim’s
Golden Mosque or
Masjid Al Dahab
•Built in 1976
•Large Mosque that caN
accommodate 3000
devotees
•Eedu-l-Fitr (Ramadan)
•Presence of Christian’s
Minor Basilica of the Black
Nazarene/ Quiapo Church
•Founded in 1639
•17century Señor Nazareno’s
Image came to Manila
(believed to be miraculous)
•January 9, feast

27. Nakpil-Bautista Ancestral House
Boix House1950’s Don Jose Bldg.
El Renaciemiento

32. CLIMATE ANALYSIS

33. VEHICULAR FLOW

34. PEDICAB FLOW
PEDICAB PARKING/
TERMINAL

35. PEDESTRIAN FLOW/PATHWAY

36. CHOKE POINTS
VEHICULAR CHOKE AREA
PEDESTRIAN CHOKE AREA

37. PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION

38. TRANSIT STOP

39. POLLUTION ANALYSIS
NOISE + AIR POLLUTION
(HEAVY)
WATER POLLUTION

40. VULNERABLE AREAS
(security risk)

41. FLOOD PRONE AREAS

42. INFORMAL SETTLERS

43. GARBAGE DUMPING AREAS

44. UTILITIES

45. DERELICT BUILDINGS

46. OPEN SPACE + PARKING AREAS

47. HISTO-CULTURAL HERITAGE
ZONE

48. HISTO-CULTURAL AREA
RESOURCE ANALYSIS

49. INFORMAL & SEMI-FORMAL
VENDORSSEMI-
FORMAL

50. Zone Barangay Total
Population
Popuation
density/ha
Total Area
(sq.m.)
Sta. Cruz
30 306 936 154 60,874.660
Quiapo
39 384 2,833 826 34,289.920
Total Population and Number of Household per Barangay 2007
Source: http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/2007/ncr.pdf

52. •Informal and semi-formal sectors
dominate formal business
establishments in the study area.
•With a total of 914, it shows that
almost 80 percent composed of the
semi and informal vendors while only
20 percentages is the formal sectors
with 261 counts.
•Comparing this to the total 410
legitimate vendors: 4 streets record
of the Barangay 306, the actual
surveyed resulted to 514 vendors: 4
streets, showing that 104 vendors
are illegal.

53. •Carriedo, Plaza Miranda,
Hidalgo, Villalobos, Carlos
Palanca Sr. and P. Gomez are the
streets where most of the
informal vendors proliferate,
(arranged according to their
quantity from the highest to the
lowest).
•This also shows that these
streets are most frequently
visited or passed by people.

55. There are 261 establishments operating in the 22 streets of the
study area at Northwest Carlos Palanca Street, 35% of which are
in general merchandise. This is followed by establishments in
service industry with 26 percentage, native products/handicrafts
(23%) and food categories (16%). These are medium to large scale
enterprises.

56. 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Informal/semi formal
Formal Business
344
217

58. •Existing Land Use
> Commercial and
Institutional
•General Zone Classification
> C-3 MXD and INS-U
•PUD Zone Classification
>Quiapo-Sta.Cruz PUD
•Existing Development Density
>Minimum of 2-Storey
Height
>Maximum of
10-Storey Height

63. Proposal for Urban Renewal Solutions
General concepts applying to the three sites:
Study area: PHASE 1: Southwest Sta. Cruz-Quiapo District,
Riverfront area and its surroundings
Study area: PHASE 2: Northwest Quiapo Commercial Area
and Quiapo Church area
Study area: PHASE 3: NorthEast Quiapo District and
Golden Mosque Area

65. •Identified and significant heritage site
To be rehabilitated, preserved and restored for adaptive re-use.
•Density of buildings
Regulated facades, massing and height to human scale
Building’s height should decrease as they approach the water.
•Mixed-uses
Rezoning, reorganization and regulation of land-use patterns and
intensities.
A healthy-urban-living with variety of uses including retail,
recreational, entertainment, utility, housing and open spaces.
Redesign and develop underutilized areas.

67. •Pedestrian village
Pedestrianization of Carlos Palanca Street and surroundings.
Improved pedestrian and vehicular circulation through
underground channel development, elevated pedestrian links and
surface tram connecting transit stops.
Improved pedestrian circulation through upper and ground level
linkages.
•Sustainable design & Riverfront/waterways rehabilitation,
redevelopment and revitalization.
Integration of urban green infrastructures- open spaces,
greenways, green streets, stormwater runoff storage and
retention, groundwater recharge, rainwater harvesting, bioswales
and bioretention pond.
Provision of solar panels/ photovoltaic cells on roof deck. (Private
and public)

70. •Socio-Cultural Development
•Promotion of multicultural corridor through community centers,
programmed bazaars/ night markets, cultural shows/ exhibit,
cultural pavilions and unity/ cultural tower.
•Protection of cultural local crafts and arts.
•Rezone, reorganize, program space for informal, temporal
vendors.
•Management and maintenance of all urban infrastructure and
utilities.
•Establishment of materials recovery facility.
•Provision of underground electrical system.

73. Block Lot Cost
2139 1,4,5,6,7,8 49,611,820.00
2135 12-A 1,956,478.00
2135 12-B 651,753.00
2135 12-C1 642,193.50
2135 12-D 144,188.60
2135 13 10,481,078.00
2135 14 14,136,220.00
2135 16 6,058,800.00
2135 5A-5D 16,880,550.00
2135 17-A PSD 0039 08-
032590-D
1,074,940.00
2135 17-B PSD 0039 08-
032590-D
1,452,224.60
2135 17-C 1,191,334.50
2135 17-D 1,179,324.00
2135 7 13,356,492,.00
Total Cost: 103,116,170.07
Cost Estimate and Analysis
Land Acquisition

74. Redevelopment and Construction Cost
PHASE 1 ( NW C.palanca St. , Riverfront and its surroundings)
Total Area= 67,662 Sq.m. x 25, 000 cost/ sq.m = 1,691,550,000.00
PHASE 2 (Northeast Quiapo, Quiapo Church and surroundings)
Total Area= 73,471 Sq.m. x 25, 000 cost/ sq.m = 1,836,775,000.00
PHASE 3: Northeast Quiapo distrct and Golden Mosque
surroundings
Total area = 74,357.20 Sq.m X 25,000 Cost/sq.m= 1,863,430,000
Total Cost =5,391,755,000.00
Total Grand Cost
103,116,170.07 + 5, 391, 755,000.00
=5,498,711,70.07

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