By:
Vic Larato
ZAMBOANGA
CITY,
June 13 (PIA)- - At least six architectural
designs have qualified for the city government’s upcoming multi-million peso
project to develop the Great Sta. Cruz Island into a tourist destination, now
that it has been identified as one of CNN’s Top 10 Beach Resorts in the
Philippines.
The entries will now go to the next level of the competition—that
is the submission of scale model for the entire development plan.
The entries were submitted by participants in the
architectural design competition for the professional group as Category I and
architecture graduates or students from the Western Mindanao State University
(WMSU), being the only institution of higher learning in the city that offers
architecture course.
The entries are those of (Category I) Manolo L.
Tatel of the United Architects of the Philippines, Zamboanga Chapter; Efren Jay
Tangcalagan of UAP Zamboanga City Chapter with Harold P. Generoso as member,
and Arch. Noelito B. del Rosario of UAP, ZC Chapter with Rey O. Cruz as member.
For Category II, the participants are Mark Errol Bosque
(team leader) with Herolene L. Julian, Ralph P. Saavedra and Keila C. Macahis as
members; May Christine M. Tolomia (team leader) with members Jo Rena Otadoy
Inding, Jude Carl Magsayo Arceo, Ernan Sunkip Natividad, Yasser Padilla Anduol
and Luke Donald Garcia Cadelina; and Sharif F. Morales with Remlito Tuble de
Maria as member.
Mayor Lobregat, who led a team that judged the
entries, said each qualifying group will receive P10,000 this week and will now
proceed to the next level of the competition—that is the submission of scale
model for the entire development plan. Deadline for the submission will be June
11.
All winning entries for both categories will be awarded with cash
prizes. For Category I the 1st placer will receive P100, 000, P60,
000 for the 2nd placer while the 3rd placer will take
home P40, 000. In Category II the 1st placer will receive P50, 000
while the 2nd and 3rd placers will receive P30, 000 and
P20, 000, respectively.
The Sta. Cruz architectural design competition is a
joint project of the city government and the United Architects Association
(UAP) Zamboanga Chapter led by Architect Shiralee Pajarito and the WMSU College
of Architecture led by Arch. Boboy Abarro.
The contest was officially launched April 12 and is intended to search
for the best architectural design to be
used in the development of the Great Sta. Cruz Island Resort as a premier
ecotourism destination in the country.
The
contest is a two-phase design tilt starting with the pre-qualification state
yesterday. The P10,000 cash grant to each of the qualifying individual or team
is to defray the cost of developing the architectural
designs which include major and minor structures and amentias like the
administration building, staff house, pavilion, concession stalls for food and
beverages, souvenir shop/boutique, water sports or dive shop and
massage/reflexology center.
It also includes the local products area where locals of the
island can display and sell their products to beachgoers, public comfort
stations, outdoor showers, picnic huts and family cottages, wash areas,
grillers, lifeguard station, viewing deck with catwalk, desalination
facilities, solar panels, materials recovery facility, water tanks and other
auxiliary structures.
As an integral part of the criteria in designing the mentioned
structures and spaces, a low-impact approach will be highly observed where
natural and indigenous materials that are least destructive to the environment are
preferred to be used.
Mayor Lobregat emphasized that the development of the “Las Islas
de Santa Cruz” will not destroy the surrounding environment to include the
living and non-living elements that are within the protected zone. (JPA/VL/CIO/PIA9-ZBST)
