dance with a provision of the Gov- ernment's tenement housing law, is assigned for shops and stores, and may include also other administrative and service offices such as medical clinic, nursery, mechanical room, schoolrooms, and indoor recreation. The deck roof area could be utilized for a laundry,, recreation and other amenities of community life for the tenants.
Additional to the ramps and stair- cases at the ends of every wing, circulation is provided by two eleva- tors near the ramps. Garbage chutes are installed at strategic locations on every floor.
Plan Variations
Although the basic floor plan of a standard small family unit has been calculated to a minimum three-mem- ber family, other plan variations can be made by re-arrangement of par- titions or walls to make the living unit spaces ample for families of five to nine members, though this may entail using double-decked bunks for children.
To provide adequate light and ventilation, as well as privacy and security, wood jalousie windows and louvred door sashes are fitted.
The structure is of reinforced con- crete with hollow concrete and cera- mic blocks for exterior and interior walls respectively. The whole build- ing rests on concrete piles and is engineered and designed structurally to resist seismic stresses.
Designer
Architectural design, structural engineering and construction super- vision was undertaken by the Divi- sion of Architecture of the Bureau of Public Works. under consulting architect, Federico S. Ilustre.
United Construction Company, Manila, are the main contractors.
The cost of the building is estimat- ed at P6,000,000. It will be ready for occupation by the end of this month.
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PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
Deck suspended from heavy steel girders