Construction Learning Center in Village Cagbuhangin, Ormoc City, Island of Leyte, Philippines
As a response to the need of children’s emergency relief and protection, the first-ever purpose built after-school facility in Ormoc was designed by Native Narrative and constructed in Village Cagbuhangin in the autumn 2017.
The learning center can be understood as a “drop-in” after-school facility and a safe environment that motivates the youth in the age of 4-17 to study, play and form an inspired relationship to self directed learning.
The first constructed Learning center is a pioneer model for other villages around Ormoc. In collaboration with Ormoc City Government the aim is to improve Children's right across all 110 villages in Ormoc, by construction a Native Narrative designed learning center in each village.
Project Initiation and Funding
The project was initiated by the Sheryl Lynn Foundation in collaboration with Rural Development Initiatives in Leyte (RDI). The construction was funded by The Sheryl Lyn Foundation and Mayor Richard Gomez, Ormoc City Government.
On behalf of The Sheryl Lynn Foundation and Ormoc City Government, Native Narrative has been leading this project from the beginning of brief development, conceptual design, through to final design stages and overseeing the construction. Native Narrative are giving all services free of charge.
Location, size and construction cost
With the size of 63 SQM, this prototype is the largest of the 3 disaster resilient learning centers prototypes that Native Narrative have developed.
The total construction cost was 10,500 GBP. The site sits between a busy national highway, a rich tropical forest, a church and a health center.
Project Initiation and Funding
The project was initiated by the Sheryl Lynn Foundation in collaboration with Rural Development Initiatives in Leyte (RDI). The construction was funded by The Sheryl Lyn Foundation and Mayor Richard Gomez, Ormoc City Government.
On behalf of The Sheryl Lynn Foundation and Ormoc City Government, Native Narrative has been leading this project from the beginning of brief development, conceptual design, through to final design stages and overseeing the construction. Native Narrative are giving all services free of charge.
Location, size and construction cost
With the size of 63 SQM, this prototype is the largest of the 3 disaster resilient learning centers prototypes that Native Narrative have developed.
The total construction cost was 10,500 GBP. The site sits between a busy national highway, a rich tropical forest, a church and a health center.
Design
The building is reduced to a backdrop where color variation is created by children and the rich tropical context. Sliding timber doors open the building and visually connect it to the grand tropical forest landscape. The sliding door’s geometry is echoed in the plywood furniture backrest.
Context
Located in the “Pacific Ring of Fire” the Phillippines is highly vulnerable to typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic activities, floods and tsunamis. The country ranks as the third most disaster-prone country in the world based on the 2015 World Risk Index. Each of the Learning Center Projects are constructed Typhoon and Earthquake resilient.
Bespoke woven seating covers made from recycled t-shirts
Weaving using recycled t-shirts is often used in the Philippines but reserved for making doors mats only. Applying it as seating covers is the first of it’s kind. Native Narrative wished to not only celebrate the weaving method but also raise the status of recycling, as foreign and new is often preferred over local and used. Read more about our collaboration with the local weaver here.
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