Commercial and Residential combination are common in building design and construction nowadays. This enables the provision of tenant's need for their household in Residential Units occupancy and an accessible day to day transaction for Business in Commercial Units occupancy.
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| Four Storey Commercial/Residential Building along MacArthur Highway, Bocaue, Bulacan |
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| The building is made high-tech by the use of reflective glass at the facade and aluminum cladding in bright yellow. |
This manner of planning, design and construction had been the line of expertise of RCLA MARU ARCHITECTS CO, for its almost 22 years in the Industry.
Being an Architect-Led Architectural and Construction Firm, they cater to clients who prefer the "design and construction package". This manner free the Client from the hassle of the Building Permit Documents, coordination and processing, hiring and coordinating a Contractor and Architect or Engineer altogether at the same time.
In the "design and construction package" of RCLA MARU ARCHITECTS CO., clients only has to sign papers, issue payments and conduct site visits if they wish to, while attending the regular coordination meetings. Other than the Architect / Contractor itself, most clients assign their own Project Manager (PM) or Owner Representative that guides them on their personal technical interpretation of the Plan and assist them in the approval of Billings.
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| The TWENTY202 Building located along Taft Avenue near La Salle, Manila is a Residential with Offices in some of its floors. |
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| Fine reminiscence of the Renaissance Era of the Glorious old Manila was successfully manifested by RCLA MARU ARCHITECTS CO. |
The common planning approach to Commercial/residential buildings places the commercial on the ground or second floor and the residential units at the upper floor. The Roof deck usually serves as the Function Room. Careful decisions has to be made for the utilities system of the building such as water, electricity, communications and fire protection. Sub-meters of water and electricity maybe done, one per unit or one whole meter for the whole building and the billings are done by the Building Administrator internally to each unit tenant.
In case of electricity one-sub meter per unit scheme, the application of the power maybe done by the Building owner and later transferred to the Tenant or the Tenant shall be the one to apply for its own. These are rated as Commercial Classification which is a bit higher than the Residential.
For more information on the Design and Construction of Commercial / Residential Buildings, email RCLA MARU ARCHITECTS CO. at rcla.monitor@gmail.com or text us at mobile: 0927-8269808.
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Write up by:
Arch. Ma. Elena Lamasan
