STANDARD OF PROFESSIONAL

PRACTICE (SPP) ON SPECIALIZED

ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES

SPP Doc 203

Introduction
• Apart from the legal definition/s supplied under R.A. No. 9266,
Architecture may also be defined as the blending of aesthetics,
functions, space, materials and its environment resulting from the
application of various technologies and skills in different fields.
• Specialized Architectural Services deals with specific expertise for
further enhancement of the architectural interior and exterior
components of a project.
• Design services needed within and outside the building which fall
under Specialized Architectural Services as listed under the
pertinent provisions of R.A. No. 9266 and its 2004 IRR, include but
are not limited to the following:
Introduction
• Architectural Interiors (AI)
• Acoustic Design
• Architectural Lighting Layout and Design
• Site Development Planning (SDP)
• Site and Physical Planning Services (including Master Development
Planning, Subdivision Planning and Urban Design)
• Comprehensive Development Planning
• Historic and Cultural Heritage Conservation and Planning
• Security Evaluation and Planning
• Building Systems Design
• Facilities Maintenance Support
• Building Testing and Commissioning
Introduction
• Building Environmental Certification
• Forensic Architecture
• Building Appraisal
• Structural Conceptualization
• Preliminary Services
• Contract Documentation and Review
• Post-Design Services (including Construction Management Services)
• Dispute Avoidance and Resolution
• Architectural Research Methods
• Special Building/ Facility Planning and Design
• Building Components
• Management of Architectural Practices
ARCHITECTURAL INTERIOR (AI)
SERVICES
• Involves the detailed planning and design of the indoor /
enclosed areas of any proposed building / structure,
including retrofit, renovation, rehabilitation or expansion
work which shall cover all architectural and utility
aspects, including the architectural lay-outing of all
building engineering systems found therein.
• Depending on the complexity of the Project, the
Architect undertaking professional AI services must be
sufficiently experienced in the planning, design and
detailing of AI elements.
ARCHITECTURAL INTERIOR (AI)
SERVICES
Scope of Services
• The Architect plans and designs the architectural
interiors (AI) of buildings such that they contribute to
the physical, visual, intellectual and emotional comforts
of the intended end-users.
• the Architect develops the design by determining the
size and interrelationship of interior spaces, laying out
the furniture, movables, equipment, built-ins and
fixtures to support the required activities, thus making
both the exterior and interior spaces contribute to the
total concept.
ARCHITECTURAL INTERIOR (AI)
SERVICES
Scope of Services
• Prescribes space plans, stacking diagrams/ sections and computations
of areas for the different activities and spaces to be integrated in a
building Project.
• Lays out and prescribes furniture/ built-ins/ equipment for the project
and prepares specifications of AI components including all floor / wall /
ceiling finishes, doors and partition systems, hardware, modular or
ready-assembled furniture pieces/ systems, equipment, furnishings,
built-ins, fixtures, signages and graphic devices, etc.
• Checks and approves samples of materials and shop drawings of AI
components.
• Conducts final inspection and approves installed AI components and
related items.
ARCHITECTURAL INTERIOR (AI)
SERVICES
Method of Compensation
• For projects involving extensive detailing of AI
components such as custom floor, wall, ceiling
construction and finishes, cabinet design, built-in
components, equipment and special fittings, the
Architect’s Fee shall be a percentage of the cost of the
AI work. This excludes the fee of any Engineering and /
or Specialist Consultants (SCs) working with the
Architect.
ACOUSTIC DESIGN SERVICES
• Acoustic design services involves the detailed planning
and design to control sound transmission for
compatibility with the architectural design concept.
• One of the limiting criteria in building design has been
the need to control sound in an enclosed space. The
continuing evolution of products and techniques in
sound management and control has provided a wider
flexibility in the design of the interior environment. This
allows the Architect to build an environment that
answers the acoustical demands of varied activities
within an enclosed space.
ACOUSTIC DESIGN SERVICES
Scope of Services
• The Architect is the prime professional commissioned by the
Owner/Client to plan and design the building/structure and all its
utilities and to coordinate the works of all allied design professionals
involved in the project including all inter-disciplinary and specialized
works
• As a specialist for acoustic design, the Architect:
• Prepares the drawings and specifications for acoustic design and treatment,
sound control and reinforcement, sound absorption, reflectance, insulation, etc.
• Assists the Owner/ Client in bidding out the work or in negotiating with a
specialty sub-contractor
• Checks and approves samples of materials and equipment
• Conducts final inspection of work and equipment
• Assists Owner/ Client in evaluating the amount due the sub-contractor.
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING LAYOUT
AND DESIGN
• Architectural Lighting Layout and Design Services involves
the detailed planning and design of light transmission,
timing and control for compatibility with the architectural
design concept.
• One of the limiting criteria in building design has been the
need to control light in an enclosed or defined space. The
continuing evolution of products and techniques in lighting
has provided a wider flexibility in the design of the building’s
interior and exterior environments. This allows the Architect
to build an environment that answers the lighting demands
of varied activities within and outside a building.
ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING LAYOUT
AND DESIGN
Scope of Services
• The Architect is the prime professional commissioned by the Owner/Client
to plan and design the building/ structure and all its utilities and to
coordinate the works of all allied design professionals involved in the project
including all inter-disciplinary and specialized works. He shall make certain
that these inputs comply with the requirements of the project and are
compatible with the architectural design concept.
• As a specialist for lighting layout and design, the Architect :
• Prepares the drawings and specifications for lighting design, illumination, fixture
placement, efficiency, energy considerations, etc.
• Assists the Owner/ Client in bidding out the work or in negotiating with a specialty
sub-contractor
• Checks and approve samples of materials and fixtures
• Conducts final inspection of work and fixtures
• Assists Owner/ Client to evaluate the amount due the sub-contractor
SITE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
(SDP) SERVICES
• The space planning, architectural lay-outing and utilization of spaces within
and surrounding a specific building/ structure in relation with the existing
natural and/or built environments have to be a well-coordinated effort so
that both the building/ structure and the host environment shall act as one.
• The Architect is not merely concerned with the building/structure he creates
but with the grounds and surrounding space as well. He studies the existing
environment in relation to the building/structure and consequently lays out
the areas/ grounds immediately surrounding the building/ structure.
• Ordinarily, the landscaping layout of small building projects could be done
by the Architect as part of the site development planning (SDP) effort.
However, if the project is large in scale, the Architect must hire other State-
regulated professionals (RLPs) as qualified Specialist Consultants (SCs).
SITE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
(SDP) SERVICES
Scope of Services
• The Architect, upon designing a building/ structure, complements this
with the design of the surroundings that will make the space fit for a
specific mood and for the required activities. He lays out the open spaces
in and around the structure such that they contribute to the totality of the
project.
• In order to achieve a well-balanced design of the environment enveloping
a specific building/structure, the Specialist Architect:
• Conceptualizes the entire site development plan (SDP) including the generic scope
of civil works and the general scope of softscape and hardscape requirements.
• Conceptualizes the specifications for the needed civil works and utility lines.
• Assists the Owner/Client in bidding out the work or negotiating with landscape,
waterscape, rock formation contractors, etc., but mainly when no SC is available.
SITE AND PHYSICAL PLANNING (INCLUDING
MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, SUBDIVISION
PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN) SERVICES
• Physical planning refers to the orderly arrangement within a piece of land or
property on which vertical structures such as buildings, monuments and the
like, as well as horizontal developments such as rights-of-way (ROWs), open
spaces and activity spaces are to be proposed.
• The Architect is concerned not merely with a building/structure but with its
immediate surroundings as well. In planning for a building, he studies its
interrelationship with other structures, the surrounding environment, and their
effect and impact on the neighboring areas.
• If the Architect is commissioned to do physical plans for specific site, he has to
go beyond the study of human behavior and activities and must undertake an
in-depth study of the host site’s economic systems, its laws and regulations,
tax structure, infrastructure, utilities, and all other components that will have a
bearing on the project.
SITE AND PHYSICAL PLANNING (INCLUDING
MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, SUBDIVISION
PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN) SERVICES
Scope of Services
• All ideas and concepts have to be translated into physical plans before they can be
implemented. It is the Specialist Architect who provides a multidimensional point-of-view to
a 2-dimensional physical plan.
• Physical planning is concerned with the general quality of the settings for people and their
activities, buildings and other natural and man-made phenomenon.
• The Architect undertakes the site planning of a project that requires a composite
arrangement of several buildings/ structures and their requisite amenities, facilities,
services and utilities within a natural or built setting.
• Should other services be required by the project, such as environmental studies, feasibility
studies, market analysis, access/movement systems, impact analysis and others, said
services should be performed by duly qualified professionals with the Architect acting as
the Lead Professional of the physical planning team.
• Depending on the complexity of the project, the Architect may hire additional Specialist
Consultants (SCs) whose expert advice may be needed to validate certain features of the
physical plan. The fee of any additional SC needed in the project must be paid separately
by the Owner/Client.
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING (CDP) SERVICES
• Comprehensive Development Planning (CDP) Services
are based on the concept of expanded physical planning
services to include other activities necessary for the
proper handling of the numerous components
considered in the formulation, implementation and
realization of a Master Development Plan (MDP).
Comprehensive Development Planning (CDP) covers the
range of all services from primary data gathering
through the formulation of the MDP and the parallel
preparation of the environmental impact assessment/
statement (EIA/S).
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING (CDP) SERVICES
Scope of Services
• If the Architect (an RLA) is separately qualified and suitably experienced as an
Environmental Planner, the range of all services offered by the Architect from
data base gathering, to the preparation of environmental impact
assessments/statements (EIA/S), up to the formulation of the Comprehensive
Development Plan (CDP), may include the following components:
• Physical Component - land use and the changes which occur within the physical
environment (within the space where such activities take place), represented mainly by
the MDP.
• Economic Component - the nation’s assets and its management.
• Socio-Cultural Component - the people, their living conditions and the seeking of ways to
ameliorate it.
• Transport Component - road and transit networks, land-sea-air linkages, the movement
of people and goods from one place to another.
• Legal and Administrative Component - the relationship of adopted development
proposals and policies to existing laws.
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING (CDP) SERVICES
Scope of Services
• When the Consulting Architect is commissioned to do a
Comprehensive Development Planning effort, he performs
the following:
• Identifies existing land use, resources, social behavior and
interaction;
• Undertakes environmental analysis, demographic analysis and
feasibility studies;
• Examines existing laws, ordinances, political/ social constraints;
• 4 Prepares the conceptual development plans, policies,
implementing strategies to arrive at the desired comprehensive
and/or master planning solution/s.
HISTORIC AND HERITAGE
CONSERVATION AND PLANNING
• The suitably trained and experienced Consulting
Architect in this area of architectural practice provides
research, assessment, recording, management,
interpretation and conservation of historical heritage.
SECURITY EVALUATION AND
PLANNING
• The Consulting Architect in this area of practice
arranges and formulates methods of rating and
ascertaining the value of structures or facilities which
must be fully secured, kept safe, protected, assured,
guaranteed and provided sufficient safeguards for the
conduct of any work or activity.
FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SUPPORT
• The Consulting Architect in this area of practice
provides the Owner/Client with means and measures to
ensure the proper function and maintenance of the
building/structure and site after final inspection.
BUILDING TESTING AND
COMMISSIONING
• The Architect in this area of practice recommends the
systematic process of ensuring that a
building/structure’s array of systems is planned,
designed, installed and tested to perform according to
the design intent and the building’s operational needs.
If the building materials, equipment and systems are
not installed properly or are not operating as intended,
the effectiveness, efficiency, productivity and other
benefits of high performance plans/designs will not be
achieved.
BUILDING ENVIRONMENT
CERTIFICATION
• The Consulting Architect in this area of practice must
have much more than the basic knowledge of Green
Architecture and Environmental and/or Sustainable
Design and sufficient knowledge of the governing
environmental laws and environmental investigation
processes and procedures under international protocols
such as the Philippine Solid Waste, Clean Air and Clean
Water Acts, DENR administrative issuances and the like.
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 condition and
defects, and on its repair and maintenance, including
the required improvements.
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 considerations to safety,
cost-effectiveness, functionality and aesthetics
PRELIMINARY SERVICES
• The Consulting Architect in this area of practice must
have much more than the basic knowledge of Site
Analysis, Space Planning and Management,
Architectural Programming, and the other services
under SPP Document 201.
CONTRACT DOCUMENTATION AND
REVIEW SERVICES
• The Architect in this area of practice must have much
more than the basic knowledge of Specification Writing,
Estimation and Quantity Survey, Architectural
Production, Architectural Software, Architectural Support
Services and Contract Document Review.
POST-DESIGN SERVICES (INCLUDING
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES)
• The Consulting Architect in this area of practice must
have much more than the basic knowledge of Pre-
Construction, Construction, Post-Construction and the
other services
• Included under this specialized practice is the
preparation of the Fire Safety and Life Assessment
Report (FALAR) required by R.A. No. 9514, the 2008 Fire
Code of the Philippines and its 2009 IRR.
DISPUTE AVOIDANCE AND
RESOLUTION
• The Architect in this area of practice must have much
more than the basic knowledge of the various modes of
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) prescribed under
R.A. No. 9285, the ADR Act of 2004 and its IRR i.e.
Construction Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation,
Negotiation and of Contract Administration, Quality
Surveys, Appraisals and Adjustments and Expert
Testimony. An Architect specializing in ADR must
preferably be State-accredited.
ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH
METHODS
• The Consulting Architect in this area of practice must
have much more than the basic knowledge of Research
Methods, Philippine Architecture and its History,
Architectural Materials and Finishes, Building Types and
Standards, Architectural Design Trends, Architectural
Writing and Architectural Photography.
SPECIAL BUILDING/ FACILITY
PLANNING AND DESIGN
• The Architect in this area of practice must have much
more than the basic knowledge of the Planning and
Design Processes required for Housing Developments,
Recreational and Tourism Estates, Health Care and
Hospitality Facilities, Transportation and
Telecommunications Facilities, Production and Extractive
Facilities, Utility-related Developments, Secure Facilities,
Business and Industrial Parks, Economic Zones and
Community Architecture and the like.
MANAGEMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL
PRACTICES
• The Architect in this area of practice must have much
more than the basic knowledge of the Types of
Architectural Office Operations, Architectural Office
Management, Accounting / Finance / Taxation / Audit,
Labor Code, Architectural Marketing and Project
Development, Proposals/ Negotiations/ Contracts,
Contract Administration, File Management and
Limitations of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and
Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) Operations.