DESIGN

This conceptual design project began in my ancestral farm, where I spent eight weeks living alongside residents to understand daily life and community needs. From this experience, a Town Center proposal emerged — featuring a health clinic, town hall, and public spaces — to support wellness, civic participation, and social connection. The project demonstrates how architecture can strengthen the well-being of people and place, offering meaningful alternatives to destructive development pressures facing rural communities.

DETAILS

Materials:
CMU with Steel Reinforcement

Coconut Lumber Framing 

Bamboo Timber  Framing

Nipa Palm Roof Panels

Corrugated Metal Roof Panels

Credits:
ARCH 600 Independent Study/Research (Thesis)
Professors Marietta Millet (Chair), Sergio Palleroni, Peter Cohan
College of Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Washington