ADNAapec NDCS

09/08/2025

Greetings, Dear Colleagues,

In 2022, another colleague, Atty./Arch./EnP Marlon Cariño (i.e., also a fellow construction arbitrator at the DTI CIAP CIAC and an active educator), invited me to collaborate on an article for the Ateneo Law Journal (“ALJ”), which was subsequently published by the ALJ sometime in 2023 as part of its ALJ Volume 67 (pages 347 though 376). The following are active links to said 2022 ALJ article entitled: “The Beauty and Madness of Metropolitan Manila: Laws Sharing Its Built Environment”, for citation as 67 ATENEO L.J. 347 (2022), viz:https://archive.ateneolj.com//storage/OxyaTyS7HtFx4q7xw7KRv9q4LS5y2gyZv26Cmk15.pdf and at link: https://ateneolj.com/archive/authors/carino-marlon-m-alli-armando-n

Personally, I viewed this as a most welcome step in re-introducing (and driving the appreciation of) our legal community to/anent an array of development controls (“DC”) that have been with us since the Europeans first established human settlements in the country, i.e., the Laws of the Indies. The 2022 ALJ article speaks about P.D. No. 1096, the 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (“NBCP”), our main NATIONAL-level DC (since its passage as R.A. No. 6541 of 1972, just before martial law was declared). You may not be surprised in finding that many of its provisions hark back to R.A. No. 386, the 1949 Civil Code of the Philippines (“CCP”) and even to earlier American and Spanish regime laws. However, the NBCP is not alone as a NATIONAL-level DC as there are many more that are valid and subsisting to this day, e.g., P.D. No. 957 (on subdivisions/open market & medium-cost dwellings and condominiums), B.P. Blg. 220 (on socialized and economic housing), R.A. No. 7279 (Urban Development and Housing Act/”UDHA” of 1992), plus an array of environmental laws, development and construction laws, professional regulatory laws (“PRL”), property laws, and the like.
Again (personally), I do hope that we get another opportunity to take a look at how all these NATIONAL-level and LOCAL-level DCs interface and how these affect our daily lives. I also hope that we may get another opportunity to take a second, more nuanced look at LOCAL-level DC such as ordinances, specifically LGU zoning ordinances (“ZO”) as general local laws and the special ordinances (“SO”) that may spring from ZOs, and to take a very good look at PRIVATE/SELF-REGULATORY (“PSR”) DCs, e.g., Deed of Restrictions (“DoR”), Design Standards and Guidelines (“DSG”), Construction Guidelines (“CG”) and the like, that generally accompany property purchases.
Finally, it is generally understood that PSR DCs and LOCAL-level DCs may be made more stringent/stricter than NATIONAL-level DCs, provided the latter support such levels of stringency. In NO case however can the former DCs relax provisions found in NATIONAL-level DCs. Thank You.

The Ateneo Law Journal, for its 69th Volume, is now accepting Articles, Notes, Comments, and Essays from legal practitioners and scholars.

06/08/2025

25ag6
Please find hereunder the active links to the 2023 Pasig City Zoning Ordinance (ZO.23 at 229 pages), duly ratified by the PH Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) in late 2024 along with its attendant Annexes and Appendices [at 1,474 pages, i.e., representing the ZO implementing rules and regulations (IRR) and its general technical references (GTR)]. Please note that the Pasig City ZO.23 is substantially based on P.D. No. 1096, the 1977 National Building Code of the PH (NBCP) and its 2004 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (RIRR). FYI only Thank You.
A) Pasig City Full Disclosure Portal
https://pasigcity.gov.ph/full-disclosure-portal
B) Ordinance No. 63, Series of 2024: A Zoning Ordinance (ZO) for the City of Pasig, Providing for the Administration, Enforcement and Amendment Thereof and for the Repeal of All Ordinances in Conflict Therewith [Updated], signed by the concerned Pasig City LGU officials (led by the Hon. Mayor Vico Sotto) on 21 October 2024, at link:
https://assets.pasigcity.gov.ph/storage/city_ordinance/2024/10/21/67d7c7bb8d3821742194619Ord%20No.%2063-2024.pdf
C) Annexes (ZO.23 Implementing Rules and Regulations/IRR) Part 1/6 (pp 1-231) at link:
https://assets.pasigcity.gov.ph/storage/city_ordinance/2024/10/21/67c675622ba621741059426part%201.pdf
D) Annex (ZO.23 IRR) Part 2/6 (pp 231-467) at link:
https://assets.pasigcity.gov.ph/storage/city_ordinance/2024/10/21/67c6757b45bf71741059451part%202.pdf
E) Annexes (ZO.23 IRR) Part 3/6 (pp 468-692) at link:
https://assets.pasigcity.gov.ph/storage/city_ordinance/2024/10/21/67c67609b6e701741059593part%203.pdf
F) Annexes (ZO.23 IRR) Part 4/6 (pp 693-1020) at link:
https://assets.pasigcity.gov.ph/storage/city_ordinance/2024/10/21/67c676b7de9891741059767part%204.pdf
G) Annexes (ZO.23 IRR) Part 5/6 (pp 1021-1207) at link:
https://assets.pasigcity.gov.ph/storage/city_ordinance/2024/10/21/67c67723b856c1741059875part%205.pdf
Annexes (ZO.23 IRR) Part 6/6 (pp 1208-1214) and
Appendices (ZO General Technical References/GTR), i.e., pp 1215-1474) at link:
https://assets.pasigcity.gov.ph/storage/city_ordinance/2024/10/21/67c678f258fc71741060338part%206.pdf
Nothing follows.

23/07/2025

25jy23 (Habagat Day 3)

The combination of strong rains and high tides always do not bode well for the Metropolitan Manila Area/MMA (i.e., the National Capital Region/NCR).

1) Typhoon Crising has apparently left the PH PRA at around 10 am Saturday 19 July (i.e., it is the same typhoon that hit HK). Based on this link: https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/7/20/expect-another-wet-and-rainy-week-possibly-another-storm-2144, anywhere from 150 mm to 300 mm (i.e., 6 inches to 1 foot) of habagat (southwest/SW monsoon) rain has fallen over the NCR over the period 20-22 July/Sunday through Tuesday (i.e., perhaps adding another 50 - 100 mm today, Wed, 23 July). The question is IF it is/has been high tide at Manila Bay over the last 3-4 days; and
Very Important Note: The PH experiences an average of 20-say 25 typhoons of varying intensities annually, and this is compounded by the rain-heavy SW monsoon that is sucked over the PH by these passing typhoons. Contrast this with say 2 annually for places like Thailand and we see why they are sometimes better off in terms of number of economically-productive days. The PH actually helps break/weaken these typhoons before these hit the Asian mainland.
2) this link shows that there will be high tides at Manila Bay every morning from today until Sunday (23-27 July) - https://tidechecker.com/philippines/national-capital-region/manila/, so we can expect that if the rains will continue, the floods may not subside. The link also shows that the tides fall in the afternoons so these grant us relief UNLESS it continues to rain in the afternoons and evenings. It may have been the same situation over the last 3 days, i.e., 20-22 July).

The combined massive rainfall-high tide situation is compounded by the low elevation of the NCR (the NCR floodplain), the denudation east of the NCR (and further upstream into the Sierra Madres), the heavily silted/shallowed waterways, encroachments on waterways, disappearing waterways, limited capacities of dams, hardened garbage-filled wastewater/drainage pipes, over-building, over-paving (i.e., no surface water percolation and acceleration of surface water movement to lower elevations, resulting in flashfloods), solid waste in the waterways, overpopulation and congestion (including unchecked in-migration into the NCR), weak enforcement of laws/regulations (the PH “soft state”, where laws/regulations are treated like these were only suggestions), improper/unsustainable land reclamation practices, lack of water retention/retarding facilities (i.e., we are also wasting a lot of freshwater that could be collected, treated/recycled and put to good domestic use), etc. As such, the cause of NCR flooding and inundation is not single, it is a confluence of causes, some of which have remained unchecked for over a half century.

I also note here that while the unbuilt Paranaque Spillway proposed under the 1977 MMETROPLAN has been referenced ad nauseam, it is next to useless if there is a high tide situation at Manila Bay. Thank You. Regards to all.

14/06/2025

THE AAIF SHARES VOLUME 2 OF ITS 2025 COMPENDIUM OF GENERAL PRACTICE DOCUMENTS (GPD).
The conceptualization of this Compendium of general practice documents (GPD) by AAIF Trustees and Members commenced sometime in 2012 but had to be set aside due to pressing concerns. A new opportunity came in December 2024 to give the AAIF GPD Compendium one final push. However, as the gathered/updated materials were quite voluminous, the focus was on Volumes 1 and 2 for initial sharing by 2025. The AAIF is happy to share the completed GPD Volume 2 (at 368 pages, in pdf) as attached.
As added emphases for registered and licensed architects (RLAs)-physical planners and for registered and licensed Environmental Planners (RLEnPs) interested in physical, land use and master development planning practices, the pertinent documents have been highlighted in yellow in the Table of Contents on pages 309 and 310 of Volume 2.
The AAIF hopes that these shared technical documents may be used by the architectural, physical planning and allied design communities in the pursuit/conduct of their respective work, in the hope that the documents can also somehow contribute to the evolution/refinement of the technical language used for the professional practices of architecture, environmental planning (EP) and allied design (AD) for projects/programs on Philippine (PH) soil.
Lastly, the users of AAIF GPD Volume 2 and are again reminded to first read the all-important Caveat-Disclaimer (as a ready warning on content interpretation and usage) found at the front part and at the last page of Volumes 1 and 2.
Thank You very much for Your continued support of the AAIF and its advocacy/work over the last 2 decades.
P.S. The pdf files of GPD Volumes 1 and 2 can be accessed via the following links:
a) c/o aaif AGORA at https://www.facebook.com/groups/416602522008321; and
b) c/o aaif AEDES at https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456.

03/06/2025

THE AAIF SHARES VOLUME 1 (OF 4) OF ITS 2025 COMPENDIUM OF GENERAL PRACTICE DOCUMENTS (GPD).
The conceptualization of this Compendium of general practice documents (GPD) by AAIF Trustees and Members commenced sometime in late 2012, after sufficient materials were gathered by some of the members. However, work on the Compendium was sidelined after it became very clear that there were many practice-related issues and concerns that needed to be prioritized, i.e., the most important of which was the harnessing of the power of social media (mainly through platforms such as Facebook/Fb) to promote and advance the AAIF advocacy (and to extend the AAIF reach and messaging) through interactive online exchanges, hence the rise starting early 2013 of several AAIF-administered chatgroups and pages such as the Architecture Advocacy Forum (AAF) chatgroup, which at its peak had about 6,000 members, and the National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP) Fb page, both managed by the AAIF.
Another opportunity to return to work on the AAIF GPD Compendium came in 2017 but the AAIF was then still occupied with work on the NBCP:Illustrated Project, under a limited grant from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), with oversight from/review by/coordination with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) through its National Building Code Development Office (NBCDO), then under the Office of the DPWH Secretary. While parallel work on the AAIF GPD Compendium did commence, i.e., resulting in the very limited circulation first (1st) electronic (e)-edition, it was later determined that there was still need to excise/redact a lot of client-supplied information, and that all of the confidential/semi-confidential information from the gathered documents (i.e., to likewise make the same generic) also required a lot of resources to accomplish. Thus, it became quite clear that the needed rework on the AAIF GPD Compendium would need to wait further.
A new opportunity came in December 2024 to give the AAIF GPD Compendium one final push. As the updated materials were quite voluminous, it was also decided that from 3 to 4 volumes could be generated, with focus on Volumes 1 and 2 by the 1st half of 2025, and on Volumes 3 and 4 possibly later in 2025 (or deferred anew to 2026). The AAIF is now happy to share the completed Volume 1 (at 308 pages), with Volume 2 sharing to follow by circa mid-June 2025 (at say another 320 pages). As added emphases for registered and licensed architects (RLAs)-physical planners and for registered and licensed Environmental Planners (RLEnPs) interested in physical, land use and master development planning practices, the pertinent documents have been highlighted in yellow in the Table of Contents on pages 2 and 3 of this Volume 1.
The AAIF hopes that these shared technical documents may be used by the architectural, physical planning and allied design communities in the pursuit/conduct of their respective work, in the hope that the documents can also somehow contribute to the evolution/refinement of the technical language (jargon) used for the professional practices of architecture, environmental planning (EP) and allied design (AD) for projects/programs on Philippine (PH) soil.
Lastly, the users of AAIF GPD Volumes 1 and 2 are reminded again to first read the all-important Caveat-Disclaimer (as a ready warning on content interpretation and usage) found at the front part and at the last page of Volumes 1 and 2.
The e-file of the AAIF GPD Volume 1 (at 5.8 mb file size) may be accessed at the following links (i.e., Files sections at public Facebook chatgroups administered by the AAIF), viz:
1) at aaif AGORA at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/416602522008321/permalink/2492684831066736
2) at aaif AEDES at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2599645370381207
3) at PRBoA (2006 – 2012) at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/1311266912334434/permalink/9541180032676373

Thank You very much for Your continued support of the AAIF and its advocacy/work over the last 2 decades.

03/05/2025

LAND USE PLANNING, ZONING & MISCELLANEOUS RELATED DOCUMENTS & POSITIONS ON DEVELOPMENT/REDEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION POSTED/STILL AVAILABLE ONLINE (c. 2010 - 2025), in 7 pages

Very Important Note: For both land use/physical/site/master development planners and for building and grounds designers and property owners/project proponents and their managers/representatives (including lawyers), they must first examine the applicable private/self-regulatory development controls (DCs, e.g., deeds of restriction/DoR, design/development standards & guidelines/DSG) and local-level DCs (i.e., LGU zoning and special ordinances/ZOs & SOs) BEFORE turning to national-level DCs (such as the National Building Code of the PH/NBCP, and its vast stream of regulations/SoR (estimated at approx. 12,000 pages), housing and urban development laws, environmental laws, construction and development laws, procurement and governance laws, property laws, the Civil Code, and the like), inasmuch as the private/self-regulatory DCs and local-level DCs may contain provisions that are far more stringent and more site-specific than the minimum standards and requirements imposed under national-level DCs.

A. LAND USE PLANNING-RELATED INTERPRETATIONS/DOCUMENTS

1) 18ag21: “Sustainable Planning and Design Levels in the Philippines”, 13 pp at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/747096815636081
2) 25fe7: "Comparative Approximation of Total Lot Area (TLA) Sizes & Road Right-of-Way (RROW) Widths at 20 Possibly Originally-Planned Low Density Residential (R-1*) Developments within the present-day National Capital Region (NCR, i.e., Metro Manila Area/MMA), as Developed/Initially Occupied Over the Period Late 1930s - Late 1950s (based mainly on Google Earth measurements)", at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9350189251694003&set=gm.2386930031642217&idorvanity=416602522008321
3) 19my5: “AAIF TASKAN Monograph on Over-building and Over-Paving”, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/903970789948682
4) 23oc18: “ROAD DIET Proposals for Pasig City NCR”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=749047190582890&set=pcb.749048060582803
5) 25my3: “Manila Bay Land Reclamation is Not the Primary Cause of Flooding in the NCR”, at link: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1134857912001814&set=a.683671143787162

B. LGU ZONING ORDINANCE (ZO)-RELATED AND/OR SPECIAL ORDINANCE (SO)-RELATED INTERPRETATIONS/DOCUMENTS AS POSSIBLE LOCAL-LEVEL DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS (DC)

1) 24je4: 2023 Compendium of ZO Annexes and Appendices Used in Support of LGU Zoning Ordinances (ZO) and of LGU Special Ordinances (SO), at 565 pages, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2281417215537359;
2) 23jy29: The LGU Zoning Ordinance (ZO) and Private/Self-Regulation are to be Reckoned With Before Compliances with The Building Code and Construction, i.e., “ZO Annexes (as Implementing Rules and Regulations/IRR) and Appendices (as General Technical References/GTR),” Volume 1 (of 4), 192 pp, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2081091162236633
3) 23jy29: The LGU ZO and Private/Self-Regulation are to be Reckoned With Before Compliances with The Building Code and Construction, i.e., “ZO Annexes (as Implementing Rules and Regulations/IRR) and Appendices (as General Technical References/GTR),” Volume 2 (of 4), 133 pp, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2081090892236660
4) 23jy29: LGU ZO and Private/Self-Regulation are to be Reckoned With Before Compliances with The Building Code and Construction, i.e., “ZO Annexes (as Implementing Rules and Regulations/IRR) and Appendices (as General Technical References/GTR),” Volume 3 (of 4), 426 pp, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2081090562236693
5) 23jy29: LGU ZO and Private/Self-Regulation are to be Reckoned With Before Compliances with The Building Code and Construction, i.e., “ZO Annexes (as Implementing Rules and Regulations/IRR) and Appendices (as General Technical References/GTR),” Volume 4 (of 4), 284 pp, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2081090238903392
6) 23jy18: City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) Functions Under the NBCP 2004 RIRR, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2073421756336907 and at https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=6907969665880547&set=pcb.6907990005878513
7) 23je6: LGU Offices as Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) NBCP Development Control Regulations (DCR), at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2043916079287475 and at
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=689346456552964&set=pcb.689346806552929
8) 23je3: “The LGU zoning ordinance (ZO) and/or special ordinance (SO) can NEVER relax the MINimum building standards under P.D. No. 1096, the 1977 National Building Code of the PH/NBCP”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=6895133010497546&set=a.800743769936531
9) 23ap9: “Updated 2019 AAIF Thought Paper on the Development Potential of Metropolitan-Level Commercial (C-3) Properties (based on valid and subsisting Development Controls/DC under the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096, the 1977 National Building Code of the PH/NBCP, i.e., NBCP 2004 RIRR)”, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/416602522008321/permalink/2454798671522019
10) 18my8: “2015 Pasig City Zoning Ordinance” (at 190 pages of main text, excluding about 700 pages of attachments and annexes), at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/650757085270055
11) 18my8: “Dec 2015 Version of the Pasay City Zoning Ordinance” (in 118 pages), at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/650756208603476
12) 25ap23: “Draft Annex to a LGU Draft Special Ordinance (SO) Based on the LGU Interpretations of Section 102 (Declaration of Policy) of P.D. No. 1096, The 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP) and of Section 16 (General Welfare) of R.A. No. 7160, The 1991 Local Government Code (LGC)”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9817998078246449&set=pcb.2455305231471363
13) 2003 Zoning Ordinance (ZO) for the LGU of Taguig City (National Capital Region/NCR), at link: https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/pontifical-and-royal-university-of-santo-tomas-the-catholic-university-of-the-philippines/architectural-design-7/zoning-ordinance-taguig-compress/47425099
14) 2003 Zoning Ordinance (ZO) for the LGU of Pasay City (NCR) covering the years 2003-2013, at link: https://www.scribd.com/document/579259927/ZONING-ORDINANCE-PASAY; and at link:https://dhsud.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/Laws_Issuances/00_Archive/HLURB/Board_Resolutions/R-746%20s.%202003.pdf
15) 2013 Billboard and Signage Special Ordinance (SO) for the LGU of Makati City (NCR), at link: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/10/64845
16) 2016 Zoning Ordinance (ZO) for the LGU of Pasay City (NCR), covering the years 2014-2022, at link:https://dhsud.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/Laws_Issuances/00_Archive/HLURB/Memorandum_Circulars/MC-17-16.pdf
17) 2016 Zoning Ordinance (ZO) for the LGU of Pasig City (NCR), at link: https://docplayer.net/183227299-Ordinance-no-14-series-of-2015.html; and at link:https://dhsud.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/Laws_Issuances/00_Archive/HLURB/Board_Resolutions/R-934%20s.%202016.pdf
18) 2022 Amended Zoning Ordinance (ZO) for the LGU of Makati City (NCR), at link: https://www.scribd.com/document/699206325/2022-A-165-City-Ordinance-Makati

C. INTERPRETATIONS/DOCUMENTS RELATING TO VARIOUS VALID AND SUBSISTING NATIONAL-LEVEL DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS (DC)

1) 19my8: “AAIF Compendium of Key Development Controls (DCS) in the Philippines (PH)”, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/905867256425702
2) 23ma4: “Four (4) Tiers of Development Control (DC) Application”, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/1984575901888160
3) 23ma25: “the National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP) System/Universe and Its Current Stream of Regulations (SoR)”, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/1997733897239027
4) 25ap22: “NBCP 2004 RIRR Percentage of Site Occupancy (PSO), Floor to Lot Area Ratio (FLAR*), Gross Floor Area (GFA), Total Gross Floor Area (TGFA) & Building Height Limit (BHL) Ranges Applied Based on Total Lot Area (TLA) Sizes for Inside/Regular Lots Only, Per Zoning Classification (ZC), With or Without Firewall” (i.e., AAIF Development Potential/DPo Calculations for a Lot/Property), at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2555949704750774
5) 25fe15: “Maximum Carrying Capacity Under P.D. No. 957 Open Market Residential Developments (for Inside/Regular Lots Only)”, i.e., using the NBCP as the primary building standard, 2019 AAIF at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2489267698085642
6) 24ag24: AAIF Planning & Design Cheat Sheets compilation (113 pp), at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2341609889518091
7) 23je25: “Air Rights Above a Lot/Property & Above the RROW”, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2057074187971664
8) 23je22: “The 3 Development Envelopes of a Lot/Property and the LGU Offices that Must Be Responsible for the Same”, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2055161468162936
9) 23ma2: “AAIF NBCP Minima-Based Development Control (DC) Tables”, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/1983278668684550
10) 23ma11: “Suggested Minimum On-Site, Off-RROW/Off-Street Parking Slot and Maneuver Area Requirements”, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/1989216654757418
11) 19ma2: “Relating P.D. No.1096, the 1977 National Building of the Philippines (NBCP) with the 2015 Philippine Green Building Code (PGBC) on the Subject of Sustainable Building Design”, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/866023597076735
12) 17ja28: “Esplanades & Promenades” (as defined and conceptualized under the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096, the 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines/ NBCP), at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/415809432098156
13) 23je25: “How the NBCP 2004 DCR Minima are Best Applied and Interpreted”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9236710893041840&set=gm.2371121509889736&idorvanity=416602522008321
14) 24ma16: “Republic Act (R.A.) No. 4136. An Act to Compile the Laws Relative to Land Transportation and Traffic Rules, to Create a Land Transportation Commission and for Other Purposes”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7491589070887373&set=gm.2138303753171514&idorvanity=416602522008321
15) 24de19: “The Required Subordination of Private Interest to Overarching Public Interest As Regards the Matter of Compensating Subsurface Property Rights [and the Acquisition of Subsurface Easement of Right-of-Way (ROW)], at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9083684151677849&set=gm.2349396605395560&idorvanity=416602522008321
16) “2010 Standards of Professional Practice (SPP) for Philippine Registered & Licensed Architects (RLAs)”, at linkhttps://www.architectureboard.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1.4-2010-SPP-for-PH-Architects.pdf
17) “2008-2010 Archived Documents of the PRC 2006-2013 Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (PRBoA)” at link https://web.archive.org/web/20101127185310/http://architectureboard.ph/publication.php
18) 25fe14: “Maximum Carrying Capacity Under P.D. No. 957 Open Market Residential Developments (for Inside/Regular Lots Only), i.e., using the NBCP as the primary building standard”, link at https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1072390344915238&set=a.683671143787162
19) 25ja21: “Initial Technical Comments on the December 2024 DPWH Office of the Secretary - National Building Code Development Office (NBCDO) “Decision” (released January 2025) Anent Building Code Permitting Processes & Violations”, as well as on the DPWH Position on LGU Actions Relating to the Same (including Matters relating to LGU Locational Clearance/LC Issuance and Development Controls/DC Over which the LGU Should Supposedly Have No Jurisdiction - according to the DPWH)”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1054078433413096&set=pcb.1054079156746357
20) 24de1: “A DPWH Department Order (D.O.) may NOT have the power to bind another department like the DHSUD (which issues the development permits for residential condominium projects) on matters like residential condominium parking requirements”, link at https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1016631830491090&set=a.683671143787162
21) 24fe8: What is a ‘Freeboard”, Where/Why Is It Required, How is It Applied, and How Can It Be Made Useful?”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=818871406933801&set=a.683671143787162
22) 24fe8: Maximum Development Potentials Established for R-1 and R-2 Lots/Properties”, at links
a) R-1 Maximum Development Potential on Minimum R-1 Lot Size (Option 1: Deck Roof), 9 mins & 36 secs, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7nk5P9zqHc&t=26s and at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7nk5P9zqHc&t=103s
b) R-1 Ridge Maximum Development Potential on Minimum R-1 Lot Size (Option 2: Ridge Roll), 6 mins & 45 secs, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbUNv5shZVw&t=10s;
c) R-2 Basic Development Potential on Minimum R-2 Lot Size (Option 1: Deck Roof), 6 mins & 54 secs, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSUTweXBCPE&t=7s; and
d) R-2 Maximum Development Potential on Minimum R-2 Lot Size (Option 1: Deck Roof), 9 mins & 13 secs, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpv4B5RQfsY;
23) 24fe2: “Resultant TGFA-GFA-FLAR/FAR Determination (for a high intensity/metropolitan-level commercial lot, i.e., C-3 zoning classification”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=815155797305362&set=a.683671143787162
24) 24fe2: “Resultant TGFA-GFA-FLAR/FAR Determination for Various Commercial, i.e., C-1 through C-5 Zoning Classifications”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=814999407321001&set=pcb.815001877320754
25) 24fe2: “Resultant TGFA-GFA-FLAR/FAR Determination for Various Residential, i.e., R-1 through R-5 Zoning Classifications”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=815075107313431&set=pcb.815076193979989
26) 24fe1: “The Correct Sequential Application of NBCP DCRS Results in the Overall Reduction of the Total Gross Floor Area (TGFA), Gross Floor Area (GFA), Floor to Lot Area Ratio (FLAR, same as FAR), The Allowable Maximum Building Footprint (AMBF) & Floorplates, as well as the Building Height, i.e., a Reduced Building Bulk and/or Development Potential of the Lot (DPL)”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=814771314010477&set=a.683671143787162
27) 24fe1: “The correct sequential application of development control regulations (DCRs) specified/detailed under the 2004 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (RIRR) of P.D. No. 1096, the 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP)”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=814694850684790&set=a.683671143787162
28) 23no23: “Interpretation and the Correct Application of Sections 505 and 704 under P.D. No. 1096, The 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP), and Its 2004 Revised IRR (RIRR)”, at link https://www.facebook.com/BuildingCode.Ph/videos/269589302289781, at https://www.facebook.com/reel/1873602379766560, at https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=764272265727049&set=pcb.764273709060238
and at https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=764274865726789&set=pcb.764275919060017
29) 23ag13: “Footprinting and Impervious Paving for a Lot/Property as Permitted Under The NBCP”, at link https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=BuildingCode.Ph&set=a.706594704828139
30) 23ma11: “Suggested Minimum On-Site, Off-RROW/Off-Street Parking Slot and Maneuver Area Requirements, a NBCP minima-based Development Control (DC)”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=6620514987959351&set=pcb.6620523517958498
31) 23ma13: “2023 AAIF Suggested Dedicated Components for the Road Right-of-Way (RROW) based on PD957 and on PD1096 (1977 NBCP), i.e., not on BP220 (and incorporating bicycle and motorcycle lanes)”, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=6627486127262237&set=a.800743769936531
32) Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9266, The Architecture Act of 2004 as approved in April 2004 by Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (after passage by the 13th Congress); viewable/downloadable at link: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2004/03/17/republic-act-no-9266-2/; and its 2004 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) at link: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2004/03/17/implementing-rules-and-regulations-irr-of-republic-act-no-9266/; R.A. No. 9266 stream of regulations/SoR at link: www.architectureboard.com.ph; at the Files section of the public Facebook chatgroup PRBoA (2006-2012) at link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1311266912334434; at link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Regulatory_Board_of_Architecture; and at link: https://web.archive.org/web/20101127185310/http://architectureboard.ph/publication.php

D. INTERPRETATIONS/DOCUMENTS RELATING TO VARIOUS PRIVATE/SELF-REGULATORY-LEVEL DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS (DC)

1) 23oc19: On the Supposed Authority of the Homeowner Association (HOA), at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2135309196814829
2) 16de2: “Sep 2016 Architect's Guidelines”, Philippine (PH) Official Gazette publication (55 pp) at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/385246471821119

E. INTRODUCED LEGISLATIVE BILLS RELATING TO PHYSICAL PLANNING, BUILDING & GROUNDS DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT, & STATE-REGULATED PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES, DIRECTLY INVOLVING THE AAIF AND/OR ITS MEMBERS/TRUSTEES, SPECIFICALLY ARCH/ENP A ALLI

1) House Bill No. (HBN) 10397, The Mandatory Office on Architectural Planning and Design Act, as introduced 21 October 2021 (18th Congress); viewable/downloadable at https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_18/HB10397.pdf; reintroduced to the 19th Congress on 28 July 2022 as HBN 2679 at https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_19/HB02679.pdf
2) House Bill No. (HBN) 10234, The Philippine Architecture Act of 2022 as introduced September 2021 (18th Congress); viewable/downloadable athttps://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_18/HB10234.pdf
3) House Bill No. (HBN) 4342, The 2019 Architecture Code of the Philippines (ACP) as introduced 3 September 2019 (18th Congress); viewable/downloadable athttps://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_18/HB04342.pdf
4) House Bill No. (HBN) 2892, The National Land, Water, and Air Use Act of the Philippines, as introduced 25 July 2019 (18th Congress); viewable/downloadable at https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_18/HB02892.pdf;
5) House Bill No. (HBN) 849, The Building Official Act as introduced 01 July 2019 (18th Congress); viewable/downloadable athttps://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_18/HB00849.pdf
6) Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2087 Ordaining the New Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP) as introduced November 2018 (17th Congress); viewable/downloadable at https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=17&q=SBN-2087 and athttps://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/2889725453!.pdf
7) Senate Bill No. (SBN) 119, The Professional Building Official Act (PBOA) of 2016, as introduced 30 June 2016 into the 17th Congress; viewable/downloadable athttps://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/2353420153!.pdf
8) Senate Bill No. (SBN) 1429, The Anti-Billboard Blight Act of 2007, as introduced 6 August 2007 into the 14th Congress; viewable/downloadable athttps://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/57345093!.pdf
9) three (3) Senate bill versions, including SBN 2710, as introduced to the 13th Congress, of R.A. No. 9266, the Architecture Act of 2004; the approved law published for Congress in the NPO Official Gazette is viewable/downloadable at https://mirror.officialgazette.gov.ph/2004/03/17/republic-act-no-9266-2/

F. NATIONAL-LEVEL DEVELOPMENT CONTROLS (DC) RELATING TO PHYSICAL PLANNING, BUILDING & GROUNDS DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT, & STATE-REGULATED PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES AND PLANNING INSTRUCTION, DIRECTLY INVOLVING THE AAIF AND/OR ITS MEMBERS/TRUSTEES, SPECIFICALLY ARCH/ENP A ALLI

1) 2004 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (RIRR) of P.D. No. 1096, the 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP); published for the Dept of Public Works & Highways (DPWH) in the National Printing Office (NPO) Official Gazette, and viewable/downloadable athttps://www.dpwh.gov.ph/DPWH/files/nbc/IRR.pdf
2) 2007 Additional Rules and Regulations (ARR) covering Non-Mobile Billboards (NMBs) under P.D. No. 1096, the 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP); published for the Dept of Public Works & Highways (DPWH) in the National Printing Office (NPO) Official Gazette; viewable/downloadable at www.dpwh.gov.ph
3) Draft IRR of R.A. No. 9266, the Architecture Act of 2004; the approved IRR published by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in the NPO Official Gazette; viewable/downloadable at https://mirror.officialgazette.gov.ph/2004/03/17/implementing-rules-and-regulations-irr-of-republic-act-no-9266/
4) 2010 Standards of Professional Practice (SPP), issued as part of the IRR of R.A. No. 9266, the Architecture Act of 2004; published for the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in the NPO Official Gazette, viewable/downloadable at https://www.architectureboard.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1.4-2010-SPP-for-PH-Architects.pdf?%3E
5) 2015 DPWH Philippine Green Building Code (PGBC), viewable/downloadable at https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/DPWH/files/NBCDO%20MC/16-NBCDO%20MC/NBCDO%20MC_01_s2016.pdf; and athttps://www.dpwh.gov.ph/DPWH/sites/default/files/laws_codes_orders/PgbcBooklet23March.pdf =Fit
6) 2015 DPWH Design Guidelines, Criteria & Standards (DGCS) Volume 6 for Public Buildings and Other Related Structures; viewable/downloadable at https://www.coursehero.com/file/51170695/DPWH-DESIGN-GUIDELINES-CRITERIA-STANDARDS-VOLUME-6-PUBLIC-BUILDINGS-OTHER-RELATED-STRUCTURE/
7) 2016 Architects’ Guidelines (AG), issued in compliance with R.A. No. 9266, the Architecture Act of 2004; published for the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in the NPO Official Gazette; viewable/downloadable at https://www.academia.edu/38325970/Architects_Guidelines_Official_Gazette_
8) 2016 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP): Illustrated Project, First (1st edition, 2 versions) of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) as officially reviewed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), at various websites and at the Files sections of public/private Facebook/Fb chatgroups), with public Fb chatgroup links at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/416602522008321 (aaif AGORA); https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456 (aaif AEDES); https://www.facebook.com/groups/470603218142570 (PEPtalk); the photos and videos sections of the public Fb page at link: https://www.facebook.com/BuildingCode.Ph (National Building Code of the Philippines – NBCP);
9) 2023 edition National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP): Illustrated by the Architecture Advocacy International Foundation (AAIF), Inc., at various websites and at the Files sections of public/private Facebook/Fb chatgroups), with public Fb chatgroup links at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/416602522008321 (aaif AGORA); https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456 (aaif AEDES); https://www.facebook.com/groups/470603218142570 (PEPtalk); the photos and videos sections of the public Fb page at link: https://www.facebook.com/BuildingCode.Ph (National Building Code of the Philippines – NBCP);
10) 20no4: “On Arcades, Arcade Structures & Angular Planes Along Future RROWs (such as Arterial Roads)” at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3567972649915721&set=a.498122803567403
11) Bachelor cm Master of Science in Environmental Planning (BS/MSEP) program, 4-year Bachelor of Science in Environmental Planning (BSEP) program, and 2-year Bachelor’s Diploma in Environmental Planning (BDEP) program, in full compliance with R.A. No. 10587, the Environmental Planning Act of 2013 and its IRR, i.e., CHED Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 60, series of 2017, at link: https://www.scribd.com/document/535111988/CMO-No-60-s-2017-Policies-Standards-and-Guidelines-PSG-for-the-Bachelor-of-Science-in-Environmental-Planning-BSEP-Program

G. MISCELLANY

1) 24jy25: AAIF* Short Thought Paper/STP on supertyphoon (ST) Carina + Habagat + High Tide Situation, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2317337205278693
2) 24jy22: AAIF Thought/Position Paper on the “New Senate” Building Project (39pp) at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/2315215505490863
3) 22oc7: “CIAP Document 102 FAQs”, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/1866434110369007
4) 22oc7: “Draft of a Simple Private Construction Contract that Consistently Invokes CIAP Document 102 (General Conditions of Contract for Private Construction)”, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/1866424477036637
5) 19de10: “The Proposed Architectural Permit and Its Support Calculations”, 29 slides at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/1072807449731681
6) 15no28: “2010 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)” at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/183787908633644
7) 15no21: “The Property Development Brief”: Describe and Size/Cost the Project First and Do Not Draw It Right Away Only to End Up Giving Away Your Creative Ideas, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/181026458909789
8) 24de7: “The Required Architectural, Engineering & Allied (AEA) Design Documents (for Buildings and Grounds) and The Modes of Project Implementation (PPP, ODA Full Service Package, DBS, and Conventional Design Package) That These Support, at link https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9015708731808725&set=pcb.2340640446271176
9) 16ja27: “1949_RA386 (Civil Code Excerpts for Registered & Licensed Architects/RLAs)”at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/213528755659559
10) 18fe6: “Bachelor of Science in Environmental Planning (BSEP) Program”, at link https://www.facebook.com/groups/180376455641456/permalink/600519626960468

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