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www.beyond2020.se ALL RAIN, GO DRAIN: A Flooding Mitigation Community-Based Agroforestry Watershed of the Upper Marikina River Keith Ashley E. Sevilla De La Salle College of St. Benilde – School of Design and Arts Taft Avenue, Manila City, Philippines Introduction Urban rivers are vulnerable to different processes and activities which can be the root cause of pollution and can degrade the water ecosystem which is the situation to the rivers in the Philippines having a decline in the progression and one of them is the Marikina River. According to Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), the water quality has been deteriorating due to rapid urbanization and industrialization, but another major source that contributes to the flooding is the improper land-use in the watershed of the river that results to soil erosion and forest cover degradation that leads to the surface runoff going straight to the river itself. With this issue in the rural area, it affects the urban fabric of Marikina City through the high peak of flooding that overall results to the ecological imbalance in the city. The aim of this study is to be able to mitigate the stream flow of the flooding through a transfiguration plan of the Upper Marikina Watershed through ecological planning with the application of a community-based agroforestry land area that will regulate the soil erosion which will lessen the denuded forest cover that will overall benefit the urban fabric of the Marikina City. Design Theory Systems Plant Palette Master Development Plan Conclusion Acknowledgements Contact Information This proposal aims to alleviate the flooding issue through an environmental intervention in collaboration with an architectural facility for the community. In conclusion, the study of creating a community-based agroforestry zone in the Upper Marikina Watershed not only benefits the lessening of the flood by 27-47 % but it also gives opportunities to the livelihood of the Upland Community in the Watershed area itself. This is through the implemented interdependent system that has the Agroforestry zone, educational facility and the upland community that creates a symbiotic design. ANNA SEVILLA LITO SEVILLA JR. AR. JOEL DEOCARIS AMARA AMADO STEPHANY BENJAMIN JAFFAR KUTTY Keith Ashley E. Sevilla De La Salle College of St. Benilde – School of Design and Arts Taft Avenue, Manila City, Philippines Tel: 639-176685545 Email: [email protected] om Web: linkedin.com/in/keith- sevilla Creating an interdependent system that will allow the community to grow organically with the system. The educational facility being the center and the system that will help develop the chosen site are the agroforestry zone and the community. CENTRAL PLACE THEORY PATTERN LANGUAGE THEORY Facilities COMMERCIAL ZONE Market and Storage Facility AGROFORESTRY ZONE Agricultural Area COMMERCIAL ZONE Processing Center AGROFORESTRY ZONE Contour Cropping Area INSTITUTIONAL ZONE Information Center Riverside and Road Connection Contour Cropping
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ALL RAIN, GO DRAIN: A Flooding Mitigation Community-Based Agroforestry Watershed of the Upper Marikina River
Keith Ashley E. SevillaDe La Salle College of St. Benilde – School of Design and Arts
Taft Avenue, Manila City, Philippines
Introduction
Urban rivers are vulnerable to different
processes and activities which can be the
root cause of pollution and can degrade the
water ecosystem which is the situation to the
rivers in the Philippines having a decline in
the progression and one of them is the
Marikina River. According to Environmental
Management Bureau (EMB), the water
quality has been deteriorating due to rapid
urbanization and industrialization, but
another major source that contributes to the
flooding is the improper land-use in the
watershed of the river that results to soil
erosion and forest cover degradation that
leads to the surface runoff going straight to
the river itself. With this issue in the rural
area, it affects the urban fabric of Marikina
City through the high peak of flooding that
overall results to the ecological imbalance in
the city. The aim of this study is to be able to
mitigate the stream flow of the flooding
through a transfiguration plan of the Upper
Marikina Watershed through ecological
planning with the application of a
community-based agroforestry land area
that will regulate the soil erosion which will
lessen the denuded forest cover that will
overall benefit the urban fabric of the
Marikina City.
Design Theory Systems
Plant Palette Master Development Plan
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Contact Information
This proposal aims to alleviate the flooding
issue through an environmental intervention
in collaboration with an architectural facility
for the community. In conclusion, the study
of creating a community-based agroforestry
zone in the Upper Marikina Watershed not
only benefits the lessening of the flood by
27-47 % but it also gives opportunities to the
livelihood of the Upland Community in the
Watershed area itself. This is through the
implemented interdependent system that
has the Agroforestry zone, educational
facility and the upland community that
creates a symbiotic design.
ANNA SEVILLA
LITO SEVILLA JR.
AR. JOEL DEOCARIS
AMARA AMADO
STEPHANY BENJAMIN
JAFFAR KUTTY
Keith Ashley E. Sevilla
De La Salle College
of St. Benilde –
School of Design
and Arts
Taft Avenue, Manila
City, Philippines
Tel: 639-176685545
Email:
om
Web:
linkedin.com/in/keith-
sevilla
Creating an interdependent system that will
allow the community to grow organically with
the system. The educational facility being
the center and the system that will help
develop the chosen site are the agroforestry
zone and the community.
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Facilities
COMMERCIAL ZONE
Market and Storage Facility
AGROFORESTRY ZONE
Agricultural Area
COMMERCIAL ZONE
Processing Center
AGROFORESTRY ZONE
Contour Cropping Area
INSTITUTIONAL ZONE
Information CenterRiverside and Road Connection
Contour Cropping
