I would rather own little

and see the world than

own the world and see a
little of it

Thesis Presented by: Gelvez, Nuellle S.

Mapua Institute of Technology
Architect Junar P. Tablan, UAP Msae

WATERSPORT
RESORT
HOTEL IN
CAMSUR
Enhancing Tourist
Experience with
Architecture Adapting
Contemporary
Response

WHY RESORT
HOTEL?

WHY
CAMSUR?

INFLUX OF TOURISTS
IN CAMSUR HAS
ALSO EXPANDED
ROOM CAPACITY TO
DATE IN DIFFERENT
MUNICIPALITIES

TOURIST ARRIVALS IN
CAMSUR
8,700 FOREIGN TOURIST 2007
339,000 FOREIGN TOURIST 2013

LEAP (GROWTH
RATE)
47% - 2012
66% - 2013
52% - 2014

TOURIST ARRIVALS
TOURISTS FROM

AUSTRALIA &

U.K. INCREASED BY 235

%&

130 % RESPECTIVELY. AS
WAKEBOARDING ATTRACTED GROUP
TOURS FROM THESE MARKET.

DEPARTMENT OF
TOURISM
DOT REGIONAL OFFICE LISTED
A TOTAL OF 1.3

MILLION
TOURIST ARRIVALS
FOR THE ENTIRE CAMSUR
WITH NAGA CITY

FOREIGN TOURISTS INCREASE:

11, 608 TOURISTS

CONTRIBUTING 890,000

DOMESTIC TOURIST INCREASE:

46, 288 TOURISTS

ARRIVALS IN THE PROVINCE

ACCOMMODATION ESTABLISHMENT
COMPARATIVE DATE FOR REGIONAL

OR 68% OF TOTAL TOURIST

NEED
ANALYSIS
CAMSUR 3RD MOST
VISITED PLACE IN
THE PHILIPPINES
-Philippine Daily Inquirer

Decline of customer/user
satisfaction
-Proponent Survey

EXISTING
PROBLEMS:
(according to the proponents
case study November 18,
2014)

facilities not
maintained
Public toilets are small
Not globally
competitive

WATERSPORTS
IN CAMSUR
EXISTING
WATERSPORTS
FACILITIES IN CAMSUR:
- WAKEBOARDING
- BOATING
- KNEE BOARDING

NEED
ANALYSIS
POTENTIAL FOR
HIGH-QUALITY
DEVELOPMENT

Innovative Energyresponsive Design

OBJECTIVES
Enrich the
environment
Provide tourist
satisfaction
Offer new attraction
in CamSur

GOALS
Desires to create a
commercial
establishment that will
support the sprawling
tourism needs of
Camarines Sur

WATERSPORT
ARTIFICIAL
SURFING

?
t
a
Wh
Watersport: A sport played
or undertaken on or in the
water, as swimming,
snorkeling, or surfing

Wha
ts
new
?

Wavegarden is a
leading engineering
company dedicated to
the design,
WAVEGARDEN
manufacture,
TECHNOLOGY:
installation and
commissioning of wave
generating systems and
lagoons for surfing and
other watersports.

Why a
WAVEGARDEN?

Surfing is currently limited to coastal locations

Favorable surf conditions only occur about 30-50% of the year
Around 1 million new surfers per year guarantee a growing market
Wavegarden provides perfect beginner and expert waves at all times
Wavegarden can be better than the real thing

SITE
SELECTION

SITE CONDITION
SIZE
FLEXIBILITY
TOPOGRAPHY
AVAILABILITY OF
NATURAL RESOURCES

HISTORY
"camaronchones" or
"camarines", a Spanish
word for "kamalig"
referring to small nipa

or bamboo-made huts
by the natives.

LOCATION
central part of the Bicol
peninsula, which forms the
southeastern part of the
island of Luzon
NORTH of Camarines Norte
and Quezon, San Miguel
Bay and the Pacific Ocean;
SOUTH of Albay;
EAST of Lagonoy Gulf;
WEST of Ragay Gulf

SITE
JUSTIFICATION

POPULATION:
1,551,549 (May 2000
census)
annual rate of 1.72
percent

Pasacao is the
first class
municipality in the
province of
Camarines Sur,
Philippines.

population density
is 283.0 persons
per square
kilometer of land
area

CLIMATE:
fourth type;
no dry season and no
very pronounced
maximum rain period

MODE OF TRANSPORTATION:
Air Transport(NAGA AIRPORT)
Rail Transport (PNR)
Sea Transport(PORT OF NAGA)
Land Transport(PUV)

ARCHITECTURAL
CONCEPT

Water, transfusing both the site and its building

use, was the concept for the structure with wavelike sculptural roof segments supported on spare
steel three-point truss arches. With transparent,
tautly detailed curtain walls forming its exterior
walls, the sculptural roof would appear to float,
that desires to express the surfing facility and
responding to the surroundings and its
topography.

WAVES

SPACE
CONCEPT

Moving freely and gently back and forth is one of the

characteristics of a wave. It causes to make a
smooth motion and make a disturbance on the
surface or progressive movement. The smooth flow of
this body of water resembles the space formation that
smoothly creates connection and privacy for lodging
rooms and its interconnection can be a common
facility for the users. Privacy and socialization are the
efficiently unified for the users in a resort hotel
development. Therefore, having an individual space
provided for the rooms maximize privacy of users. In
addition, these interconnections create spaces in
between for ventilation and views.

WAVES

Moving freely and gently back and forth is one of the

FORM
CONCEPT

characteristics of a wave. It causes to make a smooth

motion and make a disturbance on the surface or
progressive movement. The smooth flow of this body of
water resembles the space formation that smoothly creates
connection and privacy for lodging rooms and its
interconnection can be a common facility for the users.

TERMITE
MOUND

Privacy and socialization are the efficiently unified for the

users in a resort hotel development. Therefore, having an
individual space provided for the rooms maximize privacy of
users. In
addition, these interconnections create spaces in between
for ventilation and views.

CONCEPT
DEVELOPMENT

WAVES
WAVES
WAVES

STRUCTURAL
CONCEPT

VENTILATED DOUBLE FACADE

ENGINEERED BAMBOO AS
DOUBLE-SKIN FACADE

ENGINEERED BAMBOO is a low

cost product manufactured from
bamboo. It is designed to be a
replacement for wood or
engineered wood, but is used only
when high load bearing strength is
not required because building
standards for this type of use have
not been agreed by regulatory
bodies. Engineered bamboo
comes in several different forms,
which has three times the
structural capacity as normal
timber and is defined and
regulated by the
ASTM International Standards.

With building skins

becoming a major focus
in the goal of reducing a
buildings energy load,
we begin to see the role
of the double glass
faade in transforming
the way we design
buildings. As one writer
expressed, the double
glass faade can
provide a visualsymbol
of energy efficiency

UTILITY
CONCEPT
ELECTRICAL
ELECTRICITY
Standards for voltage, demand, etc
vary widely. The deisgn of the
disticrubution system is as for
temperate climates except that high
soil temp may lead to reqt for cable
sized to be alrger to avoid over
heating
LIGHTING

FIRE PROTECTION

PROVISION FOR FIREWALL

FIRE SPRIKNLER INSTALLATION

MECHANICAL

PLUMBING

UTILITY
CONCEPT

RAINWATER HARVESTING
Rainwater harvesting technologies are simple to install and
operate. Local people can be easily trained to implement
such technologies, and construction materials are also
readily available. Rainwater harvesting is convenient in the
sense that it provides water at the point of consumption, and
family members have full control of their own systems, which
greatly reduces operation and maintenance problems.

SOLAR WATER HEATING

Solar water heating
systems use free heat from
the sun to warm domestic
hot water. A conventional
boiler or immersion heater
can be used to make the
water hotter, or to provide
hot water when solar
energy is unavailable.

The benefits of solar

water heating
Hot water throughout the
year.
Reduced energy bills.
Lower carbon footprint.

UTILITY
CONCEPT

STORMWATER HARVESTING
STORM WATER HARVESTING IS A PROCESS OF GETTING
WATER FROM THE RIVER THAT IS TREATED TO BE USED
IN THE ARTIFICIAL SURFING FACILITY. WATER PUMPING
SYSTEM IS USED FOR THE PROCESS. THIS PROCESS IS
A CRADLE TO CRADLE METHOD WHERE IN
THERE IS A CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF WATER FOR LONG
TERM POSITIVE EFFECTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

WATER DESALINATION
Water Utility
Desalination is a process where saline water is treated to be suitable for drinking.
This will lessen the consumption of fresh water extracted in the area. Since studies shows that
the total global fresh water is only 2% and most of the percentage of fresh water can be found
on glaciers and ice caps, there is a need for consideration on preserving fresh water. This
project
proposed to use saline water and solar distillation treatment to be used in the whole facility.

Part IV. Architectural

Design Translation
Chapter IV.1

Design Program

Problem Diagnosis

Camarines Sur

has been widely known and visited by water

sports enthusiasts all around the world. Domestic tourist arrivals was
also established in the province with a total of

1,979, 217 tourists,

and 496, 603 foreign tourists. Celebrities inclined to

watersports like Aga Muhlach, Jericho Rosales and others has been
known to visit Camsur for the past years. Due to the huge amount of
tourist arrivals, the province has provided more lodging houses, hotels,
inns, and the like. The hospitality industry in Camarines Sur has been
motivated to hire locals to provide more jobs that will help boost their
economy as a whole.

The problem calls for a design of a resort hotel environment that aims
to provide lodging, recreation, and ecotourism spot in Camarines Sur.
The commercial facility is geared towards becoming a
sustainable development that will provide additional jobs for Camarines
Sur locals while providing good service for the tourists of the province.

The proponent seeks to deal effectively on the lack of hotel and

accommodations in Camarines Sur due to the increased number of
tourists coming in the Province.

DESIGN

DESIGN OBJECTIVES

The researcher came up with a proposed project that will take

resorts into an advanced level of planning, a combination of
resort, hotel, and artificial surfing lagoon that will contribute to
the tourism in Camarines Sur. The proponent decided to improve
the site by building a watersport resort hotel facility. The study
desires to create a commercial establishment that will support
the sprawling tourism needs of Camarines Sur that seeks to deal
effectively with the desire to provide a commercial facility. The
proponent will also identify the approaches of green design
strategy through conducting a case study of local projects and
read online articles and books on international projects. Some
specific objectives are as follows:

To know the design factors need to consider in developing a

resort hotel with water sport facility that will supplement the
tourism of Camarines Sur

To determine the problems encountered in hotels by tourists in

Camarines Sur

To know the architectural design strategies that can help to

enhance the quality of hotel resort experience

Create an innovative design for a possibility of a new water sport

development as Cam Sur is known already for watersports

Provide a new attraction in the province & the country with an

innovative hotel and resort design

To maximize the use of abundant resources on the area for

construction minimizing transportation cost

CRITERIA

DESIGN CRITERIA

Design process principles

Design
creativity/aesthetics

Functional
planning

space

Economy and practicality

of design and operation
Green/sustainable design
Environmental
landscape design

and

Building technology and

building economics
Structural
principles

concept

DESIGN PRINCIPLES

The principles strive to convey

guidelines in the development of
the water sport resort hotel.
Adopt
an
ecosystem-based
approach in tourism development
planning

Manage impacts on biodiversity

from hotel development and
attempt to achieve an overall
positive contribution

Design with nature and adopt

nature based solutions

Respect, involve
local communities

and

support

PHILOSOPHY

Study nature, love nature, stay close

to nature. It will never fail you.

(Frank Lloyd
Wright)

IV.1.3 Design Concept

CONCEPT:

A boat is a watercraft of any size

designed to float or plane, to work or
travel on water. Small boats are
typically found on inland (lakes) or in
protected coastal areas.

The researcher chose this concept

because of its site location Pasacao
which comes from the word
"Pasangkay" as the origin of the town's
name. The travelers and traders often
used it en route to Manila to ask
owners of the sailboats along the shore
of the village to letthem ride.
Pasangkay means the request of the
people to get into the boat to travel.
The thesis proponent thinks this
concept suits the proposed facility on

BOAT

Water, transfusing both the

site and its building use,
was the concept for the

CONCEPT:

structure with wave-like

sculptural roof segments
supported on spare steel

WAVES
three-point truss arches.
With transparent, tautly
detailed curtain walls
forming its exterior walls,
the sculptural roof would
appear to float, that desires
to express the surfing
facility and responding to
the surroundings and its
topography.

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
(LAWS AND STANDARDS)

Shoreline Setback

The building of any structures on the banks of rivers and shores of

lakes or seas is prohibited. No structures can also be built within a
specific distance from the shoreline: three meters for urban areas,
20 meters for agricultural areas, 40 meters for forest areas. No
development is allowed within the zone 20 meters from the high
water line along sea shores (Water Code of the Philippines or
Presidential Decree 1067, DENR Administrative Order No. 1997-05).

NATIONAL BUILDING CODE

Fire Protection (Fire code of the Philippines P.D. 1185)

Provision

on fire safety construction protective and

warning system
Fire

protection features such as sprinkler systems, hose boxes,

hose reels or
Standpipe
Fire

systems and other firefighting equipment

alarm system

Stairways,

vertical shafts, horizontal exitz and other means of

egress sealed from smoke and heat

Self-enclosing
Fire

fire resistive doors loading to corridors

dampers in centralized air-conditioning ducts

Roof

vents for use by fire fighters

Properly

marked and lighted exits with provision for emergency

lights to adequate illuminate exit ways in case of power failure

ASSIGN
ASSIGN
ACCOUNTABILITIES
ACCOUNTABILITIES

MONITOR
MONITOR THE
THE WHOLE
WHOLE
FACILITY
FACILITY

DEVELOP
DEVELOP INCENTIVES
INCENTIVES

PROVIDE
PROVIDE
EDUCATIONAL
EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES
OPPORTUNITIES

ADMINISTRA
ADMINISTRA
TION
TION
MANAGER
MANAGER

MEETING
MEETING OF
OF
STAFF
STAFF

MONITORS
MONITORS
EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYEES
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE

EVALUATE
EVALUATE
STAFF
STAFF

PROVIDE
PROVIDE STAFF
STAFF
SEMINARS
SEMINARS AND
AND
TRAINING
TRAINING

SECRETARY
SECRETARY

TRACK
TRACK
SCHEDULES AND
SCHEDULES
AND
APPOINTMENTS
APPOINTMENTS

RECORD
RECORD
MANAGERS
MANAGERS
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES

REVIEW
REVIEW DATA
DATA

REPORT
REPORT TO
TO THE
THE
MANAGER
MANAGER

RECEPTIO
RECEPTIO
NIST
NIST

MARKETIN
MARKETIN
G
G
MANAGER
MANAGER

REVIEW
REVIEW REPORTS
REPORTS OF
OF
GUESTS
GUESTS
ACCOMMODATION
ACCOMMODATION

PREPARES
PREPARES
MARKETING
MARKETING
STRATEGIES
STRATEGIES

DIRECT
DIRECT SECURITY
SECURITY
AND
AND PERSONNELS
PERSONNELS

RECRUIT
RECRUIT
LOCAL
LOCAL
RESIDENTS
RESIDENTS AS
AS
WORKERS
WORKERS

RECEIVE
RECEIVE CALLS
CALLS AND
AND
INQUIRIES
INQUIRIES

ORIENT
ORIENT AND
AND
TRAIN
TRAIN STAFF
STAFF

PROVIDE
PROVIDE SUMMARY
SUMMARY
REPORT
REPORT OF
OF ROOMS
ROOMS

CONDUCT
CONDUCT
COUNSELING
COUNSELING
FOR
FOR STAFF
STAFF

BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS

GENERAL
GENERAL
MANAGER
MANAGER

IDENTIFY
IDENTIFY AND
AND
EVALUATE
EVALUATE
COMPETITORS
COMPETITORS

ESTABLISH
ESTABLISH
FOOD MENU
MENU
FOOD

ENSURE
ENSURE
COMPLETE
COMPLETE
INGREDIENTS
INGREDIENTS

MONITORS
MONITORS THE
THE
QUALITY
QUALITY OF
OF
FOOD
FOOD SERVED
SERVED

COOK
COOK

MONITORS
MONITORS
FOOD AND
FOOD
AND
INGREDIENTS
INGREDIENTS

COOK
COOK ORDERED
ORDERED
FOOD
FOOD

SERVE
SERVE WITH
WITH
PRESENTATION
PRESENTATION

SUMMART
SUMMART
REPORT OF
REPORT
OF THE
THE
INGREDIENTS
INGREDIENTS

WAITER
WAITER

ENTERTAIN
ENTERTAIN
AND
AND
ASSISTS
ASSISTS
GUESTS
GUESTS

ASK
ASK FOR
FOR
GUESTS
GUESTS
ORDER
ORDER

REPORT
REPORT IN
IN
THE
THE
KITCHEN
KITCHEN

SERVE
SERVE WITH
WITH
TO
TO
CUSTOMERS
CUSTOMERS

ACCOUNTANT
ACCOUNTANT

PREPARE
PREPARE MONTHLY
MONTHLY
STATEMENT
STATEMENT

COLLECT
COLLECT
INFORMATION
INFORMATION

REVIEW
REVIEW FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL
DATA
DATA

COLLECT
COLLECT
COLLECTIBLES
COLLECTIBLES

FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL
MANAGER
MANAGER

ANALYZE
ANALYZE

ENSURE
ENSURE PROPER
PROPER
PAYMENTS
PAYMENTS FOR
FOR
EXPENSES
EXPENSES

SUMMARIZE
SUMMARIZE DATA
DATA

KEEP
KEEP IN
IN VAULT
VAULT

BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS

FOOD
FOOD AND
AND
BEVERAGE
BEVERAGE
MANAGER
MANAGER

ENSURE
ENSURE CLEANLINESS
CLEANLINESS OF
OF
ALL
ALL ROOMS
ROOMS

RECREATIONAL
RECREATIONAL
MANAGER
MANAGER

PREPARES
PREPARES OBJECTVES
OBJECTVES
AND
AND GOALS
GOALS

TECHNICIAN
TECHNICIAN

MONITORS
MONITORS
ELECTRICAL AND
ELECTRICAL
AND
MECHANICAL
MECHANICAL

PROVIDE
PROVIDE COMMODITIES
COMMODITIES
FOR
FOR EACH
EACH ROOM
ROOM

SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
FOR
FOR ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

SUBMIT
SUBMIT REPORT
REPORT OF
OF
MALFUNCTION
MALFUNCTION
CONDITION
CONDITION

REPORT
REPORT LOST
LOST AND
AND
DAMAGED
DAMAGED ITEMS
ITEMS

CONDUCT
CONDUCT ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES FOR
FOR
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

FIX
FIX PROBLEMS
PROBLEMS

MONITORS
MONITORS ALL
ALL EVENTS
EVENTS

BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS

HOUSEKEEPING
HOUSEKEEPING
ASSISTANT
ASSISTANT

IV.1.7 User Analysis

General Users Analysis

MAJOR USER
General Manager
Administration Manager
Secretary
Receptionist
Marketing Manager
Accountant
Food and Beverage
Manager
Cook
Waiter
Housekeeping
Recreational Manager

MINOR USER
Technician
Tourists/Gues
ts

Space Programming and Space Allocation

SPACE

Conference room
Administrative
Managers office
Food and beverage
manager
Marketing Manager
General Manager

QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
CLASSIFICATIO
ADJACENCY
N
PRIVATE
Managers office
PRIVATE

Reception area, conference room

PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE

Financial Managers
office
Recreational Managers
office
Storage
Staff room
Pantry
Main kitchen
Laundry
Janitors closet
Electro mechanical room
Security office
Employees toilet
Lodging room
Cottages
Gym
Media room

PRIVATE

Spa
Bar
Commercial stalls
Swimming pool
Surfing facility
Restaurant
Common toilet
Reception area
Lobby
Function hall

PUBLIC
PUBLIC
PUBLIC
PUBLIC
PUBLIC
PUBLIC
PUBLIC
PUBLIC
PUBLIC
PUBLIC

Main kitchen, storage

Administrative manager
Administrative manager, financial
manager
Accountant desk, vault, general
manager

PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PUBLIC
PUBLIC
PUBLIC
PUBLIC

Reception desk
staff room, lodging room
Pantry, storage
Staff room
Restaurant
Janitors closet, storage
Laundry
Security office
Reception area
Staff room
Surfing facility, pool, restaurant
Restaurant
lodging room
Restaurant, lodging room, commercial
stalls
media room, commercial stalls
media room, commercial stalls
Restaurant, lodging room
Surfing facility, lodging rooms
commercial stalls, pool
commercial stalls, pool
commercial stalls, pool, surfing facility
lobby
security office, parking
media room, commercial stalls

Quantitative Analysis

Quantitative Analysis

USER

IDENTIFICATION

USER ANALYSIS

USER

General
Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

Obtains profit
contribution by
managing staff;
establishing and
accomplishing
business objectives

Establishing proper
Administra
administration of
tion
staff and business
Manager
objectives
Enhances
effectiveness by
providing
Secretary
information
management
support

Serves visitors by
greeting, welcoming,
and directing them
appropriately;
Receptionis
notifies company
t
personnel of visitor
arrival; maintains
security and
telecommunications
system.
Accomplishes
business
development
activities by
researching and
Marketing
developing
Manager
marketing
opportunities and
plans; implementing
sales plans;

ACTIVITIES

assigning accountabilities;
planning, monitoring, and
appraising job results;
developing incentives;
developing a climate for
offering information and
opinions; providing
educational opportunities

Train staff, monitors and

evaluate performance
Produces information by
transcribing, formatting,
inputting, editing, retrieving,
copying, and transmitting
text, data, and graphics.

Directs visitors by
maintaining employee and
department directories;
giving instructions

Accomplishes marketing and

sales human resource
objectives by recruiting,
selecting, orienting, training,
assigning, scheduling,
coaching, counseling and
discipline staff

POSSIBLE
NEEDS

General
managers
office,
conference
room

Administration
managers
office
Secretarys
area adjacent
to
administration
manager

Receptiomn
desk, lobby

Marketing
managers
office

USER ANALYSIS

Delivers
revenues and
profits by
developing,
marketing,
Food and
financing, and
Beverage
providing
Manager
appealing
restaurant
service;
managing
staff.

Establish and
prepares good
Cook
quality of food to
be served to the
guests
Provides good
service to guests
Waiter in serving menu
and entertaining
their needs
Accomplishes
needs of guests
Houseke
on all rooms and
eping
provide daily
Assistant
maintenance on
all furniture
Provides
operational
power by

Establishes
restaurant business
plan by surveying
restaurant demand;
conferring with
people in the
community;
identifying and
evaluating
competitors;
preparing financial,
marketing, and sales
projections,
analyses, and
estimates.
Food preparation,
preservation and
served

Food service

Food and
beverage
manager
s office,
storage,
claiming
and
delivery
area for
food and
commoditi
es

Kitchen,
cold and
hot
storage,
delivery
area
Staff room,
order
counter
connected
to kitchen

Monitors cleanliness on
rooms and toilet and
Staff room,
bath, ensure complete
storage
commodities needed by
guests
Planning, monitoring,
appraising, and
reviewing job

Electro
mechanical

IV.1.8 Organizational
Structure

FUNCTIONAL ZONING

FUNCTIONAL ZONING
ZONE 1: PUBLIC ZONE
ADMINISTRATIVE AREA
SPECIALTY RESTAURANT
SURFING FACILITY
SWIMMING POOL
PUBLIC TOILET
SURF SHOP

ZONE 2: SEMI-PUBLIC ZONE

FUNCTION ROOM
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
ROOF GARDEN

IV.1.10 Programming
Matrix/Diagrams
General Matrix Diagram

Interrelationship Diagram

CONCEPT
DEVELOPMENT