Stephanie N.

Gilles
Principal Architect/Planner/CEO, SNG Design Enterprise
UP School of Urban and Regional Planning
NCR - National Capital Region, Philippines · 500+

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Arch./En.P. Stephanie N. Gilles (SNG) has worked with various leading professionals in the field of
architecture, such as Arch. Roger & Roy Villarosa, Arch. Edwin Gumila, Financial Builders
Corporation, DMCI (David M. Consunji, Inc. and many others), who have provided her with a vast
yet intensive experience into the different facets of design and construction.

For several years now, she has been working on her own projects as the Principal Architect of SNG
Design Enterprise. Projects are mainly schools, commercial and residential buildings, offices &
clinics, residences, vacation houses, resorts with specialization on sacred spaces and liturgical
architecture (churches, chapels, columbaries, etc.).

She worked as a Teaching Associate in the College of Architecture at the University of the
Philippines. Last April 2013, she graduated with the degree of Master of Architecture. She does
research and knowledge sharing at various conferences, both local and international (Philippines -
Manila, Japan - Tokyo and Kitakyushu, China - Beijing, Russia - Khabarovsk, Germany - Göttingen,
Thailand - Bangkok, Indonesia - Bali, etc.). She had been awarded with Best Paper and Best
Presentation award for her contribution on Evaluating Sustainability of Green Open Spaces in
Shopping Malls during the Second Asia Future Conference held in August 2014 at Bali, Indonesia.

Having taken and successfully passed the PRC State Board Exams, she is now a Licensed
Environmental Planner (PRC ID # 911), doing master planning and mixed use development projects.
. She recently graduated from a diploma course from the UP SURP (with a Dean's Medallion for
Academic Excellence, having a GWA of 1.17) and is currently taking her PhD studies with major in
Estate Management, minor in Environmental Science.

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 Specialties: Architecture & interior design, project management & engineering, planning, property
management, green buildings, sustainable design, renewable energy, liturgical architecture
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Experience

Founding Chairperson
UAP Committee on Liturgical Architecture and Sacred Spaces
Sep 2017 - Present

Founding Chairperson
Guild of Liturgical Designers
Aug 2017 - Present

Member
PLANADES, University of the Philippines, School of Urban and Regional Planning
Aug 2015 - Present

PLANADES is a consulting firm composed of seasoned planners committed to providing

environmental planning solutions for both the private and public sector (local government units). It
is based at the University of the Philippines School of Urban and Regional Planning.

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Chairperson
UAP Emergency Architects (United Architects of the Philippines - EA), Philippines
Jul 2015 - Present

A dynamic service-oriented group of architects with a spirit of volunteerism to help disaster-

stricken communities towards infrastructure recovery and rehabilitation

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Principal Architect/ Planner

SNG Design Enterprise, Philippines
May 1998 - Present

We are a design group that is into architecture, engineering and interior design, planning, project
and property management. Specialization: residential design (including interiors), commercial
spaces, liturgical architecture (design of sacred spaces - churches, chapels, memorial parks).

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Member
Philippine Green Building Council
Apr 2010 - Present

Head of the Capacity Building Group

UAP Emergency Architects
Dec 2013 - Jul 2015

The UAP EA Capacity Building Group is tasked to organise training seminars to empower the built
environment professionals to design according to the guidelines set for disaster-resilient
structures, so that we can Build Back Better.

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Director of Continuing Professional Development

United Architects of the Philippines, Diliman Chapter
May 2013 - Jul 2015

Organized seminars on the upliftment of the architectural profession and improvement of our built
environment

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Chairman, Scholarship Committee

GRLA Board of Trustees and Execom
Jul 2012 - Jul 2015

As the chairman of the Scholarship Committee, I screen and evaluate the applications of potential
scholars, monitor the organization of fund-raising activities for the benefit of the scholarship
recipients.

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Chairman
UP Planners Organization, University of the Philippines, Diliman
Apr 2014 - Jun 2015

Headed the prestigious organization of current and future planners under the guidance of the UP

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 School of Urban and Regional Planning. Being a strong link between the UP SURP Admin and the
student body in undertaking planning projects.

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Teaching Associate
University of the Philippines College of Architecture, Diliman, Quezon City
Jun 2012 - Oct 2012

Managing Director
GRLA Institute
Aug 2008 - Jun 2012

We organize seminars, lectures and conferences on varied topics: Events Management, Leadership,
Financial Management, Environmental Sustainability, Business and Bio-Ethics, etc.

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Architect-Consultant
PFCED, Inc and FPTI
Sep 1992 - Jun 2012

Consultancy related to design and construction of residences and buildings from north to south of
the Philippines, including some Southeast Asian countries.

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Board of Trustees Member

KALFI (Kalinangan Youth Foundation, Inc.)
Jul 2008 - Jun 2011

Senior Partner
PDP Architects
2001 - 2005

Design and Construction, Interior Fit-out, Project Management

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 Education

UP School of Urban and Regional Planning

PhD in Urban and Regional Planning (on-going), Environmental Planning
2013 - 2015

University of the Philippines

Master of Architecture (M.Arch.), Architecture and Urban Design
2010 - 2013

Graduated from Masters of Architecture, also at UP Diliman

Graduated from UP School of Urban and Regional Planning

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Centro Internazionale di Studi, Italy

Post-graduate, Classical Architecture, Humanities, Languages
1989 - 1992

Became professor for some courses at 2nd and 3rd year of Post-graduate studies.

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Skills

Property Management Construction Architecture Interior Design

Residential Sustainability Architectural Design Renovation

Urban Design Construction Management Space Planning Benefits Design

Mixed-use Residential Design Master Planning Design Development

Sustainable Design SketchUp Construction Documents Green Building

Interiors Space-planning Design Research Residential Homes AutoCAD

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 Comprehensive Planning Feasibility Studies Urban Planning

Landscape Architecture Sustainable Architecture Design Management

Interior Architecture CAD Site Planning Construction Drawings

Architectures Sketching Landscape Design AutoCAD Architecture

Revit Architectural Drawings Space planning Submittals Modeling

BIM Project Planning Project Coordination Drawing 3D visualization

Concept Design

Accomplishments

Certifications (1)
ASEAN Architect
AMCASP

Honors (2)
Recipient of the Dean's Medallion for Academic Excellence
University of the Philippines - School of Urban and Regional Planning · Jun 2015

Best Paper and Best Presentation Award

Sekiguchi Global Research Association · Aug 2014

Projects (3)
SearchProject
Landmark Chapel for people
Jan 2012 - Jun 2013

I-Academy Chapel Project

Mar 2011 - Aug 2011

The Sanctuary at Heaven's Garden Baguio

Mar 2013 - Present

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 Publications (4)
Determining Amenity Values of Green Open Spaces in Shopping Malls: A Case Study of Ayala
Greenbelt Park
Asia Future Conference: Best Papers from AFC3// published in Muhon Journal for UP College of
Architecture, 2014 series, Vol. 4 (internationally peer-reviewed edition) · Feb 2015
Revitalization of the Pasig River Through the Years: Bringing a Dying Ecosystem Back to Life
Academia.edu

Humanizing Socialized Resettlement Housing in the Philippines: Towards Sustainable

Communities
17th IUSAM 2012 Seminar Proceedings, Khabarovsk, Russia · Sep 2012

From Tradition to Modernity: The Changing Dimensions of Liturgical Architecture in the Philippine
Metropolis
Fundacion San Juan, Madrid. · Aug 2014

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