PHILCOA, DILIMAN,

QUEZON CITY
HEALTHY CITIES
INTRODUCTION
HEALTHY CITIES
HEALTHY CITY

Aims to improve health of city dwellers through improved living conditions

Aims to achieve better physical and social environments
Deals with sustainability
HEALTHY CITY

Health indicators:
Living conditions and lifestyles
Water supply
Sanitation
Nutrition
Food safety
Housing conditions
Physical, social, economic and environment
PHILCOA: WHY, WHAT, HOW?

We selected the site, Philcoa, for our topic, Healthy Cities, because
the existing issues in the site will be a good avenue to discuss more
about our topic. Philcoa is a site which has social, environmental and
physical issues. Included in these categories are the issues of
walkability, connectivity, safety and security, pollution, improper
sanitation and maintenance and the site not being pedestrian
friendly. With our topic, we aim to give a solution through a
collaboration of architecture and landscape architecture approaches.
PHILCOA: HISTORY

The Philcoa area is so named because of the Philippine Coconut Authority

building erected in 1971 at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and the
Elliptical to develop the industry to its full potential.
The Philcoa building was a prominent structure built in that part of
Quezon City, eventually becoming the areas namesake where until now
the jeep and bus stations on both sides of the Elliptical Road corner
Commonwealth are known as.
OBJECTIVES

To evaluate and analyze the issues of the site in relation to the topic, healthy
cities
To create a pedestrian-friendly design of the site
To improve walkability, connectivity and sustainability of the site
To collaborate architecture and landscape architecture approaches to give a
solution to the existing issues in the site, and furthermore, make the site a
healthy city
PHILCOA: MAPS
REGIONAL MAP DISTRICT MAP
SITE ANALYSIS
PHILCOA: ZONING
PHILCOA: LANDMARKS & VIEWS
PHILCOA: CIRCULATION
ISSUES
PHILCOA: ISSUES

Security
Lack of Green Spaces
Drainage
Maintenance
Transportation Terminals
Connectivity
Architecture
Not pedestrian friendly
Pollution
Sanitation
PHILCOA: ISSUES - SECURITY

DARK SKETCHY ALLEYWAYS FEELING OF

UNSAFETY

LACK OF PROPER LIGHTING

NO CLEAR GUARD POSTS

ELECTRICITY LINES PASSING THROUGH THE

FOOTBRIDGE

CRIME-PRONE AREA (SUCH AS THEFT)

PHILCOA: ISSUES LACK OF GREEN
SPACES
LACK OF VEGETATION FOR SHADE

LACK OF VEGETATION FOR COOLING

LACK OF VEGETATION FOR NATURAL

DRAINAGE

LACK OF VEGETATION TO ACT AS BUFFER

OF USERS FROM NOISE AND DUST COMING
FROM THE ROAD

ONLY EXISTING VEGETATION ARE ON THE

TRAFFIC ISLANDS DIVIDING THE MAIN
ROADS
PHILCOA: ISSUES DRAINAGE

NO PROPER DRAINAGE SYSTEM AT THE

JEEPNEY TERMINAL. PONDING OCCURS
WHEN RAIN FALLS.

UNMAINTAINED/DAMAGED DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS
PHILCOA: ISSUES MAINTENANCE

UNMAINTAINED SIDEWALKS BECOME

UNUSABLE WASTED SPACE

UNMAINTAINED/ABANDONED BUILDINGS
WASTED SPACE
PHILCOA: ISSUES CONNECTIVITY

FROM OTHER SIDE OF COMMONWEALTH:

FOOTBRIDGE

FROM QUEZON MEMORIAL CIRCLE

FROM MAGINHAWA STREET

PHILCOA: ISSUES ARCHITECTURE

LACKS COHESION

POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT IS NOT MET

ARCHITECTURE DID NOT EVOLVE THROUGH

TIME

ARCHITECTURE IS NOT EYE CATCHING

CONSIDERING ITS POPULARITY AS A
TRANSPORT HUB

ARCHITECTURE DOES NOT COMPLIMENT

ADJACENT INSTITUTIONS

ARCHITECTURE IS GLOOMY AND

UNINVITING
PHILCOA: ISSUES POLLUTION

NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION COMING FROM

VEHICLES

GARBAGE FROM PASSERS BY AND USERS OF

THE SITE
PHILCOA: ISSUES SANITATION

NO PROPER WASTE DISPOSAL

TRASH BINS NOT UTILIZED PROPERLY.

SEGREGATION SYSTEM NOT FOLLOWED.
PHILCOA: ISSUES PEDESTRIAN
NOT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY

NARROW SIDEWALKS BECAUSE OF

BLOCKAGE CAUSED BY STREET STALLS

NO PROPER WAITING AREA FOR THE

COMMUTERS

LACK OF SEATING IN WAITING AREA

USERS DONT FEEL SAFE

NO SHADE AT WAITING AREAS

NOT PWD FRIENDLY. EXISTING ELEVATORS

ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL
PHILCOA: ISSUES TRANSPORTATION
TERMINAL
NO PROPER TAXI BAY

TERMINAL TO UPI S HIDDEN AND DIFFICULT

TO LOCATE

BUSES AND JEEPS PILE UP

ACCESS TO UP TERMINAL IS DIFFICULT TO

LOCATE

NO PROPER WAITING AREAS FOR

PASSENGERS

NO PROPER TRICYCLE TERMINAL.

SIDEWALKS ARE LOST TO TRICYCLES
TENTATIVE CONCLUSION
PHILCOA: SOLUTIONS - SECURITY

ADD LIGHTING FIXTURES

ALLOCATE SPACE FOR GUARD POST

ADDITION OF CCTV CAMERAS

PWD ACCESS
PHILCOA: SOLUTIONS LACK OF GREEN
SPACES
USE VEGETATION FOR NATURAL DRAINAGE

AFTER ALLOCATING SPACE FOR PROPER

WAITING AREA, ADD VEGETATION ON
TRAFFIC ISLANDS

USE PLANT BUFFERS/ PLANT STRIPS BY

THE SIDEWALK
PHILCOA: SOLUTIONS DRAINAGE

USE VEGETATION FOR NATURAL DRAINAGE

IMPROVE / REPAIR DAMAGED DRAINAGE

SYSTEMS
PHILCOA: SOLUTIONS MAINTENANCE

MAKE DESIGN EASY TO MAINTAIN AND

SUSTAINABLE

USE LOW MAINTENANCE PLANTS

REPAIR / REPLACE DAMAGED STRUCTURES

WASTED SPACE DUE TO UNUSED BUILDINGS

SHOULD BE REDEVELOPED TO BE
FUNCTIONAL AGAIN
PHILCOA: SOLUTIONS CONNECTIVITY

MAKE USE OF COVERED PATHWALKS

IMPROVE CIRCULATION OF VEHICLES FOR

SMOOTHER VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FLOW
FROM ADJACENT SITES
PHILCOA: SOLUTIONS ARCHITECTURE
PHILCOA: SOLUTIONS POLLUTION

USE VEGETATION FOR REDUCTION OF

POLLUTION

ADD GREEN SPACES

PHILCOA: SOLUTIONS SANITATION

ALLOCATE TRASH BINS STRATEGICALLY

PROPER WASTE DISPOSAL AND

SEGREGATION
PHILCOA: SOLUTIONS PEDESTRIAN

CONSIDER PWD. ADD ACCESS FOR PWDS

ADD SHADE AND SEATING ON WAITING

AREAS

WIDER SIDEWALKS TO PROMOTE

WALKABILITY

ALLOCATE SPACE FOR SAFER WAITING

AREAS
PHILCOA: SOLUTIONS
TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL
ALLOCATE SPACE FOR PROPER TERMINALS
TAXI, JEEPNEY, BUS, PUV

IMPROVE CIRCULATION

REDEVELOP EXISTING JEEPNEY TERMINAL.

UTILIZE SPACE