AN APPLICATION OF MODULAR CONSTRUCTION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL
FACILITIES
A THESIS PROPOSAL TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE
BALDE, Francis Jesse B.
5AR20
December 1, 2015
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letter of Approval
Certificate to Proceed
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Background of the Study
1.3 Statement of the Problem
1.4 Hypothesis
1.5 Significance of the Study
1.6 Project Objectives
1.7 Project Goals
1.8 Scope & Limitations
1.9 Definition of Terms
CHAPTER 2: Review of Related Literature
2.1 Education
2.1.1 Definition
2.1.2 Value and importance
2.1.3 Effect on Society
2.2 Education in the Philippines
2.2.1 Current State
2.2.2 Problems Faced
2.2.2.1 Curriculum Overcrowding
2.2.2.2 Lack of Supplies and Equipment
2.2.2.3 Mode of Teaching
2.2.2.4 Teacher’s Lack of Salary
, 2.3 Private vs Public Schools
2.4 K – 12
2.4.1 Definition
2.4.2 Goal
2.4.3 Advantages
2.4.4 Comparison of K to 12 to the previous
curriculum
2.5 Educational Facilities
2.5.1 Definition
2.5.2 Importance and Role in society
2.5.3 Problems Faced
2.5.4 Proper Location of Site
2.6 Government
2.6.1 Government Issues
2.6.2 Albay Government’s Investment for Education
2.7 Modular Construction
2.7.1 Definition
2.7.2 Why Modular
2.7.3 Disadvantages
2.7.4 Relocatable Buildings (RBs)
2.7.5 Prefabricated Module Systems
2.8 Types of Terrain in the Philippines
2.9 Tangram Puzzle
2.9.1 History and Invention
2.9.2 Other Variations of the Puzzle
2.9.3 Co-relation to the Proposed Project