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UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T19:01:54Z

Cqmesina: /* Projects and Events */

[[File:11002626_860628214008453_3357227718466426743_n.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UP Task Force Arki]]

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== History ==

----
UP Task Force Arki was an offshoot of the Community Design Service Extension Program of the UP College of Architecture. It began in 1986 at the height of martial law and student activism with a volunteer group of 8 students who were inspired by their professor, Architect Manahan “to uplift the worsening urban housing situation of the time”.

Its members have worked conscientiously with other organizations that are also involved in providing assistance to our less fortunate countrymen who aspire for better living standards. Being students of architecture, they share acquired knowledge so that everyone will have not only an affordable home but also a quality shelter.

[[File:7916622_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UP TFA]]

However, aside from giving other people a chance to live better lives, they, as an org also build each other. The camaraderie and the good repertoire that they have, help members through everyday in the college, which at times could be so trying and difficult. Having been founded in a year of political revolution, UP TFA proves to be a revolution itself. It is a modification on how people should view the members' present status, and future profession, which is being an architect.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

'''"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''

[[File:5328707_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan]]

- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

'''"Outstanding Youth Organization"'''
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

[[File:645371.jpg|400px|thumb|right|UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016]]

''Standard Bearers''

Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina
Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia
Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

''Committee Heads''

Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria
Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway
Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta
Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante
Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

''Vice / Assistant Heads''

Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon
Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan
Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva
Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero
Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

[[File:1476500 593041414100469 248337178 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|UP TFA Members]]

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees:

Projects Committee

Publicity and Creatives Committee

Finance and Marketing Committee

Membership Committee

Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''Eskwela Caravan'''

[[File:1779756 620446658026611 615252048 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Eskwela Caravan]]

Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''
[[File:1743561 633171366754140 1893256530 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Halina't Maglikha]]

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''Community Architects Network Workshop'''

[[File:721169048.jpg|200px|thumb|right|3rd CAN Regional Meeting and Workshop]]
The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

'''Habitat for Humanity Build'''
[[File:4927246_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Habitat Build]]
This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''Volunteer Design Work'''

[[File:7986425_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Volunteer Design Work]]

UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

'''Talks and Symposiums'''

[[File:9921835_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|AKO Hero ACLE]]
As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

[[File:12140679_1058023017575662_6090748662746627853_n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|PUNLA]]

'''Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''

Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

[[File:2061029_orig.jpg|160px|thumb|right|TFA WEEK]]

'''UP TFA WEEK'''

UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

'''KDCC Project'''
[[File:12647446 1053120174759255 7501660730437514460 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|KDCC Project]]

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T19:01:26Z

Cqmesina: /* Projects and Events */

[[File:11002626_860628214008453_3357227718466426743_n.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UP Task Force Arki]]

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== History ==

----
UP Task Force Arki was an offshoot of the Community Design Service Extension Program of the UP College of Architecture. It began in 1986 at the height of martial law and student activism with a volunteer group of 8 students who were inspired by their professor, Architect Manahan “to uplift the worsening urban housing situation of the time”.

Its members have worked conscientiously with other organizations that are also involved in providing assistance to our less fortunate countrymen who aspire for better living standards. Being students of architecture, they share acquired knowledge so that everyone will have not only an affordable home but also a quality shelter.

[[File:7916622_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UP TFA]]

However, aside from giving other people a chance to live better lives, they, as an org also build each other. The camaraderie and the good repertoire that they have, help members through everyday in the college, which at times could be so trying and difficult. Having been founded in a year of political revolution, UP TFA proves to be a revolution itself. It is a modification on how people should view the members' present status, and future profession, which is being an architect.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

'''"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''

[[File:5328707_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan]]

- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

'''"Outstanding Youth Organization"'''
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

[[File:645371.jpg|400px|thumb|right|UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016]]

''Standard Bearers''

Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina
Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia
Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

''Committee Heads''

Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria
Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway
Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta
Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante
Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

''Vice / Assistant Heads''

Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon
Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan
Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva
Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero
Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

[[File:1476500 593041414100469 248337178 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|UP TFA Members]]

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees:

Projects Committee

Publicity and Creatives Committee

Finance and Marketing Committee

Membership Committee

Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''Eskwela Caravan'''

[[File:1779756 620446658026611 615252048 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Eskwela Caravan]]

Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''
[[File:1743561 633171366754140 1893256530 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Halina't Maglikha]]

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''Community Architects Network Workshop'''

[[File:721169048.jpg|200px|thumb|right|3rd CAN Regional Meeting and Workshop]]
The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

'''Habitat for Humanity Build'''
[[File:4927246_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Habitat Build]]
This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''Volunteer Design Work'''

[[File:7986425_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Volunteer Design Work]]

UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

'''Talks and Symposiums'''

[[File:9921835_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|AKO Hero ACLE]]
As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

[[File:12140679_1058023017575662_6090748662746627853_n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|PUNLA]]

'''Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

[[File:2061029_orig.jpg|160px|thumb|right|TFA WEEK]]

'''UP TFA WEEK'''

UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

'''KDCC Project'''
[[File:12647446 1053120174759255 7501660730437514460 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|KDCC Project]]

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T19:00:28Z

Cqmesina: /* Projects and Events */

[[File:11002626_860628214008453_3357227718466426743_n.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UP Task Force Arki]]

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== History ==

----
UP Task Force Arki was an offshoot of the Community Design Service Extension Program of the UP College of Architecture. It began in 1986 at the height of martial law and student activism with a volunteer group of 8 students who were inspired by their professor, Architect Manahan “to uplift the worsening urban housing situation of the time”.

Its members have worked conscientiously with other organizations that are also involved in providing assistance to our less fortunate countrymen who aspire for better living standards. Being students of architecture, they share acquired knowledge so that everyone will have not only an affordable home but also a quality shelter.

[[File:7916622_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UP TFA]]

However, aside from giving other people a chance to live better lives, they, as an org also build each other. The camaraderie and the good repertoire that they have, help members through everyday in the college, which at times could be so trying and difficult. Having been founded in a year of political revolution, UP TFA proves to be a revolution itself. It is a modification on how people should view the members' present status, and future profession, which is being an architect.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

'''"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''

[[File:5328707_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan]]

- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

'''"Outstanding Youth Organization"'''
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

[[File:645371.jpg|400px|thumb|right|UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016]]

''Standard Bearers''

Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina
Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia
Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

''Committee Heads''

Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria
Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway
Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta
Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante
Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

''Vice / Assistant Heads''

Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon
Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan
Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva
Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero
Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

[[File:1476500 593041414100469 248337178 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|UP TFA Members]]

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees:

Projects Committee

Publicity and Creatives Committee

Finance and Marketing Committee

Membership Committee

Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''Eskwela Caravan'''

[[File:1779756 620446658026611 615252048 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Eskwela Caravan]]

Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''
[[File:1743561 633171366754140 1893256530 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Halina't Maglikha]]

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''Community Architects Network Workshop'''

[[File:721169048.jpg|200px|thumb|right|3rd CAN Regional Meeting and Workshop]]
The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

'''Habitat for Humanity Build'''
[[File:4927246_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Habitat Build]]
This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''Volunteer Design Work'''

[[File:7986425_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Volunteer Design Work]]

UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

'''Talks and Symposiums'''

[[File:9921835_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|AKO Hero ACLE]]
As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

'''KDCC Project'''

[[File:12647446 1053120174759255 7501660730437514460 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|KDCC Project]]

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.

[[File:12140679_1058023017575662_6090748662746627853_n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|PUNLA]]

'''Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

[[File:2061029_orig.jpg|160px|thumb|right|TFA WEEK]]
'''UP TFA WEEK'''

UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:57:52Z

Cqmesina: /* Members */

[[File:11002626_860628214008453_3357227718466426743_n.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UP Task Force Arki]]

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== History ==

----
UP Task Force Arki was an offshoot of the Community Design Service Extension Program of the UP College of Architecture. It began in 1986 at the height of martial law and student activism with a volunteer group of 8 students who were inspired by their professor, Architect Manahan “to uplift the worsening urban housing situation of the time”.

Its members have worked conscientiously with other organizations that are also involved in providing assistance to our less fortunate countrymen who aspire for better living standards. Being students of architecture, they share acquired knowledge so that everyone will have not only an affordable home but also a quality shelter.

[[File:7916622_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UP TFA]]

However, aside from giving other people a chance to live better lives, they, as an org also build each other. The camaraderie and the good repertoire that they have, help members through everyday in the college, which at times could be so trying and difficult. Having been founded in a year of political revolution, UP TFA proves to be a revolution itself. It is a modification on how people should view the members' present status, and future profession, which is being an architect.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

'''"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''

[[File:5328707_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan]]

- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

'''"Outstanding Youth Organization"'''
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

[[File:645371.jpg|400px|thumb|right|UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016]]

''Standard Bearers''

Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina
Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia
Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

''Committee Heads''

Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria
Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway
Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta
Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante
Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

''Vice / Assistant Heads''

Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon
Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan
Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva
Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero
Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

[[File:1476500 593041414100469 248337178 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|UP TFA Members]]

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees:

Projects Committee

Publicity and Creatives Committee

Finance and Marketing Committee

Membership Committee

Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

[[File:1779756 620446658026611 615252048 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Eskwela Caravan]]

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.
[[File:1743561 633171366754140 1893256530 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Halina't Maglikha]]

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''Community Architects Network Workshop'''

[[File:721169048.jpg|200px|thumb|right|3rd CAN Regional Meeting and Workshop]]
The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

'''Habitat for Humanity Build'''
[[File:4927246_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Habitat Build]]
This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''Volunteer Design Work'''

[[File:7986425_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Volunteer Design Work]]

UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

'''Talks and Symposiums'''
[[File:9921835_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|AKO Hero ACLE]]
As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

'''KDCC Project'''
[[File:12647446 1053120174759255 7501660730437514460 n.jpg|300px|thumb|right|KDCC Project]]
The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.

'''Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
[[File:12140679_1058023017575662_6090748662746627853_n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|PUNLA]]
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''UP TFA WEEK'''

[[File:2061029_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|TFA WEEK]]
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:57:41Z

Cqmesina: /* Members */

[[File:11002626_860628214008453_3357227718466426743_n.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UP Task Force Arki]]

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== History ==

----
UP Task Force Arki was an offshoot of the Community Design Service Extension Program of the UP College of Architecture. It began in 1986 at the height of martial law and student activism with a volunteer group of 8 students who were inspired by their professor, Architect Manahan “to uplift the worsening urban housing situation of the time”.

Its members have worked conscientiously with other organizations that are also involved in providing assistance to our less fortunate countrymen who aspire for better living standards. Being students of architecture, they share acquired knowledge so that everyone will have not only an affordable home but also a quality shelter.

[[File:7916622_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UP TFA]]

However, aside from giving other people a chance to live better lives, they, as an org also build each other. The camaraderie and the good repertoire that they have, help members through everyday in the college, which at times could be so trying and difficult. Having been founded in a year of political revolution, UP TFA proves to be a revolution itself. It is a modification on how people should view the members' present status, and future profession, which is being an architect.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

'''"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''

[[File:5328707_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan]]

- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

'''"Outstanding Youth Organization"'''
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

[[File:645371.jpg|400px|thumb|right|UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016]]

''Standard Bearers''

Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina
Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia
Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

''Committee Heads''

Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria
Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway
Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta
Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante
Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

''Vice / Assistant Heads''

Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon
Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan
Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva
Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero
Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

[[File:1476500 593041414100469 248337178 n.jpg|200px|thumb|left|UP TFA Members]]

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees:

Projects Committee

Publicity and Creatives Committee

Finance and Marketing Committee

Membership Committee

Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

[[File:1779756 620446658026611 615252048 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Eskwela Caravan]]

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.
[[File:1743561 633171366754140 1893256530 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Halina't Maglikha]]

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''Community Architects Network Workshop'''

[[File:721169048.jpg|200px|thumb|right|3rd CAN Regional Meeting and Workshop]]
The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

'''Habitat for Humanity Build'''
[[File:4927246_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Habitat Build]]
This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''Volunteer Design Work'''

[[File:7986425_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Volunteer Design Work]]

UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

'''Talks and Symposiums'''
[[File:9921835_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|AKO Hero ACLE]]
As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

'''KDCC Project'''
[[File:12647446 1053120174759255 7501660730437514460 n.jpg|300px|thumb|right|KDCC Project]]
The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.

'''Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
[[File:12140679_1058023017575662_6090748662746627853_n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|PUNLA]]
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''UP TFA WEEK'''

[[File:2061029_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|TFA WEEK]]
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:56:25Z

Cqmesina:

[[File:11002626_860628214008453_3357227718466426743_n.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UP Task Force Arki]]

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== History ==

----
UP Task Force Arki was an offshoot of the Community Design Service Extension Program of the UP College of Architecture. It began in 1986 at the height of martial law and student activism with a volunteer group of 8 students who were inspired by their professor, Architect Manahan “to uplift the worsening urban housing situation of the time”.

Its members have worked conscientiously with other organizations that are also involved in providing assistance to our less fortunate countrymen who aspire for better living standards. Being students of architecture, they share acquired knowledge so that everyone will have not only an affordable home but also a quality shelter.

[[File:7916622_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UP TFA]]

However, aside from giving other people a chance to live better lives, they, as an org also build each other. The camaraderie and the good repertoire that they have, help members through everyday in the college, which at times could be so trying and difficult. Having been founded in a year of political revolution, UP TFA proves to be a revolution itself. It is a modification on how people should view the members' present status, and future profession, which is being an architect.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

'''"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''

[[File:5328707_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan]]

- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

'''"Outstanding Youth Organization"'''
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

[[File:645371.jpg|400px|thumb|right|UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016]]

''Standard Bearers''

Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina
Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia
Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

''Committee Heads''

Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria
Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway
Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta
Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante
Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

''Vice / Assistant Heads''

Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon
Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan
Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva
Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero
Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

[[File:1476500 593041414100469 248337178 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|UP TFA Members]]

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees which include the Projects Committee, Publicity and Creatives Committee, Finance and Marketing Committee, Membership Committee, and the Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

[[File:1779756 620446658026611 615252048 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Eskwela Caravan]]

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.
[[File:1743561 633171366754140 1893256530 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Halina't Maglikha]]

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''Community Architects Network Workshop'''

[[File:721169048.jpg|200px|thumb|right|3rd CAN Regional Meeting and Workshop]]
The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

'''Habitat for Humanity Build'''
[[File:4927246_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Habitat Build]]
This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''Volunteer Design Work'''

[[File:7986425_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Volunteer Design Work]]

UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

'''Talks and Symposiums'''
[[File:9921835_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|AKO Hero ACLE]]
As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

'''KDCC Project'''
[[File:12647446 1053120174759255 7501660730437514460 n.jpg|300px|thumb|right|KDCC Project]]
The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.

'''Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
[[File:12140679_1058023017575662_6090748662746627853_n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|PUNLA]]
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''UP TFA WEEK'''

[[File:2061029_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|TFA WEEK]]
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

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UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:53:32Z

Cqmesina:

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== History ==

----
UP Task Force Arki was an offshoot of the Community Design Service Extension Program of the UP College of Architecture. It began in 1986 at the height of martial law and student activism with a volunteer group of 8 students who were inspired by their professor, Architect Manahan “to uplift the worsening urban housing situation of the time”.

Its members have worked conscientiously with other organizations that are also involved in providing assistance to our less fortunate countrymen who aspire for better living standards. Being students of architecture, they share acquired knowledge so that everyone will have not only an affordable home but also a quality shelter.

[[File:7916622_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|UP TFA]]

However, aside from giving other people a chance to live better lives, they, as an org also build each other. The camaraderie and the good repertoire that they have, help members through everyday in the college, which at times could be so trying and difficult. Having been founded in a year of political revolution, UP TFA proves to be a revolution itself. It is a modification on how people should view the members' present status, and future profession, which is being an architect.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

'''"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''

[[File:5328707_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan]]

- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

'''"Outstanding Youth Organization"'''
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

[[File:645371.jpg|400px|thumb|right|UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016]]

''Standard Bearers''

Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina
Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia
Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

''Committee Heads''

Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria
Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway
Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta
Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante
Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

''Vice / Assistant Heads''

Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon
Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan
Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva
Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero
Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

[[File:1476500 593041414100469 248337178 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|UP TFA Members]]

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees which include the Projects Committee, Publicity and Creatives Committee, Finance and Marketing Committee, Membership Committee, and the Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

[[File:1779756 620446658026611 615252048 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Eskwela Caravan]]

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.
[[File:1743561 633171366754140 1893256530 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Halina't Maglikha]]

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''Community Architects Network Workshop'''

[[File:721169048.jpg|200px|thumb|right|3rd CAN Regional Meeting and Workshop]]
The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

'''Habitat for Humanity Build'''
[[File:4927246_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Habitat Build]]
This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''Volunteer Design Work'''

[[File:7986425_orig.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Volunteer Design Work]]

UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

'''Talks and Symposiums'''
[[File:9921835_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|AKO Hero ACLE]]
As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

'''KDCC Project'''
[[File:12647446 1053120174759255 7501660730437514460 n.jpg|300px|thumb|right|KDCC Project]]
The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.

'''Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
[[File:12140679_1058023017575662_6090748662746627853_n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|PUNLA]]
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''UP TFA WEEK'''

[[File:2061029_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|TFA WEEK]]
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

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2016-02-09T18:50:17Z

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File:7916622 orig.jpg

2016-02-09T18:49:15Z

Cqmesina:

File:7986425 orig.jpg

2016-02-09T18:47:36Z

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File:12140679 1058023017575662 6090748662746627853 n.jpg

2016-02-09T18:46:45Z

Cqmesina:

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:45:47Z

Cqmesina:

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== History ==

----
UP Task Force Arki was an offshoot of the Community Design Service Extension Program of the UP College of Architecture. It began in 1986 at the height of martial law and student activism with a volunteer group of 8 students who were inspired by their professor, Architect Manahan “to uplift the worsening urban housing situation of the time”.

Its members have worked conscientiously with other organizations that are also involved in providing assistance to our less fortunate countrymen who aspire for better living standards. Being students of architecture, they share acquired knowledge so that everyone will have not only an affordable home but also a quality shelter.

However, aside from giving other people a chance to live better lives, they, as an org also build each other. The camaraderie and the good repertoire that they have, help members through everyday in the college, which at times could be so trying and difficult. Having been founded in a year of political revolution, UP TFA proves to be a revolution itself. It is a modification on how people should view the members' present status, and future profession, which is being an architect.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

'''
"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''

- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

"Outstanding Youth Organization"

- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''
"Makatao Award"'''

- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''
"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''

- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''
"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''

- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

[[File:645371.jpg|600px|thumb|center|UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016]]

Standard Bearers

Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina

Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia

Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

Committee Heads

Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria

Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway

Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta

Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante

Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

Vice / Assistant Heads

Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon

Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan

Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva

Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero

Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

[[File:1476500 593041414100469 248337178 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|UP TFA Members]]

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees which include the Projects Committee, Publicity and Creatives Committee, Finance and Marketing Committee, Membership Committee, and the Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

[[File:1779756 620446658026611 615252048 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Eskwela Caravan]]

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.
[[File:1743561 633171366754140 1893256530 n.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Halina't Maglikha]]

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''Community Architects Network Workshop'''

[[File:721169048.jpg|400px|thumb|right|3rd CAN Regional Meeting and Workshop]]

The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

'''Habitat for Humanity Build'''
[[File:4927246_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Habitat Build]]

This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''Volunteer Design Work'''

[[File:7448450_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Volunteer Design Work]]

UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

'''Talks and Symposiums'''
[[File:9921835_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|AKO Hero ACLE]]

As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

'''KDCC Project'''
[[File:12647446 1053120174759255 7501660730437514460 n.jpg|400px|thumb|right|KDCC Project]]

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.

'''Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''
UP TFA WEEK''
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

[[File:2061029_orig.jpg|200px|thumb|right|KDCC Project]]

== Contact ==

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Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

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UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:30:55Z

Cqmesina: /* History */

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== History ==

----
UP Task Force Arki was an offshoot of the Community Design Service Extension Program of the UP College of Architecture. It began in 1986 at the height of martial law and student activism with a volunteer group of 8 students who were inspired by their professor, Architect Manahan “to uplift the worsening urban housing situation of the time”.

Its members have worked conscientiously with other organizations that are also involved in providing assistance to our less fortunate countrymen who aspire for better living standards. Being students of architecture, they share acquired knowledge so that everyone will have not only an affordable home but also a quality shelter.

However, aside from giving other people a chance to live better lives, they, as an org also build each other. The camaraderie and the good repertoire that they have, help members through everyday in the college, which at times could be so trying and difficult. Having been founded in a year of political revolution, UP TFA proves to be a revolution itself. It is a modification on how people should view the members' present status, and future profession, which is being an architect.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

'''
"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''

- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

"Outstanding Youth Organization"

- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''
"Makatao Award"'''

- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''
"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''

- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''
"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''

- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

Standard Bearers

Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina

Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia

Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

Committee Heads

Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria

Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway

Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta

Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante

Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

Vice / Assistant Heads

Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon

Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan

Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva

Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero

Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees which include the Projects Committee, Publicity and Creatives Committee, Finance and Marketing Committee, Membership Committee, and the Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''
Community Architects Network Workshop'''

The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

'''
Habitat for Humanity Build
'''

This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''
Volunteer Design Work'''
UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

'''
Talks and Symposiums'''

As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

'''
KDCC Project'''

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.

'''
Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''
UP TFA WEEK''
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:30:04Z

Cqmesina: /* About the organization */

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== History ==

----

UP Task Force Arki was an offshoot of the Community Design Service Extension Program of the UP College of Architecture. It began in 1986 at the height of martial law and student activism with a volunteer group of 8 students who were inspired by their professor, Architect Manahan “to uplift the worsening urban housing situation of the time”.

Its members have worked conscientiously with other organizations that are also involved in providing assistance to our less fortunate countrymen who aspire for better living standards. Being students of architecture, they share acquired knowledge so that everyone will have not only an affordable home but also a quality shelter.

However, aside from giving other people a chance to live better lives, they, as an org also build each other. The camaraderie and the good repertoire that they have, help members through everyday in the college, which at times could be so trying and difficult. Having been founded in a year of political revolution, UP TFA proves to be a revolution itself. It is a modification on how people should view the members' present status, and future profession, which is being an architect.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

'''
"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''

- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

"Outstanding Youth Organization"

- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''
"Makatao Award"'''

- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''
"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''

- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''
"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''

- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

Standard Bearers

Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina

Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia

Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

Committee Heads

Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria

Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway

Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta

Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante

Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

Vice / Assistant Heads

Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon

Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan

Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva

Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero

Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees which include the Projects Committee, Publicity and Creatives Committee, Finance and Marketing Committee, Membership Committee, and the Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''
Community Architects Network Workshop'''

The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

'''
Habitat for Humanity Build
'''

This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''
Volunteer Design Work'''
UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

'''
Talks and Symposiums'''

As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

'''
KDCC Project'''

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.

'''
Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''
UP TFA WEEK''
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:29:02Z

Cqmesina: /* Awards and Achievements */

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

'''
"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''

- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

"Outstanding Youth Organization"

- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''
"Makatao Award"'''

- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''
"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''

- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''
"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''

- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

Standard Bearers

Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina

Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia

Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

Committee Heads

Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria

Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway

Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta

Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante

Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

Vice / Assistant Heads

Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon

Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan

Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva

Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero

Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees which include the Projects Committee, Publicity and Creatives Committee, Finance and Marketing Committee, Membership Committee, and the Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''
Community Architects Network Workshop'''

The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

'''
Habitat for Humanity Build
'''

This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''
Volunteer Design Work'''
UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

'''
Talks and Symposiums'''

As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

'''
KDCC Project'''

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.

'''
Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''
UP TFA WEEK''
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:28:41Z

Cqmesina: /* Executive Board */

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/6442706_orig.png]]

'''
"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''
- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/5328707_orig.jpg]]

"Outstanding Youth Organization"
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''
"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''
"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''
"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

Standard Bearers

Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina

Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia

Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

Committee Heads

Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria

Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway

Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta

Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante

Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

Vice / Assistant Heads

Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon

Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan

Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva

Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero

Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees which include the Projects Committee, Publicity and Creatives Committee, Finance and Marketing Committee, Membership Committee, and the Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''
Community Architects Network Workshop'''

The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

'''
Habitat for Humanity Build
'''

This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''
Volunteer Design Work'''
UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

'''
Talks and Symposiums'''

As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

'''
KDCC Project'''

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.

'''
Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''
UP TFA WEEK''
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:27:47Z

Cqmesina: /* Projects and Events */

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/6442706_orig.png]]

'''
"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''
- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/5328707_orig.jpg]]

"Outstanding Youth Organization"
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''
"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''
"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''
"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

Standard Bearers
Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina
Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia
Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

Committee Heads
Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria
Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway
Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta
Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante
Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

Vice / Assistant Heads
Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon
Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan
Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva
Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero
Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees which include the Projects Committee, Publicity and Creatives Committee, Finance and Marketing Committee, Membership Committee, and the Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''
Community Architects Network Workshop'''

The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

'''
Habitat for Humanity Build
'''

This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''
Volunteer Design Work'''
UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

'''
Talks and Symposiums'''

As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

'''
KDCC Project'''

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.

'''
Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''
UP TFA WEEK''
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:27:06Z

Cqmesina: /* Projects and Events */

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/6442706_orig.png]]

'''
"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''
- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/5328707_orig.jpg]]

"Outstanding Youth Organization"
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''
"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''
"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''
"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

Standard Bearers
Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina
Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia
Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

Committee Heads
Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria
Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway
Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta
Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante
Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

Vice / Assistant Heads
Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon
Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan
Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva
Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero
Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees which include the Projects Committee, Publicity and Creatives Committee, Finance and Marketing Committee, Membership Committee, and the Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.

The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''
Community Architects Network Workshop'''

The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

[[File:www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/721169048.jpg]]

'''
Habitat for Humanity Build
'''

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/4927246_orig.jpg]]

This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''
Volunteer Design Work'''
UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/7448450_orig.jpg]]

UP TFA conducted site visits to evaluate the conditions of the existing structures and to consult the residents for their design needs and preferences.

'''
Talks and Symposiums'''

As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/9921835_orig.jpg]]

'''
KDCC Project'''

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.
[[File:https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12647446_1053120174759255_7501660730437514460_n.jpg]]

'''
Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''
UP TFA WEEK''
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:26:25Z

Cqmesina: /* Contact */

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/6442706_orig.png]]

'''
"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''
- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/5328707_orig.jpg]]

"Outstanding Youth Organization"
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''
"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''
"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''
"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

Standard Bearers
Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina
Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia
Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

Committee Heads
Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria
Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway
Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta
Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante
Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

Vice / Assistant Heads
Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon
Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan
Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva
Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero
Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees which include the Projects Committee, Publicity and Creatives Committee, Finance and Marketing Committee, Membership Committee, and the Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/1137050_orig.jpg]]

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.

[[File:https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/1621799_1174843052529349_1268268219869407059_n.jpg?oh=8689f1bcc1cf3fd1cc81cf4319673911&oe=5729C943
]]
The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''
Community Architects Network Workshop'''

The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/721169048.jpg]]

'''
Habitat for Humanity Build
'''

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/4927246_orig.jpg]]

This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''
Volunteer Design Work'''
UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/7448450_orig.jpg]]

UP TFA conducted site visits to evaluate the conditions of the existing structures and to consult the residents for their design needs and preferences.

'''
Talks and Symposiums'''

As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/9921835_orig.jpg]]

'''
KDCC Project'''

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.
[[File:https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12647446_1053120174759255_7501660730437514460_n.jpg]]

'''
Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''
UP TFA WEEK''
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines

E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com

Website: www.uptfa.com

Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki

Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:25:24Z

Cqmesina: /* History */

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/6442706_orig.png]]

'''
"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''
- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/5328707_orig.jpg]]

"Outstanding Youth Organization"
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''
"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''
"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''
"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

Standard Bearers
Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina
Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia
Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

Committee Heads
Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria
Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway
Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta
Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante
Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

Vice / Assistant Heads
Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon
Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan
Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva
Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero
Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees which include the Projects Committee, Publicity and Creatives Committee, Finance and Marketing Committee, Membership Committee, and the Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/1137050_orig.jpg]]

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.

[[File:https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/1621799_1174843052529349_1268268219869407059_n.jpg?oh=8689f1bcc1cf3fd1cc81cf4319673911&oe=5729C943
]]
The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''
Community Architects Network Workshop'''

The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/721169048.jpg]]

'''
Habitat for Humanity Build
'''

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/4927246_orig.jpg]]

This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''
Volunteer Design Work'''
UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/7448450_orig.jpg]]

UP TFA conducted site visits to evaluate the conditions of the existing structures and to consult the residents for their design needs and preferences.

'''
Talks and Symposiums'''

As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/9921835_orig.jpg]]

'''
KDCC Project'''

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.
[[File:https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12647446_1053120174759255_7501660730437514460_n.jpg]]

'''
Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''
UP TFA WEEK''
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines
E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com
Website: www.uptfa.com
Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki
Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:25:18Z

Cqmesina: /* History */

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== History ==

UP Task Force Arki was an offshoot of the Community Design Service Extension Program of the UP College of Architecture. It began in 1986 at the height of martial law and student activism with a volunteer group of 8 students who were inspired by their professor, Architect Manahan “to uplift the worsening urban housing situation of the time”.

Its members have worked conscientiously with other organizations that are also involved in providing assistance to our less fortunate countrymen who aspire for better living standards. Being students of architecture, they share acquired knowledge so that everyone will have not only an affordable home but also a quality shelter.

However, aside from giving other people a chance to live better lives, they, as an org also build each other. The camaraderie and the good repertoire that they have, help members through everyday in the college, which at times could be so trying and difficult. Having been founded in a year of political revolution, UP TFA proves to be a revolution itself. It is a modification on how people should view the members' present status, and future profession, which is being an architect.

A service-oriented in the college, UP Task Force Arki stands tall at a milestone as it celebrates the 25th year of its meaningful existence. Such turning point enlivens the organization’s past – full of pure principles on a more socially relevant architecture – into a revolutionary vision for the contemporary crusade in the discipline. The silver anniversary marks an equally genuine element of passion to inspire lives inside and outside TFA through a retrospective plan built on its original pillars of service.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/6442706_orig.png]]

'''
"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''
- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/5328707_orig.jpg]]

"Outstanding Youth Organization"
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''
"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''
"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''
"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

Standard Bearers
Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina
Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia
Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

Committee Heads
Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria
Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway
Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta
Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante
Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

Vice / Assistant Heads
Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon
Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan
Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva
Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero
Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees which include the Projects Committee, Publicity and Creatives Committee, Finance and Marketing Committee, Membership Committee, and the Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/1137050_orig.jpg]]

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.

[[File:https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/1621799_1174843052529349_1268268219869407059_n.jpg?oh=8689f1bcc1cf3fd1cc81cf4319673911&oe=5729C943
]]
The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''
Community Architects Network Workshop'''

The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/721169048.jpg]]

'''
Habitat for Humanity Build
'''

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/4927246_orig.jpg]]

This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''
Volunteer Design Work'''
UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/7448450_orig.jpg]]

UP TFA conducted site visits to evaluate the conditions of the existing structures and to consult the residents for their design needs and preferences.

'''
Talks and Symposiums'''

As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/9921835_orig.jpg]]

'''
KDCC Project'''

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.
[[File:https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12647446_1053120174759255_7501660730437514460_n.jpg]]

'''
Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''
UP TFA WEEK''
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines
E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com
Website: www.uptfa.com
Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki
Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

UP Task Force Arki

2016-02-09T18:24:49Z

Cqmesina: [www.uptfa.com][www.facebook.com/uptaskforcearki]

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

== About the organization ==

----

UP TASK FORCE ARKI (UP TFA) is the UP College of Architecture's only service-oriented student organization. Established in 1986 at the height of martial law and student-led activism, its founders were compelled to action by the worsening urban housing crisis and sought to attract like-minded design students to nurture patriotism and social awareness.

Today, the organization aims to explore and implement architectural and design solutions that respond to the community and various societal issues in order to uplift and empower Filipinos in all levels of the society. It achieves its goal through various activities such as talks and symposiums, research projects, joint building projects, community outreach projects, among others. UP TFA is a university-wide organization with members from Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Journalism courses among many others.

== History ==

UP Task Force Arki was an offshoot of the Community Design Service Extension Program of the UP College of Architecture. It began in 1986 at the height of martial law and student activism with a volunteer group of 8 students who were inspired by their professor, Architect Manahan “to uplift the worsening urban housing situation of the time”.

Its members have worked conscientiously with other organizations that are also involved in providing assistance to our less fortunate countrymen who aspire for better living standards. Being students of architecture, they share acquired knowledge so that everyone will have not only an affordable home but also a quality shelter.

However, aside from giving other people a chance to live better lives, they, as an org also build each other. The camaraderie and the good repertoire that they have, help members through everyday in the college, which at times could be so trying and difficult. Having been founded in a year of political revolution, UP TFA proves to be a revolution itself. It is a modification on how people should view the members' present status, and future profession, which is being an architect.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/7916622_orig.jpg]]

A service-oriented in the college, UP Task Force Arki stands tall at a milestone as it celebrates the 25th year of its meaningful existence. Such turning point enlivens the organization’s past – full of pure principles on a more socially relevant architecture – into a revolutionary vision for the contemporary crusade in the discipline. The silver anniversary marks an equally genuine element of passion to inspire lives inside and outside TFA through a retrospective plan built on its original pillars of service.

== Goals and Principles ==

----

SEC 1. The Guiding Principle of the UP TFA shall be "Building an environment that builds people."

SEC 2. The UP TFA is primarily a service-oriented Organization that responds to the basic needs of the Filipino people using architectural and design solutions, and promotes the upward development of Philippine society.

SEC 3. The UP TFA dedicates itself to the upliftment of human dignity, the pursuit of truth and freedom through critical thinking, the achievement of social justice, and the promotion and practice of the democratic system.

== Declaration of Principles ==

----

Sec. 1 The UP TFA shall develop the level of awareness of the studentry and the sectors of society regarding the urban poor, housing situations and other related current issues through:

Disseminating information through exhibits, symposiums, lectures and the like;
Holding workshop seminars wherein the issues are tackled; and
Providing exposure trips to the areas of concerns.

Sec. 2 The UP TFA shall equip the members with the necessary knowledge and skills to become more capable as architects and planners by:

Providing supplementary education through group discussions, tutorials and lectures by invited guests;
Holding workshops for personality development and leadership training; and
Practicing the knowledge and the skills gained in the organization’s programs and projects.

Sec. 3 The Organization shall give assistance to under-serviced, depressed and blighted areas that need the services of architectural students and practitioners, and other sectors by:

Undertaking researches on the analysis of housing programs for the urban poor and giving active support to that which is consonant to the organization’s principles;
Tapping government agencies, community organizations and other resources to give assistance to the problems of the urban poor;
Giving seminars or lectures to the urban poor on community planning and organizing, housing maintenance and other practical skills in housing or other related subjects; and
Actively participating in the architectural services to be rendered to the community.

Sec. 4 The UP TFA shall uplift the level of architecture as a discipline by:

Promoting and practicing responsive and responsible architecture in the organization’s programs and projects; and
Developing a holistic view of architecture through interactions with the other disciplines concerned.

Sec. 5 The Organization shall promote and defend the rights of the studentry.

== Awards and Achievements ==

----

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/6442706_orig.png]]

'''
"Natatanging Samahan ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan"'''
- UP Task Force Arki: Para sa kanilang pagbuo ng mga arkitekturang Filipino na tumutulong sa paghubog sa kamalayang panlipunan at pangangalaga sa kalikasan.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/5328707_orig.jpg]]

"Outstanding Youth Organization"
- President's diploma for Outstanding Youth Organization

'''
"Makatao Award"'''
- Steering Committee for the Urban Poor Solidarity

'''
"Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques"'''
- Certificate of Merit as the Most Promising Research into Organized Building Production Techniques. Liguma International Technology for Development of People Genoa, Italy.

'''
"4th place in the RIBA: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture"'''
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects: British Award in the International Project for Students in Architecture

== Executive Board ==

----

'''UP TFA Executive Board 2015-2016'''

Standard Bearers
Chairperson: Celine Marian Mesina
Vice Chairperson: Kazia Pacia
Executive Secretary: Augusto Miguel Vega

Committee Heads
Education & Research Committee Head: Faith Gloria
Finance & MarketingCommittee Head: Dianne Daway
Membership Committee Head: Arvin Dimalanta
Projects Committee Head: Micah Milante
Publicity & Creatives Committee Head: Mikes Jetigan

Vice / Assistant Heads
Education & Research Committee Vice Head: Jan De Leon
Finance & Marketing Committee Vice Head: Noelle Cacayan
Membership Committee Vice Head: Mac Villanueva
Projects Committee Vice Head: Jo Lyle Guerrero
Publicity & Creatives Committee Vice Head: Erma Cobico and Ciara Gascon

== Members ==

----

UP Task Force Arki has five (5) standing committees which include the Projects Committee, Publicity and Creatives Committee, Finance and Marketing Committee, Membership Committee, and the Education and Research Committee.

== Projects and Events ==

----

'''
Eskwela Caravan'''
Eskwela Caravan is a program spearheaded by UP TFA program that aims to engage students in learning activities about Zero Waste Management and Sustainable Designs in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design. This school-to-school project, a first in many years, is the organization’s answer to addressing the current social issue of Global Warming by information dissemination, and igniting action among the youth in various elementary schools in the Metro. This is dome through talks, workshops and creative activities that teach the students the value of Zero Waste Management.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/1137050_orig.jpg]]

This year, as part of the goal to increase the awareness of the public on the importance of architecture and the allied fields, UP TFA will now hold career talks and workshops with high school students that shall introduce them to the fields of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. This would involve a workshop on creating presentation materials to express their design concepts.

'''Halina't Maglikha'''

An art workshop for kids of the Masagana community, that is currently assisted by Technical Assistance Organization – Pilipinas (TAO-Pilipinas), an NGO with most of its members being alumni of UP TFA. This was held last October 2013 and February 2014 together with the kids of the Masagana Community in Angat, Bulacan.

[[File:https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/1621799_1174843052529349_1268268219869407059_n.jpg?oh=8689f1bcc1cf3fd1cc81cf4319673911&oe=5729C943
]]
The workshops involve teaching basics in drawing and coloring, do-it-yourself activities that include recycling and reusing, visualizing, interpreting and expressing through career orientation workshops, along with harnessing the kids’ respective aspirations in preparation for their future. This reinforcement anchors their anticipation of a brighter future onto a more concrete plan, which will hopefully give them a sense of direction as they grow up.

As budding architects, our utmost objective is to contribute in paving the way for the realization of these sprouting dreams. Monitoring and surveys will be conducted on, before or after the workshop to formulate conclusions on the specific needs of the entire community. This project is open to all volunteers.

'''
Community Architects Network Workshop'''

The Community Architect Network [CAN] is a program under the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights [ACHR] based in Bangkok, Thailand. The ACHR is a regional coalition with members in 17 Asian countries was established in 1988 by non-government and community-based organizations, professionals and individuals actively involved in housing concerns of the urban poor.

The mission of CAN is to create a platform to link architects, engineers, planners, universities and community artisans all over the world, who work with communities and believe that poor communities should play a central role in planning their communities, and in finding solutions to build better settlements and more inclusive cities. CAN initiates various activities for the different groups to support each other’s work and to share and exchange experience knowledge amongst network members.

For the past CAN Workshops, UP TFA has served as participants and as a secretariat committee.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/721169048.jpg]]

'''
Habitat for Humanity Build
'''

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/4927246_orig.jpg]]

This activity is a collaborative housing project of the Habitat for Humanity Philippines with the other organizations volunteering to help build of houses where members of the poor and informal settling community in a specific area can relocate and live. Members and applicants of UP TFA eagerly volunteer to engage themselves with the manual labor on the construction of these houses. These builds help Habitat for Humanity to lessen costs in construction but beyond that, these hands-on experiences highlight the value of our collective actions as part of our social responsibilities.

'''
Volunteer Design Work'''
UP TFA did volunteer work by helping with the completion of the architectural and engineering drawings for the renovation of seven housing units in Tondo, Manila that qualified for the Appropriate Housing Program of the Samahan para sa Angkop na Pabahay ng San Pablo Apostol (SAPSPA).

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/7448450_orig.jpg]]

UP TFA conducted site visits to evaluate the conditions of the existing structures and to consult the residents for their design needs and preferences.

'''
Talks and Symposiums'''

As part of UP TFA's initiative to promote the importance of having a safe and livable shelter for all and the value of architecture and its allied fields, TFA invites resource speakers from agencies that work towards the same goals to impart ideas and share their experiences.

UP TFA also hosts talks that aim to open the members and students to the various societal issues that surround them.

[[File:http://www.uptfa.com/uploads/4/7/7/2/47726647/9921835_orig.jpg]]

'''
KDCC Project'''

The KDCC Project is a Volunteer Design and Construction Project spearheaded by the UP Task Force Arki for the benefit of the Kalinga Day Care Center (KDCC) located in UP Diliman. The KDCC, a project of the UP Center for Women's Studies, is in need of help in the redesign and restoration of its areas that were damaged by typhoon Lando last 2015.
The goal is to help out in the design and construction of the landscaping of KDCC.
[[File:https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/12647446_1053120174759255_7501660730437514460_n.jpg]]

'''
Punla: Planting Seedlings of Hope'''
Punla is a tree planting project by the UP Task Force Arki aimed at contributing to the Philippine environment.

'''
UP TFA WEEK''
UP Task Force Arki was founded on July 2, 1986. The organization celebrates its anniversary week during the week of the World Habitat Day which is on the first week of October. UP TFA Week consists of talks, exhibits, internal and external activities, and alumni dinners among other events.

== Contact ==

----

Address: UPCA Building 1, Epifanio Delos Santos Street, University of the Philippines, Diliman Campus, Quezon City 1101, Philippines
E-mail: uptaskforcearki.tfa@gmail.com
Website: www.uptfa.com
Facebook: www.fb.com/uptaskforcearki
Twitter: www.twitter.com/up_tfa
Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/UPTFA

Directory of Student Organizations

2016-02-09T17:52:05Z

Cqmesina: /* Cause-Oriented Cluster */

This is an unofficial list of student organizations at the [[University of the Philippines Diliman]].

:::''Note: This page is incomplete. The list of accredited student organizations has not yet been released by the [[OSA]]''

__TOC__

== Academic Cluster ==
* [[DZUP Radio Circle]] (DZUP-RC)
* [[Union_of_Journalists_of_the_Philippines_UP|Union of Journalists of the Philippines - UP]] (UJP-UP)
* [[UP Academic League of Chemical Engineering Students]] (UP ALCHEMES)
* [[UP Advertising Core]] (UP AdCore)
* [[UP Aggregates Inc.]]
* [[UP Alay Sining]]
* [[UP Anthropology Society]] (UP Anthrosoc)
* [[UP Aperture]]
* [[Architectural Students Association of the Philippines - UP Chapter]] (ASAPhil-UP) http://asaphilup.com
* [[UP Art Studies Society]] (ASS) http://upartstudiessociety.multiply.com
* [[UP Asosasyon ng mga Kabataang Artista, Kritiko, at Iskolar ng Sining at Kultura]] (UP ASTERISK)
* [[UP Association of Biology Majors]] (UP ABM) http://www.upabm.multiply.com
* [[UP Association of Business Administration Majors]] (UP ABAM)
* [[UP Association of Civil Engineering Students ]] (UP ACES)
* [[UP Association of Clothing Technology Students]] (UP ACTS)
* [[UP Association of Computer Science Majors]] (UP CURSOR)
* [[Association for Computing Machinery - UP Student Chapter]] (UP ACM)
* [[UP Astronomical Society]] (UP AstroSoc)
* [[UP Association of Karate]] (UPAK)
* [[UP_Association_of_Political_Science_Majors_%28UP_APSM%29|UP Association of Political Science Majors (UP APSM)]]
* [[UP Association of Speech Communication ENThusiasts]] (UP ASCENT)
* [[UP Association of Students of SouthEast Asian Studies]] (UP ASSEAS)
* [[UP Business Analysts Society]] (UP BAS)
* [[UP Bibliotech]] (UP BLC)
* [[UP Chemical Engineering Society, Inc.]] (UP KEM)
* [[UP Chemical Society ]] (UP ChemSoc)
* [[UP Cineastes Studio]] (UP Cineastes)
* [[UP Cinema]]
* [[UP Cinema Arts Society]] (UP CAST)
* [[UP Circle of Administrators]] (UP CIRCA)
* [[UP Circle of Engineering Students]] (UP CREST)
* [[UP Circle of Entrepreneurs]]
* [[UP Circle of Industrial Engineering Majors]] (UP-CIEM)
* [[UP Circle of Landscape Architecture Students]] (UPCLAS)
* [[UP Circle of Research Enthusiasts]] (UP CORE)
* [[UP Circulo Hispanico]]
* [[UP CIRCUIT ]]
* [[UP Club for the Environment and Tourism]] (UP Club Ecotour)
* [[UP-CMC Broadcasting Association]] (UP Broadass)
* UP Communication Research Society (UP CommResSoc) http://www.facebook.com/UPCommResSoc
* [[UP Computer Society]] (UP CompSoc)
* [[UP DOST Scholars Association]]
* [[UP Economics Society]] (UP ECOSOC)
* [[UP Economics Towards Consciousness]] (UP ETC)
* [[UP Educators Circle]] (UP EdCirc)
* [[UP Education Society]] (UP EdSoc)
* [[UP Engineering Radio Guild]] (UP ERG)
* [[UP Engineering Society]] (UP EngSoc)
* [[Engineering Student Council]] (ESC)
* [[UP Family Life and Child Development Circle]] (FLCD Circle)
* [[UP_Future_Library_and_Information_Professionals_of_the_Philippines_%28UPFLIPP%29|UP Future Library and Information Professionals of the Philippines]] (UP FLIPP)
* [[UP Deutscher Verein]] (German Club)
* [[UP Geodetic Engineering Club]] (UP GE Club)
* [[UP Geological Society]] (UP GeoSoc)
* [[UP Geology Majors Society]] (UP GEMS)
* [[UP Gears and Pinions ]] (UP GPs)
* [[Geographical Society of U.P.]] (GSUP)
* [[UP Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations]] (UP HPAIR)
* [[UP Historia]]
* [[UP Industrial Engineering Club]] (IE Club)
* [[UP Interschool Business Association]] (UP IBA)
* [[UP Junior Finance Association]] (UP JFA)
* [[UP Junior Marketing Association]] (UP JMA)
* [[Junior Philippine Geographical Society - UP Diliman]] (JPGS-UPD)
* [[UP JPIA]]
* [[UP Kabataang Pilosopo Tasyo]] (UP KaPiTas).
* [[UP Kalipunan ng mga Mag-aaral ng Sosyolohiya]] (UP KMS)
* [[UP Kalipunan para sa Agham Panlipunan at Pilosopiyang Pilipino]] (UP KAPPP)
* [[UP Katipunan ng mga Mananalaysay ng Bayan]] (KAS)
* [[UP Le Club Français]] (UP LCF; French Club)
* [[UP Lex Adspirantes]] (UP Lex Ad)
* [[UP Library and Information Science Students Association]](UP LISSA)
* [[UP Lipunang Pangkasaysayan]] (LIKAS)
* [[UP Lingua Franca]]
* [[UP Linux Users Group]] ([[UnPLUG]])
* [[UP Logic Society]] (UP Eulogica)
* [[UP Marine Biological Society]] (UP MBS)
* [[UP Mass Communicators Organization]] (UP MCO)
* [[UP Materials Science Society ]] (UP MSS)
* [[UP Mathematics Club]]
* [[UP Mathematics Majors Circle]] (UP MMC)
* [[UP Mathematics and Science Teaching Society]] (UP GURO)
* [[UP Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Association]] (UP 49ers)
* [[UP Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Society]] (UP MBBS)
* [[UP Organization of Business Economics Majors]] (UP OBEM)
* [[UP Organization of Student Educators]]
* [[Philippine Association of Nutrition - Alpha Chapter]] (PAN-alpha)
* [[Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers - University of the Philippines Student Unit]] (PSME-UPSU)
* [[UP Physics Association]]
* [[UP Philosophical Society]] (UP PhiloSoc)
* [[UP POLITICA]]
* [[UP Political Society]] (UP POLSCi)
* [[UP Praxis]]
* [[UP PR+Advertising Society]] (UP PRAdS)
* [[UP Pre-Medical Society]] (UP PreMedSoc) http://www.theuppremedsoc.co.nr/
* [[UP Pre-Medical Honor Society]] (UP PMHS) http://www.uppmhs.org
* [[UP Programming Guild]]
* [[UP Progressive Responsive Innovative Movement in Engineering]] (UP PRIME)
* [[UP Psychological Association]] (UP PsycA)
* [[UP Psychology Society]] (UP PsychSoc)
* [[UP Psychological Understanding for Growth and Distinction]] (UP PugadSayk)]
* [[UP Samahan sa Agham Pampulitika ]] (UP SAPUL)
* [[UP Samahan ng mga Mag-aaral sa Komunikasyon ]] (SAMASKOM)
* [[UP Samahan Tungo sa Progresibong Administrasyon]] (UP STPA)
* [[UP Samahang Linggwistika]] (UP SALIN)
* [[UP Sangkil Karasak]]
* [[School of Economics Student Council]]
* [[UP Society of Geodetic Engineering Majors]] (UP GEOP)
* [[UP Society for Hotel and Restaurant Progress]] (UP SHARP)
* [[UP Society of Manufacturing Engineers S322]] (UP SME)
* [[Society of University Mathematics Students]] + UP (SUMS+UP)
* [[UP Science and Mathematics Majors Advocating Responsible Teaching]] (UP SMMART)
* [[UP Sirkulo ng mga Kabataang Artista]] (UP Sikat)
* [[UP Special Education Council]] (UP SEC)
* [[UP Speech Communication Association]] (UP SPECA)
* [[UP Statistical Society]]
* [[UP Students Association of Valuers of Energy Resources]] (UP SAVER)
* [[UP Tourism Management Society]] (UP TMS)
* [[UP Travel Society]] (UPTS)
* [[UP Variates]]
* [[United Architects of the Philippines Student Auxiliary-UP Diliman Chapter]] ([http://fb.com/uapsaupdofficial UAPSA-UPD])
* [[UP Zoological Society]] (UPZS)

== Alliance ==
*[[UP Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral para sa Panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran]] ([[ALYANSA]]) [http://upalyansa.multiply.com/]
*[[Center for Nationalist Studies]]
*[[KAISA - Nagkakaisang Iskolar para sa Pamantasan at Sambayanan]] (KAISA UP) [http://www.kaisaup.com/]
*[[Solidaridad, The UP System-wide Alliance of Campus Publications and Writers' Organization]]
*[[UP Sanlahi Alliance]]
*[[Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP]] ([[STAND- UP]]) [https://www.facebook.com/STAND.UPdiliman/]
*Ugnayan ng Nagkakaisang Artista

== Cause-Oriented Cluster ==

*[[Akbayan Youth]]
*[[Alay Sining University Wide formation Diliman]]
*[[Anakbayan]]
*[[Assembly]]
*[[Club for the Environment & Tourism]]
*[[Cradle]]
*[[iamninoy Hero Core]]
*[[Kabataan Kontra Kahirapan]]
*League of Filipino Students [[LFS]]
*[[Legal Network for Truthful Elections]]
*[[National Union of People's Lawyers]]
*[[Nnara Youth]]
*[[Paralegal Volunteers Organization]]
*Sa Isip, Sa Salita at sa Gawa [[(SIGAW)]]
*[[Sanlakas Youth - UPD]]
*[[Students of excellence, Action, Leadership & Service]]
*[[UP Aperture]]
*[[UP Babaylan]]
*UP Bukluran sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino ([[UP Buklod-Isip]])
*[[UP Green League]]
*[[UP Haring Ibon]] (HARIBON)
*[[UP Philippine Society of Youth Science Clubs]] (UP PSYSC)
*[[UP Task Force Arki]] (UP TFA)

== Community Service Cluster ==

* [[UP Career Assistance Program]]
* [[UP Career Assistance Program for Engineering Students]] (UP CAPES)
* [[UP Red Cross Youth]]
* [[UP In-Christ Thrust for University Students]]
* [[UP Volunteers for Children]]

== Dormitory Association ==
* [[Kalayaan Residence Hall Association]]
* [[Molave Residence Hall Association]]
* [[Kamia Residence Hall Association]]
* [[Sampaguita Residence Hall Association]]
* [[Yakal Residence Hall Association]]
* [[Ilang Ilang Residence Hall Association]]
* [[Ipil Residence Hall Association]]

== Fraternity ==

* [[Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity - U.P. College of Law|Alpha Phi Beta]]
* [[Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity]] (UP APO)
* [[Alpha Sigma Fraternity]]
* [[Artists Circle Fraternity]]
* [[Beta Epsilon]]
*Brotherhood of the Filipinos
* [[EMC² Fraternity ]]
* [[Epsilon Chi Fraternity]]
* [[Kappa Epsilon Fraternity]]
* [[Pan Xenia Fraternity]]
* [[Pi Omicron Fraternity]]
* [[Pi Sigma Fraternity]]
* [[Scintilla Juris Fraternity]]
* [[Sigma Kappa Pi Fraternity]]
*Sigma Rho
* [[Sigma Delta Pi Sorority]]
* [[Tau Alpha Fraternity]]
* [[Tau Gamma Phi Fraternity]]
* [[Tau Gamma Sigma Sorority]]
* [[Tau Rho Xi Fraternity]]
* [[Upsilon Sigma Phi]]

== Regional/Provincial Cluster ==
* [[UP Aguman]]
* [[UP Angkan]] (ANGKAN)
* [[UP Anido]]
* [[UP Harong]]
* [[UP Balanghai]]
* [[UP Bannuar]]
* [[UP Batangan]]
* [[UP Cabalen]]
* [[UP Catandungan]]
* [[UP Dakila]]
* [[UP Gagayyem]]
* [[UP GIMPONG]]
* [[UP Hubeag it mga Akeanon (UP HIMA)]]
* [[UP Ibalon]]
* [[UP Iso Dabaw]]
* [[UP Jambangan]]
* [[UP Kaamulan]]
* [[UP Kadugong Bol-anon Diliman]]
* [[UP Kagayhaan]]
* [[UP Kaisa]]
* [[UP KALILAYAN]]
* [[UP Kamangyan]]
* [[UP Kamayo]]
* [[UP KAPIANAN]]
* [[UP Katilingban]]
* [[UP Kasimanwa]]
* [[UP Kustura (Marikeño Student Organization)]]
* [[UP Lakan]]
* [[UP LAGUNENSE]]
* [[UP LAMBAK]] (formerly known as Cagayan Valley Student Forum)
* [[UP Laong Laan]]
* [[UP Lawod]]
* [[UP Moriones]]
* [[UP Namnama]]
* [[UP ONE]] (UP Organization of Novo Ecijos)
* [[UP Palaris Confraternity]]
* [[UP Palaweños]]
* [[UP SANDIWA]]
* [[UP Sidlangan]]
* [[UP Sillag]]
* [[UP Sorsogueños]]
* [[UP Subol Society]]
* [[UP Tangway]]
* [[UP Tan-ao]]
* [[UP Zambalenos]]

== Religious Cluster ==

* [[AMiCUS - UP Diliman Chapter]]
* [[Bible Readers Society International]] (UPBRead) - UPD Chapter
* [[UP Campus Advance]] (UPCA)
* [[UP Campus Crusade for Christ]]
* [[UP Catholic Campus Ministry]] (UP CCM)
* [[UP Christ on Campus]] (UP-CoC)
* [[UP Christian Brotherhood International]] (UPCBI)
* [[UP Christian Youth Movement]] (UPCYM)
* [[UP Christ Youth in Action]] (UPCYA)
* [[UP CREED]]
* [[Every Nation Campus Ministries - UP]] (ENCM-UP)
* [[UP In-Christ Thrust for University Students]] (UP ICTUS)
* [[Kristyanong Kabataan para sa Bayan - UP Diliman]] (KKB-UP)
* [[UP Latter-day Saints Students Association]] (UP LDSSA)
* [[UP Muslim Students Association]] (UP MSA)
* [[UP Seeds of the Nations]] (SONs)
* [[State Varsity Christian Fellowship - UP Diliman]]
* [[UP Student Catholic Action]] (UPSCA)
* [[UP Student For Christ]] (UPSFC)
* [[UP Students of Destiny]] (UP SOD)
* [[UP Youth for Christ]] (UP YFC)

== Sororities==
*[[Adelfe Enu Crea Sorority]]
*[[Alpha Phi Omega International Collegiate]]
*[[Phi Delta alpha Sorority]]
*[[Pi Sigma Delta Sorority]]
*[[Portia sorority]]
*[[Sigma Alpha Nu Sorority]]
*[[Sigma Alpha Sorority]]
*[[Sigma Beta Sorority]]
*[[Sigma Delta Phi Sorority]]
*[[Sigma Delta Pi Sorority]]
*[[Sororitas Astrum Scientist]]
*[[Tau Lambda Alpha Sorority]]
*[[Theta Epsilon Sorority]]
*[[UP Artists' Circle Sorority]]

== Special Interest ==

* [[UP AME]] (UP Anime Manga Enthusiasts]] (UP AME)
* [[UP Aperture]]
* [[UP Arirang]] (2006)
* [[UP Arkaira]]
* [[UP Asosasyon ng mga Kabataang Artista, Kritiko, at Iskolar ng Sining at Kultura]] (ASTERISK)
* [[UP Babaylan]]
* [[Chinese Student Association]] (UPCSA) (1963)
* [[UP Círculo Hispánico]]
* [[UP Composers of New Music]] (UP CONEMUS)
* [[UP Concert Chorus]] (UPCC)
* [[UP Debate Society]]
* [[UP Euro-Filipino Understanding and Relations Organization]] (EURO)
* [[UP Fencing Club]]
* [[UP Guerilla Art Movement]]
* [[International Club of UP]] (ICUP)
* [[Kontemporaryong Gamelan Pilipino|UP Kontemporaryong Gamelan Pilipin]]o (Kontra GaPi)
* [[UP Madrigal Singers]]
* [[UP Paranormal Society]]
* [[UP Philippines-Japan Friendship Club]] (UP Tomo-Kai) (1990)
* [http://updpiccolaitalia.weebly.com/index.html UP Piccola Italia]
* [[UP Rifle Pistol Team]] (UPRPT)
* [[UP Sining na Naglilingkod sa Bayan]] (UP SINAGBAYAN)
* [[UP Singing Ambassadors]]
* [[UP Sirkulo ng mga Kabataang Artista]] (UP SIKAT)

== Sports and Recreation Cluster ==

* [[Grip UP Sport Climbing Association]]
* [[Laya Football Club]]
* [[UP Diliman Ultimate Organization]] (UP DUO)
* [[UP Fencing Club]]
* [[UP Mountaineers]]
* [[UP Outdoor Recreation Group]] (UP ORG)
* [[UP Pep Squad]]
* [UP Sports Organization and Management] (UP SOMA)
* [[UP Women Basketball Club]] (UP Bolera)
* [[UP Volleyball Club]] (UP VC)
* [[UP Touch Football ]] (UPTF)
* [http://www.tennisup.org/ Tennis UP]

==References==
*[http://www.upd.edu.ph/%7Eovcsa/osa/student%20orgs%20intro.htm Student Organizations]
*[http://kal.upd.edu.ph/page.php?p=86.htm College of Arts and Letters Organizations]
*[http://www.rfhost5.com/upedu/pages/students/organizations.php College of Education Organizations]

==See Also==
[http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/index.php/Category:Student_Organizations Student Organizations in alphabetical order]

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