Learning and Inner Skills Development Complex:

A Proposed High School with Dormitory and

Handicrafts Training Center for Mangyan
tribe; Alangan and Iraya of Baco, Oriental
Mindoro

SANCHEZ, NIO MIKE ANGELO M.

2010124402

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Mangyans were the first to inhabit the island of Mindoro.
Mangyans are composed of twelve tribes, each with its
own language, culture, and way of life. There are the Iraya,
Batangan, Buid, Hanuno'o, Alangan, Ratagnon, Tagaydan
(or Tadyawan), Bangon, Pula, Buhid, Nauhan, and Furuan.

BACO- Alangan and Iraya

Skilled in making handicrafts
Most responsible and open-minded among all the tribes

THE PROBLEM

Mangyan tribe of Oriental Mindoro is one of the indigenous

people of the Philippines.

The tribesmen are usually treated as second class people

in their own country and are commonly subjected to
abuse.

Lots of Mangyan children are uneducated

No proper facility intended for them to study in high school

Poverty is also one of the major problems in their

community

 This research aims to answer the

following questions:
What are the facilities that are necessary for the development of
Mangyan communities in the realities of their life and culture?
What innovations are needed to help the tribe for the fast, easy way
of learning and development since they are not yet familiar with
modern facilities?
What kind of environment the facility should have to fit their way of
living.

Goals, Objectives and Strategies

-To plan a complex and design a structure which will serve as a
learning and inner skills development complex for the
Mangyan tribe of Oriental Mindoro.
-To design a structure as an extension of what the tribes
environment is.
-To design a structure that will perfectly suit the way of life of
the Mangyan people
-To design a structure that will show visitors/tourists the
culture of Mangyan and their daily way of living

The objective of this study is to propose a learning

and inner skills development complex for Mangyan
specifically, high-school with dormitory and
handicrafts training center, which will help in:

Valuing education
Promoting Cultural Integrity and Empowerment
Promoting Peoples Involvement and Participation
Enhancing Analytical Thinking and responsible
attitude
Promoting peace and Community building
Valuing Land and Environment
Promoting Holistic and Integrative Learning

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study will benefit the Mangyan tribe (both
children and adult), visitors/tourists, those
educational institutions concerning indigenous
people and as well as the government.
The outcome of this study may be used by
different educational institutions in the Philippines
aiming to help educating indigenous people in our
country.

Scope and Limitations

The design for this proposal is only focus on the
two tribes which are located in the town of Baco,
namely Alangan and Iraya.
The reason why the researcher targeted those
tribes is that they are the most willing and open
to be educated among all the twelve tribes,
another reason is that they are the most skilled in
making handicrafts

Research Locale
Inteviews
will
be
gathered from officials
of local government of
Baco including the
Mayor,
Municipal
Architect and Planner.
Case study and survey
will be gathered from
the Mangyan Villages
located at Lantuyang
Mangyan Community
in
Baco,
Oriental
Mindoro.

Case Study

Need Analysis
Since, the most numbers of Mangyan are located in the
town of Baco, the research will focus on the tribes located
there, which are Alangan and Iraya.

According to Mayor Reynaldo A. Marco, municipal Mayor of

Baco, there is truly a lack of learning facility specifically
high school, intended for Mangyan people in their town.

There are lots of skilled handicraft maker but didnt able to

practice it due to lack of facility, attention and opportunity

Conclusions and Recommendations

The structure will help in solving their difficulties in learning.

by providing a design that will enhance their skills and learning
capabilities without compromising their culture and ay of living

This will also be an instrument to cater their skills in making

handicrafts and introduce it to others.

SITE SELECTION PROCESS

SITE ANALYSIS

DESIGN CONCEPT

PLAN
Inspired by Mangyan Communal house which is Balay Lakoy, the
arrangement of spaces of structures in the complex will fit the users culture
and way of life.

FORM

UTILITY CONCEPT

SPACE PROGRAMMING

SYNTHESIS

(SCHEME 1)

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