BALANGAY: A PROPOSED FLOOD RESILIENT

HOUSE

QUESTIONS
1.
How can an amphibious house be efficient,
sustainable and cost effective suitable in Philippine
setting?
2.
What are the forms, utilities, mechanism,
construction systems and materials that can be
used as a design solution to the proposal?
3.
How will the effects weights to the structure
will be manage?

METHODOLOGY

1. RESEARCH DESIGN
A. DESCRIPTIVE METHOD
B. QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL METHOD

2. INSTRUMENTATION (DATA SOURCES)

A. RELATED ARTICLES AND STUDIES
1. WORLD WIDE WEB
2. LIBRARIES
B. RESOURCE PERSON

3. RESEARCH STRATEGY (OUTLINE)

OBJECTIVES
The main goal of this project proposal is to
have an idea on an architectural design solution for
houses in flood prone areas and to localize the
foreign amphibious designs suitable in the
Philippines. The proposal aims to design a house
where its user can protect their property and
personal belongings from flood and less damage
during typhoons. It aims to give an idea on design
strategies on adapting with flood and typhoons in
Philippine setting.
To achieve the goals of the proposal, here are the
objectives of this project:

To conceptualize a design strategies of

amphibious architecture suitable in Philippine
setting

To
determine
the
forms,
utilities,
mechanism, construction details and materials that
can be used as a design solution to the proposal

To determine a way to manage the effects

weights to the structure

A. NEEDS IDENTIFICATION
B. DATA GATHERING
1. KEY RESOURCE PERSON INTERVIEWS
2. REVIEW OF RELATED ISSUES, ARTICLES
AND PROJECTS
C. FORMULATION OF HYPOTHESIS
D. ANALYSIS
E. EVALUATION

4.
MECHANICS
OF
ANALYSIS
TRIANGULATION (PROCEDURE)

AND

A. CASE STUDIES
1. SELECTING THE PROJECTS
2. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
3. STUDY ON SELECTED PROJECT
4. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DESIGN
CONCEPT
B. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING
1. BUILDING SPACE PROGRAM
2. DESIGN CONCEPTUALIZATION

3. PROJECT TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

c. Buoyancy

C. QUASI EXPERIMENTAL
1. FLOATING COMPUTATION
a. Dead Loads
Wd = WH + WFFE

Fb = gpV = pghA

Where:
p = density of the fluid
g = gravity

Where:

V = volume of the immersed part

Wd = Total Dead Loads

A = Area

Wh
(Materials)

= Total Weight of the house

FB > WT

Where:

Wffe = Total Weight of Furniture, Fixture

and Equipment Used
b. Live Loads

Fb = Buoyant Force Capacity

Wt = Total Weight
D. BUILDING ESTIMATES
E. SIMULATION AND MODELING
1. SCALE MODELING
a. Floating Mechanism
b. Distribution of Loads
2. SIMULATION

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

INPUT

PROCESS

OUTPUT

Related issues,

projects and studies

Key Resource

person consultation
and interview

Ocular visit and

observation

Data Analysis

Needs Identification
Space Programming
Study of Form

Architectural and

Construction

Anthropometrics
and Ergonomics

Utility System

Planning Standards

Building Laws
Building Technology
Planning

Technology

Materials

Technology
Conceptualization
Conceptualization

Material Identification
Mathematical
Experimentation
Simulation or Scale
Modeling

BALANGAY: a
Proposed Flood
Resilient Habitat