A Proposed Redevelopment of

Victoria Plaza Mall

Marlouie Mitch O. Arangoso

Ateneo de Davao University

College of Engineering and Architecture

Date Submitted: November 14,2017

Definition of Terms:
1. Acoustics - the science concerned with the production, control, transmission, reception,
and effects of sound
2. Aesthetic - a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty and taste, with
the creation and appreciation of beauty.
3. Air pressure force exerted by air molecules.
4. Attenuate - reduce the force, effect, or value of.
5. Cinema - contains an auditorium for viewing films, for entertainment.
6. Cistern - built to catch and store rainwater.
7. Department Store - a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in
different product categories.
8. Diffuse - spread out over a large area; not concentrated.
9. Disruption - disturbance or problems that interrupt an event, activity, or process.
10. Divert - cause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to
another.
11. Eggcrate - combination of horizontal and vertical elements forming an eggcrate-
type shading system.
12. Food court - an area inside of a building which has a number of different restaurants and
snack bars located around a single area.
13. Fumes - gas, smoke, or vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale.
14. Glare - strong and dazzling light.
15. Glaze - a smooth lustrous finish on a fabric produced by applying various chemicals.
16. Grading - The grade of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the
tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal. It is a special case of the slope,
where zero indicates horizontality.
17. Hardware Store - sell household hardware for home improvement.
18. Hydrology - study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth and other
planets, including the water cycle, water resources and environmental watershed
sustainability.
19. Illumination - lighting or light.
20. Infiltration - the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
21. Landscaping - any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including:
living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly called gardening.
22. Leisure - a quality of experience or as free time.
23. Light shelves - a horizontal surface that reflects daylight deep into a building.
24. Lighting - the arrangement or effect of lights.
25. Linkages manner of using design elements to inter-connect building functions.
26. Louvers - each of a set of angled slats or flat strips fixed or hung at regular intervals in a
door, shutter, or screen to allow air or light to pass through.
27. Market - a medium that allows buyers and sellers of a specific good or service to interact
in order to facilitate an exchange.
28. Metabolize - substances are broken down to yield energy for vital processes while other
substances, necessary for life, are synthesized.
29. Microclimate - the distinctive climate of a small-scale area, such as a garden, park,
valley or part of a city.
30. Natural Climate Utilization of natural weather in improving human comfort.
31. Onyx Solar - a solar energy company with a global presence, which was founded in
vila, Spain in 2009 by Alvaro Beltran and Teodosio del Cao.
32. Orientation how certain elements are positioned based on the suns path and storm
winds.
33. Overhangs - a protruding structure which may provide protection for lower levels.
34. Parking - act of stopping and disengaging a vehicle and leaving it unoccupied.
35. Pervious substance allowing water to pass through.
36. Photosynthesis - a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy
into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel the organisms' activities (energy
transformation).
37. Photovoltaic glass - technology that enables the conversion of light into electricity. To do
so, the glass incorporates transparent semiconductor-based photovoltaic cells, which
are also known as solar cells. The cells are sandwiched between two sheets of glass.
38. Proxemics - deals with the amount of space that people feel it necessary to set between
themselves and others.
39. Renewable Energy - energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are
naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves,
and geothermal heat.
40. Restaurant - a business which prepares and serves food and drinks to customers in
exchange for money.
41. Roof monitors - a raised structure running along the ridge of a double-pitched roof, with
its own roof running parallel with the main roof. The long sides of monitors usually
contain clerestory windows or louvers to light or ventilate the area under the roof.
42. Safety & Security - the degree of resistance to, or protection from, harm.
43. Skylights - light transmitting fenestration forming all, or a portion of, the roof of a
building's space for daylighting purposes.
44. Socio-Cultural - A set of beliefs, customs, practices and behavior that exists within a
population.
45. Solar energy - radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of
ever-evolving technologies such as solar heating,
photovoltaics, solar thermal energy, solar architecture, molten salt power plants and
artificial photosynthesis.
46. Solar panels - absorb the sunlight as a source of energy to generate electricity or heat.
47. Solar Radiation - radiant energy emitted by the sun, particularly electromagnetic energy.
48. Sustainable Strategies - the philosophy of designing physical objects, the built
environment, and services to comply with the principles of social, economic, and
ecological sustainability.
49. Temperature - how hot or cold a thing is.
50. Thermal Comfort - condition of mind which expresses satisfaction with
the thermal environment
51. Translucent - permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects,
etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible.
52. Vegetated roofs - a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with
vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane.
53. Walkway - a passage or path for walking along, especially a raised passageway
connecting different sections of a building or a wide path in a park or garden.
54. Way finding degree of difficulty in navigating spaces.
55. Window shopping - the activity of looking at the goods displayed in shop windows,
especially without intending to buy anything.
Innovations/Architectural Solutions

1. Solar Panels/ PV glass

Photovoltaic glass (PV glass) is a technology that enables the
conversion of light into electricity.
To do so, the glass incorporates transparent semiconductor-
based photovoltaic cells, which are also known as solar cells. The cells
are sandwiched between two sheets of glass. Photovoltaic glass is not
perfectly transparent but allows some of the available light through.
Onyx Solar, makes photovoltaic glass with a variety of options
including different colors, gradient and patterns as well as double or
triple-glazed products. Variance in photovoltaic efficiency and light
penetration among these products enables multiple options for
architectural design.

2. Microclimate
Grass and other ground covers tend to lower ground temperatures by
absorbing solar radiation and encouraging cooling by evaporation.
Light-colored surfaces reflect solar radiation.

3. Plants
Plants can improve aesthetic and can also:
i. Moderate noise.
ii. Prevent erosion.
iii. Make soil permeable to water and air.
Vines can reduce the heat transmission through a sunlit wall by providing
shade and cooling the immediate environment by evaporation.
4. Trees
Trees shade a building or outdoor space most effectively from the
southeast during the morning and southwest during late afternoon when
the sun has a low altitude and casts long shadows.
Trees can shape outdoor spaces for activity and movement.
A combination of trees, shrubs and walls can help attenuate sound.
Trees can improve air quality by trapping matter on their leaves and gets
washed off by rain.
Photosynthesis metabolizes fumes and other odors.

5. Solar Shading
South-facing overhangs provide more efficient shading during the midday
period when the sun is high and casts short shadows.
Solar shading shield windows and other glazed areas from direct sunlight
in order to reduce glare and excessive solar heat gain in warm weather.
Horizontal overhangs are most effective when they have southern
orientations.
Eggcrates combine the shading characteristics of horizontal and vertical
louvers and have a high shading ratio.

6. Daylighting
Solar radiation provides not only heat but also light for the interior spaces
of a building.
This daylight has psychological benefits as well as practical utility in
reducing the amount of energy required for artificial lighting.
East and west facing windows require shading devices to avoid the bright
early-morning and late-afternoon sun
South facing windows are ideal sources for daylighting if horizontal
shading devices can control excessive solar radiation and glare.
North facing windows let in soft, diffuse skylight.
 The level of illumination provided by daylighting diminishes as it
penetrates an interior space.
Light shelves shade glazing from direct sunlight while reflecting daylight
onto the ceiling of a room.
A useful rule of thumb is that daylighting can be effective for task
illumination up to a depth of twice the height of a window.
Skylights with translucent glazing can effectively daylight a space from
above without excessive heat gain.
Roof monitors are another means of reflecting daylight into a space.

7. Precipitation
The annual and seasonal precipitation expected for a building site
influence the design and construction of the roof structure, the choice of
building materials, and the detailing of its exterior wall assemblies.
Cisterns for collecting rainwater may serve as a primary or backup supply
of water.

8. Flood prevention
Limiting the disruption of a sites natural water hydrology and promoting
infiltration by such means as pervious paving and vegetated roofs are
advisable.
Surface drainage refers to the grading and surfacing of a site in order to
divert rain and other surface water into natural drainage patterns or a
municipal storm sewer system.
Swales are shallow depressions formed by the intersection of two ground
slopes, designed to direct or divert the runoff of surface water.
Catchment areas can be designed to look like and function as ponds and
marshes
Vegetated swales can increase infiltration
i. Grass swales: 1.5% to 2%
ii. Paved swales: 4% to 6%
 Surface drainage slopes
i. Grass lawns and fields: 1.5% to 10 %
ii. Paved parking areas: 2% to 3%

9. Wind
The movement of air through a building is generated by differences in air
pressure as well as temperature.
High inlets direct air flow upward, resulting in a loss of cooling effect.
Outlets should be as large or larger than inlets for maximum air flow The
position of an outlet has little effect on the air flow pattern but should allow
rising warm air to escape.
Louvers can beneficially redirect and diffuse air flow.

10. Aesthetic
The masses tend to shop at malls that are instragam worthy. Thus,
shopping malls are designed as a place where people can stray away
from reality.
One very interesting trend FootFall observed in the shopping mall industry
in 2015 was the shift away from retail-only mandates to leisure
destinations. (Footfall, 2017)
11. Security
Metal detectors are often used by security guards situated at the entrance.
Bags are also required to be checked by guards.
To further reinforce security, cctv cameras are installed all throughout the
building.
To monitor car parking, slips are provided at entrances.
To prevent shoplifting, bags are usually deposited at certain areas.
12. Landmarks
Certain malls have landmarks for easy navigation. By placing landmarks,
people have a certain point to which they can meet.
Design Concept:

The architects redevelopment aims to convert the current Victoria Plaza Mall into
a sustainable commercial complex. He also aims to add amenities to urge more masses
to come with the addition of parks and landscaping. By redesigning the interior and
exterior look of the main and minor building, it aims to get the attention of the masses.
The architect is also aware of the problems that the vicinity(complex) faces especially
when it comes to flooding and thus, aims to solve the problem.

Design Philosophy:

Just because a certain problem can happen anywhere doesnt mean we have to
normalize it. Aim for the better. Achieve the best.

Drawing Sketches:
 Ocular Inspection

Figure 1: Planned site onto which the minor building is to be erected for commercial spaces.

Figure 2: Redesign and adding more PV glass mounted walkways/canopies for protection from weather.
Figure 3: Redesign and adding more PV glass mounted walkways/canopies for protection from weather.

Figure 4: Integrating vegetated swales with the parking lot islands.

 Figure 5: Planned site for nature park and landscaping. (Manmade marshes for surface drainage)

Figure 6: Flat roof problem, algae formed due to water collected on roof. Pitching the roof will help with the water
runoff
Figure 7: Another boring surface. Malls with pleasing facade grabs more attention. (Shouldn't banks be visible from
the outside?)

Figure 8: Boring pathway. Concrete/ hard surfaces tend to absorb more solar radiation. Pervious pathways can help
alleviate the problem.
 Figure 9: Ugly view. Trees can help block unpleasant views.

Major road, cars passing by.

Figure 10: Major building isn't even far away from major road. Lacks vegetation to reduce sound.
Figure 11: Very tight walkway, uncomfortable proximity for two people to walk on. Retail stores on sidewalks actually
cause congestion..

Figure 12: Building relies mostly (if not, entirely) on active systems. Maximum daylighting not utilized. Waste of
energy, no PV panels.
Figure 13: Tiles weathered probably by kiosk wheels, push cart, getting wet. Porcelain tile is a better choice to resist
to cracking from the cold and heavy load.

Figure 14: Random color and patterns on tiles.

Figure 15: Accident prone railing. Can be solved by removing horizontal pattern and adding an angle with the hand
rail.

Figure 16: Wasted space inside the men's room.

 Figure 17: Victoria has a lot of boutique shops. By adding additional choices can grab the masses.

Figure 18: Boring, dull interiors. By adding a skylight, more windows can lessen energy consumption and add
pleasing views inside.
Figure 19: A cinema is one of the centerpiece and gathering place for the masses. Needs redesign.

Figure 20: It seems weird to find a hair salon inside the food court.
Bubble Diagram:
Legend:
Main Access
Secondary Access

Service

Entrance

Figure 21: Bubble diagram of the site

 Figure 22: Bubble diagram of the first floor of the major building.

Service
CR

Service

Elev.

Figure 23: Minor building for commercial spaces bubble diagram.

Space Matrix:

Adjacency Matrix
Adjacent
Nearby
Not adjacent
Not related

Figure 24: Space matrix of the major building.

Figure 25: Space matrix of the minor building for commercial purpose.
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