Project Title & Location
CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES VISAYAS
Miag-ao, Iloilo Province

Client
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, QC

EDUCATIONAL PROEJCTS IMPLEMENTING TASK FORCE

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS
Makati

Project Completion
1979

Associated Firms
James Miller, WB Consultant
Urban Designers Associates, Inc.

Services Provided
- Campus Planning

Funded by the World Bank the project encompasses 1,200 hectares of rolling land. The property fronts the coastline of the Straits of Iloilo and extends towards the foothills of Mount Napulac.

In keeping with the objective of making the University of the Philippines, Visayas a symbol of higher learning, the development of the campus is conceptualized to showcase how the heritage of the past is linked to the context of the present. In this manner the physical setting can be utilized as a solid foundation for the progress of the institution toward the potentials of the future.

The ambience of the built environment in the West Visayas Region is known for its richness in the variety of the architecture, the closeness in their relationship to nature, the humaneness in scale and socio-cultural setting they generate. It is therefore expected that the campus shall be imbued with the very same characteristic ambience. In this way, it can very well fulfill its function that is demonstrative of the continuing heritage of the region. U.P. in Visayas becomes a setting that reflects coherence and relevance to the people it aims to serve.