Sexual violence is an under-researched area across the Philippines. According to the World Report on Violence & Health (2014), poor countries lack in research on the mental health aftermath of sexual violence which brings about lack of awareness to the majority, making them ignorant about the issue. Available data regarding this issue is scarce and fragmented, with Police data often incomplete and limited. As most cases of sexual violence are not reported due to reasons ranging ignorance and culture of silence.

As per the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (2002), growing evidence has been observed that rape and sexual assault is widespread throughout the criminal justice system in the country and impacts men, women and youth. Which suggests the need to be given the same level of attention by analysing the problem, its root causes and in which it occurs.

In spite of the solutions provided by the government and Non-Government Organizations to alleviate the impacts of rape and sexual assault, still, fails to reach enough audiences. Truth of the matter is, creating safe shelters is only half the battle. If violence is multidimensional, then multidimensional solutions are needed (Anani, 2019). With this, this thesis aims to diminish ignorance and silence by establishing a museum that denounces rape culture in the Philippines with hope to educate the public.

This museum will use experience as an architectural expression to reveal the agenda of the museum. The designers are compelled to use architecture as a tool that would raise awareness where in the museum the visitors will be informed about the survivor’s silent war against this crime with the use of phenomenology to communicate, allowing the users to use their senses making them be aware and be empathic towards the survivors and ultimately influence a sense of commitment to end silence.