THE United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) Philippine Bamboo Project Special Committee (PBPSC), headed by National President Richard Garcia, partnered with Pentur Farmers Agriculture Cooperative and Philippine Bamboo Foundation Inc. on the “bamboo utilization in construction” project.
This was the partnership’s Second Bamboo Training Series on bamboo projects, entitled “Re: Creating Bamboo Valley, Design, Model-Making & Construction Workshop on the Potential of Bamboo in Peñablanca, Cagayan.”
This bamboo community service program was a participative collaboration by UAP District A1b (UAP DA1b), QC Elliptical, Rizal East, San Juan-Pinaglabanan and San Juan Mandaluyong Chapters. It also celebrated UAP National Architecture Week, which held the Bamboo Art & Campaign Exhibit at SM Center Tuguegarao Downtown from Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, 2023. The art and campaign exhibit and the second part of the bamboo training series were held simultaneously.
Bamboo pole materials of the Peñablanca community were used for the exhibit stand and built by Pentur Farmers Agriculture Cooperative members based on a scale model designed and supervised by UAP PBPSC, UAP DA1b, UAPGA, and UAPSA, with these last two from Cagayan.
The second two-day bamboo training workshop, held in Baliuag, Peñablanca, and Cagayan, focused on clumping management, bamboo planting and rehabilitation. It was facilitated by Phil. Bamboo Foundation Inc. President and licensed forester Ed Manda, and led by UAP Philippine Bamboo Special Committee volunteer members.
The trainee participants were men and women bamboo farmers from the Pentur Farmers Agriculture Cooperative, led by Pentur Cooperative chairman/ Ret. Gen. Romeo Pagalilauan.
The other hybrid training workshop, which mixed face-to-face lectures with video conferencing, was held at the Provincial Farm School and Agri-Tourism Center in Amulung, Cagayan.
UAP member architects and Cagayan State University graduating architecture students participated in this bamboo design and scale-model-making workshop. UAP PBPSC volunteer member consultants Ar. Jed De Guzman and Ar. Anthony Sarmiento led the discussions and gave their insights.
The activity on bamboo posts and beam joinery was conducted in preparation for the Third Bamboo Workshop, which would focus on designing and building for the Peñablanca Bamboo Community Center, and was scheduled from June to July 2024.
This program aimed to promote sustainable socioeconomic environments, initiating community livelihood and skill development. This bamboo community project was supported by its sponsors Tuguegarao King’s Hardware, Makita Corp., and Pacific Paint (Boysen) Philippines, Inc.
Ar. Maria Carmen S. Yatco, UAP, DFRIA, is the chairman of the UAP Philippine Bamboo Project Special Committee. She is also the UAP representative to the PRC CPD Council for Architecture and a doctor fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects, Singapore. She is currently in private practice on the design and supervision of commercial and residential projects, with a specialization in interior design renovation.
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