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First of two H-shaped tenement blocks at Punta Compound, Sta. Ana. District

Jun 1965

Manila Tenement Building

for Low-Income

Families

Split level design with ramp circulation

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IKE most other national authorities in South East Asia the Philippine Government is embarked on a social housing programme to provide per-

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manent living accommodation for poor and homeless families.

As part of this programme the Bureau of Public Works is engaged on a massive development in the Punta Compound in Sta. Ana Dis- trict, Manila, which will rehouse people living in substandard dwel- lings, slums and squatter areas within the city and its outlying suburbs.

Almost complete is the first of two huge tenement buildings. It is a split-level seven-storey structure. planned to accommodate 672 stan-

dard small family living units each of 27.75 square meters total floor

area.

In each unit is provided a living/ bedroom, kitchen/dining room, toilet/ bathroom and a drying porch.

The typical floor plan is based on an H-form with two sets of ramps forming the connecting circulatory elements between every floor level and with lateral common corridors serving the family living units on the sides in all the upper storeys.

The ground floor area, in accor-

KITCHEN

LIVING & BED

ROOM

CORRIDOR

TYPICAL LIVING UNIT

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View into the well showing ramps between floors

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