ArchiNEXT 2016’s New Breed of Winners

One hundred twenty (120) pre-screened entries from their respective schools fought for the Magic 42 slot. Barely a month after, on February 22, 2016 in Hive Hotel and Convention Place the day was ripe to choose the best among the best thru the Final Screening.
From four (4) judges in the preliminary, due to the challenge of choosing the Grand Winner, another (4) esteemed architects joined the roster to complete the eight (8) judges:

• Ar. Michael Tomeldan- PRC’s Outstanding Professional of the Year for Environmental Planning
• Ar. Luis Ferrer- former Dean of the University of Sto. Tomas’s College of Architecture
• Ar. Ma. Esperanza “Ching” Valencia- former Co-Chair, Competition on the Commission of Professional Practice of the United Architects of the Philippines
• Ar. Lorelei De Viana- Council of Deans and Heads of Architecture Schools in the Philippines President
• Ar. Richard Garcia- Director for Convention Exhibits and International Conventions of the United Architects of the Philippines
• Ar. Rey Gabitan- National Executive Vice President, United Architects of the Philippines
• Ar. Jose Ramon “Pippo” Carunungan- Principal Architect of Carunungan and Partners Co.
• Sam Chen- President, Hocheng Philippines Corporation (HCG)

Ar. Pippo Carunungan commented that this year’s result was really good that the jury had a difficulty in determining what the Top 10 choice was. But Ar. Carunungan was looking for this gauge, “Were they really sensitive on the climate conditions and usability? And critical on its functions? There had to be a reason for everything they did.” Furthermore, the key was “innovation… being able to create something different from what we normally see today… and this is a level up from what we see in the past.”
On the other hand, for Ar. Ching Valencia, noted that “the winning design should answer on how it should address the major calamities we always have. The design should address flooding, earthquake and super typhoon. Putting these three was. So winners or losers, I consider them all winners in this competition”

CODHASP President summed it up by noting that among the entries, “we looked for creativity, it was there; we looked for innovation, it was there but we really had to look for the best from among the best.”

Here’s the complete list of ArchiNEXT 2016 Competition Winners & Scholars:

A.) TOP 3
NAME	AWARD	PRIZE	SCHOOL
Sergie Boy N. Bartolome	Grand Winner	?100,000	Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University
Levi Gio Zen M. Santiago	Top 2	?50,000	Bulacan State University
John Will Jay D. Dumot	Top3	?30,000	University of Northern Philippines
B.) RUNNERS-UP
Rems Miguel B. Castro	Runner-up	?10,000	Bulacan State University
Nerique Louis P. Taruc	Runner-up	?10,000	Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University
Roland Francis C. Rodriguez	Runner-up	?10,000	University of the Philippines- Mindanao
Kim Lemuel H. Delos Santos	Runner-up	?10,000	Bulacan State University
Kevin Earl A. Ramos	Runner-up	?10,000	St. Louis University- Baguio
Marchie Teodoro Borja	Runner-up	?10,000	National University
Aeren Nicole E. Ocampo	Runner-up	?10,000	Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University
C.) SPECIAL AWARDS
Marko Alab Samwel G. Adviento	Most Innovative	?10,000	University of Santo Tomas
Levi Gio Zen M. Santiago	Best Presentation	?10,000	Bulacan State University
Joseph Mari D. Fantonial	Most Popular	?5,000	Cebu Institute of Technology-University
D.) SCHOLARS (Must be in the Top 50%)
Jahziel V. Baybay	Scholar	?30,000	Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Justin Lei G. Ramos	Scholar	?30,000	Cebu Institute of Technology-University
Joseph Mari D. Fantonial	Scholar	?30,000	Cebu Institute of Technology-University
John Will Jay D. Dumot	Scholar	?30,000	University of Northern Philippines
Loredil S. Modesto	Scholar	?30,000	Cebu Institute of Technology-University

To all the winners, congratulations!