The Heritage Conservation Society - Batangas Chapter found out that the exceptional Art Deco Bauan Municipal Hall in Batangas is scheduled for demolition on October 15, 2011 in violation of Republic Act No. 10066 which prohibits the demolition of structures 50 years or older without the permission of the NCCA. There is also a proposal to demolish the Bauan East Central School for the construction of a terminal.
Rebuilding the Philippines. Project typhoon-resistant houses by PicernoCerasoLab - Aramplus
There is a way to avoid what happened in the Philippines? A propose project developed by PicernoCerasoLab, on request of the Government of the Philippines.
The idea is to create a new type of housing that will be able to respond to emergencies typhoon. These design systems, create less damage in the destructive phase, has a very high speed reconstruction, low cost, and directed by the owners of the house so as to be self-built, without any intervention from outside companies, nor material storage.
This technology is currently used in the rebuilding of New Orleans, after the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. All areas of the world where are under the danger of natural disasters such as floods, are moving towards this new design ideas that allow specific solutions.
Typhoon-resistant Philippines Houses image / information from PicernoCerasoLab
Sarah Geronimo sings Someone Like You by Adele in her SOS segment
09 October 2011
“Bakit kapag nagmamahal ang isang tao, Kung hindi maraming BAWAL, maraming SAGABAL?”
-Bob Ong
