BANISHING THE BARONG BARONG : A LOOK AT JEJOMAR BINAY �S HOUSING PLAN FOR THE
SHARMINI RAE JAMES
SHARMINI RAE JAMES
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This paper introduces a method of cataloguing and assessing the
performance of low cost building technologies used by NGOs in the
Philippines.
This exploration was precipitated by Vice President Jejomar Binay’s plan,
announced in April 2011, to build 3.6 million units in 10 years to address the
country’s housing backlog.
Binay’s slant of using Sweat Equity, in the manner of Gawad Kalinga(GK),
the NGO, appears to encourage the viability of this project, reducing the
financial pressure of this expensive endeavour on the government.
Given the specific context of participation, and the large-scale nature of
this effort, this paper deemed it essential to derive a system to determine
material choices for individual sites. This reduces the over-dependence of
the project on a single material and thus increases its feasibility.
With field work done from November 2010 to April 2011. With this tool, the
paper assesses the potential of three building technologies: the
conventional Concrete Hollow Block(CHB) and two alternative
technologies, Steel ‘C’ Channels with Hardiflex Panelling and Interlocking
Compressed Earth Blocks(ICEBs). It finds ICEBs to present a more sustainable
technology and investigates the extent to which the technology can be
implemented in the country.
Keywords
Architecture, Design Track, Kazuhiro Nakajima, 2011/2012 DT, Concrete hollow block, Housing policy, interlocking compressed earth block, steel ‘c’ channel, Low cost materials, Philippines
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2012-01-11
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