SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS ON SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF COLLECTIVE HOUSING UNITS : Comparative study on 2 public housing projects in Metro Manila, Philippines

Abstract

This paper disc ロ sses a s｝ ・ ntactic apalysis en the topo 】 egy of demestic space in 2 co 】 lectii ' e hous｛ ng pr（） jects in Metro Mani 】 a Phihppines ． Graphical methods were utilized to compare housing with different tloor areas and fbr different income groups， with Lhe c6njccture that there will be simi ［ arities in the space development ， notwithstanding thc said differences ， T analogise space patterns ， justifjed access graph ∬ ・ ・ ere used ， whi 】 e relative asymmetry and ・ control va 】 ues were calculated ． The results eVinced the Ii 、 dng area as the transitien space between the public and private dornaing ． and the dining ！ ldtchen area as thehubofthe unit ， ． Ke り words ： collective housing ， niedium −rise housing ∫spaCe Sgntax ， spatial structure ， user study ， PhilippineDomesn ' CArchitectui ' e 集 合 住 宅 、中層建築 、シ ン タ ヅ ク ス 分 析 、空間 構 成 、住 ま い 方 調査 、フ ィ リ ピ ン 住 宅 建築 1 ． o INTRODUCTION Domestic architecture in the major cities ofthe Philippines has attained new configurations as can be seen from the recently burgeoning coltective housing structures ． The government， in its attempt to contend the housing problem of the metropolis ， started to build these ， to be able to provide the most number of dwenings 。 n th ・ ・ p、 ・ ce l・ nd ． 】 Tfi・ h ・ ・ ，i・ g ・ ・e m 、d・ up ・ f i・ di・rid ・ ・ 1・unit ・ whlCh haVe indeper 画 dent faCilitieS （ kitChenS ， tOiletS and bathS ）and thc rights to the units can be acquired ． Statistics released by the U ， S ． Department of State2 reported that the population of Metropohtan Mani ｝ a in lgg7 was lo ． 4 unillion people and that its annual groWth rate was 3． 05 ％ ． The metropo 】 is actual 】 ｝ ・ comprises only o ， 2 ％ of the whole land area of the countb ・ ， but 13 ％ ofthe 80 】 nillion total population is concentrated in this urban center ． The specific housing need is fbr the Iower to middie inc me family groups and it was reported that in 1998 ， this demand rose to 3 ． 5 million units natiom 、fide ， with the bulk burdening the major urban areas ． 3 Settlement strategies have started 、 、tith re ［ cating squatters to developed areas as 、、 ・ ell as previding units for the homeless ． Withln the different cjtjes of the metropo 】 is ， areas were chosen where coHective housing communities could be developed ． These forms of housing are relatively new to the Philippines such that there are many aspects that hax， e to be studied in order to come up with designs that will fit t11e needs of Filipino families ． It is theref 〔 ） re considered essential to study the design and use of those areas which are a 且 ready occupied to be abie to pro 、弓 de base data fbr the improvement of fUture housing pゆ ects ． 2 ． 00BJECTIVES The general o 切ective is to pro、4de base studies for the fUture d ' eve ｝ opment of co 】 】 ective housjng in the Philippines ． Post occupancy studies were undcrtaken to study the development of spaces 、 、 tithin the units and to find out a general design pattern ． This specific research aims to compare through a syntactic anatysis