00000ctm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217612845675 Buklod 20180919171259.0 m |o d | ta 180919s2018 xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPD-00385113508 DARC rda eng DMLUC LG 993.5 2018 A7 D453 Dela Rosa, Patrick Lawrence E. author. Alternative urban exchange rethinking the Plaza Complex of Santa Cruz, Laguna Patrick Lawrence E. dela Rosa ; Eden Sorupia, adviser. Quezon City College of Architecture, University of the Philippines Diliman May 2018. 93 leaves illustrations (some color) 28 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedi volume rdacarrier Thesis (Bachelor of Science in Architecture)--University of the Philippines Diliman May 2018. Plazas can be dated way back during the Spanish period through the Laws of the Indies enacted during the reign of King Philip II. It enforced a set of guidelines placing the plaza at the city's center. Plazas serve as a place for congregation, civic identity and also as a form of refuge and relief from built spaces. As developers move through capitalist-driven agendas, less ecologically sustainable means, and resulting to lower quality of life, we see the loss of societal and cultural value for our open spaces. Among its adverse effects is our plazas increasing disjointedness from our communities, caused by roads that limit pedestrian pull. Santa Cruz exhibits the very. Same. Symptoms. Plazas. Plazas Laguna Philippines. Sorupia, Eden thesis adviser. FI UPD DARC LG 993.5 2018 A7 D453 Thesis