c.

General characteristics (architectural, structural,

Promulgation of the Syllabi for the decorative)
Subjects in the Architecture d. General contributions
Licensure Examination e. Notable examples
Area A 3.1 Ancient architecture and the Western succession
PART 1 - HISTORY AND THEORY OF a. Egyptian
ARCHITECTURE; PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING; b. West Asiatic
AND ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE
c. Greek
1. Introduction
d. Roman
a. History
e. Early Christian
b. History of architecture
f. Byzantine
c. Historic style of architecture
g. Romanesque Architecture in Europe
d. Origin of architecture
h. Gothic Architecture in Europe
e. Factors affecting the style of architecture
i. Renaissance Architecture in Europe
2. Pre-Historic Architecture
j. Nineteenth and Twentieth Century in Great Britain
a. Centers of development
k. Architecture of Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
b. Dolmen, Menhir, Cromlech
l. Nineteenth and Twentieth Century architecture in
3. Historic Styles of Architecture Continental Europe
a. Period/extent and centers of development m. Architecture of the Americas
b. Factors that affect the development of architectural 3.2 Architecture in Asia and the Pacific Region
style (historical, environmental, and socio-cultural)
3.3 Architecture in the Philippines
a. Architectural legacies
b. Architectural preservation, conservation, and e. Proxemics and culture
restoration
4. Tropical Architecture
c. Pillars of Philippine Architecture
a. Influences and elements of tropical architecture
b. Specific examples of tropical architecture
5. Masters of Architecture
Part II - THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE a. Philosophies of Great Architects
1. Introduction b. Examples of great works
a. The nature of architecture
Part III
b. Architecture as art and science
ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE
c. Processes in architectural design
1. Certification of Architects and Standards of
2. Elements of Architecture and Basic Principles of Professional Practice
Design
a. Statutes regulating the practice of architecture in the
a. Need-specific elements Philippines
b. Structural, circulatory protective, and decorative b. Professional organization of architects
elements
c. Architects- Code of Ethics
c. Influences in architectural design
d. Rights and responsibilities of the profession
d. Basic principles of design
e. Spectrum of architectural services
3. Design Perception
f. Architectural fees and charges
a. Anthropometric basis of architectural design
g. Architectural competitions
b. Space articulation and territoriality
2. Building Standards, Laws, and Regulations
c. Visual and perceptual language
a. Architectural design standards, building and
d. Psychology of space construction-related laws
b. Laws on real estate and subdivisions 3. Housing and Human Settlements Planning
c. Laws on housing and human settlements a. Definition and classification
3. Aspects of Architectural Practice b. Housing policies and programs
a. Operating divisions of architectural practice, c. Housing finance, production, and practices
development, production, administration, and management
4. The Art and Science of Site Planning and Landscape
(with emphasis on preparation of contract documents)
Architecture
b. Specifications writing and quantity surveying
a. Site analysis and site development
c. Legal and business aspects of architectural practice
b. Landscape design
c. Primary considerations in site planning and
Part IV development (physical and aesthetic, ecological, socio-
psychological, management, and maintenance).
THEORY AND PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING
1. General Principles of Planning
Part III
a. Definitions and classification
UTILITIES
b. History and scope of planning
Design and construction and/or installation of the following
c. General planning process
utilities systems:
2. Urban and Regional Planning and Urban Design
1. Sanitary and Plumbing Systems and Equipment
a. History of the city and the region
a. Water source, storage, supply, and distribution
b. Theories of urban and regional planning
b. Plumbing roughing-in and fixtures
c. Comprehensive planning
c. Drainage and sewerage systems
d. Land use planning
d. Waste disposal, treatment, and recycling
e. Urban design
2. Mechanical Systems
f. Urbanization and urban social relationships
a. Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems b. Robotics
b. Conveyors and other building mechanical equipment c. Intelligent buildings
3. Electrical and Other Power Systems
a. Electrical power and lighting supply, distribution, and Area B
fixtures
STRUCTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING MATERIALS
b. Electrical power source and alternative power sources
AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION; AND
4. Acoustics and Illumination
UTILITIES
a. The psycho-physics of acoustics and lighting
General application of structural design, including seismic
b. Acoustical treatment and corrections analysis, in the following building materials and
5. Disaster Prevention and Protection Systems; Security construction systems:
Systems a. Timber
a. Building fire-fighting, prevention, and protection b. Reinforced concrete
apparatus
c. Structural steel
b. Installation and/or construction
d. Composite structures
c. Materials and fixtures
e. Advanced construction methods
d. Disaster prevention and mitigation systems
6. Communication Systems
a. Electronics system
b. Telephone, intercom, cable TV, audio/video facilities,
PA system
7. High-tech Systems
a. Application in buildings and structures
 ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND SITE PLANNING
Part II Architectural design and site planning problems involving
the following types of buildings and structures and their
BUILDING MATERIALS AND METHODS OF built environment;
CONSTRUCTION
a. Civil works 1. Residential
b. Carpentry and joinery a. Residential houses and subdivisions, apartment,
c. Concrete and masonry housing for special groups (low-cost housing, housing for
the aged etc.) b. Lodging houses, etc.
d. Sheet metal and tinsmithry
2. Commercial and Business
e. Structural steel
a. Business (office, bank, hotel, etc.)
f. Concrete and reinforced concrete
b. Commercial (department store, market, retail store,
g. Waterproofing, damproofing, and insulation
etc.)
h. Glass and glazing
c. Mixed business-commercial or mixed business-
i. Painting and varnishing residential
j. Fenestration 3. Industrial and Agricultural
k. Hardware a. Large-scale industry (manufacturing, shipyard, etc.)
l. Specialized works (bank vaults; signage; etc.) b. Small-scale industry (factory, cinema studio, etc.)
c. Mixed industrial-residential
d. Industrial estate/agro-industrial establishment
4. Public and Government
a. Educational and cultural (schools, research laboratory,
public hall, library, museum, historical/ monumental
Area C building/structures, etc.)
b. Health and medical (hospital/clinic, health fitness
club, specialized medical center, etc.)
c. Governmental and quasi-public (national or public
building, police/fire stations, embassy/consulate,
penitentiary, etc.)
d. Parks and recreational (ecological/botanical gardens,
theater, cinema, casino, beach resort, etc.)
e. Sports and athletics (sports plaza, stadium,
gymnasium, golf course, tennis/basketball courts, billiard
hall, etc.)
f. Religious and funerary (church, temple, mosque,
monastery, convent, seminary, crematorium, memorial park,
cemetery, etc.)
5. Facilities
a. Transportation (airport, seaport, railway station,
terminal, port facilities, pier, etc.)
b. Service (power station, water treatment/filtering plant,
sewerage, crematory, slaughterhouse, TV-Radio-Telephone
stations, newspaper plant, etc.) c. Military (military camp,
depot, etc.)
6. Complex Projects (involving a combination of several
buildings and structures in a given site or area).