Design Guidelines: - Careful study of circulation system / flow of viewers.

Design Guidelines: Public & Government Buildings - Provide vault for priceless collections
School, Research Laboratories, Library, Museums, City Halls, Civic Centers, Hospitals, - Provide vault for priceless collections
Fire Stations, Police Stations, Parks, Embassies, Penitentiaries, Sports Center, - Adequate curatorial spaces.
Churches, Seminary, Memorial Parks, Cemeteries, Public Markets - Flexible service entrance for large exhibit materials.
- Safety and security.
School
- Identify primary users classification – pre-school, elementary, secondary and tertiary.
- Consider the three major components of the academe – instruction, reasearch and City Halls / Civic Centers
extention. - Application of all laws and provisions on design and construction.
- Lecture room size as per DECS/CHED requirements shall be 8.00 mts. x 9.00 mts. for - Heavy, public-oriented / transactional areas must be at the ground floor.
40 students. Laboratories/studios vary according to nature of activity and equipments - Presence of government line agencies.
involved. - Flagpole and assembly areas.
- All doors must swing out towards the corridor side. - Provide social and recreational facilities.
- Provide ample movement facilities like hallways, emergency exits, etc.
- Safety and security measures. Hospital
- Provide ancilliary facilities. - Strict zoning of areas as to sterile/non-sterile; private/public; quite/noisy etc.
- Relationships of major divisions – OPD, Emergency, Clinical, Surgical, Wards,
Research Laboratories Administrative, Ancilliary, facilities.
- Holding area for specimens. - Create a healing environment.
- Provisions of work stations and technical library.
- Records vault must be provided. Fire Stations
- Safety and security, surveillance system. - Sanctity of the apparatus floor
- Databank facilities. - Provide hose tower for hose drying and training.
- Study equipment/apparatus flow.
Library - Quarters and living areas.
- Determine book holdings. - Administration and nightwatch must be public oriented.
- Use of ICT features. - Equipment storage and facilities like oxygen refill, etc.
- Provide book repairs and work area. - Ancilliary facilities.
- Ample storage facilities.
- Dumbwaiter must be provided for multi floor libraries Police Stations
- Ample light and ventilation. - Provide an authoritative booking counter.
- Armory must be near office of station commander.
Museums - Safety and security features.
- Cell separation. - Main floor shall be convertible for other functions.
- Quarters and lounge. - Public spaces like bleachers and stadium galleries must be adequately provided with
- Other ancilliary facilities. ambulatory features and amenities.
- Underfloors shall be promoted for other uses like rentable spaces or storage
Parks facilities.
- Consider specific use like children’s botanical etc. - Use of resilient materials
- Landscaping features are important considerations. - Ancilliary facilities
- Harmonious zoning of spaces and facilities
- User friendly, safety and security features. Churches (Catholic)
- Color, texture and forms are salient design factors that must be carefully considered - Follow Design standards for Catholic churches set forth by the episcopal commission
- Openness quality, free-flowing movement as implemented by the office of the Arzobispado de Manila and the CBCP
- Segregation of areas of different activities and features. - Know the placement of the nave side altars, sanctuary/altar, perpetual adoration
- Create harmonizing features/elements chapel of the sacrament, baptistry, sacristy, choir, rectory, bell tower, etc. and their
- Provide ancilliary facilities. features.
- Must be conscious of heritage, practices, rituals, and traditions.
Embassies - Must be user friendly.
- Delineation of consular affairs, attaches portfolio office; and ambassadorial office. - Must exude piety and serenity.
- Security safety and evacuation features.
- Quarters for staff and residential units Seminary
- Public / social spaces considerations. - Strict zoning of areas according to basic funtions like private, semi-private and public.
- Country image. - Provide spaces that are conducive for vocation formation.
- Optional provision of Chastity alley if required.
Penitentiaries - Provide adequate spaces for spiritual, academic, recreational, social, and cultural.
- Classification of areas by concentric arrangement like maximum security-inner space; - Provide ancilliary facilities
medium security-middle space; and light security-outer precincts.
- Security/surveillance features Memorial Parks / Cemeteries
- Recreational/occupational areas. - Consider Zoning of areas according to classification like, ground plots, garden types,
- Humane environment. mausoleums, Crypt, Cineraria, Angelorio etc.
- Ancilliary facilities. - Provide amenities for users
- Provide ample parking spaces and convertible spaces especially during all Saint’s
Sports Center Days.
- Provision of facilities accordingly to sport to be accommodated - Create visual focus, terminal, anchorage.
- Areas for multi purpose activities. - Critical consideration for landscaping elements.
- Provide ample toilet, shower, locker dressing facilities. - Serene and spiritually motivating ambiance.
- Provide ancilliaries. - Safety and Security features.
- Porterage facilities.
Public Markets - Storage facilities must be adequate.
- Consider the three basic areas – wet, semi-wet and dry markets - Be aware of the ships portside in relation to the quay
- Ventilation and exhaust system must be adequate. - Provide breakwater and sandbars if necessary.
- Fire protection/Suppression system and features. - Slipways are optional.
- Stall size must be in the module 3.00 x 3.00 mts for flexibility of lessee requirements. - Other support facilities
- Waste disposal system.
- Provide market master office, storage facilities, and other ancilliary spaces. AIRPORTS
- Regional form and image must be incorporated. - Consider the two major areas – airside and landside.
- Parking facilities for delivery and the public must be amply provided. - Terminal buildings must have good circulation in terms of passengers and cargo
- MRF facilities needed movements.
- Safety and security features.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE - Basic amenities
- Sanitation features - Provision of airline and courtesy counters
- Loading and unloading docks must be carefully planned. - Portage facilities
- Poultry and cattle holding stations must be provided - Apron for services at the tarmac area
- Waste disposal system. - Control towers must the most visible feature
- Carcass hanger system must be provided. - Ample greeters space and parking facilities.
- Quarters for staff.
- Ancilliary facilities BUS TERMINALS
- Bus circulation in relation to ingress/egress points not the passengers boarding line.
Design Guidelines: Terminals - Passengers concourse must be large enough to accommodate seasonal peaks
DESIGN GUIDELINES: OTHER BUILDINGS - Quarters for driver and conductors.
Seaports, Airports, Bus Terminals, Marina - Bus service areas for repair/chek-up with for mechanics and other staff.
- Dispatchers booth.
SEAPORTS - Ancilliaries
- Passenger and cargo traffic must be segregated
- Terminal building must be provided with appropriate facilities for the MARINA
passengers/users - Provision of clubhouse and boardwalk
- If coast guard offices is required it must be provided with communication facilities. - Boat/yacht mooring area
- Land transportation access must be included. - Breakwater features for containment and water stability.
- Passengers concourse / lounges / waiting area must be enough especially during - Boatshed/repairs area.
peak season. - Ancilliaries.

Design Guidelines: Commercial
DESIGN GUIDELINES: COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS
Banks, Hotels, Resorts, Cinemas, Theaters, Sound Studio, Recording Studio
BANKS:
- The vault shall be located at the most secured, independent spot within the bank
itself, minimum wall thickness shall be 0.30 mtrs. with steel lining.
- The manager’s cubicle/office needs to be near the public area contrary to
conventional layout of having it secured inside the clerical pool.
- Clear definition of the banking floor and the clerical area must be established
- Straightforward circulation
- Security is primordial so that spatial arrangements must promote this quality/need.
HOTELS:
- Guest’s needs must be a primary consideration.
- Guest’s rooms must be provided with adequate facilities according to
accommodations, say, single, double, triple, twin, family, suite types, etc.
- Internal toilets and baths are acceptable since active ventilation is expected. Bed
areas must be more exposed to window areas and views.
- Guest room wing must have housekeeping room per floor.
- Kitchen areas must so accessible to function areas like the banquet hall, ballroom.
Function rooms, poolside and coffee shops.
- Laundry areas / storage facilities / service areas must be adequate and accessible but
away from public view.
- Concierge / administration / business center must be accessible from all points.
- Hospitable atmosphere must pervade in the whole hotel setting.
Resorts:
- Design according to classification like beach resort, mountain resort, island resort,
specialty resort, etc.
- Consider their peculiarities.
- Guests amenities must be a primary consideration
- Provide bed and dine facilities
- Safety and security features
- Think of new design idea, making it different from the rest
- If swimming pools are provided, consider organically designed ones like free flowing
forms, vanishing edges etc.
- Provide ancilliary facilities.
Cinemas / Moviehouses:
- Sightlines in relation to the screen and seating location arrangement must be
carefully studied according to the 60 degrees cone of correct vision.
- Fire protection system and exits must be equitably distributed.
- Acoustical treatment / lighting allocation especially on aisles.
- Active ventilation system and utilities.
Sound Studio:
- Control booth at high location with inclined viewing glass for full command of the
production floor.
- Catwalks must be provided for light control
- Provide cyclorama at main backdrop for visual illusion of space.
- Provide adequate work space for scenographics construction.
- Dressing rooms with T&B for talents
Recording Studios:
- Provide sound lock and acoustical treatments.
- Apply the “principle of a box within a box”.
- Control booth with sound consoles.
- Double glazing of glazed portions of walls, doors, and windows/ portholes.
- Floor must be floating or suspended with isolators
- No walls shall be perpendicular with each other
- For re-recording studies (dubbing), provide projector and perforated screen with
sound effects pit
Design Guidelines: Industrial
DESIGN GUIDELINES: INDUSTRIAL / AGRO-INDUSTRIAL
Industrial Estate, Large Scale Industry, Factories, Shipyards, Mixed Industrial
Industrial Estate:
- Zoning and clustering of related and/or complementing industries.
- Pollution control facilities.
- Careful organization of road networks for facility in movement.
- Safety and security.
- Establish spatial interrelationship between administrative and productive areas.
Large-Scale Industry (Manufacturing):
- Eco-environmental considerations in terms of pollution they create buffer zone must
be created.
- Roadway system must accommodate movement of large vehicles and equipments.
- Site zoning according to activities must be clearly established like administrative
zone, danger / offensive / prohibited zones, etc...
- Site utilities like powerhouse, transformer vault, water storage, effluent
containment, waste management, fire protection, STP, and the like must be integrated
showing their appropriate location and possible capacities they serve
- Safety features must be included
Factories:
- Internal zoning of spaces are required. Color coding of areas (floor finish) are
preferred to monitor movement of personnel.
- Catwalks can be provided for easy monitoring. System supervisors must be provided
with work stations/areas
- Clinic must be near the production areas as accidents occur mostly here.
- Loading/unloading zones for finished products and raw materials must be properly
located in relation to storage facilities.
- Pollutants must be checked by providing features to treat them.
Shipyards:
- Stockyard must be large enough to accommodate volume of materials.
- Tidal basin must be deep enough to accommodate large vessels.
- Dry and wet docks must be so located to be oriented towards the waterfront.
- Slipway must be provided
- Boatshed for boat repair must be provided.
Mixed Industrial:
- Vegetative zone between the two major areas must be provided.
- Confinement of each areas to a prospective spot defining certain treatments about
their atmosphere.
- Eco-environmental features
- Promotion of facilities for industrial peace and harmony.
- Provide recreational areas and mandatory communal facilities.
Spa Design Part 1
A spa.
Today’s spa is a center for healing and nourishing mind, body, and spirit. People go to
spas for fitness, stress management, peace of mind, pampering and pleasure, and
health and wellness. Spas offer a wide variety of techniques and services - traditional
and modern, from the East and from the West - to meet the diverse needs of their
clients: Swedish, Japanese Shiatsu, and Thai massage, European facials, acupuncture,
Dead Sea salt scrubs, Moor mud wraps, thalassotherapy, aromatherapy, reflexology,
microdermabrasion, endermologie, reiki, aura imaging, watsu, rasul, hypnotherapy,
classes in nutrition, meditation, journaling, yoga and Tai Chi, state-of-the-art fitness
centers with personal trainers, and much more.
Spa Design Part 2
DEFINITION OF SPA
There are various stories about the origin of the name.
The term is derived from the name of the town of Spa, Belgium, where since medieval
times illnesses caused by iron deficiency were treated by drinking chalybeate (iron
bearing) spring water.
A Belgian spring of iron bearing water was called Espa for "fountain", and was used in
1326 as a cure by an iron master with such success that he founded a health resort
which developed into the town.It is also suggested that the term Espa may be derived
from the name of the resort, and that its source could be the Latin word "spagere"
meaning to scatter, sprinkle or moisten.
It is often suggested, with little evidence, that the word is an acronym of various Latin
phrases such as "Salus Per Aquam” or "Sanitas Per Aquam" meaning "health through
water", all of which seem to have modern sources.
According to the International Spa Association:
Spa - an entity devoted to enhancing overall well-being through a variety of
professional services that encourage the renewal of mind, body and spirit.
TYPES OF SPAS:
Different kinds of spas serve different purposes.
A. according to treatment and services:
1) Day Spa – facilities have no overnight accommodations, offering beauty, wellness
and relaxation programs that may last an hour. Many also offer salon services.
2) Destination Spa - Its sole purpose is to help you lead a healthier lifestyle through spa
treatments, exercise, and educational programming like exercise classes, body
treatments, mind-enrichment & stress-reduction activities, spa cuisine. You stay at
least two nights. Some have minimum stays of three or seven nights. Spa cuisine is
served exclusively
3) Medical Spa - A facility offering treatments that require a doctor’s supervision
whose primary purpose is to provide comprehensive medical and wellness care in an
environment that integrates spa services, as well as traditional, complimentary and/or
alternative therapies and treatments. The facility operates within the scope of practice
of its staff, which can include both Aesthetic/Cosmetic and Prevention/Wellness
procedures and services
4)Holistic Spa - Spas focusing on alternative healing methods and nutrition, mainly
vegetarian or macrobiotic holistic healing seeks "high level of wellness" integrating
body and mind in a higher consciousness
5)Structured Spa - Spas with a strict set of rules whose entire facility is geared towards
the achievement of a particular goal such as weight loss, or fitness.
6) Sports/Adventure Spa - Hotel or resort providing therapeutic baths and body
treatment and that offer special sports and outdoor adventure programs that include
anything from golf to skiing, fly-fishing to marathon conditioning.
B. according to location:
1) Club Spa - A day spa located in a fitness facility or health club whose primary
purpose is fitness and which offers a variety of professionally administered spa
services on a day-use basis.
2) Cruise ship spa – A spa aboard a cruise ship providing professionally administered
spa services, fitness and wellness components and spa cuisine menu choices.
3)Mineral springs spa - A spa offering an on-site source of natural mineral, thermal or
seawater used in hydrotherapy treatments.
4) Resort/hotel spa - Usually located in beautiful environments providing
professionally administered spa services, fitness and wellness components and spa
cuisine menu choices. In addition to the leisure guest, this is a great place for business
travelers who wish to take advantage of the spa experience while away from home.
5) Airport Spa - It is located in an airport and specializes in short treatments aimed at
the traveler, like 15-minute chair massage and oxygen therapy. Some also offer longer
treatments.
To understand and organize this overwhelming variety of spa offerings, the
International Spa Association (ISPA) has defined the "ten domains of SPA" or segments
of the industry as:
1. "The Waters"
2. Food, Nourishment, Diet and Nutrition
3. Movement, Exercise and Fitness
4. Touch, Massage, and Bodywork
5. Mind/Body/Spirit
6. Aesthetics, Skin Care, Natural Beauty Agents
7. Physical Space, Climatology, Global Ecology
8. Social/Cultural Arts and Values, Spa Culture
9. Management, Marketing, and Operations10. Time, Rhythm, and Cycles
Spa- goers are drawn to indigenous treatments and products, especially when
traveling. New textures, aromas and sounds with meaningful story-telling help forge
connections to people, places and traditions.
Spa Design Part 3
COMPONENTS OF A SPA FACILITY
a. THE BASICS
Reception Desk and Welcome area · Provide make-up lights around vanity mirrors on women’s side
Reservations and Scheduling · Provide wall mounted magnified shaving mirrors at vanity on men’s side
Retail/Spa Boutique · Provide wall mounted hair dryer units at vanities on both sides
Men’s and Women’s Locker Rooms · Provide for electrical outlets above vanities
Dry Treatment Rooms · Flooring in locker and changing area should be carpeted, all other areas tiled
Wet Treatment Rooms · Provide for clean and soiled linen storage
European Hydro-Massage
Treatment Showers and Baths C. WET FLOOR
Treatment Waiting Area · Provide wall mounted soap, shampoo & conditioner dispensers in showers
Treatment Lab · Accommodate Sauna, Steam, Whirlpool and Cold Pool (if applicable)
· Provide lounge with water proof seating near each wet area
b. OPTIONAL · Provide clothing hooks throughout area
Private Relaxation/Meditation Areas · Flooring should be non-slip easily cleanable tileProvide for non-corrosive ventilation
Men’s and Women’s Wet Areas ducts in this area
Common Wet Areas · Outflow of HVAC should be provided for 25 air changes per hour
Movement Studio · Provide for ozone water purification system for whirlpools. (No smell!)
Fitness Equipment Studio · Provide a self service water station
Swimming Pools and Aquatics · Provide for clean and soiled linen storage
Administrative Offices · Ceiling shall be waterproofed material or no ceiling, sloped ceiling. Note moisture
Staff Lounge from hot water.
Storage Areas
Laundry Room D. TREATMENT ROOMS
Spa Café and Juice Bar
Beauty Salon 1. WET TREATMENT
· A wet area treatment room should be near the wet area; Access to these treatment
FACILITY PLANNING AND DESIGN areas should be from both the men’s and women’s locker rooms through a hallway
· The area should include:
A. ENTRY / RECEPTION - treatment tables
· Entry and Reception should provide a residential not institutional feeling - floor drain
- where required the following: sink, counter space, clean and soiled linen storage
B. LOCKER ROOM / CHANGING / VANITY AREA - overhead showers or treatment shower or soak tubs
· Provide for appropriate number of half size lockers (two per full size locker banks) on - infra-red heat lamps recessed into ceiling over each table
each side · easy to clean moisture resistant materials
· Utilize movable benches or Ottomans on casters for seating by lockers 2. DRY TREATMENT
· Rooms need to be sound insulated.
· Keep treatment areas as flexible as possible. Rooms to change when program
changes
· located in “dry” therapy area. Tip: should have access to laundry storage and drop off
· Flooring can be vinyl tile, wood, or cushioned recreational surface. Tip: avoid tile,
marble, or granite (too hard for the therapist to stand on
· Massage table: 1.8m x 0.75m (72”x30”) with an adjustable face cradle attached to
the end of the table – adding another 12”. Table can be longer 2m x 0.75 if face hole is
provided. Table upholstery should be made from Naugahyde with a smooth surface
with medium firm padding. Table can have built-in shelves.
· Allow 0.8m-1m workspace around the massage table for therapist.
· Individual room, couples room, or common rooms. Room size: 3m x 4m
· washable wall paper or paint.
· Allow doors to open comfortably. use lever-type hardware for door knobs (therapists
have oil on their hands). Doors for individual rooms must have visual access from
hallway
· Indirect lighting with dimmer control on walls or overhead (not directly above
massage table)
· windows lighting preferred with vertical, horizontal, or roman blinds.
· provide wall outlets at foot and sides of table, and a counter-height outlet for and
essential oil diffuser. Tip: In-house phone with intercom in rooms is advised in larger
facilities.
· One centrally located sound system, with speakers in each room that have an
individual volume control knob.
· smaller rooms can have tables with built-in storage space for linens, towels, oils,
bolsters etc.
· If room is too small to provide storage inside, storage directly outside room is
necessary
· massage rooms scan have a small sink and linen cabinet. Tip: provide storage above
and below sink; sink and cabinet should be in corner at an angle; sinks should have hot
and cold water
· provide robe hooks
3. FEET & FACIALS
· located in “dry” therapy area with massage rooms, or in the Beauty Salon area.
· lounge and wait area should be within close proximity to the treatment rooms ( this
minimizes traffic in between treatments).
· sink should be located behind lounge or to the side. (both hot and cold running water
is necessary)
· floor must be non-porous, surface, smooth and washable
· laundry drop directly outside of rooms, preferably dropping into chute or carts
· millwork for cabinets must washable
· provide extra sound proofing in between rooms and hallways
· indirect lighting with dimmer control on wall or overhead at edge of ceiling, not
directly over facial lounge; task lighting at counter surface. Tip: Provide separate
overhead lighting for waxing, on separate switch. Mount items like mag and infra red
lamps on walls to lessen wear and tear on equipment. Room does not require daylight.
· Wall outlet at foot and sides of table or facial seat; counter-height outlet for sterilizer,
waxing unit, essential oil diffuser; in-house intercom in each room.
· Same sound system as for massage rooms-centrally located sound system with
speakers in each room. Tip: each room needs individual volume control knob.
· Space requirement: 2.5m x 3m or 3m x 3m for each cubicle / room
· provide stool on rollers, with adjustable height and back support
· provide storage cabinet for professional products with locks and drawers for small
tools; countertop for small sterilizer
E. CAFÉ/JUICE BAR
F. SALON
· related services such as nails, hair, and make-up can be integrated into the spa
environment, and some are best offered in a separate salon area.
· Floors should be of a material that is easy to clean (ie. Vinyl tile)
· Lighting should be flattering to hair and Skin
· Include a separate small reception counter which also acts as the retail point of sale
· Clients must be able to directly access the salon from the women’s locker room
G. BACK OF THE HOUSE
STAFF LOUNGE
· Incorporated centrally near the treatment area
· Staff lounge facilities a mix of men and women
· Provide a lavatory and shower if space permits and quarter-size lockers along one
wall (# depends on number of providers/therapists)
ATTENDANT STATIONS
· Add attendant stations (2.5m x 4m) at entrance to each locker room
· Provide provisions for safe deposit boxes (optional)
· Provide desk with locked drawers, key board, bulletin board, telephone, music
control and linen storage
STORAGE
· Strategically place one or two inventory storage rooms
· Number and location depends on space limitations and facility usage
· Storage space should be accessible from men’s and women’s locker rooms, laundry
and refuse areas
LAUNDRY
· Provide direct access for laundry dispersal and retrieval
· Provide a ramp into the laundry room through back of house passage
· Provide for in house storage of a minimum of two (1m x 1.5m) laundry carts
· Provide for in house storage of clean linens and towels in a centrally located area
ideals and handmade crafts. Balance a combination of elements, such as reclaimed
woods and other recyclables, textured glass, and metals such as copper and bronze.
Bring the Outdoors In: Create a sense of the outdoors indoors by using with waterfalls,
bamboo, and stone. Natural elements such as calming waters and meditative gardens
intrigue spa visitors as they experience the environment along with their treatments.
Don’t Forget Dramatic Doors: Pay attention to doors and entryways: they signify a
“crossing-over” to a place where people can leave their everyday lives behind. “People
are focusing on the client transition from the street to the spa interior,” says Clodagh.
Water features, plants, and specialized lighting can liven up a plain looking door.
Choose Colors that Stimulate the Senses: Flat color is out, and color with depth and
character is in. The design philosophy is to create environments that engage the
senses. Splashes of color enliven our spirits; luxurious textures engage our touch;
aromas tantalize our sense of smell. All aspects of design contribute to the overall
experience and ultimately the success of a spa.”

DESIGN TIPS:

Materials: Non-corrosive materials should be used in all high moisture areas (Vents,
ducts, drains, ceiling & wall cover); Easy to clean moisture resistant materials should
be used in all high moisture areas; Consider using local materials and integrating
cultural and artistic traditions

Create Texture: Use wall hangings, pillows, rugs and unique bed coverings to create
texture and contrast in your spa. Locally made textiles embody a return to folkloric