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Introduction One of the Architectural Feature of the Far Eastern University is the Technology Building. It was a building designed by Arch. Pablo Antonio Jr. and constructed in the year 2005. This facility occupies the location of the former FEU Hospital. The Technology building former house the Institutes of Architecture of Fine Arts and additional classrooms for use by Engineering and Computer Studies students. The Technology building has its own Cafeteria, allotted floor for parking, library and auditorium.

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Analysis The technology building having allotted floor for parking, differs in plans from the other building inside the FEU. While the remaining floors - floors 4th to 9th are the floors assigned for our group to analyze, are the floors allotted for classrooms. Looking through its facade, it is composed with steel, glass and masonry works which stands out from the other building. As we observe the different classroom, we observed that in each classroom and even in hallways, it has large windows which provide natural lightings but does not provide natural ventilation, instead, they use air-conditioning unit or mechanical ventilation to provide ventilation in the spaces.

Figure 1: Large Windows

Hallways, which connect each room, are narrow that unintentionally forces the users to traffic the circulation. As for the ceiling, we noticed that it was a bit low.

Figure 2: Hallway

There are two ways to get to the higher floors, the first one is the elevator which is located in the right part of the building and is more convenient to use. The second one is the stairs, which uses up almost all of your energy before reaching your destination. One thing we noticed with using the stairs is that after entering the door, comfort room will welcome you. We also noticed that, in every floor, the ninth floor is the only floor with both male and female CR, the rest in just alternating male and female CRs. But to compliment them, garbage bins are also located near the CR.

Figure 3: Comfort Rooms and Garbage Bins

Because they use mechanical ventilations, they need to provide rooms or spaces to put their air conditioning condenser units, which is also the location of fire exit.

Figure 4: Condenser units

The layout of doors, similar to normal layout of classrooms, but the only different is that the doors in the Technology Building is depressed, which we think helps a little bit in circulation, because unlike in the Law Building and Science Building, you get to hit people passing by when you opened the door, but when the door is depressed there is walls that directs the people not to pass there. .

Figure 5: Depressed Doors

Draperies were provided because the building is oriented East-West to protect the users from too much sun rays. But in this building, they used manila papers as a cheap alternative to the draperies.

Figure 6: Draperies

We also noticed a louver in one of the floor of the said building. They used louvers for exhausting property too. The louver is found in the Electrical Room of the Fifth Floor. Louvers are used as an outlet of heat. Also, we noticed the Fire Protection Systems used, like the smoke detector and sprinklers, the location of Fire Hose Cabinet and Fire Alarms; they are put in group, maybe for a certain purpose.

Figure 7 Louvers and Fire Alarm and Sprinkler Heads

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Recommendations a. Space Planning It is much better to have the ceiling and hallway widened because there is this feeling of suffocation when you are in a place with narrow hallway and low ceilings. When planning, preserve the design grades, vegetation and community drainage patterns.

When planning, Integrate the buildings and site improvements into the natural setting When planning Take the best advantage of views and sunlight.

When planning, achieve the proper balance of visibility and privacy When planning, create sheltered, outdoor areas, by the building design and landscape plantings ) Spaces should be planned as appropriate to their use and should be bright and stimulating or calm and relaxing as appropriate. Special care should be taken while selecting the colour scheme. Complex colour schemes and the use of contrasting colours (e.g. red/green) that could create a difficulty to the visually impaired should be avoided The proposed layout should provide spaces that are well proportioned, efficient, fit for purpose and meet the requirements of the brief without wasteful or redundant circulation. The layout should enhance the operational efficiency of the school activities and the orientation of the building should take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the site.

b. Ventilation Ventilation is supply to and removal of air from a space to improve the indoor air quality The required ventilation depends also on the quality of the available outdoor air The occupants in a space have two requirements of the air in that space. First, the health risk of breathing the air should be negligible. Secondly, the air should be perceived fresh and pleasant rather than stale, stuffy and irritating.

 Ventilation where possible should be natural ventilation by means of permanent wall vents and windows with opening sections. In determining the way in which a room is ventilated the design team should also consider performance and comfort levels, acoustic factors, safety, ease of operation and maintenance factors along with running costs. With the use of mechanical ventilations, like air-conditioning units, there is also and always a need for natural ventilation. Though, generators and other energy supplying systems are available, natural ventilation should always be put first together with natural lightings. The use of eaves ventilators to provide natural ventilations The Stairs should be also provided by proper ventilations. Toilets should be ventilated by natural permanent ventilation means. Where this is not possible, changing areas and toilets shall be mechanically ventilated. A permanent natural vent to the exterior, either directly or ducted should be provided in addition to any operable window.

c. Orientation Windows should be less in East and West. Orientation of winds should also be considered, the North East monsoon and Southwest monsoon. The proposed new school should create an effective filter between its occupants and the external environment and should be designed to a high standard of physical and environmental performance combined with economy and efficiency of means and should lead to a balanced distribution of elemental costs within the overall cost target The whole school should have a harmonious and consistent identity while allowing individual parts to vary to suit their use. All building and service elements, which are visible, should be fully considered at the design stage, and not insensitively applied later. Consideration should be given to how the building and spaces between the adjacent buildings will look both during daytime and at night. The design should place an emphasis on the spatial quality and variety of the entire building and each component part. The design should create spaces to raise the spirits rather than depress them. The scale and proportion should be appropriate to the users. The scale should not feel intimidating to pupils/students.

Consideration may be given to expressing functional spaces in the school as visual elements to break up the massing of the school. (e.g. grouping rooms of similar scale size and heights)

d. Building Materials The design should be developed on environmentally friendly and ecologically sound principles with genuine commitment to sustainability issues which conserve use of energy, water and other resources. Thermal insulation standards shall meet or exceed the prevailing Building Regulation standards, but shall also be considered in the context of the balance of heat loss and gain so as to minimise the running costs and maintain comfort conditions. Natural materials are generally lower in embodied energy and toxicity than man-made materials. They require less processing and are less damaging to the environment. Many, like wood, are theoretically renewable. When natural materials are incorporated into building products, the products become more sustainable Non- or less-toxic materials are less hazardous to construction workers and a buildings occupants. Many materials adversely affect indoor air quality and expose occupants to health hazards. e. Building Elements

It is recommended that buildings are located on an east-west axis where possible to avoid unnecessary glare and overheating. Windows are minimized on the east and west elevations and large overhangs provided to the north and south to generate mid-day shade. Shades and canopies are also helpful to lessen the solar heat rays coming from the sun. Elevators and Stairs as way of vertical access. Hallways and Corridors as way of horizontal access.

ELEVATION

Figure 8: ELEVATIONS OF TECH BUILDING

Figure 9 Rear view of Tech. Bldg.

INTERIOR DETAILS

Figure 10 Condenser - Left, Railings - Right

Figure 11 Louvers - Left, Elevator Ceiling - Right

Figure 12 Glass Cabinets and Mac Computers

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