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BUILDINGS
LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL

Prepared By :
DONNAFE B. IRESO
BS ARCHITECTURE 4E

Submitted To:
AR. ANNA MARI VALINO UAP
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Wind played a large role in developing the

shape of 181 Fremont. The reverse chevron
halfway up the façade made from the
Building/Structure: 181 Fremont
supporting steel beams aims to significantly
Location: South of Market District of San
reduce the wind forces on the building and the
Francisco, California.
pedestrians walking below at street level. The
Designed By: Heller Manus Architects
chevron structure was also inverted to
Built By: developed by Jay Paul Company and
maximize the views out to the city, bay, and
engineered by ARUP
beyond.
Owned By: Jay Paul Company
Resilient Design Features: The building
One of the most seismically sound structures
features a state-of-the-art exoskeleton designed
around, 181 Fremont has been designated one
in a saw tooth pattern, with a magnificent spire
of the most resilient buildings in the country; it
that ascends from its crown. The aluminum
can withstand the impact of a 475-year seismic
exoskeleton structure breaks the planes of 181
event (roughly a M7.5-M8.0 earthquake on the
Fremont’s façade, effectively tilting the glass in
San Andreas Fault) with minimal disruption.
distinctive ways.

Designed to make a permanent impression on

Combining beauty with function, the building’s
the city of San Francisco, 181 Fremont’s design
saw-tooth glass structure also serves as a
is an expression of world-class modernism,
passive solar design feature. By angling the
sustainability, and neighborhood integration –
mullions slightly in against one another, an
transforming the surrounding neighborhood
additional amount of shade is afforded
and redefining an era.
throughout the day as the sun passes over the
glass.
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Building/Structure: Miami Beach Convention Center

Location: Miami Beach Convention Center District within Miami Beach City Center Campus
Designed By: Russell T. Pancoast, Henry Hohauser and Lawrence Murray Dixon
Built By: Fentress Architects
Owned By: David Whitaker
Resilient Design Features: Hurricane-resistant connections and projectile resistant glazing
on the exterior façade establish a strong and stable building envelope.

Building/Structure: Taipei 101

Location: Xinyi Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City, Taiwan
Designed By: C.Y. Lee & Partners
Built By: C.Y. Lee & Partners
Owned By: Taipei Financial Center Corporation
Resilient Design Features: Taipei 101 stands only 660 feet from a major fault line in a
typhoon-prone location. To balance out high winds and earth vibrations, the structure has a
730-ton, 18-foot wide weighted spherical damper supported by hydraulic cylinders near the
top of the skyscraper. As proof of its toughness, the building withstood a storm in August
that saw 100 to 145 mph winds.
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Building/Structure: Community Center & Evacuation
Center
Location: Guiuan Eastern Samar in the Philippines
Designed By: RNFA
Built By: International Organization for Migration
(IOM)
Owned By: Guiuan municipal government
Resilient Design Features: It is a 750 m2
two-storey reinforced concrete structure
with structural steel roof framing. The
building was designed to withstand winds of
320 kph and earthquake resistance to meet
seismic zone 4. Water storage was also
incorporated in the facility as part of
provisioning for recovery and rehabilitation.
Many of the concepts adopted in the design
of this facility were taken from the lessons
learned in post-disaster studies of typhoon
Haiyan.

Building/Structure: Philippine Arena

Location: Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue, Bulacan,
Philippines
Designed By: Populous
Built By: Engineer Buro Happold
Owned By: Iglesia ni Cristo
Resilient Design Features: The arena’s
immense 170m span domed roof is
heavily insulated, reducing heat gain in
the arena below and the amount of
cooling plant required. To maximise space
within the arena, we located this plant in a
separate energy centre where, given the
unreliable grid supply of the region, we
included provision for 100% on-site
energy generation. We combatted the
problem of run-off rainwater during a
typhoon through clever surrounding
landscaping, which includes water
features that provide attenuation as
necessary to minimise impact on local
drainage systems.
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Building/Structure: Mall of Asia Arena

Location: G/F, Main Mall, Seaside Blvd, 123, Pasay, 1300 Metro Manila
Designed By: Architect Robert Carag Ong
Built By: The SM Mall of Asia's design team includes Arquitectonica as the projects design architect and
Architect Robert Carag Ong, Architect of Record, and GHT Services as the complex's project managers.
Owned By: SM Prime Holdings Inc and SM Investments Corporation
Resilient Design Features: The foundation of the Mall of Asia Complex was built to be safe and secure
because SM Prime Holdings, Inc., one of Southeast Asia’s largest integrated property developers
incorporates disaster resiliency measures in every project, with the MOA Complex as one of its biggest
investments.
SM Prime collaborated with a team of local and international experts to ensure the feasibility of both
water and land before the MOA complex was built and once finalized, Belgium’s renowned coastal
development construction company, Jan de Nul, developed it from the ground up.
The reputable Jan de Nul made sure the terrain was stable and the complex’s roads were made
resistant to earthquakes and erosion, in accordance with the National Structural Code of the
Philippines and approved by both the Philippine Reclamation Authority and the National Government.
Three important disaster resiliency features were used in protecting the Complex and the coastal
community of Pasay from tides and waves: One, a three-kilometer seawall built to stand against
liquefaction; two, a meter-high inverted wave return to serve as defense against high waves; and three,
a drainage channel to prevent floods during storm surges. This was put to test when Typhoon Pedring
hit in 2011, and the Mall of Asia Complex was spared from destructive waves and flooding that
submerged many other surrounding establishments.

As an added feature, both the Complex’s main road and all its structures are elevated 4 meters above
the parameters set by the National Building Code. Pilings strengthened its foundation and greatly
improved its soil bearing capacity.