NATIONAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 6
SITE DEVELOPING, PLANNING, AND LANDSCAPING

RESEARCH PAPER # 1
MEMORIAL PARK

Submitted by:

Billones, Ramil Jr. M.

BSARCH 32M1

Submitted to:

Arch. Leen Abigail Padel

 Governmental initiatives to provide a site for the burying of the deceased
gave rise to the concept of cemeteries and memorial parks. The deceased would
need to be given a place of their own just as the living require a place to live.

A CEMETERY is defined as a piece of public or private property used for

interment of the deceased as well as additional uses specifically intended for
cemeteries, such as manicured grounds, roadways, paths, columbaria, crematories,
mortuaries, mausoleum, niches, graveyards, and public comfort rooms. Nevertheless,
MEMORIAL PARK is a privately owned cemetery with well-maintained groomed
lawns, broad highways, and walks dividing the sections designated for ground
interments, tombs, mausoleums, and columbaria; with or without a mortuary chapel;
and with a system of systematic monitoring.

EXISTING LOCAL MEMORIAL PARK AND RELEVANT ORDINANCES

SURIGAO MEMORIAL PARK

The Surigao Memorial Park is a community of lot users who have chosen to
inter their dearly departed in the gardens of the park. For 30 years now, the peaceful
atmosphere and orderliness of the park is due to its users and visitors faithfully
following the park rules and regulations set by the Board of Directors and
management.

GENERAL RULES
1. The Park is open Monday- Sunday 6:00 am - 6:00 pm for visitation.

2. Guards are posted at the Main Gate and at different parts of the park.

3. Children under the age of 12 are not to be on cemetery grounds unless

accompanied by an adult.

4. No agricultural animals shall be permitted in the cemeteries. Domestic pets are

allowed in the cemeteries provided they are on a leash; stay on roads, walks and
alleys and persons responsible for the pet clean up after the pet.

5. Visitors, except while acting as a military or police escort, are prohibited from
bringing firearms, explosives of any kind, or any offensive weapon such as bows and
arrows, air rifles, or slingshots into the cemeteries. Discharging of any weapons
except in military or police honors or the hurling of rocks or pellets is strictly
prohibited. All hunting or harvesting within the park is prohibited.

6. During burials, drivers of vehicles visiting other areas are reminded to proceed
cautiously to respect the on-going service.

7. No person shall be noisy or disorderly within the limits of the park, or otherwise
conduct themselves as to desecrate the place or upon being requested by park
authority, shall refuse or neglect to leave the premises, or discontinue the
disturbance.

8. Horses, recreational bicycles, motor driven dirt bikes and off road vehicles are
prohibited in the cemeteries so is driving practice. Skate boards, roller blades, noisy
scooters and any other such type of entertainment type of transportation are
prohibited in the park.

9. The disposal of trash, flowers, containers or any other debris is prohibited within or
adjacent to the park.

10. No alcoholic beverages to be consumed on park grounds.

11. Persons are strictly prohibited from picking flowers, wild or cultivated, breaking or
injuring any tree, shrub, or plant, or from writing upon, defacing, or injuring any
memorial, fence, gate, or other structure within the grounds of the park. Gravestone
vandalism is prohibited.​

12. No vase or vassal shall be left with water inside so as to avoid the growth of
mosquitoes.