DISASTER-RISILIENT HOUSING PROJECT

FOR FISHERFOLK Balay-Isdaan

Balay means house in Hiligaynon
and Isdaan means Fishery

General Concept
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The master plan revolves on the
concept of intelligent design PARAW:BOAT The Housing Project for Fisherfolk aims to
new urbanism. Urbanism is to advance the fisherfolk settlement issue. It can
make a disaster-resilient
also help the Miagao, Iloilo in generating more
community that is affordable The paraw is a double outrigger sail boat that can be seen
and that is pedestrian based income for the local community. The Housing
mostly in Visayas especially Iloilo. This boat is is made of
and efficient in its utilization of Project would be perceived as a time concern,
materials like bamboo and other types of materials that is
energy. This will have a better native which makes it affordable yet durable. It can low cost building system as a proper solution
site planning and drainage accommodate 2-3 or more people than the usual boat for areas where there is typhoon vulnerability
facilities. The site planning will used. and at the same time support the native
foster a stonger community feel communal values of the community to
with a central common green or The housing project design will be based in the Paraw. The familiarize and move forward with the new site
parks. housing project will be low-cost yet disaster-resilient. and the system.

DESIGN CONSIDERATION The Best for the Least BENEFICIARY PROFILE

ORIENTATION ACCESSIBILITY CIRCULATION SUSTAINABILITY LOW-COST SAFETY &

AESTHETIC
SECURITY

ensure access to will set a

identifying pilot
the fishery, fish mechanism and
SECTORS & AGENCIES

sites for fisherfolk

processing, ensure that the
settlements.
housing and other land will be
livelihood support. readily available
INVOLVE

ensuring security of forf residential

tenure, accessibility
• Registered fisherfolks of the
use.
to source of ensure to share Municipality of Miagao
sustainable livelihood, the building cost of The LGU will • Victims of typhoons mostly from
and reduce the core shelters coastal communnities
provide land
vulnerability to of the project.
natural and man- • Poor fisherfolk
made disasters.
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 DISASTER-RISILIENT HOUSING PROJECT
FOR FISHERFOLK Balay-Isdaan
Balay means house in Hiligaynon
and Isdaan means Fishery

SITE ANALYSIS
THE SITE
Physical Resource The site is located in Miagao, which is one of the
N Profile seven towns comprising the First District of Iloilo
• Total land area – Province. It is situated 40 kilometers Southwest
15,680.00 hectares of Iloilo City and 58 kilometers from San Jose, the
capital town of Antique. Overlooking the island of
• Total urban land
Negros towards Sulu Sea, Miagao is bounded by
ROAD NETWORK area – 2,055.16
the towns of Igbaras to the Northeast, by Guimbal
hectares
to the East, by San Joaquin to the West and by
• Total rural land Sibalom, Antique to the Northwest.
area – 13,624.84
hectares Topography - Miagao is partly coastal and partly
mountainous town. In general, its terrain is rolling
with mountain ranges serving as border between
COST PER HOUSING UNIT (According to NHA) Miagao and part of the Province of Antique and
other neighboring towns of Iloilo. The poblacion
ROAD MAP is situated in a hill overlooking the sea and public
institutions are located in a plateau. The low and
high mountains lying close to the river, plus the
narrow coastal plains stretching 16 kilometers are
varied topographical features of Miagao

Climate - Miagao has two pronounced seasons:

BUILDING MATERIALS Land Use: dry from November to April and wet during the
Commercial – 17.95 hectares rest of the year. The maximum temperature
Residential – 345.81 hectares
stands at 32.2° C and the minimum is 22.9° C.
There are two prevailing winds in the locality, the
Agriculture – 4,712.10 hectares
southwest monsoon called “habagat” and the
Forest – 3,764.62 hectares
northeast monsoon called “amihan”.
Institutional – 1,340.22 hectares
BAMBOO TIMBER IMPROVED CONCRETE
Industrial – 43.02 hectares
PANELS Soil - The soil of the municipality consists of five
Rivers and Creeks – 326.64 major types: Alimodian clay loam, Sta. Rita clay,
hectares Umingan fine sandy loam, Alimodian soil
Parks & Playgrounds – 17.93 undifferentiated and beach sand.
ESTABLISHMENTS COMPRESSED ECO-BRICKS ADOBE BRICKS
hectares
EARTH BRICKS Roads/Utilities – 184.90.00

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 DISASTER-RISILIENT HOUSING PROJECT
FOR FISHERFOLK Balay-Isdaan
Balay means house in Hiligaynon
and Isdaan means Fishery
CASE STUDIES
FOREIGN
LOCAL Fisherman Settlement and Housing Innovation based on Bioclimatic
Humanizing Socialized Resettlement Housing Towards Sustainable Design in Surabaya
Retrieved at: http://anzasca.net/wpcontent/uploads/2017/11/ASA_2017
Communities Defiana_etal.pdf
Retrieved at: Gilles, S. N. (2012). Humanizing Socialized Resettlement Housing in the Philippines:
Towards Sustainable Communities. 17th IUSAM 2012 Seminar Proceedings, Khabarovsk, Russia.
The appropriateness of fishermen settlements is closely related to the sustainability of
Surabaya city development in the future as a coastal city, especially in line with the
Recommendations for smoother resettlement activities in the future: occurrence of climate change and the rising of sea level. The good arrangement of
• Encouraging participation of community leaders is crucial to a successful resettlement fishermen settlement becomes very significant, mainly due to two things; firstly, by
process. improving the quality of fishermen settlement, it will have a positive impact on the
• In-city relocation should be prioritized as it is more effective both in terms of cost and improvement of fishermen’s economy which is still at the lower level. Secondly, the
adjustment process. importance of fishermen role in preserving coastal ecosystem in Surabaya in the
• Procedures before and during relocation must be strictly implemented for smooth flow of framework of more extreme climate change. Generally, the condition of fishermen
activities. settlement is barely making a noteworthy progress, fire‐prone buildings, lack of
• Livelihood opportunities and employment as part of the benefits of relocates outside of the sanitation, occupy unsuitable areas, scarcity of decent water and sanitation. The
city should be given closer attention. Innovation or new idea for the fishermen settlement and houses improvement were
• The host local government unit (LGU) can be supported financially and given more incentives based on bioclimatic design, since this approach can provide the more comfortable
since they bear the burden of accommodating the relocates. living for the people. The research limitation is that this research should be done in two
• Proper training/ capacity building should be provided for the residents in relocation sites. phases due to budget limitation. Phase one is the design proposal based on bioclimatic
and phase two is the use of simulation of the proposed design. The intention is to
integrate the practical implication with social implication. The social implication of the
innovation of the settlement and houses also cover in phase two. This paper is based on
the result of phase one while the phase two research has not been conducted.

Proposed Design
REFERENCES: • Open architectural design to give plenty space for business and domestic
• https://www.miagao.gov.ph/about-miagao/municipal-profile/ activities.
• http://angoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Philippine-Fisheries-Laws-and-Policies- • The red brick can be use as main wall materials and covered by cement
and-the-VGSSF.pdf plaster shield.
• http://www.hudcc.gov.ph/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/document/Chapter%201
• The ceiling should be covered by some materials.
2-04-07-2017.pdf
• http://www.napc.gov.ph/articles/post-yolanda-fisherfolk-settlement-program?throbber=1 • Cross ventilation and natural light design can be created to form the healthy
house.

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