…” In the stricken area, the situation remains dire as victims are forced to deal with the inconvenience of Life as an Evacuee. With this in mind, we strive to express our solidarity with these people and ensure that a complete recovery is realized as soon as possible”
…… excerpts from the Foreword of the
Exhibit Profile by The Japan Foundation.
And so as when such had happened to Manila and the Philippines as a country.
Impression on The Exhibit
The recent Exhibit of The Japan
Foundation held at GT Toyota Hall of Wisdom, Asian Center, UP Diliman had
created three mixed impact on a viewer.
First, is the admirable professional ideas of recovery as manifested
on the Design Solutions.
Second is the touching cooperation of
the concerned professionals and the community involved even on the impressive
manner on how it was documented and shown around the world.. is Japan, exuding excellence even amidst Trials.
Third is the gloom and sadness
revived in one’s heart that in these hills and plains, were once a progressive
part of the world and happy faces, now it’s being reconstructed just setting
aside the fact that many lives were lost and many babies lost their parents.
The great East Japan Earthquake last
March 11, 2011 with the maximum height of tsunami reaching 40.5m had on record
15, 844 dead, 3,394 missing and 5,893 injured. All these were painstakingly
recalled in the exhibit and shown to the world that was given due importance.
To a viewer, the Exhibit Hall was not
just a Showcase of Architects Projects but a Reality that Nature is the Master
of all and no one surpasses.
The Japanese
were able to set the circumstances as a way to consider the state of Society
and the Architecture of the Future.
KISHIN : means Longing for Home.
There is something with the Japanese
character that distinguishes them from the rest of the world.
That is the strong cooperation among the
different organizations, university laboratories and the KISYN ( the name made
up of the first initials of the participants’ surnames, suggests the Japanese
word “kishin”, meaning “longing for home”
which became a part of the group of
Internationally active architects born in the 40’s and 50’s.
After realizing the priority of Phases
such as the First Phase-Emergency Response, Second Phase-Temporary Housing and
Third Phase-Reconstruction Projects plus the Proposals from Foreign Architects,
their path to recovery was evident.
The emergency measures for those who
lost or could not return to their homes after the earthquake and tsunami where
speed was of the essence had to slightly improve the lack of privacy in the
shelters and created simple partitions such as cardboard or cloth.
Manila/Philippines: Where do we stand
in this Concern:
In the past years, the country has
gained a lot of attention and momentum in the area of disaster risk reduction. Many
projects undertaken however sustaining the positive results and scaling them up
to effect rippling positive changes in people’s lives.
Nothing can do better than the Republic
Act 10121 known as the Philippine Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010. This had a paradigm shift from just
disaster preparedness and response to DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT (
DRRM). The National DRRM Plan serves as the national guide on how sustainable
development can be achieved through inclusive growth while
building the adaptive capacities of communities; increasing the resilience of
vulnerable sectors and optimizing mitigation opportunities.
According
to NDRRMP, the country will have “Safer , adaptive and disaster resilient
Filipino communities towards development.” This will be achieved through the
four distinct yet mutually reinforced priority areas, namely (a) Disaster
Prevention and Mitigation; (b) Disaster Preparedness; (c) Disaster Response and
(d) Disaster Recovery and Rehabilitation. Each Priority has its own long term
goal, which when put together will lead to the attainment of our country’s over
goal/vision in DRRM.
The Filipino Mentality: Is it an
Obstacle to Preparedness?
Knowing oneself
is a must in every endeavor, and thus, towards a Resilient Nation, it’s a must
that we correct our selves. These are observations to such.
It should be this…
And for the BASIC UNIT OF SOCIETY which
is the Family in a home, the compasionate
way to be fulfilled in this world is to provide and give back the Lost Home.
BUT
MOST OF ALL WE SHOULD NOT PERMIT THESE HOMES TO GET LOST.
Special Thanks to my Classmates at the MS Architecture, Batch 2014 , The Graduate School, Mapua Institute of Technology
and the Support of the Management of RCLA MARU ARCHITECTS CO. for my Documentations.
By Ma. Elena E. Lamasan
Graduate School
MAPUA Institute of Technology
June 28, 2014
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