ANTIPOLO IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF RIZAL PROVINCE, CLOSE TO ITS

MERIDIONAL CENTER. IT LIES BETWEEN LATITUDES 14° 32' AND 14°45' NORTH AND LONGITUDES 121° 6'
AND 121° 24' EAST. IT IS BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF RODRIGUEZ, ON THE
NORTHWEST BY MARIKINA CITY AND SAN MATEO, ON THE SOUTHWEST BY THE TOWNS OF TAYTAY AND
CAINTA, ON THE SOUTHEAST BY THE TOWNS OF TANAY, TERESA AND BARAS, AND ON THE EAST BY
QUEZON PROVINCE.
TO REPLACE THE OLD CAPITOL IN PASIG WHICH HAS LONG BEEN OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF RIZAL PROVINCE; AFTER PASIG
WAS INCLUDED IN METRO MANILA IN 1975. WITH THE TRANSFER OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TO ANTIPOLO, IT IS HIGHLY
FAVORED TO BE OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS THE NEW CAPITAL OF THE PROVINCE.[ON MARCH 14, 2011, ANTIPOLO WAS DECLARED
A "HIGHLY-URBANIZED CITY" BY PRESIDENT BENIGNO AQUINO; SUCH PROCLAMATION HOWEVER STILL NEEDS TO BE RATIFIED IN A
PLEBISCITE
GEOGRAPHY
ANTIPOLO IS IN THE NORTHERN
HALF OF RIZAL PROVINCE, CLOSE TO
ITS MERIDIONAL CENTER.
IT IS FOUND ON THE SLOPES OF THE SIERRA
MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGE. MUCH OF THE CITY
SITS ON A PLATEAU AVERAGING 150 METERS. IT
HAS THE SECOND
LARGEST AREA IN THE PROVINCE WITH AN
AREA OF 306.10 KM². THE NORTHERN AND
SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CITY ARE IN THE
DENSE FOREST AREAS OF THE SIERRA MADRE.
ANTIPOLO IS LANDLOCKED; BOUNDED TO THE
NORTH BY SAN MATEO AND RODRIGUEZ; TO
THE EAST BY TANAY; TO THE SOUTH
BY ANGONO, TAYTAYAND TERESA; AND TO THE
WEST BY CAINTA AND MARIKINA
CITY IN METRO MANILA.
 BRIEF HISTORY

THE CITY ON THE MOUNTAIN RIDGES EAST

OF MANILA WHERE THE SUN BEGINS TO SHINE. THE CITY
WHOSE NAME WAS DERIVED FROM
THE TIPOLO TREESGROWING INDIGENOUSLY ON ITS
LAND…TREES WITH BROAD LEAVES THAT PROVIDE
SHADE WHILE GENTLY FANNING IN THE SOOTHING
BREEZE. ANTIPOLO, THE CITY OF PILGRIMS AND
CONTEMPLATIVES, TOURISTS AND TRADERS, ARTISTS
AND ARTISANS.

RICH IN CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE,

ANTIPOLO’S HISTORY DATES WAY BEFORE THE FIRST
FRANCISCAN MISSIONARY RECORDED ITS WORK IN 1578.
THE LAND WAS HOME TO INDIGENOUS TRIBES AS
THE DUMAGATS, TAGALS, INDIANS AND AETAS. ITS
VIRGIN FORESTS OF VARIED TROPICAL TREES WERE ALSO
NESTS TO A DIVERSE WILDLIFE. ITS RICH WATER TABLES
GUSHED FORTH AS SPRINGS AND WATERFALLS.
CLIMATE

BASED ON THE PAGASA

(PHILIPPINE
ATMOSPHERIC,
GEOPHYSICAL AND
ASTRONOMICAL SERVICE
ADMINISTRATION) OR
CORONA'S CLIMATE
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM,
ANTIPOLO HAS A TYPE I
CLIMATE, WHICH IS
MARKED BY TWO
DISTINCT SEASONS – THE
WET SEASON FROM MAY
TO DECEMBER AND THE
DRY SEASON FROM
JANUARY TO APRIL.
HISTORY BACKGROUND
AS THE MISSIONARIES RELENTLESSLY PURSUED THEIR ‘CHRISTIANIZATION’
CAMPAIGN, SOME NATIVES OF THIS TOWN DESIRING TO KEEP THEIR OWN
WAY OF LIFE MOVED INTO THE HINTERLANDS OF NEIGHBORING
MOUNTAINS. ASIDE FROM THE FRANCISCANS, THE JESUITS AND THE
RECOLLECTS ALSO CAME TO EVANGELIZE. THESE RELIGIOUS
CONGREGATIONS FOLLOWED THE NATIVES IN THE FORESTED MOUNTAINS.
LATER ON, THE MISSIONARIES WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THEIR CHURCH
AND GREW TO THE PROPORTIONS IT IS TODAY. MORE SO, THE FAMED Site
IMAGE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, SCULPTED FROM A DARK
HARDWOOD OF MEXICO, WAS PERMANENTLY ENSHRINED IN ANTIPOLO.

THEY BUILT A CHAPEL IN SITIO STA. CRUZ FOR BLESSED VIRGIN MARY TO
ALLOW THE FOLLOWERS TO SHOW THEIR ADORATION. AS MORE PILGRIMS
CAME TO THIS TOWN, MORE WERE ENCOURAGED TO LIVE IN THIS TOWN

GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY

SANTA CRUZ IS A BARANGAY OF THE PHILIPPINE COMPONENT
CITY CITY OF ANTIPOLO IN THE
PROVINCE RIZAL IN CALABARZON WHICH IS PART OF
THE LUZON GROUP OF ISLANDS. THE COMPONENT CITY CITY OF
ANTIPOLOWITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 633,971 AND ITS 16
BARANGAYS BELONGS TO THE URBAN AREAS IN THE
PHILIPPINES. SANTA CRUZ OCCUPIES AN AREA OF 7.25 KM² AND
HAD 47,536 RESIDENTS BY THE END OF 2007.
SANTA CRUZ IS ONE OF THE BARANGAYS WHICH ARE IN THE
OUTLYING AREA OF COMPONENT CITY CITY OF ANTIPOLO.
DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
SHOWS THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE POPULATION IN
BARANGAY STA. CRUZ WHERE THE SITE HAS BEEN SPECIFIED.
SITE
 3.MAPS : POLITICAL MAP
It presents the concentration of the roads within the municipality and
how it will accessible with other cities and towns. The road concentrate only at
the lowerright side of Sta. Cruz where civilization and urban areas was more
pronounce. Theselected site was also cover with this road system and readily
accessible with other surrounded barangays municipalities, and cities outside
Antipolo.

Site
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP ANALYSIS
THE TOPOGRAPHY OF ANTIPOLO MAY BE DESCRIBED AS GENERALLY HILLY AND MOUNTAINOUS
WITH THE HILLY PORTIONS LYING IN THE WEST AND THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS CONCENTRATED IN
THE EAST AS PART OF THE SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAIN RANGE.

Site C
3.MAPS: GENERAL ZONING MAP
THE GENERAL ZONING MAP PERTAINS THE USAGE OF THE PORTIONS OF THE LAND TO
THE TOTAL COVERAGE OF THE MUNICIPALITY. THIS WILL GREATLY HELP THE PROPONENT TO KNOW
THE COVERAG EOF THE CHOSEN SITE IN THE LOCALITY. AS THE MAP SHOWN, THE SITE IS DIRECTLY
UNDER THE URBANZONE AND CLOSELY RELATED AND SURROUNDED WITH THE TOURISM ZONE OF
THE WHOLE BARANGAY.

SITE C
3.MAPS: STA CRUZ ZONING MAP
Site C
Site C
3.Maps: SOIL MAP
BASED ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL APPROACH OF SOIL CLASSIFICATION OR WHAT IS CALLED THE 7TH APPROXIMATION
OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, THE SOILS OF ANTIPOLO MAY BE CLASSIFIED INTO THE FOLLOWING SOIL
SERIES/ TAXONOMIC NAMES.

Site
Site C
 3.Micro Site Data
1.A. Physical Profile
SITE WHICH SITUATED ALONG THE MACATUBONG STREET
BRGY. STA CRUZ ANTIPOLO, RIZAL, COVERED A TOTAL
LOTAREA OF MORE THAN 3.3 HECTARES OR AN AREA OF
EXACTLY 33, 316 SQ. M. ANTIPOLO COMMONLY COMPOSED
OF MOUNTAINS AND HILLY TYPE OF LAND WHICH THE SITE
PROPOSED RESORT LOCATED ON THE UPPER PART OFTHE CITY, THE LOT
DEFINES TO BE MEDIUM TO SLIGHTLY SLOPE. IT WAS NOT
DIRECTLY VISIBLETO THE SUMULONG ROADS OF THE CITY.
BUILDABLE AREAS AND SLIGHTLY SLOPING TERRAINLAND
ON THE SIDE CREATE A MORE BEAUTIFUL SITE
CONFIGURATIONTHAT WILL GIVE THE GREAT ALLOCATION
OF THE PROJECT VIEWING THE CLOUD 9 HOTEL AND
Site RESORT.

Site

Vicinity Map
3.Micro Site Data: BLOW UP MAP

Site
Site
 SITE ANALYSIS MAP
CLIMATE
THE SITE FALLS WITHIN THE TYPE 1 CLIMATE
CHARACTERIZED BY TWO PRONOUNCED SEASONS. WET
FROM MAY TO DECEMBER AND DRY FROM JANUARY TO
APRIL.THE MAIN CLIMATIC CONTROL OPERATING IN THE
CLIMATE OF THE AREA IS ACTUALLY THE MONSOON WIND
SYSTEM.

RAINFALL PATTERN
BASED ON THE MONTHLY RAINFALL
AVERAGES TAKEN AT THE NEAREST RAIN GAUGE LOCATED
IN THEPAGASA NATIONAL OFFICE IN SCIENCE GARDEN,
QUEZON CITY, RAINFALL PEAKS IN THE MONTHS OF JULY TO
SEPTEMBER (HIGHEST IN AUGUST). BEING CROSSING THE
SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAINS, ITMAY BE EXPECTED TO
RECEIVE SOME FURTHER RAIN
E. SOIL ANALYSIS: SOIL MAP

SOIL
IT IS COMPOSED OF
CLAY LOAM SOIL
VEGETATION ANALYSIS MAP

.VEGETATION

MANGO (MAGNIFER
INDICA) AND BANANA(GENUS:
MUSA). GRASS IS THE DOMINANT
VEGETATION IN THE ADJOINING
UNDEVELOPED PRIVATE LOTS IN
SOME CULTIVATED INDIVIDUAL LOTS
WITHIN THE SITE.
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP

TOPOGRAPHY
THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE
SITE MAY BE DESCRIBED AS
GENERALLY VERY ROUGH SLOPE
PORTIONS OF ITS TOTAL LAND AREA
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY.
OVERLOOKING THE CLOUD 9 HOTEL
AND RESORT
 Air and Sound
Analysis Map

Smoke & Dust coming from Noise from jeepney &

Road and Vehicles. tricylce terminals

Clean Fresh Air coming

from the lower part of the
slope site
Quiet Area

Good and Very Clean Fresh Air coming

Quiet Area from the upper gently
sloping part of the site
 UTILITY MAP

ACTUAL UTILITY PHOTOS

A.TELEPHONE LINES
TELECOMMUNICATI
ON IS SERVED BY THE COUNTRY'S
MAJORS - PLDT, GLOBE,
SMART,BAYANTEL, DIGITEL AND B.WATER MAINS
PT&T WHILE OVER 100 INTERNET AMONG THE TOWNS OF RIZAL PROVINCE,
CAFES PROVIDE ACCESS TO ANTIPOLO HAS THE NUMBER OF WATER RESOURCES. IT HAS
ELECTRONIC MAIL AND WEBSITES. SPRINGS, RIVERS AND STREAMS.
PROPOSED ECO RESORT
AND VILLA
 3.Proposed Eco Resort and Villa
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
 PROPOSED ECO RESORT AND VILLS SITE IS ON A SLOPE, WHERE ON TOP THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF
ANTIPOLO WITH EVENING SUN AND AT THE LOWER PART THERE IS A GROUP OF ROOMS WANTING A VIEW, BUT
NOT END UP WITH A HOUSE ON TOP OF THE HILL AND THE REST OF THE GARDEN DOWN BELOW.THE GARDEN
MOVES UP TO THE LEVEL OF THE LIVING ROOM AND IT CONNECTS ALL LEVELS OF THE HOUSE WITH THE GARDEN.

THE GUEST HOUSE WOULD INCLUDE ONE OR TWO BEDS PER ROOM AND THREE
DIFFERENT ROOM TYPES TO BEST SERVE THE VARYING NEEDS OF GUESTS .TO MINIMIZE THE VARIATIONS IN UNIT
TYPES ALL ACCESSIBLE UNITS WOULD BE STUDIO SUITES. THE ROOM TYPES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
 STANDARD GUEST ROOMS:
 LARGER GUEST ROOMS
 STUDIO SUITES

PROJECT OBJECTIVES
THE ECO RESORT AND SPA WOULD ADDRESS A LACK OF
CONVENIENT, AFFORDABLE, AND SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FAMILY, COUPLES,
STUDENTS, AND OTHER TOURIST VISITORS . THE
PROPOSED SITE WOULD BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ADVANCED LIGHT SOURCE FACILITY, THE
PRIMARY USER FACILITY WHERE APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE GUEST HOUSE VISITORS
WOULD BE VISITING. THE AVAILABILITY OF ON-SITE ACCOMMODATIONS WOULD FACILITATE VISITORS’ ACCESS
ENCOURAGE COLLABORATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COMMON AREAS.
ECP RESORT AND SPA PROJECT WOULD PROVIDE VISITING RESEARCHERS WITH 24-HOUR ACCESS TO USER FACILITIES
AND
EQUIPMENT INCLUDING SOME EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE CHECKED MULTIPLE TIMES
THROUGHOUT A 24-HOUR PERIOD.
 ____Matrix Diagrams
Antipolo City______

The idea for the proposed structure at the city of Antipolo is to maximize the
relationship between nature and settlers and utilize the resources around the area to
create a building or structure where it is economically efficient and requires little
revision around the surrounding nature. The proposed structure must also serve as a
business revenue for the client and is strategically placed in an area where it is easily
accessible to the people, distant from competitors and uses the nearby existing
structures around. This was accomplished with the use of a “Matrix Diagram” analyzing
the data and comparing to provide the best outcome for a site.
Legend:
1 – Poor 3 – Good 5 - Excellent
2 – Fair 4 – Very Good
Legend:
1 – Poor 3 – Good 5 - Excellent
2 – Fair 4 – Very Good
 With the data gathered using the matrix diagram, the Architects concluded
that site 2 at Sitio Santa Cruz, Antipolo is the most suitable site to build a Resort/Villa.
Its distance away from the nearest equivalent structure is enough to eliminate the
clash between its target market and is alongside a major road where public vehicles
are accessible.
Problem Tree____