PROS Architects and Planners

CDCP Headquarters Architectural Program

Project Title & Location
ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM for the CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION of the PHILIPPINES
HEADQUATERS
Financial Center, Pasay City, MCCRRP

Client

Construction Development Corporation of the Philippines.
Makati City

Project Completion

1978

Associated Firms

Urban Designers Associates, Inc.

Services Provided
- Architectural Program
- Statistical Analysis
- Behavioral Circuits

The Construction Development Corporation of the Philippines in its move to house the operations in a central headquarters necessitated the preparation of an architectural and space program for the complex that is to be located at the Financial Center in the reclamation area.

The programming activities consist of considerations for area requirements, functional and communication linkages, and building design criteria that covers design structure, interior comfort, and finishing and space dividers. The amount of data gathered in the summer of 1978 includes present and projected employee populations, file and storage systems, auxiliary office facilities as well as communications and functional relationships.

Insights of both top management and the rank and file employees are inputs in improving the office conditions and in identifying problem areas.

The gross building area requirements for the CDCP Headquarters covering the period 1980 to 1990 are the following:

Year

1978
1980
1985
1990

Area

35,902 sqm
53,978 sqm
68,700 sqm
88,087 sqm

% Increase

Base Year
50.35%
27.27%
28.22%