UTOPIA Literary House: Institute and

Hub for Language and Literature

integrating Responsive Architecture and
Sensory Design
Jo-Millie Ann B. Hablo 2015688671
Background of the Problem

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31% (7,750) scored

a band of 7
 City No. of Language With ESL IELTS Review
Schools Programs Center

Manila 6 0 5
Quezon 25 3 3
Caloocan 1 0 0
Las Piñas 1 0 0
Makati 12 1 3
Malabon 0 0 0
Mandaluyong 2 0 0
Marikina 0 1 0
Muntinlupa 3 1 0
Navotas 0 0 0
Parañaque 1 1 0
Pasay 2 0 1
Pasig 10 2 0
San Juan 1 1 0
Taguig 8 1 0
Valenzuela 0 0 0
TOTAL 72 11 12
Background of the Problem
Event
Manila International Book Fair
Philippine Academic Book Fair
• There are no existing literary houses in the Philippines.
Lang Leav Book Signing Tour
Blind Date with a Book
Talks on Contemporary Japanese Literature
SCOUT Creative Talks 2019
Big Bad Wolf Books Sale
INKFest
How to Write Historical Fiction: A Six-Hour Workshop in
Taguig
Jumpstart Your Freelance Writing Career
Creative Writing for Adults
Fiction Writing Class
Young Writers’ Hang Out
Books and Roses in the Park
Jay Asher Book Signing Tour
Adam J. Kurtz Talk and Book Signing Tour
Words and Letters
Lang Leave Sad Girls Book Tour
Refresher Course on Business English: Workplace
Communication for the 21st Century
The Basic of Creative NonFiction
Place
SMX Convention Center MOA
Mega Trade Hall
SM Mega Hall/ Alabang Town Center
Ayala Triangle Gardens
National Museum of Fine Arts
SM Aura Premier Samsung Hall
World Trade Center
The Forum Fully Booked BGC
The Forum Fully Booked BGC
The Forum Fully Booked BGC
The Forum Fully Booked BGC
The Forum Fully Booked BGC
The Forum Fully Booked BGC
Ayala Triangle Gardens
SM Aura Premier Samsung Hall
National Bookstore Glorietta 1
Grand Atrium Shangri-La Plaza Mall
Paseo de Roxas Glorietta 1
Manila Marriott Hotel
The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf BGC
 Significance of the Study
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pping up the learning system
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and facilities of
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houses outside the
Proficiency in
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roficiency. adapt them.
Need of the Community
Statement of the Problem
Major Problem:
How will the architect design the spaces that will help
boost the learning and productivity of the users?
What are the How will the How will the architect
spaces the project architect distribute the spaces of
has to offer in incorporate the literature field and
order to make literature and the language field?
sure that the language to the What can the architect
users will be able architectural do in order for these
to maximize its design of the spaces and its users to
use? proposed project? interact?
 Laws and Ordinances
• P.D. 1096 – National Building Code of the Philippines
and Its Implementing Rules and Regulations
• P.D. 1185 – Fire Code of the Philippines and Its
Implementing Rules and Regulations
• P.D. 856 – Code of Sanitation of the Philippines and
Its Implementing Rules and Regulations
• B.P. 344 – Accessibility Law and Its Implementing
Rules and Regulations
Laws and Ordinances

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10533 Rule II 10.2 - The

curriculum shall be learner-centered, inclusive
and developmentally appropriate…
 Step up the standards of
Filipinos upgrading the facilities
we have and by providing the
facilities that our country is
currently missing out on.
Control of the
flow of the
general users to
primary users.
Green space and
interactive spaces

To provide a place
where creative
learning and
The zoning of the
Recreate
content production Design
Providethe
theself-access
necessary
takes place. rooms
thatand
are writing
To provide a
spaces
site are
specifically

scenes
designedwith
studios for literary and
the users’
literary center categorized
language into
related activities
productivity in mind;
that is within international
three which are
from
TEALand,
standard
defined
Design
time,
Classroom
at the same
depending
should
affordable be
and
accessible.
User Analysis
 User Analysis Target Group
Learners and Educators (Language)
Aspiring and freelancing writers, readers, translators, critics, playwrights, illustratorss, scholars, activitsts, inquisitive
Library Users
Walk-in (visitors, customers, tourists, etc.)

1%
19%

40%
40%

USER ACTIVITIES
1%

4%
15%
Language Learning

Socialization, Discussion, Engagement,

50%
Research, Reading, Writing
Workshops, Seminars, Literary Activities
30%
Accommodation

Other
Proponents
CEVAS
Philippines Writer’s Get It
IELTS
Review
Block Write
Center and
Language
Philippines Manila
School