Mon November 23, 2020
Pinoy Engineer won P3.5 Million in an international contest using his bamboo house design, Filipinos are really amazing when it comes to different fields.
There is no denying that we can keep up with other races. This is what a Pinoy Engineer proved when he gave honor to our country after taking the grand prize to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors ’(RICS) for his“ Cubo ”design. A 23-year-old engineer Earl Patrick Forlales graduated from Ateneo de Manila.
Of the 1,200 entries worldwide, Forlales won and took home £ 50,000 or P3.5 million. "Cubo", is what Forlales called the design he made because the material used here is bamboo and it can be made in just four hours.
It is estimated that the total cost of its construction will be only P3,000. "CUBO started as nothing more than an idea, conceived while spending time at my grandparents' house - it is incredible to think that it will now become a reality," Forlales said in an interview with ABS-CBN.
“It’s a functional home on its own, but it’s more than just a house. It’s design to turn community waste into energy and other vulnerable resources, ”the young man said.
"As it releases 35% more oxygen than tress and can be harvested annually without causing degradation," he added.
For Forlales, what he did is also one of the possible solutions of our government for the continued increase in the number of informal settlers in Manila and to provide them with a better place to live.
"With the Government's Build Build Program there will be more construction workers coming into the city… We want our workers who are producing our high-rise multi-storey level buildings to have dignified housing of their own," Forlales said.
Even RICS competition president John Hughes was amazed at Forlales' design.
"The world's cities are growing all the time and there is a real need to make sure they are safe, clean and comfortable places to live for future generations," Hughes said in an online video interview with ABS-CBN.
"There were many exciting, original designs among the submissions, however Earl's idea stood out for its simple, yet well thought through solution to the world's growing slum problem," he added.
Forlales plans to build 10,000 units, before the year 2023 enters. He also said that he intends to build a prototype model that he can show to potential investors, so he is allocating the money he won for it.
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