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Student, BS Architecture Program, College of Architecture and Fine Arts Education, University of Mindanao, Philippines.
ABSTRACT
The night market along the Roxas Avenue has been a cause of accidents by fast pasted
cars. The drainage canal located along street is a space which can be utilized, thats
why the researchers proposed to cover the canal and use the space for the night
market. Aside from covering the canal, the researchers also proposed for the canopy for
shelter, and fences with designated entrance and exit for safety.
Keywords: Roxas Avenue, Covered Canal, Night Market
INTRODUCTION
The M. Roxas Avenue, Named
after the 5th president of the Philippines,
stretches for about a kilometer right
through Metro Davao. With the constant
movement of people in and around the
avenue, its inevitable for the street to
become a commercial domain, and
recently the avenue became a place for
shopping and dining with the emerging of
the night market. Street vendors selling
different stuffs from clothing, toys, bags
and even food, gather together along
Roxas Avenue to showcase their
product. People from different walks of
life, from poor to rich or from students to
professionals would go there every night
and experience the flea market or
famously known as the night market. But
as the crowd increases the threat also
becomes inevitable.
Roxas Avenue is known by
Davaoeos as a very busy street when it
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