Mapúa tops Holcim Sustainable Design Competition
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Holcim Philppines
Vice President Cara Ramirez (leftmost) and President and CEO John Stull
(rightmost) with 2019 Young Builders Challenge top prize winners senior Mapúa
Architecture students Dexter Pangan, Czarrina Hernandez, Kendrick Supnet, Erik
Joshua Isip and class adviser Architect Perry Sanga during the awarding
ceremony on May 5, 2019. The team won for a proposal for building spacious and
cost-efficient public schools that are more conducive for learning.
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Last May 5, 2019 a team from Mapúa University’s School of
Architecture, Industrial Design, and The Built Environment topped the leading
cement maker Holcim Philippines, Inc.’s sustainable design contest with a
proposal for building spacious and cost-efficient public schools that are more
conducive for learning.
Senior Mapúa Architecture students Dexter Pangan,
Czarrina Hernandez, Kendrick Supnet, and Erik Joshua Isip bagged the top spot
in the 2019 Young Builders Challenge (YBC) with Haraya: A New Typology for K-12 Schools, which proposes a playful
school layout to enhance learners’ experience though active social interaction. The proposed project also aims to reduce
construction and maintenance costs through by using renewable local materials.
“We realize that schools’ design lack some elements that
would make it more conducive for learning and encouraging students’
imagination. We believe that by creating better facilities, we can provide
better education for students. I am so happy that our team got this opportunity
to share our ideas through this competition. I consider our win as a wake-up
call for future builders on how important it is to focus on sustainable
construction, as well as in promoting education,” Supnet said.
The Mapúa students topped 13 other entries from eight
schools all over the country. They received a Php80,000 prize and Php20,000 for
their school.
Meanwhile, juniors Marc Joseph Espino and Cheaster Marie
Seville of University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Architecture won second
place with a proposal for a modular and lightweight concrete house that is
highly replicable and can easily adapt to the changing needs of the urban poor.
Ben John Basco, Christian Barrameda, and Paulo Piolino of
Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Institute of Science &
Technology-College of Architecture and Fine Arts (EARIST-CAFA), bagged the
third spot for a prototype coastal community center that would act as a base of
operations for evacuation during storm surges.
Holcim Philippines Vice President for Communications Cara
Ramirez commended the winners and all the participants for the outstanding
design concepts the contest received from across the country.
“Sustainability has never been more imperative than now. It
is important to instill this mindset to our future builders during their
formative stage. We are glad to receive remarkable ideas from our future
builders through this competition,” added Ramirez.
Holcim President and CEO John Stull also noted that
“these proposals inspire us to continue advocating sustainable construction
among our next generation of builders. The YBC is a testament that our young
builders are capable of generating ideas that can benefit our society, leading
to a more sustainable future.”
Inspired by the “Next Generation” category of the global
design contest LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction, the Young
Builders Challenge aims to encourage
aspiring builders to have a more holistic approach to building encouraging them
to ensure projects not just economically
viable but also environmentally and socially beneficial.
