SAMBUGKOS

SAMA-SAMA, BUGKOS-BUGKOS: SUSTAINABLE GROWTH THROUGH

UNIFIED COMMUNITY EFFORT

From the Filipino custom bayanihan, derived from a Filipino word

“bayan”, which means nation, town or community. The term bayanihan
itself literally means “being in a bayan”, which refers to the spirit of
communal unity, work and cooperation to achieve a particular goal.
Same notion applies for the redevelopment of Balagtas Heights
Resettlement Project located at Brgy. Santol, Balagtas, Bulacan.

The concept SAMBUGKOS was formed through amalgamation of Filipino words “sama-sama and bugkos-
bugkos”, which focuses on making sustainable growth in the resettlement area through unified community
effort. Since design alone cannot fix the issues of social isolation and lack of community sense, opportunities for
building their lives, skills, healthy environment and livable communities is what the concept rooting for. By
providing Sustainable Livelihood Programs, it endeavors to strengthen the skills, competencies, abilities and
resources of poor, vulnerable and marginalized families, in order to create an enabling environment for
accessing income generating opportunities to address basic needs, thereby improving their socio-economic
well-being, and by engaging them throughout the built environment where one could develop a sense of
belongingness and social communication are the key aspects in the empowering process towards sustainable
community. Empowering the community makes people to become active in making positive decisions that
influence their communities and shape their lives.
DESIGN GOALS Towards a Sustainable Community: A Study on Balagtas
Heights Resettlement Project
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• Community Empowerment
• Responsive environment
• Socio-economic development DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

DESIGN OBJECTIVES
• To uplift the morale and living conditions of
residents in Balagtas Heights Resettlement
Project through sustainable community
approach. USERS ENVIRONMENT LIVELIHOOD

• To improve the built environment and create

livable spaces in harmony with nature through
unified community effort.

• To promote and exhibit a sense of community in

a resettlement area by engaging livelihood
programs for the residents.
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