Editing UP Task Force Arki (section)

== Projects and Events ==

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'''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.