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Base cost commercial structure in Medellin Cebu

By Admin in Featured, Fine Furnishings

This 3 level commercial structure owned by the kindest couple in the Medellin area is designed to give budding businesses in this northern part of Cebu a good start on their business.

The location is very strategic – slightly out of the busy part of town and halfway towards the subdivision areas. Great for those looking to shop on the incoming tenant shops without having to get stuck in the town traffic yet not so far from the residential areas.

The parking space is huge – almost twice the entire building footprint – so customers can easily come and go and stay a little bit more if they need more time – especially for those renting the villa type rooms in the third floor, or the tenants looking to park their service vehicles or trucks.

Each rentable unit space in the ground floor is aptly sized at 24.5 square meter each – generally more than enough to accommodate storage space and customer reception and display for a small to medium sized business in this fine town of Medellin.

The rear area of the building was originally planned to be a service area for tenants needing a back space or back garage such as a motorcycle dealer or a small sized restaurant. Each side by side units are also designed to be easily mergeable as 1 big unit since the partitions or the dividing wall separating each unit is made of dry wall. For tenants needing an even larger space, all four units in the ground floor can be easily merged into one big unit – usual big tenants are fast food restaurants, motorcycle or car dealers, and banks.

The second level or second floor have five rentable unit spaces – still with a common conveniently located common bathroom just like the ground floor. The units can also be easily merged by disassembling the wall partition separating each unit. The second floor area has an aptly spaced balcony for people to stroll as they head to their destination tenant for the day.

The third floor is originally planned and designed to be the owners floor, but is also designed to be a dormitory type floor for the nearby Cebu Normal University. Each room can be a lady’s pad or a bachelor’s pad with access to two common bathrooms, common living room, common dining room, and a common kitchen, except for the master sized room which has its own bathroom.

The roof deck is currently just a big space designed to be an open function area where special occasions such as birthdays, and weddings can be held. The roof deck is a huge space which can accommodate a fairly large crowd. The view from the roof deck is great – over looking the beautiful and open spaces of beautiful Medellin…

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Quick and fast pre cast 2x8ft panels for your walls

By Admin in Featured, Fine Furnishings

In the traditional way of constructing homes and buildings, people have relied in the hollow blocks for decades now until something new came along – the pre cast walls.

The main advantage of pre cast walls is the rate of speed at which it can be piled and installed to make walls or partitions for your homes or office buildings.

The materials inside the panel are also quiet extra ordinary – it is a mixture of cement and styro foam (polysterene) – styro has been known ever since to be very good in thermal insulation that is why your ice bucket is made of styro.

For most commercial buildings, builders used to build hollow walls and then fill it with flowing hot liquid styro foam which hardens quickly upon contact with air – to give it good thermal insulation – but a hollow wall filled with styro is a weak wall. Our new quick and fast pre cast walls are very strong since it is a mixture of styro and cement which when built – striking it with a sledge hammer can’t even break it. Then the cement and styro mix is neatly sealed on both sides with a durable sheet of fiber cement giving it a very smooth surface which means saving precious labor cost on smoothening walls – its just ready to be painted.

The pre cast / pre fabricated walls come in 2×8 feet cuts and 75, 90, 100, 120, and 150mm thick panels – making it easy to carry by two workers, and with it being as wide as half a ply wood cut, it means you can build your walls at least 25 times faster than piling hollow blocks since a 2 x 8 feet cut takes about 25 hollow blocks to cover, now you need to carry and pile it all at once.

Nowadays, with the continued increases in the price of labor – the labor cost for most construction projects cover about fifty five percent of the total construction cost. The labor cost have gone record highs since the recent fuel price increases triggered by recent wars and conflicts. Fuel costs causes increase in goods and commodities and thus the record high increase in labor costs.

So if you are able to speed up your wall works labor 19 times faster with the pre cast walls then you are able to save 190 percent on your wall construction labor – which means even if the price of the pre cast walls is 7.5 times higher than the similar amount of hollow blocks needed to build such area – the ease at which you can cover walls and the smoothness that goes with each pre cast panel being sealed on both sides by a smooth fiber cement surface – over all – the 190 percent savings on the cost of labor to build your walls is very attractive – and in addition – you no longer need to smoothen the surfaces of the panel – only the part where each panel connects… Except for the joints, you can just straight away paint over the surfaces directly already…

Use of pre cast walls have increased since the cost of labor rose up. Developers and home builders have started thinking about ways to speed up construction. We’ve been getting inquiries from all over the country. If you’re not yet thinking of pre cast walls, you might just be left behind…

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Metal Doors advantages and disadvantages

By Admin in Featured, Fine Furnishings

Metal doors have been around a while yet most builders and home owners still prefer the traditional wooden doors despite it being more expensive compared to metal doors.

Here’s a few reasons why most builders prefer traditional wooden doors despite it being more expensive.

Wooden doors are more popular thus you can easily order it. When you visit your nearest hardware depot, you can basically choose your door and bring it home with you right away. In contrast, metal doors, because of it being less popular need to be ordered first and you have to wait at least 2 weeks before you can pick it up. So, if you decide to use metal doors, better to order them in bulk and in advance.

Wooden doors have so many designs for you to choose from. There are wooden door manufacturers where you can even have your picture or your favorite cartoon character sculpted unto your door face. In contrast, metal doors, usually have very simple designs such as straight lines across this is because it is machine made and since its not very popular, we don’t have complicated machines yet that can make intricate designs on doors.

Wooden doors look and feel more elegant, and we being humans – normally respond well to natural things such as a wooden doors. Wooden things like the wooden floor and wooden walls actually do have a therapeutic effect on us.

Now in contrast, here are a few advantages of metal doors;

Metal doors are cheaper. Take for example a usual 85 x 210 cm fully painted metal door that already comes with free door jambs costs only 8,500 pesos. That same amount for a solid wooden door is still unpainted and still does not include the door jambs. The door jamb is that wooden frame that supports the door. The standard price for a good wooden door jamb costs an additional 1,500 to 3,500 pesos. To get an unpainted solid wood door, you will need to add 2,000 to 2,500 pesos.

Metal doors lasts for generations. Since it is factory painted, metal doors do not corrode easily. Compared to wooden doors that absorb moisture, metal doors do not deform or increase in size over time.

Additionally, metal doors are also lighter compared to solid wood doors – this makes it very efficient for transportation and carrying, but then again, another drawback for metal doors is that it makes that annoying metallic sound when you slam it or when someone bangs on it, compared to wooden doors that make such elegant quiet wooden sound when you bang on it or slam it.

Metal doors do not get termites. This is very self explanatory.

On this specific visit to our favorite metal door supplier, we also did a quick visit to the roll up manufacturing section. Roll up doors are essential to keep your business safe since burglars hate it for the annoying metallic sound it makes when they try to break or pry it open. See in the video below…

Renovating a church

By Admin in Featured, Fine Furnishings

Renovating a church requires a lot of scaffolds since most big churches such as catholic churches have very high ceilings. You need to secure your workers when they work – thus you need a lot of scaffolds.

Some workers are comfortable with metal scaffolds while most workers especially those coming from the rural areas prefer bamboo.

In this example project we set in Cordova parish, you can observe the combination use of metal and bamboo scaffolds – this is not because of workers preference but a matter of choice since there is an abundance of stock bamboo from from the previous renovation lying around.

As you can read from our previous article regarding bamboo scaffolds, bamboo is relatively stronger than steel with the additional benefit of it being flexible, and the abaca string or even the nylon string used to secure the bamboo – normally don’t easily slide through, compared to metal fasteners – thus workers are generally more comfortable with the bamboo scaffolds. Metal scaffolds are only popular in city areas since bamboo is hard to find in the city.

When contracting church projects, one has to give the best pricing – very minimal profit – even sometimes, if you can, remove the profit, and give the church a purely service oriented contract since the church is the house of God thus you can consider a church project as your own giving back to God. Churches rely on donations from parishioners thus you can notice if there is ongoing project in the church – the priest has to sometimes even beg during mass for more donations to finish such project.

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San Pedro Calungsod Parish Pastoral Building

By Admin in Featured, Fine Furnishings

This parish office building (pastoral building) in San Pedro Calungsod Parish in Sogod Cebu is a fully donations funded structure and will be the first formal office structure for this parish.

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Currently, the business office is one small room on the way up to the priest’s quarter.

This structure will surely be a blessing to the parish officers, pastoral council, the priest, and the community so that they can already formally hold parish meetings and plannings, and other activities in a formal – larger structure.

The ground floor will have a 2-car garage space so that two guests’ car can fit adequately.

The dual bathroom greets the garage so that those needing to use it do not have to go far to find it, and if a guest is coming, then he will be ready to use the bathroom especially that most guests might be coming from the city which is a two-hour ride.

Further, the ground floor will have the parish office and its own storage, the priest’s office, and the Caritas office – an age-old welfare organization established by the Roman Catholic church. These are vital offices for the various parish services.

The second floor will have a meeting room where various community organizations can book in advance for their meetings – this meeting room is just right beside the stairs for easy access. Next, just greeting you near the stair, is the biggest room – the function room where events can be held such as community parties and such, then there will be 2 other offices next to the function room – another bigger office is the catechism office where the parish catechists can stay to prepare their lessons and other plans…

As this building is currently still just in the funding stage – needing to raise adequate funds for a standard structure of this size, everyone is welcome to help build this office. Currently the parish, through the parish priest is trying to raise funds through various activities such as concerts, dinner for a cause, and other possible acceptable fund-raising activities. The ASIN Band Concert is already booked at the Tabuelan Astrodome for this coming October 21, and a second one is right after it – on October 22 at the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) Convention Center near Landers Supermart in Cebu City.

We all know concerts these days are not really big fund raisers and the community donations will hardly raise the needed funds since the parish is in a remote rural area, then everyone is called to help fund this noble project. If one big donation can be made by an individual or a corporation, then one room or a portion of the building can be named after him or to that corporation with a big heart. It is ingrained in the catholic set of beliefs that every help you can give to a parish will greatly merit your soul. Well then, if one generous person or corporation can fully fund the entire project then the entire building will have to be named after that person or that organization. Let us know if you would be able to lead us to someone who can finance or help to finance this noble project…

If you feel you can sponsor or help find sponsors for the concert events for this cause, here’s a sponsorship cover letter you can use: You will be rewarded with snacks and transportation package and free tickets depending on the sponsorship package you can help to close for this event…

Here’s a sponsorship opportunity for your brand to:

Build brand awareness for your brand;
Triple your sales;
Improve your brand image since this is a Church event…

Catch Lolita Carbon and the ASIN Band in Cebu (https://fb.me/e/30ztDGy9x) , on Oct 21, 2023 at the Tabuelan Astrodome, and then on Oct 22, 2023 at the IEC Convention Center beside Landers Cebu.

Since this is a two-day concert tour event, your brand, products, and services will be exposed to a large expected combined audience of at least 10,000-15,000 concert goers, and at least 500,000 – 1,000,000 people who will see the ads both online and offline but will not be able to attend the concert events due to the limited seating capacity for both venues…

This is for the benefit of the proposed San Pedro Calungsod Parish Pastoral Building construction in Mohon Sogod Cebu…

Your sponsorship or group ticket support for this noble project will go a long way for your brand and for the people of this parish…

Since ASIN have classic intellectual/nationalistic/cultural themes in their songs, the expected audience are nationalistic, intellectual, and culturally oriented people in the 40-60 age brackets – the golden age brackets – those who can afford your brand products and services…

Please see attached Sponsorship Package Details…

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I-Beams in Constructing Strong and Reliable House and Building Structures

By Admin in Featured, Fine Furnishings

When it comes to constructing houses and building structures, ensuring strength, durability, and stability is of paramount importance. One essential component that plays a significant role in achieving these qualities is the versatile I-beam. Let’s explore the use of I-beams in the creation of robust and reliable structures.

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What are I-Beams?

I-beams, also known as universal beams or wide-flange beams, are structural steel members characterized by their distinctive “I” shape. These beams consist of a vertical web connected to horizontal flanges at the top and bottom. The unique design of I-beams enables them to distribute weight evenly along their length, making them ideal for bearing heavy loads and providing structural support.

Strength and Load-Bearing Capacity:

I-beams are renowned for their exceptional strength and load-bearing capacity. The vertical web of the I-beam resists shear forces, while the top and bottom flanges handle bending moments. This distribution of forces allows I-beams to efficiently carry significant loads without excessive deflection or structural failure. Whether it’s the weight of multiple floors, roofing systems, or other heavy elements, I-beams provide the necessary support for a sturdy and reliable structure.

Structural Versatility:

I-beams offer unparalleled versatility in construction applications. Their standardized dimensions and wide range of sizes make them compatible with various architectural designs and structural requirements. Whether used in residential, commercial, or industrial construction, I-beams can be tailored to fit specific needs, such as longer spans or higher load capacities. Architects and engineers can select the appropriate size and shape of I-beams to ensure optimal structural integrity and safety.

Efficient Material Utilization:

One of the notable advantages of I-beams is their efficient use of material. The design of I-beams concentrates material at the outer regions where it is most needed to resist bending forces, resulting in a structurally efficient and lightweight beam. This feature not only reduces construction costs but also allows for more flexibility in architectural design.

Construction Process:

The manufacturing process of I-beams typically involves hot rolling, where steel billets are heated to high temperatures and shaped into the desired “I” profile. This process enhances the mechanical properties of the steel, such as its strength and toughness, making I-beams even more suitable for demanding construction applications. The standardized dimensions and quality control during production ensure consistency and reliability in the final product.
Applications in House and Building Construction:
I-beams find extensive use in various aspects of house and building construction. They are commonly employed in the creation of load-bearing walls, floor and roof systems, and structural frameworks. Whether it’s supporting vertical loads in multi-story buildings or spanning wide distances in bridges and industrial facilities, I-beams provide the necessary strength and stability to ensure the integrity of the structure.

In the world of construction, the utilization of I-beams has revolutionized the way houses and buildings are designed and built. Their distinctive shape, exceptional strength, and efficient material usage make them indispensable in creating structures that can withstand heavy loads and environmental stresses. From residential homes to towering skyscrapers, I-beams play a vital role in ensuring the durability and reliability of modern construction projects. With their versatility and standardized dimensions, I-beams continue to be a cornerstone of the construction industry, providing architects and engineers with a robust and efficient structural solution.

The use of I-beams in house and building construction offers additional benefits beyond strength and durability. These beams facilitate open floor plans by eliminating the need for load-bearing walls, allowing for more flexible and spacious interior designs. With the support of I-beams, architects can create expansive, light-filled spaces that enhance the overall aesthetics and functionality of the structure.

I-beams play a vital role in roofing systems, where they provide structural support for heavy loads such as snow, equipment, or solar panels. By incorporating I-beams into the roof design, builders can ensure the safety and longevity of the structure, even in areas with significant snowfall or adverse weather conditions.

In industrial and commercial construction, I-beams are used extensively in the creation of large-span structures such as warehouses, factories, and shopping centers. These beams allow for the construction of wide, open spaces without the need for interior support columns, providing flexibility for various layouts and maximizing usable floor area.

In retrofitting and renovation projects, I-beams are often utilized to reinforce existing structures, strengthening their load-carrying capacity, and improving overall stability. By strategically installing I-beams, builders can address structural deficiencies, support additional floors, or remove load-bearing walls during renovations, providing flexibility in transforming old spaces into modern, functional environments.

The use of I-beams in house and building construction is fundamental for creating strong, reliable, and visually appealing structures. Their exceptional strength, load-bearing capacity, and efficient material usage make them a preferred choice among architects and engineers. From supporting floors, roofs, and walls to facilitating open floor plans and spanning wide distances, I-beams play a pivotal role in shaping the modern construction landscape. As technology and construction techniques continue to advance, I-beams will undoubtedly remain a cornerstone in the industry, contributing to the creation of innovative, safe, and sustainable structures for generations to come.

Now is the best time to go Solar…

By Admin in Featured

The summer is really heating up and so your aircon bill is also soaring very high up in the sky. In a tropical country like ours, aircon is very common because our climate is not only tropically hot but is also very humid like in a sauna – humidity and heat is a very uncomfortable combination that is why we all just suck it in and accept to pay very high electric bills because we can’t bear the heat and humidity and so we rely on the air conditioner…

Thankfully, solar power is now made affordable by Asian factories with design and manufacturing costs tailored for the Asian budget. There was a time when a 5kW solar set up will start at least half a million pesos now – thanks to the Asian factories – a 5kW solar set up will only cost you 375,000 pesos and a 3kW set up will only cost you 255,000 pesos, and the panels for these set ups come with a safe 5 years warranty, while the rest of the components in the package comes with 1-2 years safe warranty. There are no moving parts in a solar set up, most components are just stationery and electrical in nature thus you are assured the 1-2 years warranty is already a very safe investment, while the panels which are always exposed to the sun are covered with a 5 year warranty, and since it is glass and solar dielectric to collect the solar power harvest, you can be assured that these parts can go even up to 30 years… Now If you compute that total cost investment for either the 3 or 5 kW set up and compare it with how much you’re paying now for your electric bill, you will certainly see that solar power makes sense in all angles… Those solar set up costs by the way is a package cost which means it covers both the material costs and installation costs.

If you have 2 units of 1 horse power air conditions in your house, then you may just opt for the 3kW solar set up, but if you have 3 units of 1hp aircon units and then another 1.5hp unit then you may opt for the 5kW set up. The solar power set up will be connected to your power line so in case there is little sun during the day, then the computerized inverter in the package will adjust to get more power from the grid, and when the sun is shining bright, the inverter will also adjust to get more power from the sun and shut off the grid line – that’s how the solar set up will save you money. By the way, since solar relies on the sun, then naturally you cannot rely on it to power your aircon during the night, so the computer inverter will get power from the grid during night time… The solar set up costs mentioned above already comes with a battery that can power the lights and charge your phones and 1-2 electric fans during night time…

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Elegant mid price finish at Pacific Grand Lapulapu

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This elegantly finished house owned by a dentist in Pacific Grand Villas in Lapu-lapu City by the Chief Architect Edwin Jacob Roque himself is looking really grand but you’ll be surprised this is just finished with a mid budget. For those looking to finish elegantly with a modest budget this design is for you. The columns are all metal i-beams like the standard now in first world countries especially in Dubai and the USA. Using i-beams can achieve this type of build with your modest budget since i-beams can lower labor time and cost since you no longer have to go through the intricacies of building concrete columns with all its intricate metal works and form works. The interior finishes especially the kitchen, bathroom, and bed cabinetries are also modestly budgeted, but using good color contrasts black and gold gives it a casino hotel type of finish, well achieved by employing a veteran master painter and very experienced and highly skilled carpenters, masons, and painters….

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Modern Minimal Scandinavian interior design

By Admin in Featured, Fine Furnishings

Here’s a touch of modern Scandinavian design for a small home. Only the neutral colors made this a Scandinavian minimalist – neutral colors… And since most people nowadays prefer the modern design thus the cubist appeal. This design thus is a modern minimalist Scandinavian. The colors for the interior will just be white and then wood touches on the cabinets and doors. This design is being implemented in Portville Prime… The glass and stainless railings adds to the modern appeal…

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Poseidon Hotel

By Admin in Featured, Fine Furnishings

The spaces inside Poseidon hotel are named after some of his sons – Areion, Pegasus, Chrysomallus, Polyphemus, and Telchines. The hotel offers three kinds of suites. Areion for single suite, from Areion which is an immortal horse, Pegasus for double suite, from Pegasus which is an immortal winged stallion, and Chrysomallus for the family suite, from Khrysomallos which is a gold fleeced flying ram that has a tongue of a human, and lastly, the brand name Poseidon is derived from the Greek word Neptune.

Areion is a studio unit room located at the north west of the hotel. Areion features 1 bed and small kitchen. This suite is the smallest suite offered by the establishment.

Pegasus is a double bed suite located at the north east of the hotel. It is relatively bigger compared to the Areion.

Chrisomallus is a three-bed suite located at the north of the hotel. It is the biggest suite offered by the establishment with two comfort rooms and has more features compared to the two suites above.

Polyphemos is a restaurant located at the east of the hotel. The foods served are familiar foods. The hotel features a garden where some veggies and spices are harvested. The restaurant features an open view where guests can enjoy the view of the ocean and the vicinity.

Telkhines is the hotel’s gym located at the west of the hotel. The hotel features multiple workout areas and changing areas. The area features an open view window with an overlooking view of the locality.

The hotel lobby is designed to focus more on lounging. From the entry, guests are greeted with the reception desk where they may inquire and book according to their stay. Lounging areas are placed next to the gigantic windows of the interior so that guests may enjoy the wonderful outside views from their seats. All lounging areas are made adjacent and reasonably adjacent from the reception so that the receptionist may monitor the guests easily. Comfort rooms are located next to the lobby which are not included in the floor plan, as it is already a separate structure from the lobby, but is just next to the hallway.

The Poseidon is designed in brawny finishes. A semi-gloss black with brown accents and spots of white illumination as kind of neon curvy lights but white LED (light emitting diode) lights. The ceiling features voronoi cubicles with random spots of illumination. The ceiling is inspired from the honeycomb coral, interpreted through a modernist linear approach. Slanted columns took inspiration from Antoni Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia in which the columns are made like tree branches; just that Poseidon’s approach is a more minimalist design. As the interior is dark, strips of LED are placed in the column’s top and bottom for visibility of the column. The wall accent behind the Poseidon logo is inspired from fish scales. Outlines are extruded and curves are sharpened to show versatility and aggressiveness in the design. The floor is finished with Emperador marbles in mosaic pattern to neutralize and balance the combination of black and brown in the interior. Poseidon is made to glow to give a tron (tron movie) like feel in the interior.

The Poseidon lobby is spacious for better accessibility and a barrier-free design for PWDs (persons with disability). Spacing between furniture is 1000 mm, and the ceiling height is at 5000 mm for a bigger space like the abyss of the ocean. The application of rosewood in the interior promotes warmth, and the light reflection from the artificial lighting creates a yellowish reflection which creates the psychological aura of the area being cozy. The round interior of the lobby is inspired from natural cave like formations in corals where fishes take shelter. It’s like the ocean world is interpreted into human version of the shelter in the ocean. The application of rosewood also contributes to the interior’s aesthetics – thanks to its natural wood patterns and at the same time – durable – for long term use.

At the entry you are first greeted by the reception area where you may also inquire or book for a table. Beside the reception is a waiting area where guests may wait for their company or wait for a vacant table as next to the reception is the dining area with a bar on the center. The bar is strategically placed in the center to be adjacent with the whole dining area. Lastly, is a separate comfort room for the PWD, male, and female which is made adjacent to the reception, dining, and bar area.

The spacing in the Polyphemos interior is adequate enough for guests on wheelchair to navigate the interior barrier-free, this enhances movement and circulation in the interior. The Polyphemus is designed to cater 68 individuals enough for most of the people checked in. The Polyphemus features a parametric wavy design which flows along the entire ceiling and columns complimented by parametric chairs inspired from the pantone chair. The design being wavy is to match the theme of Poseidon hotel being about the ocean, and the glass resembles an eye inspired from the cyclops Polyphemos, son of Poseidon. The interior is finished in dark-grey, accented by bamboo finishes. All loose furniture is of bamboo while the ceiling finish is of plastic wood composite material in bamboo finish to reduce weight in the structure; this also enables the production of material to be more affordable and suitable for the interior. The presence of bamboo in the interior gives a warm feel to the environment. Not only does it contribute to aesthetics but it also is one of the most durable and sustainable materials available in the market.

The wavy design of the Polyphemos is derived from ocean waves interpreted with contour lines. Lighting fixture design took inspiration from the irregular growth texture of a pseudodiploria clivosa coral, also known as the knobby brain coral. The slotted panel design of the bench encourages airflow to promote comfort for long term use while the loose chairs are inspired from woven rattan which is common among the cultural arts of the Philippines. The black finish of the interior mimics the darkness of the depths of the ocean. Lastly for the finishes, a seamless 600 x 600 mm dark-grey lava tile is used in the flooring as its texture resembles the sand in the sea bed. A bar area is then placed in the center to be adjacent from all angles of the dining area while the comfort room and kitchen is located just in front of the dining for easy access.

Before entry, guests may change to their workout outfit in the shower room located in the hallway. Upon entry, guests are greeted with a reception area where they may inquire, renew, or apply for their gym membership. Beside the reception is a locker where members can leave their bags for a hassle-free interaction in the gym. The gym features 4 workout areas which are the cardio area, heavy intensity training area, weight lifting area, and lastly – the open area where guests may perform yoga, zumba, etc.

Walls are designed in a voronoi pattern specifically inspired from the honeycomb coral diploastrea heliopora. The pattern is taken into an advantage wherein the voronoi cubicles are used as a window to maximize exposure from the view outside. Same as the ceiling, its grooves are inspired from the symmetry of corals packed with LED strips to incorporate a modern and futuristic design.

One major problem encountered in most gyms is the lack of equipment, but the Telkhines features adequate gym equipment covering all muscle areas from weightlifting, calisthenics, to cardio. Multiple quantity is placed per equipment to ensure a smooth workout, and the space is maximized to keep people in their personal space. The Telkhines is strategically placed surrounded by sounds of the ocean from speakers, as study shows that the sound of the ocean crashing to the shore help relax a human’s mind. This is essential to help reduce fatigue and keep a calm work out. Bamboo laminates are used in the flooring as this is a heavy area with all the work-out equipment since bamboo is known to be very durable and being only a laminate, this makes it easily replaceable during maintenance.

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