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Architectural Interiors (AI)
2. Acoustic Design
3. Architectural Lighting Layout and Design
4. Site Development Planning (SDP)
5. Site and Physical Planning Services (Including Master Development Planning,
Subdivision Planning, and Urban Design)
6. Comprehensive Development Planning
7. Historic and Cultural Heritage Conservation and Planning
8. Security Evaluation and Planning
9. Building Systems Design
10. Facilities Maintenance Support
11. Building Testing and Commissioning
12. Building Environmental Certification
13. Forensic Architecture
14. Building Appraisal
15. Structural Conceptualization
Architectural Interiors (AI) - Key Points
Role of the Architect:
1. Design for Comfort:
○ AI focuses on enhancing physical, visual, intellectual, and emotional comfort
for users.
2. Space Planning:
○ Architect creates space plans, stacking diagrams, and area computations for
activities in a building.
3. Furniture and Equipment Layout:
○ Specifies and lays out furniture, built-ins, finishes, and equipment.
4. Assistance with Bidding:
○ Helps clients negotiate with contractors and suppliers for materials, furniture, and
fixtures.
5. Material Approvals:
○ Reviews and approves samples and shop drawings of AI components.
6. Final Inspection:
○ Conducts final inspections and approves installed AI components.
Challenges:
1. Coordination:
2. Differentiating Interior Design vs. AI
3. JUST COMPENSATION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE OF ETHICS
Compensation:
● Fee: 15% of the Project Construction Cost (PCC), excluding engineering and specialist
consultant fees.
● If consultants are hired separately, the client covers their fees.
Acoustic Design - Key Points
Role of the Architect:
1. Preparation of Acoustic Drawings & Specs:
○ Designs for sound control, reinforcement, absorption, insulation, and
reflectance.
2. Bidding & Negotiation Assistance:
○ Helps the client bid or negotiate with specialty sub-contractors.
3. Approval of Materials & Equipment:
○ Reviews and approves samples of acoustic materials and equipment.
4. Final Inspection:
○ Conducts final inspection of acoustic work and equipment.
5. Payment Evaluation:
○ Assists the client in evaluating payments to the sub-contractor.
Compensation:
● Fee Based on Complexity:
○ Architect's fee depends on the complexity of the acoustic design work.
● Specialist Consultants:
○ If the client hires other consultants, their fee is paid separately by the client.
● Payment:
○ Compensation is as stated in the Architect's Guidelines.
Challenges:
1. Coordination with Trades
2. Knowledge in Proper Computation of Sound
3. Just Compensation
4. Aesthetic Value
Architectural Lighting Layout and Design - Key Points
Role of the Architect:
1. Preparation of Lighting Drawings & Specs:
○ Creates drawings and specifications for lighting design, including illumination,
fixture placement, efficiency, and energy considerations.
2. Bidding & Negotiation Assistance:
○ Helps the client bid or negotiate with specialty sub-contractors for lighting work.
3. Approval of Materials & Fixtures:
○ Reviews and approves samples of lighting materials and fixtures.
4. Final Inspection:
○ Conducts final inspections of lighting work and fixtures.
5. Payment Evaluation:
○ Assists the client in evaluating payments to the sub-contractor.
Compensation:
● Fee Based on Complexity:
○ Architect's fee depends on the complexity of the lighting design work.
● Specialist Consultants:
○ If other consultants are hired, their fee is paid separately by the client.
● Cost of Work:
○ Includes total cost of all fixtures and accessories designed, specified, or procured
by the architect and consultants.
● Payment:
○ As stated in the Architect's Guidelines.
Challenges:
1. Coordination with Trades
2. Knowledge in Proper Computation of Lumens
3. External Factors Affecting Light Efficiency
4. Just Compensation
5. Aesthetic Value
Role of the Architect:
1. Site Development Conceptualization:
○ Develops the entire site development plan, including civil works and
softscape/hardscape requirements.
2. Specifications for Civil Works and Utilities:
○ Creates specifications for necessary civil works and utility lines.
3. Assistance with Bidding & Negotiation:
○ Assists the client in bidding or negotiating with contractors for landscaping,
waterscape, and rock formation work, especially if no specialist consultant is
available.
Note:
● For small projects, the architect may handle the landscaping as part of SDP.
● For large-scale projects, hire state-regulated professionals (specialist consultants) as
needed.
Compensation:
● Fee Based on Project Scope:
○ Depends on the estimated cost of civil works and landscaping (hardscape and
softscape).
● Increased Fee for Qualified Architects:
○ If the architect is also a licensed landscape architect, the fee increases based on
project complexity.
● Specialist Consultants:
○ If a separate landscape architect is hired, their fee is paid directly by the client.
● Payment:
○ As stated in the Architect's Guidelines.
Challenges:
1. Differentiating General Architecture from Landscape Architecture
2. Knowledge in Proper Landscape Approach & Architect’s Limits
3. Just Compensation
4. Sustainability Concerns
5. Coordination with Allied Professionals
Site and Physical Planning Services (INCLUDING MASTER DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING,SUBDIVISION PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN) SERVICE - Key
Points
Role of the Architect:
1. Coordination and Leadership:
○ Directs a multi-disciplinary team for physical planning work, ensuring integration
of various aspects of the project.
2. Site Planning:
○ Manages the arrangement of buildings, amenities, services, and utilities within a
given setting.
3. Additional Services:
○ Oversees environmental studies, feasibility studies, market analysis, impact
analysis, and other required services by qualified professionals.
4. Consultant Management:
○ May hire additional specialist consultants (SCS) for complex projects. Their fees
are paid separately by the client.
5. Project Requirements and Data Collection:
○ Confers with the client, gathers primary and secondary data, and prepares
reliable projections and analyses.
6. Regulations and Best Practices:
○ Examines relevant laws, ordinances, and industry practices affecting the project.
7. Master Development Plans:
○ Prepares framework and conceptual plans (FRDPS and CMDPS), and detailed
plans (PMDPS/DMDPS) including physical layouts, road networks, utility layouts,
and other elements.
8. Documentation and Approval:
○ Prepares and presents plans, reports, and specifications for client and
government approval, and manages modifications as required.
9. Phasing and Cost Estimates:
○ Develops construction phasing plans and provides project cost estimates based
on current parameters.
Challenges:
1. Land Acquisition Issues
2. Road Right-of-Ways (RROW)
3. Environmental Factors & Protected Lands
4. Sustainability Concerns
5. Economic Aspects
6. Human Settlements
Comprehensive Development Planning (CDP) - Key Points
Scope of Services:
1. Components of CDP:
○ Physical Component: Land use and changes in the physical environment
(Mainly represented by the Master Development Plan (MDP)).
○ Economic Component: Management of national assets and economic factors.
○ Socio-Cultural Component: The population, their living conditions, and
improvement strategies.
○ Transport Component: Road and transit networks, land-sea-air linkages, and
movement of people and goods.
○ Legal and Administrative Component: Alignment of development proposals
with existing laws.
2. Role of the Architect:
○ Data Gathering: Identifies existing land use, resources, and social behavior.
○ Analysis: Conducts environmental analysis, demographic studies, and feasibility
assessments.
○ Regulatory Review: Examines relevant laws, ordinances, and social constraints.
○ Planning: Prepares conceptual development plans, policies, and implementation
strategies for comprehensive or master planning solutions.
Methods of Compensation:
● Compensation Basis: Calculated on a man-month basis (22 man-days multiplied by 8
man-hours), including additional costs such as overhead, as prescribed by the architect’s
guidelines.
Additional Information:
● Environmental Planners: Focus on environmental sustainability, assess planning
permit applications, and ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
● Urban Design: Concerned with the arrangement and functionality of physical spaces on
a larger scale, ensuring spaces are functional, safe, and attractive.
● Architectural vs. Landscape Architecture: Architects design buildings, while
landscape architects design the surrounding physical spaces.
Challenges:
1. Data Gathering Procedures
2. Economic Capability
3. Policies and Existing Laws
4. Sustainability Concerns
Historic and Heritage Conservation and Planning - Key Points
Scope of Services:
● Activities Involved:
○ Research: Investigates the historical significance and background of heritage
sites.
○ Assessment: Evaluates the condition and historical value of the structures.
○ Recording: Documents the current state and historical context of heritage sites.
○ Management: Oversees the conservation and maintenance strategies.
○ Interpretation: Provides context and understanding of the historical and cultural
significance.
○ Conservation: Implements preservation techniques to maintain and restore
heritage sites.
Challenges:
1. Data Gathering Procedures
2. Economic Capability
3. Policies and Existing Laws
4. Sustainability Concerns
5. Methods of Construction
Security Evaluation and Planning - Key Points
Scope of Services:
● Activities Involved:
○ Rating and Ascertaining: Evaluates the value and security needs of structures
or facilities.
○ Security Measures: Formulates methods to ensure structures are fully secured,
protected, and have adequate safeguards.
Challenges:
1. Confidentiality Issues:
○ Security of Floor Plans and Other Data
○ Trustworthiness of Involved Parties
○ Design Adaptability
Building Systems Design - Key Points
Scope of Services:
● Activities Involved:
○ Component Production: Engages in designing building components to be
highly engineered, efficient, and cost-effective.
○ Applications: Particularly focuses on residential and commercial settings.
Challenges:
1. Adaptability of Existing to New Technologies
2. Coordination with Allied Professionals
3. Methods of Compensation
Scope of Services:
● Activities Involved:
○ Maintenance Measures: Provides methods and strategies to ensure proper
functioning and maintenance of the building/structure and site post-final
inspection.
Common Challenge:
1. Complete Records on Facilities/Structures
BUILDING TESTING AND COMMISSIONING
The architect ensures that a building's systems are planned, designed, installed, and
tested to perform according to the design intent and operational needs.
Common Challenges:
1. Complete actual/implemented records and plans on all installed items for testing and
commissioning.
2. Coordination with other allied professionals.
BUILDING ENVIRONMENT CERTIFICATION
The consulting architect must have advanced expertise in green architecture, environmental
laws, and sustainable design. This includes understanding international protocols such as the
Philippine Solid Waste, Clean Air, and Clean Water Acts, and relevant DENR administrative
issuances.
Key Aspects:
● Credit-Based System: Projects earn points for environmentally-friendly practices during
planning, design, construction, and occupancy.
● Flexibility: Projects are not required to meet identical criteria to achieve certification.
● Consensus-Based and Market-Driven: Encourages green building practices through
widespread acceptance and implementation.
Common Challenges:
1. Lack of knowledge on in-depth green architecture, environmental laws, and sustainable
design.
2. Corruption.
Forensic Architecture
Forensic Architecture involves a scientific study of a building's condition to enhance its longevity
and efficiency. This includes:
● Determining causes of deterioration in the building or materials.
● Identifying deficiencies such as legal non-compliance or deviations from intended use.
● Investigating faulty activities during construction.
● Analyzing design and construction issues.
Common Challenges:
1. Overestimation
2. Lack of Experienced Professionals
3. Lack of Available As-Built Data
Building Appraisal
Appraisal is defined as an act or process of estimating value. The consulting architect in this
area of practice places value on the building/structure's condition and defects, and on its repair
and maintenance, including the required improvements.
Common Challenges:
1. Overestimation/Underestimation
2. Lack of Experienced Professionals
3. Biased Appraisals
Structural Conceptualization
The architect in this area of practice conceives, chooses, and develops the type, disposition,
arrangement, and proportioning of the structural elements of an architectural work, giving due
consideration to safety, cost-effectiveness, functionality, and aesthetics.
Common Challenges:
1. Budgeting Issues
2. Stability Assumption Issues
3. Lack of Structural Coordination
4. Methods of Compensation
