NEW ERA UNIVERSITY

No. 5 Central Avenue, Brgy New Era, Diliman, Quezon City

College of Engineering and Architecture
ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT

P R O P O S A L F O R M

Proponent’s Name: ALVIN EBER G. ARLANZA

Date submitted: MARCH 15, 2019

THESIS TITLE

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ARCHERY

BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT

For more than 65,000 years, the use of the bow and arrow and the challenge of hitting a target was
already a part of people’s lives (Lyons, 2008). It is one of the oldest mechanical weapons and remains the
weapon of many aboriginal people in certain parts of the world. Historically, the art of archery has played a
vital part in the advent of human civilization and was one of the most strategic weapons in the ancient
history of battles.

In today’s time, the bow has rarely been used in warfare or for defense since the invention and
development of gun powder and firearms, instead it has evolved and retired into the realm of sport and is
now commonly played or used for recreational purposes and now part of prestigious sports tournaments
from the Olympics to the World Cup.

In the Philippines, Archery is yet to be a common sport and recreation for everyone and is slowly
gaining distinction in the local setting as of today. Archery as a sport requires skills of precision, control,
focus, repetition and determination and Filipino athletes are not short of it and neither do they lack in talent.
Despite its growing status, the Philippines were able to produce potential athletes who can be fielded in
various national or even possibly hit their targets on international competitions. Among these talents were
Gabriel Moreno who won the gold medal in Youth Olympic team event in 2014 and Baguio City’s finest female
archer Kareel Meer Hongitan who was also the Philippines’ qualification candidate in the late Rio Olympics
2016.

MAIN PROBLEM

Despite the promising quality of athletes and the amount of dedication and perseverance they
execute, the Philippine Sports is moving on its downturn state (Guttierez, 2012). Archery in the Philippines
along with other sports used to perform well during the victorious years of the 1970’s. For instance, the
country bagged twelve medals in the 1977 SEA games, six of which were gold. Since then, however, the
country entered into its downturn state and has been off-target through the years, coming home with fewer
and fewer medals and having same athletes being sent to compete internationally

SUB PROBLEMS

 The lack of leadership is the main reason for the Philippines being in the pits(Luz Mendoza).
 Supports such as funding are lacking for the improvement of the Filipino athletes and for archers in
particular.
 There are no credible sports facilities in the provinces with proper equipment and competent coaches
who can train aspiring athletes to prepare them for Asian and Olympic Competition.
 Archery is the sport with the least publicity in the Philippines (Gutierrez, 2012).

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 GOAL OF THE THESIS

The goal of this study is to develop, promote and improve the standpoint of Archery as a sport in the
country through proposing a National Center for Archery integrated with supplemental facilities which will
support the wellness of its athletes. The Philippine National Center for Archery aims to serve as a focal point
of Archery in the Philippines catering wide variety of Archery fields from Traditional to Olympics, harnessing
the maximum potential of the athletes who chose Archery as their sport and recreation.

OBJECTIVES OF THE THESIS

With the primary goal being stated, specific objectives shall be likewise enumerated which includes
the following:

 To be able to figure out the most logical site which will comply to the requirements and standards
mandated by the World Archery Federation.
 To propose a probable architectural solution for the promotion of Archery as a flourishing sport and
recreation in the Philippines.
 To be able to propose an appropriate architectural layout that would upgrade the Archery sport in
the country and the accommodation as well as the education towards athletes and archery
enthusiasts. Moreover, through this objective, the study may help encourage not only the local and
regional players to train, but also those from different parts of the nation and of the world.
 To be able to come up with corresponding architectural, engineering drawings and other technical
drawings that will serve as a graphical language between designer and worker and could be used in
a building construction project.
 To be able to determine the relevant facilities that will give aid towards the Archery training of
amateur athletes and the learning of theories and science of the bow and arrow.

SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

The proposed project entitled Philippine National Center for Archery is a “Multi-faceted Architectural
Design based approach” which aims to deliver technical and physical architectural developments as a
rejoinder to the different issues on the sector of Sports in the Philippines specifically with regards to Archery.
It shall determine necessary and essential data for the proposal which may include local government
ordinances and government agency regulations, efficient and relevant statistical data and existing physical
development conditions.

Furthermore, this architectural study will address environmental factors and project site character
through producing an architectural plan that is clearly defined and technically necessary which includes
architectural drawings, engineering plans and drawings, design specifications, utility plans and detailed
drawings, planning of the building process and other documentation imperative to building construction
process.

Since the span of time given to conduct the research and study is only limited for barely a year,
factors like socio-economic, market, income generation, and financial studies would be limited to abstract or
conceptual presentations. Moreover, the technical working drawings shall have an output associated with
utility system concepts such as structural, electrical, mechanical, sanitary and plumbing, and security and
safety.

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 ITEM FOR EVALUATION Remarks

Proposed Project Title:

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ARCHERY

Type of Occupancy:

Institutional/Recreational Facility

Expected Client:

Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic

Committee, and World Archery Philippines

Project Beneficiaries:

Athletes, Hobbyist, Interested individual or groups

Tentative Objectives

List of attachments:

<the attachments listed here must be actually at the back of

this sheet and must be cataloged and easy to find>

Is it architectural?  yes  maybe  no

Isn’t it banned?  yes  maybe  no

Is it novel?  yes  maybe  no

Is it acceptable as an Architectural Project Proposal?  yes  maybe  no

Supporting attachments and Figures:

Figure 1

Top 10 Priority Sports of POC and PSC

Photo Source: Programs and Projects of Philippine Sports Commission

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 Table 1

International Standing of Philippine Archery

Filipino archers who made names during their time
PHILIPPINE ARCHERS AT THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES (SEA GAMES)
YEAR LOCATION EVENT ATHLETE RANK
Recurve Men Carlos Santos
Silver
Individual Jr.
Recurve Men (30 m) Raffe Recto Bronze
Recurve Men (70m) June Santos Jr. Gold
Recurve Men (90m) June Santos Jr. Gold
Recurve Men (TEAM) Silver
Recurve Women Jocelyn
Gold
Individual Guerrero
Recurve Women Jocelyn
Kuala Lumpur, Gold
1977 (30m) Guerrero
Malaysia
Recurve Women
Carla Ramos Bronze
(30m)
Recurve Women Jocelyn
Gold
(50m) Guerrero
Recurve Women Jocelyn
Bronze
(60m) Guerrero
Recurve Women Jocelyn
Bronze
(70m) Guerrero
Recurve Women (TEAM) Gold
Recurve Men Carlos Santos
Silver
Individual Jr.
Recurve Men (30m) Carlos Santos
Bronze
Jr.
Recurve Men (50m) Carlos Santos
Jr. Silver
Recurve Men (70m) Carlos Santos
Silver
1979 Jakarta, Indonesia Jr.
Recurve Men (90m) Carlos Santos Jr Silver
Recurve Men (TEAM) Silver
Recurve Women Jocelyn
Bronze
(30m) Guerrero
Recurve Women
Carla Ramos Silver
(50m)
Recurve Women (TEAM) Silver
Recurve Men Carlos Santos
1981 Manila, Philippines Silver
Individual Jr.
Recurve Men (30m) Carlos Santos
Silver
Jr.
Recurve Men (50m) Carlos Santos
Silver
Jr.
Recurve Men (70m) Carlos Santos
Silver
Jr.
Recurve Men (90m) Carlos Santos
Silver
Jr.
Recurve Team Bronze
Recurve Women
Cherrie Valera Bronze
Individual
Recurve Women
1981 Manila, Philippines Carla Ramos Silver
(30m)
Recurve Women
Cherrie Valera Bronze
(70m)
Recurve Women (TEAM) Bronze

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 Recurve Women
Cherrie Valera Gold
(30m)
1983 Singapore Recurve Women
(60m) Cherrie Valera Gold
Recurve Women (TEAM) Bronze
Recurve Women Joann Chan
Gold
Individual Tabanag
Recurve Women Joann Chan
Gold
(50m) Tabanag
Recurve Women Joann Chan
Gold
(60m) Tabanag
1985 Bangkok, Thailand Recurve Women
(60m) Karla Cabrera Silver
Recurve Women
Cherrie Valera Bronze
(60m)
Recurve Women Joann Chan
Bronze
(70m) Tabanag
Recurve Women (TEAM) Gold
Recurve Women Joann Chan
Bronze
Individual Tabanag
Recurve Women Joann Chan
Gold
1987 Jakarta, Indonesia (50m) Tabanag
Recurve Women
Helia Patracios Bronze
(70m)
Recurve Women (TEAM) Silver
Recurve Men (TEAM) Bronze
Kuala Lumpur, Recurve Women Joann Chan
1989 Bronze
Malaysia Individual Tabanag
Recurve Women (TEAM) Silver
Recurve Men Michael
Bronze
Individual Facundo
Recurve Men (TEAM) Silver
1991 Manila, Philippines
Recurve Women
Jennifer Chan Bronze
Individual
Recurve Women (TEAM) Silver
Recurve Men
Clint Sayo Silver
Individual
1993 Singapore Recurve Men (TEAM) Bronze
Recurve Women Joann Chan
Silver
Individual Tabanag
Recurve Women (TEAM) Silver
Recurve
Clint Sayo Gold
Men
Chiang Mai, Individual
1995
Thailand Recurve Men
(TEAM) Bronze
Recurve Joann Chan
Gold
Women Tabanag
Individual
Recurve Christian
Bronze
Men Cubilla
1997 Jakarta, Indonesia
Individual
Recurve Women (TEAM) Gold
Recurve Men (TEAM) Gold
Recurve Purita Joy
2001 Kuala Lumpur Gold
Women Marino
Individual
Recurve
Florente Matan Bronze
Men

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2003 Hanoi, Vietnam Individual

Recurve Women (TEAM) Gold

Recurve Men (TEAM) Bronze
Recurve
Marvin Cordero Bronze
Men
Individual
Recurve Men (TEAM)l Gold
2005 Manila, Philippines Compound Men (TEAM) Silver
Recurve Rachelle Anne
Bronze
Women Cabral
Individual
Compund Women Amaya Paz Gold
Compund Women Jennifer Chan Silver
Compound Women (TEAM) Gold
Recurve Men (TEAM) Bronze
Nakhon Earl Benjamin
Compound Men Silver
2007 Ratchasima, Yap
Thailand Compound Amaya Paz Gold
Women
Compound (TEAM) Bronze
Earl Benjamin
Compound Men Silver
2009 Vientiane, Laos Yap
Compound Jennifer Chan Gold
Women
Earl Benjamin
Compound Men Silver
Yap
2011 Jakarta, Indonesia Compound Women (TEAM) Gold
Compound Jennifer Chan Silver
Women
Compound Men (TEAM) Gold
Naypyidaw,
2013 Earl Benjamin
Myanmar Compound Men Silver
Yap
Compound Men (TEAM) Bronze
2015 Singapore Compound Amaya Paz Silver
Women
Compound Women (TEAM) Bronze
PHILIPPINE ARCHERS AT THE ASIAN GAMES
Incheon, South
2014 Paul Dela Cruz Men’s Compound Bronze
Korea
PHILIPPINE ARCHERS AT SUMMER OLYMPICS
Summer Youth
Luis Gabriel
2014 Nanjing, China Olympics – Mixed Gold
Moreno
Team
Data Source: Sports Update News by Philippine Sports Commission/ World Archery
Philippines Statistics

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 Table 2

Philippine Archery Medals timeline at the South

East Asian Games (SEA Games)

14

12

10

6
Gold
4
Silver
2
Bronze
0

Data Source: The Straits Times Singapore

Bibliography/References/Sources:

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