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Background of the Study
The Philippines is one of the biggest producer of seafarers in the world. Being
ranked as the 5th producer of seafarers around the world, the Filipino seafarers are among the
top choices of the world’s shipping companies. With a total number of 1,647,500 seafarers
around the globe, 378,000 of it are Filipinos as stated by the International Chamber of
Shipping. A number that made the Philippine Maritime industry competitive among the other
industry contributing to the economic growth of the country.
Country of Origin Remittances
United States of America $2.31 billion
Singapore $563.85 million
Germany $560.98 million
Japan $435.82 million
United Kingdom $331.23 million
Hong Kong $275.53 million
The Netherlands $259.12 million
Greece $174.98 million
Panama $163.62 million
Cyprus $125.19 million
Norway $115.98 million
Figure 1.1: Top Sources of Cash Transfers from Filipino Sailors
in 2018
Source: ACTS-OFW party list,
Figure 1.2 : Remittances of Sea-based OFWs, 2012-2017
Source: MARINA Statistics Reports, 2011-2016 and 2013-2017.
Filipino seafarers are also among the top contributors to the country’s economic growth.
With a total remittances of 6 Billion Peso in 2018 ( or 19 % of the total OFW Remittances ),
the Philippine Maritime industry made it to the list of highest paid jobs for Overseas Filipino
Workers. An average monthly salary ranging between 875 $ or ( Php44,878.75) and 1000$ (
Php51,290) is much higher than the average monthly salary of Overseas Filipino Worker. The
average salary of a common Overseas Filipino worker is Php30,000 according to
BusinessMirror, (Ordinario 2016)
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Figure 1.3 : Deployed Filipino Seafarers by Major Category, 2015-2016
Source: Philippine Overseas Filipino Workers
The Philippine Maritime Education is also one of the first industry to produce
Filipino seafarers abroad prior to EO 247 in 1987 or the regulation for private sector
participation in recruitment and overseas placement maintain registry of skills. From this point,
the industry has produced 378,000 seafarers who worked abroad for internationally certified
maritime companies. From the statistics produced by the Philippine Overseas Employment
Administration (POEA) in 2017, there are 100,605 Filipino ship officers, 158,858 rating
seafarers, and 179,858 non-maritime seafarers. A number that will possibly decline because
of the inclusion of the Philippines from “white list” of the International Maritime
Organization(IMO). The inclusion of the Philippines to the “white list” of the International
Maritime Organization (IMO) is due to the fact that maritime training centers in the Philippines
are lack of necessary facilities needed for an IMO accredited training course.
Figure 1.4 : Deployed Filipino Seafarers by Top 10 Skills
Source: Philippine Overseas Filipino Workers
The maritime education in the Philippines is composed of two programs mainly,
the Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering and the Bachelor of Science in Marine
Transportation. Yearly, maritime schools around the country produces 280,000 students from
every 80-100 Maritime school in the Philippines ( Choudhury,2010). In order for these students
to become registered seafarers, they have to apply for a Seafarers Identification and Record
Book ( SIRB) from Maritime Industry Authority ( MARINA), a document that will be needing a
formal training course in order for them to avail. These training course are based from the
college program they attended ( the marine deck officers and the marine engineering). It is
prescribed and promulgated by an internationally accredited maritime organization named
International Maritime Organization ( IMO). The International Maritime Organization ( IMO) is
an accrediting body that standardize and provide regulations for maritime trainings around the
world.
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Figure 1.5: Statistics showing the deployment drop of Overseas
Sea-based Workers from 1995 to 2017
Source: https://safety4sea.com/number-of-filipino-seafarers-
decrease/
In the recent years, the maritime training capability of the country has been falling due to some
factor. This maritime capability failure resulted to the inclusion of the Philippines to the “white
list” of the IMO. A position on the White List means that certificates issued by or on behalf of
the countries on the list are in compliance with the STCW and means that the defined minimum
competency requirements for all seafarers have been met by the countries on the list.
(ManaadIar, 2019). In a statement provided by Former Marina Administrator Vicente Suazo,
the inclusion of the Philippines to the “white list “ could result a damaging implication to the
maritime industry in the Philippines.
Lack of adequate accredited training facility is one of the problem in the
Philippines is one of the challenges to the Philippine Maritime Education (Baylon,2011). There
are 62 accredited maritime training schools in Metro Manila and only 20 of them are accredited
to practiced courses needed to secure a Certificate of Proficiency (COP) ( MARINA,2018 ) .
This certificate is needed by all seafarers to practice his profession inside and outside the
country. These training courses are important for Seafarers for it is based on maritime safety
procedures in times of Emergency. With this low number of maritime training school needed
for a number of 280,000 yearly maritime graduate, only 4% of this number from Marine
transportation graduate and 11 % from Marine Engineering graduate will successfully venture
to international shipping. (POEA,2017 ).
There is a declining number of maritime graduates and seafarers venturing
internationally (Factor,2019) . This can be rooted to the fact that the Philippine maritime
education’s capability is falling as reported by the International Maritime Organization ( IMO).
For Government, their task is to alleviate the inclusion of the country to the white list of IMO.
As a solution, the Maritime Industry Authority formulated a 10 year Maritime Industry Plan
which seek to eliminate this problem. A center for maritime and knowledge will be established
to provide necessary facilities that will provide technical education and trainings for seafarers
and maritime education graduates. This will include a state-of-art facilities for maritime
education and development such as classrooms, simulation rooms and other other facilities
pertaining to standard set by the International Maritime Organization. With the establishment
of the Maritime Development and Training Center, the government will expect better outcomes
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such as the exclusion of the Country from IMO white list and the boost of competency among
the Filipino seafarers produced in the country.
The budget from this project will be from the yearly revenue collected by the
government from local ship building and repair company in the country. It will also come from
the remittances from seafarers overseas. A yearly revenue of 5 Billion Dollars or Php
256,374,216,615.75 from Ship building and repair industry is collected by the Government.
From this revenue, the Maritime Industry Authority proposed a budget of 599.31 Million
allocation for the establishment of the proposed Maritime Development and Training Center.
As stated in the 10-year plan provided by MARINA, the proposed Maritime Development and
Training Center will be established through government cooperating partners such as
Department of Science and Technology, Philippine Statistics Authority, Commission on
Higher Education, Philippine Ports Authority and other government agencies with Private
companies included in the 10-year plan formulated by MARINA.
Figure 1.6: The Procurement process for Government Projects
Source: Public-Private Partnership Center, https://ppp.gov.ph/project-management-and-
development/
The budget for the proposed Maritime Development and Training Center will
generated from the revenue collected by the government from local maritime industry. Given
its presence in the MARINA 10-year Plan, the maritime authority will provide a proposal to
NEDA or the National Economic Development Authority and review it in order for the project
to be allocated in the National Budget. When the NEDA finally endorsed the project for
appropriation, the Philippine Congress will deliberate the said project for appropriation and
inclusion to the proposal to the National Budget. In the event of its inclusion to General
Appropriation Act, the project will begin to materialize and still be monitored by National
Economic Development Authority for coordination.
1.1 Problem Statement Rationale
The Philippines inclusion to International Maritime Organization’s “white list” have
burgeon a major threat to the capability of Philippine Maritime Education. This circumstance
can be rooted to the fact that the number of local training facilities needed by maritime
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graduates are not sufficient enough for the growing number of seafarers and maritime
graduates in the Philippines. It must also take into considerations that MARINA accredited
training facilities in Metro Manila are not fully equipped with facilities that pass to the standards
set by International Maritime Organization.
Major Problem
How can the proposed maritime development and training center be a training ground for
competitive Filipino seafarers in compliance to the spaces/facilities standardized by the
International Maritime Organization which will uplift the Philippine’s integrity as internationally
acclaimed producer of competitive seafarers.
Minor Problem 1 : (Uses/Activities )
What site Configuration is applicable to for the proposed Maritime Development and Training
Center given the fact that it will be needing a extensive amount of open spaces for maritime
training courses.
Minor Problem 2: ( Access and Linkages)
What are the design strategies that will help in facilitating proper circulation for the school
given the number of its users and the activities to be executed in the training school.
Minor Problem 3: (Comfort)
How could the proposed training school induced a good learning environment by introducing
innovative design solutions.
Minor Problem 4: ( Image)
What building elements should be consider for the project that will embody the image of the
building as a Marine educational institution.
Minor Problem 5: (Sociability)
What design strategies should be adapted in order to integrate learning and sociability among
its users?
Minor Problem 5: ( Healing)
What design strategy is feasible for the development that will help the students to heal
intuitively through architectural intervention
1.1.1 Goals and Objectives
1.1.1.1 Goal
The goal of this study is to design a maritime development and training center for
seafarers with the primary goal of enhancing the capability of the Maritime training and
education in the Philippines. This vision will be just a plan if the proposed maritime
development and training center complex will abide to the standards set by the
International Maritime Organization
1.1.1.2 Objectives
Objective 1: To design the site development components that will configure
the placement of different buildings on the site based on their development
restrictions and the services that these buildings will provide
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Strategy: Review and analyze secondary data such as books, journals,
researches, case studies, National Building Code and other laws pertinent
to the development of the site.
Objective 2: to design a feasible layout for the buildings that will create a convenient and
barrier free circulation of users inside the complex.
Strategy: Analyzing the architectural plans from case studies of schools/
training facilities offering the same training services for the seafarers.
Objectives 3: To design a training school that will stimulate learning among its students
using architectural solutions acquired in the research.
Strategy: Review existing journals, researches, books and case studies and
use this references as secondary source of data.
Conduct interviews of officials and users as the primary data, utilizing their
outputs and translating it to architectural solution.
Objective 4: To use applicable architectural design solution and concept that are
necessary in integrating the use and the character of the users as the image of the building
Strategy: Research on design ideas and theories particularly the concepts of
semiotics in architecture as a basis for designing the façade of the complex.
Objective 5: To integrate planning concepts, architectural design ideas and theories that
will develop sociability and camaraderie among its users.
Strategy: Conduct surveys among the seafarers and translate their outputs
as a planning and design considerations for the proposed training center
complex
Review existing plans from case studies and evaluate their feasibility to the
proposed training center complex.
Objective 6: To design a maritime training center that will induce intuitive healing among
students through architectural articulation of spaces.
Strategy: Review related literatures and analyze the different literatures that
pertains to intuitive healing. This will come from different literatures that
emphasize architectural design applications that theoretically, induced healing
among the users.
1.2 Definition of Terms and Concepts.
1.2.1 Bridging Program Classrooms- Shall refer to spaces to use in MARINA bridging
program for Electronic Communication Engineering and Mechanical
Engineering graduates who wish to continue their studies and become
seafarers.
1.2.2 International Maritime Organization- Is a international accrediting body that
evaluates the maritime capability of its member countries.
1.2.3 Lodging Facilities- Are spaces that provides overnight stay services for seafarers
in the training center complex
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1.2.4 Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) - Is a government mandated body that
accredit training facilities in the country and ensures that the Maritime
Education in the country follows the International Maritime Education
standards.
1.2.5 Maritime- Shall refer to the trades and commerce happened in the sea.
1.2.6 Maritime Development Facilities- Shall refer to the spaces for maritime
development particularly the robotics laboratories and the machine
shops.
1.2.7 Maritime Graduates ( user) - Shall refer to a person who successfully completed
a degree in maritime education and in need of training necessary to
secure a seaman’s book.
1.2.8 Maritime Professionals- Are users ( either students or trainers) that practice the
Maritime Profession
1.2.9 Philippine Ports Authority- Is a Philippine government office that foresee the
management of all ports in the country.
1.2.10 Seafarers- Shall refer to a person who practice the maritime profession inside and
outside the country. These maritime professionals must also secure
necessary trainings in order for them to ascend from their ranks,
1.2.11 Training Centers- Shall refer to the schools that are offering maritime training
education.
1.2.12 Training Facilities- Shall refer to the spaces that provides maritime educational
training activities.
1.12.13 White List- Is a list set by International Maritime Organization which pertains to
the countries that are facing threats of exclusion to IMO
1.3 Significance of the Study
The number of training facilities for seafarers in the Philippines are inadequate
thus, creating a gap between the maritime graduates and the opportunity to practice his
profession inside and outside the country. The establishment of the maritime development
and training center will provide technical education for maritime graduates in order for
them to develop their skill and competency in both local and international maritime
industry. With this vision, the integrity of the Philippines as the top producers of competent
seafarers in the world will remain and the capability of the country to produce competent
seafarers will be enhance.
1.3.1 To the Students ( Primary Users)
The project will be beneficial for maritime graduates/students in a way that it will provide
facilities that features good learning environment and will uplift their morale by integrating
building design elements in the spaces present in the complex
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1.3.2 To the Trainers/ Educators ( Secondary Users)
The project will provide accessible maritime development center that will not
just help them as a maritime professionals. The center will showcase facilities that will
help integrating the indoor and outdoor environment . This will help the trainers in
teaching maritime concepts by applying knowledge learned from classrooms to actual
events/situation . the center will also showcase robotics laboratory and machine shops
which is beneficial in developing the maritime capability of the country.
1.3.4 To the Locals
The project will be beneficial to the locals in a way that it will create micro
business in the vicinity of the project. This micro businesses will cater the trainees in the
proposed maritime development and training center.
1.3.5 To the MARINA
The proposed Maritime development and training center will be beneficial in
enhancing the maritime education capability of the agency. It will be justified by creating
facilities that will meet the standards set by International Maritime Organization . Laboratories
and machine shops in the complex will develop technology to be used for enhancing the local
maritime industry.
1.3.6 To the Local Maritime Industry
The center will provide facilities that will help in producing competent seafarers.
These competent seafarers will help in the development of the local maritime industry.
1.3.7 To the Philippines
The center will abide the standards set by International Maritime Organization . This will be
beneficia to the country in delisting the Philippines from the “white list” set by IMO and for the
return of the country to the list of accredited seafarers producing country.
1.3.4 To the Field of Architecture
This research will provide new ideas and approach in designing a maritime training school. It
will also help in the field of Architecture by being a good source for design students and
professionals who wish to have a reference in designing an outdoor type of educational facility
in the future.
1.4 Scope and Limitations
This study will be focusing on architectural ideas and concepts pertinent in
designing an educational facility for seafarers. This will mitigate the factors that may threat the
quality of environment in the proposed training center complex.
The research will base the proposed number of users to the number of
Seafarers who attends training in Metro Manila. The number of seafarers to be introduce to
the research will base from the number of enrollments from training programs of different
accredited maritime training center in Metro Manila. The researcher will also analyze the daily
foot traffic in T.M Kalaw, Manila, the seafarers hub in Metro Manila, for verification of the
projected number of users and trainees.
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Scope Limitations
Site Development Plan
Focuses on the site configuration in relation The research will be limited to general
to zoning, utilities , site’s existing features computations pertaining to
and orientation. geomorphological trajectory which
showcase the changes in landforms and soil
components in the site.
Architectural Plans
• The research will focus on space • The project’s projected amount of
planning and concepts that will be users and foot traffic will be limited to
dictated by existing building code 15 years.
regulations, zoning restrictions and • The maritime tools and equipment in
International Maritime Organization the simulation building will not be
Standards. reflected in the floor plan.
• The Floor plans will be limited to the
following
1. Academic Building
2. Administration Building
3. Simulation Building
• The specification of the maritime
equipment to be used in the
Simulation buildings
Structural Concepts
The project will be focusing in structural The project will be limited to structural
concepts and will ensure that the proposed computations such as loads and structural
structural concept is feasible to the design components.
architectural solution set by the researcher.
Building Height
The project will be using existing local zoning The proposed development will be limited to
regulations and building code restrictions. maximum story of 5 as prescribed by
existing zoning regulations and by the
National Building Code.
Building Materials
The proposed maritime development and The building materials to be used in this
training center will be using feasible building project will be limited to the specific details of
materials as prescribed by the research. building materials supplier for it must be
These building materials must be economic foresee by Bids and Awards Committee.
and sustainable in usage.
Plumbing System
The project will provide a diagram that will The diagram is limited to isometric layout
show the flow of potable water and the only which will show the 3 dimensional
excretion of dark and grey water inside the drawings of the different plumbing
structure components in the structures.
Electrical and Lighting System
The project will provide a reflected ceiling
The project will only be limited to reflected
plan which will show the different lighting
ceiling plan to show the necessary lighting
fixtures to be installed in the project fixtures applicable to the design of the
buildings.
Landscape Architecture The research will be limited to specific
The research will be focusing on feasible number and species of flora and fauna to be
landscape design strategies that will be integrated in the design of the complex.
beneficial to the welfare of the users.
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1.5 Conceptual Framework
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT
1. Inadequacy of the The development will
number of training provide open spaces and
centers that provides through zoning of spaces
open spaces needed and integration of
for extensive architectural elements in
maritime training these open spaces, these
activities. spaces will have the same
learning environment as the
learning environment in an
indoor classroom
2. Large amount of foot The project will be adapting
traffic that will be a building layout that will
expected which is a create convenient and
threat to the barrier-free circulation inside
circulation and being the buildings.
a barrier free inside
the building
3. The impact of The project will be providing
different independent innovative design solutions
activities inside the A Proposed Maritime specifically in terms of
complex that creates Development and Training lighting and acoustic design
disturbances. This Center that will alleviate the impact
disturbances will of different activities that
become a threat to causes disturbances.
the quality of learning
environment inside
the school.
4. Lack of building The buildings will integrate
identity of Maritime building design elements in
Schools that in the facades and other
context, will provide spaces in the complex that
an image to the will provide a institutional
institution and to the vibe inside the complex.
users of the building
5. Lack of spaces in The project will be adopting
many of training architectural planning
facilities that adapts concepts and theories
learning and applicable to the extent of
sociability in design architectural interventions in
of their facilities. the project.
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1.6 Assumptions
The researcher assumes that the proposed Maritime Development and Training Center will
serve as the training ground for Seafarers in the country. It will also serve as the hub of
development for the Maritime industry for the reason that it will provide machine shops and
robotic laboratories necessary to enhance the maritime industry in the country. This
assumptions are rooted from the facilities to be provided inside the complex. With these
intervention, the proposed Maritime Development and Training Center will enhance the
capability of the country to provide competent seafarers that will work locally and
internationally.
The design proposal will feature a training center complex that provides
maritime training classrooms and other facilities pertaining to Maritime training activities.
These facilities are also integrated to outdoor environment such as pools and open spaces
which will serve as a secondary classroom for the center. It will also house the office of
MARINA, machine shops and robotics laboratories which will help in developing technology
for the enhancement of the Maritime Industry.
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