Socio-Technological Infrastructure (STI) is a construct which builds upon the approach of Socio-Technical Systems (STS), through the expansion of its scale and applications for customization and inclusivity. Current siloed systems are unable to solve large scale and complex urban issues. STI is proposed to address this and be a manifestation of a convergence in knowledge, process, and design, aligning with the themes of knowledge co-creation, human-centeredness, co-design, and innovation. This research aims to propose key indicators of a convergence theory for STI using correlation and regression analysis, spatial analysis, and Machine Learning (ML). The case study is Legazpi City, a coastal city plagued with multiple hazards of typhoons, regular eruption of Mt. Mayon, projected 6M high tsunami, and 1.15m sea level rise by 2050 along its coasts, and praised for its community’s resilience, and enhanced Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS). Indicators of convergence of knowledge synthesis, seamless process, and responsive spatial designs shall be gathered through surveys, co-design, and KIIs, and assessed using QGIS, Machine Learning, Python, and Six Sigma. It is hypothesized that when greater convergence in STI is achieved, it will correlate positively to faster MHEWS activation, and enhanced community preparedness. This research advances the development of systems and urban design theories, proposes innovative policies for disaster resilience, and demonstrates the scalability of Legazpi’s STI and MHEWS model for other Philippine cities vulnerable to multiple hazards.

Progress in the country comes with urbanization that consequently affects the urbanwildlife and fragments the remaining green patches. Therefore, past studies aimed toconserve habitats in urban landscape as they realized that urban wildlife is importantto the remaining ecosystem. These studies emphasized that when these faunal speciesare also prioritized, its ecological role will continue and will contribute tostrengthening the urban ecology. Such examples are the urban birds that re seeddispersers throughout the city. However, habitat conservation in parks surrounded bylarge and highly urbanized developments is not often tackled. This study aims topropose landscape interventions for habitat conservation of chosen vian species in theurban environment of Bagong Nayong Pilipino Urban Forest Park located at the heartof Entertainment City, Parañaque. The research aims to select the appropriate targetspecies which are the Pycnonotus goiavier and the Dicaeum australe and to study theirbehavior and life cycle requirements in the area, the landscape conditions,disturbances such as pollution and noise, the future land use, and the users’ needs. Thefindings will then be used for redesigning the site into a wildlife inclusive park forhabitat conservation and ecological improvement. It is hypothesized that if a wildlifeinclusive park is designed, then target birds are protected and thus ecologicalimprovement in the urban landscape is achieved. The results and outputs of the studywill show the significant impact of birds when their needs are also addressed in Nayong Pilipino amidst other human demands and urban developments.

Women have room for empowerment in hypermasculine spaces that heavily contribute to gender inequality. As time passed, addressing women's empowerment shifted towards empowering femininity present across all genders. Translated into our urban spaces, the New Bilibid Prison Reservation (NBPR) in Muntinlupa City suppresses femininity because of its prison function. As the prison facilities together with the inmates are envisioned to be relocated away from NBPR, the land is subject to redevelopment. Hence, this study was conducted to reimagine the landscape of New Bilibid Prison. The goal of the study is to propose landscape development plans that highlight the feminine culture in direct relation to the current context of the New Bilibid Prison Reservation. Integrating gender and development approaches to landscape planning, qualitative methods of survey, interviews, and future scenario landscape workshops were used to gather women’s narratives, activities, and gender meanings as a way of characterizing their femininity. Key findings include: (1) Care culture is central to women, nurturing relationships progressively, (2) healthcare is highly linked with care culture, and (3) care culture is confined to be private. Three planning schemes were developed based on the data gathered which include tourism, economic, and civic development. The assessment showed that civic development within the site will best include feminine narratives A model site was chosen to illustrate the applications of the principles and planning proposals. By closely examining women’s
femininity, the narrative of the New Bilibid Prison shifted to include care culture.

Housing stress is a major concern for Filipino office workers. The standardized ratio of setting aside '30% of income to rent' cannot be applied to the average Filipino, who can give up at most only 15% of their income to afford other necessities. This limits the housing options of entry-level office workers -- fresh graduates with average salaries who often turn to uncomfortable bed spaces to live closer to work and avoid long commutes. To offset the increasingly unaffordable real estate in Bonifacio Global City, the Philippines' second-largest central business district, co-living apartments have become popular in its vicinity. However, the standard of these co-living spaces is incomparable to that of the global co-living standard, as privacy is the first to be sacrificed in favor of accessibility and attainability. This project aims to bridge the gap between the standard of co-living in the Philippines and that of the global standard by providing better living conditions for tenants through architecture at a portion of the cost via funding from private companies whose workers will benefit from the project. This was achieved through online research on current co-living apartments, as well as interviews of young adults who have lived in Philippines co-living apartments. This project is in Brgy. Pembo, Makati where land is less expensive yet still accessible to Bonifacio Global City via a short commute. Given the size of the lot, the project was expanded vertically to maximize space and differentiate the public and private access areas. The ground floor was dedicated to commercial spaces, the second floor was assigned to the co-living spaces, and the third to seventh floors were reserved for the residents' quarters. The residential floors were divided into quarters to provide sufficient privacy for each tenant without compromising ventilation. To accommodate forty-eight tenants to a floor, rooms were grouped into six to a unit with a communal kitchen, two toilets, and two baths.

A way to address risk in depletion of natural resources for building construction the use of sustainable materials. To strengthen the material and lessen waste, wood can be manufactured into glue-laminated timber.
This study aims to investigate glue lamination of Benguet Pine (Pinus Kesiya Royle Ex Gordon), which is a Philippine wood species endemic in mountainous regions, for its structural strength and mechanical properties. Samples used were with lamina size of 25mm x 100mm (length is dependent on the test to be done) and built-up to sections using at least four laminas.
The glue laminated samples’ results were compared with the mechanical properties of solid Benguet pine of which the former shows a significant difference in their mechanical properties. Test results showed that Benguet Pine can be identified as an E150-F435 grade of the Japanese Agricultural Standard (JAS) for Glue Laminated Timber but and cannot be identified with the GL grades of the British Standard (EN) and Glue Laminated Timber of Australia Association (GLTAA) due to the required strength in the MOE of compression parallel. The result were theoretically applied to a simply supported and fully lateral-supported floor joist to show the possibility of its structural use