A simple guy who plays spiders during his childhood now takes the words of Spiderman, ” With Great Powers come Great Responsibility,” a challenge. Now an advocate of Filipino Culture in matters of Architecture, Art, and Liturgy, coupled with the utmost importance of Energy and Environment.
This article provides practical guidance for designing energy-efficient lighting that strikes a balance between visual comfort, type of activity, environment, and total economic value. The article presents essential factors to consider when designing lighting, such as the nature of the space, its dimensions, and the users’ age and preference, ceiling height and layout, interior elements, current electrical layout, and components to emphasize. Additionally, the article emphasizes the importance of selecting the appropriate lighting method, determining the appropriate level of illumination, and selecting the appropriate lighting equipment. By following these guidelines, lighting designers can create a functional and aesthetically pleasing lighting design that meets the users’ needs while reducing energy costs.
Our parish church St Thomas Aquinas -Avondale Goodyear, Arizona (USA), is cruciform in plan. It has a three-part nave with the more prominent and more extended faces the sanctuary. The other two naves are at both sides perpendicular to the sanctuary opposite to each other. Generally, it has a T-shape space layout.
The new set of officers of the United Architects of the Philippines Regional District C- 2 (UAP-RDC-2) for FY-2020 will take oath on September 11, 2020, at 3:00 pm via zoom live in the virtual presence of UAP National Executive officers.
The emergence of the Second Vatican Council in 1962 brought a lot of changes in the Catholic church, especially in the celebration of the Sacred liturgy. Obviously, these changes affects the rites, texts, music, the gestures and movement of the assembly.
This song is motivating and edifying to Architects or not. The lyrics stir inspirations to everybody to give their share and participate in the transformative change in the process of making this world become a wholesome place to live life again like before. It reminds everyone that the original state of the Mother Earth was so clean and virtuous, but was mistreated by her own inhabitants of the past generations, and continuously ill-treated even by the age of the present.
The United Architects of the Philippines – Mt Kanla-on Chapter ( UAP-MK ) has set its new officers for the Fiscal Year 2020-2021.
In his vision, an architect can foresee what the building will look like in using the materials available from the immediate environment. Pieces of stuff like the stone and the clay are the basic requirements in almost all in constructing building structures. Stones are typically employed as structural components of building foundations, and mud-clay can be used directly in houses as wall components, which can be found in rural areas or communities rich in it.
For several Sundays during the first stage of the quarantine period, Eucharistic Liturgy in most churches was celebrated via live streaming using popular internet platforms. Other parish churches were already practicing live streaming via Facebook or YouTube before the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Rites were performed according to the norms of the liturgical rubrics without any adjustments.
When COVID19 hit the world, almost everybody was affected. For months since the declaration of this pandemic virus by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, everyone seems to be uncertain of the daily activities. One can only follow the updates in the news either on the radio, television, Facebook, or YouTube.
It was since Wednesday, on May 13, 2020, during the church visit to the Blessed Sacrament, where I noticed that those markings on top of the backrests and the blue ribbons tied at the sides of the pews were already taken out (Pls. Read COVID19- driven Proxemics in Churches). Previously, we only participate in the…
