APEC Architect Project
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ARCHITECTS
October 8-9, 2010
Theme: “ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE IN THIS AGE OF GLOBALIZATION”
PROGRAMME
October 8, 2010, Friday
8:00 – 9:00
REGISTRATION
9:00 – 9:30
OPENING OF EXHIBITS
9:30 – 10:15
OPENING CEREMONIES
Invocation
and
Philippine National Anthem
“IMUSICAPELLA” Chamber Choir
of the Our Lady of the Pillar Parish
Imus, Cavite
Welcome Remarks
Ar. MEDELIANO T. ROLDAN Jr.
Conference Convenor
Opening Remarks
Ar. PROSPERIDAD C. LUIS
Secretary General, 2009-2010
APEC Architect Central Council
Keynote Messages
Ar. RAMON S. MENDOZA
National President
United Architects of the Philippines
Hon. NICOLAS P. LAPEŇA
Chair
Professional Regulation Commission
Hon. PATRICIA D. LICUANAN
Chair
Commission on Higher Education
CHORAL NUMBERS
10:15 – 10:45
BREAK
Linkage Meetings
10:45 – 12:00
SESSION 1 – Overview Presentations
“IMUSICAPELLA” Chamber Choir
“The APEC Architect Project:
A Mechanism for Mobility of
Architects in the APEC Region”
Ar. PROSPERIDAD C. LUIS
“The ASEAN Mutual Recognition
Arrangement (MRA) on
Architectural Services”
Ar. ANGELINE CHUA CHIACO
Secretary General, 2009-2010
APEC Architect Central Council
Member
Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture
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Professional Regulation Commission
Question and Answer Portion
Mr. CHRISTOPHER GABRIEL
(Conference Moderator)
Director of Languages Learning Center
De La Salle University Dasmariñas
12:00 – 14:00
LUNCH
Viewing of Exhibits
Linkage Meetings
14:00 – 15:15
SESSION 2
“The Impact of Globalization
on Architectural Services”
Dato Sri Ar. ESA MOHAMED
“Methods of Overseas Project
Procurement by Korean Firms”
Ar. KUN CHANG YI
Question and Answer Portion
Mr. CHRISTOPHER GABRIEL
Founder and Managing Director
Akitek Jururancang Malaysia (AJM) Sdn, Bhd
Chair, APEC Monitoring Committee of Malaysia
Chair, ASEAN Architect Council
Vice President, CEO, Principal Architect
Aum & Lee Architects Associates Co. Ltd
Director, Korea Arbitration Board
Former Chair, ARCASIA
Moderator
15:15 – 15:45
BREAK
Linkage Meetings
15:45 – 17:00
SESSION 3
“Architectural Education in
This Age of Globalization”
Ar. FERNANDO MORA MORA
“Architectural Practice in the
Philippines and the Implication of
Global Practice to Local Practice”
Ar. ARMANDO N. ALLI
Question and Answer Portion
Mr. CHRISTOPHER GABRIEL
Professor
Center of Art, Architecture and Design
University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Past Secretary General, 2007-2008
APEC Architect Central Council
Chairman
Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture
Professional Regulation Commission
Moderator
19:00
ICA WELCOME DINNER
October 9, 2010, Saturday
8:00 – 9:00
REGISTRATION
9:00 – 10:15
SESSION 4
“Achieving Architecture and
Urban Design Excellence Through
Collaborative Efforts”
Ar. LYE HOK NG
Registrar, Board of Architects
Singapore
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“The Perils of Borrowing
Building Styles and Its
Consequences for the Registration
of Architects in New Zealand”
Mr. PAUL JACKMAN
Question and Answer Portion
Mr. CHRISTOPHER GABRIEL
Chief Executive
New Zealand Registered Architects Board
Moderator
10:15 – 10:45
BREAK
Linkage Meetings
10:45 – 12:00
SESSION 5
“Practice of Architecture
In This Global Age”
Ar. FRANCISCO CABRERA
BETANCOURT
Executive Coordinator
Consejo Nacional de Registro y
Certificacion Profesional de Arquitectos
“Outcomes-based Competency
Assessment for Regulators of
Professions”
Mr. JEROME MARBURG
Question and Answer Portion
Mr. CHRISTOPHER GABRIEL
Canadian Architectural Licensing Authorities
Deputy Executive Director & General Counsel
Architectural Institute of British Columbia
Moderator
12:00 – 14:00
LUNCH
Viewing of Exhibits
Linkage Meetings
14:00 – 15:00
SESSION 6
Plenary / Summary
Ar. MIGUEL C. GUERRERO III
(Conference Rapporteur)
APEC Architect PH-0009 (Philippines)
APEC Architect Registry
Managing Partner, Asian Architects
15:00 – 15:30
CLOSING
Closing Remarks
Ar. GIL C. EVASCO
Conference Deputy Convenor
15:30 – 16:00
SNACKS
Linkage Meetings
19:00 – 22:00
HONOR DINNER
Closing Dinner for the International Conference of Architects
Welcome Dinner for the 4th APEC Architect Central Council Meeting
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (Chinese Taipei & Philippines)
Conferment of new Filipino APEC Architects
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ABSTRACTS
THE APEC ARCHITECT PROJECT: A MECHANISM FOR MOBILITY OF ARCHITECTS IN THE APEC REGION
By Ar. Prosperidad C. Luis, FUAP, APEC Architect
(Philippines)
APEC or Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation is an international forum of 21 member economies that act collectively to
advance their common interests. APEC is committed to a policy of reducing barriers to trade and of being a vehicle for
promoting economic cooperation within the Asia-Pacific Region.
Within APEC are a number of sectoral groups that implement the APEC work programs, one of which is the Human
Resources Development Working Group (HRDWG). In 2000, HRDWG endorsed Australia’s proposal for “The APEC
Architect Project”, as a form of supporting its Action Program to “facilitate mobility of qualified persons …. by developing
means for mutual recognition of skills and qualifications”.
In 2001, the Inaugural APEC Architect Meeting was held in Brisbane, Australia attended by ten economies (Australia,
People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong China, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, and
the United States of America). The 10 economies agreed that it was a Project worth pursuing because it would simplify
access to practice of architects in other economies and would increase opportunities for them to provide services beyond
their national boundaries after qualifying to practice in their own home economies.
The participating economies agreed that the process they would adopt would have 2 features:
 That they would identify common elements of SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCE in the areas of education;
internship and practical training; registration and licensure; and practice and experience; and
 They would establish an APEC Architect Register and identify APEC Architects
The meeting in Brisbane was followed by many more in different host economies: another meeting in Sydney, Australia;
then in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Chinese Taipei; Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America; Tokyo, Japan; Mexico City,
Mexico; Vancouver, Canada; and now in Metro Manila, Philippines. More economies joined in as the work progressed.
There are now 14 participating economies, with the addition of Canada, Korea, Mexico, and Singapore to the inaugural
group.
During these meetings, the discussions progressed from the initial acceptance of the concept of the APEC Architect in the
meeting in Brisbane; thru the discussions of criteria and standards, and organizational and operational matters during the
meetings in Sydney, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei and Honolulu; and finally to the agreement of a simultaneous launching of the
APEC Architect Register in the meeting in Tokyo. On September 19, 2005, the 4th anniversary of the Inaugural Meeting in
Brisbane, on agreement of all the participating economies, the APEC Architect Register was simultaneously launched in
14 participating countries. It was also in the Tokyo Meeting when the organizational structure was strengthened with the
formation of the Central Council, charged with the overall authority for the control and management of the APEC Architect
Framework.
Work continued through the next meetings in Mexico City and Vancouver, where the focus was on the APEC Reciprocal
Recognition Framework. In Mexico, the economies were listed on a horizontal matrix of three types of recognition
arrangements: 1) Domain Specific Assessment, 2) Comprehensive Registration Examination, and 3) Host Economy
Residence/Experience. In Vancouver, the matrix was changed into a vertical format, to include six types of arrangements:
1) Complete Mobility, 2) Domain Specific Assessment, 3) Comprehensive Registration Examination, 4) Host Economy
Residence/Experience, 5) Local Collaboration, and 6) No Registration.
The APEC Architect Project is a work in progress.
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THE ASEAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION ARRANGEMENT (MRA) ON ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES
By Ar. Angeline T. Chua Chiaco, FUAP, APEC Architect
(Philippines)
On November 19, 2007, the governments of Member States of the Association of South East Asian Nations (collectively
referred to as “ASEAN”, and comprising Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, Lao
People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of
Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) agreed on the ASEAN Mutual Recognition
Arrangement on Architectural Services. This agreement aims 1) to facilitate mobility of Architects, 2) exchange information
in order to promote adoption of best practices on standards of architectural education, professional practice and
qualifications, 3) to encourage, facilitate and establish mutual recognition of Architects and set up standards and
commitment of technological transfer among ASEAN Member States. It conforms to the spirit of ASEAN co-operation
based on fair distribution of resources and benefits through collaborative researches.
A copy of the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Architectural Services is available at the ASEAN website at:
http://www.aseansec.org/21137.pdf
Since this is a government effort, the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (PRBoA) is the Professional
Regulatory Authority (PRA) established under Republic Act 9266 or The Architecture Act of 2004. The Philippine
Monitoring Committee (MC) on Architectural Services, composed of the PRC, CHED and the UAP was established to
develop, process and maintain an ASEAN Architect Register (AAR) in the Philippines.
Qualified Filipino Architects may apply to be placed on the ASEAN Architects Register (AAR) and accorded the title of
ASEAN Architect (AA). The requirements for registration as ASEAN Architect (AA) and the guide to application for
registration as AA will be contained in the ASEAN Architect Manual.
THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION ON ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES
By Dato Sri Ar. Esa Mohamed, APEC Architect
(Malaysia)
Liberalization is the enabler for services to cross borders following foreign direct investments (FDIs), international funding
and often times usurp the role of the domestic service providers. Architecture as a profession faces greater challenges
brought about by globalization and technological advancements. Invariably the technological advancements which are
attained in the more developed countries are procured in the developing countries. For the domestic architects, they
would have to put up with this competition and are frequently the losers. Hence we need to understand the international
regimes that are promoting globalization in order to act appropriately in the eventual eminent opening of the domestic
services market. Developing additional skills, capabilities and capacities is a must for one to compete.
The paper presentation will look into the various international and regional arrangements for promoting mobility of
architects across borders. It will give some insight into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the General Agreement
on Trade in Services (GATS), the negotiation procedures. It will also bring the issues closer to home by looking at ASEAN
and APEC arrangements as well as NGO’s like International Union of Architects (UIA), Institute of Architects’ role in
dealing with liberalization. The presentation will also illustrate some domestic and international projects that were
undertaken by the presenter in response to the impact of liberalization.
METHODS OF OVERSEAS PROJECT PROCUREMENT BY KOREAN FIRMS (The Experiences of the firm Aum &
Lee as an Example)
By Ar. Kun Chang Yi, KIRA, HAIA, APEC Architect
(Korea)
Aum & Lee is a firm with a long history. It was established in 1948 as Aum Duk Moon Architects Office. In 1977, it merged
with Lee Hee Tae and the new firm was named Aum & Lee Architects Associates. In 1994, it expanded and incorporated
under the name Aum & Lee Architects Incorporated Co. Ltd. and created subsidiary companies which were foreign-
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registered for overseas construction projects. In 1996, it established its branch office in the Philippines, collaborating with
the firm JBDR. It founded its research and development center in 2001, and established other office branches in Japan,
Vietnam, and Sudan in 2005.
Overseas projects are procured through various delivery systems in Korea and other parts of the globe. Very formal
procedures such as open competitions, and limited and pre-selective processes may be adopted depending on the project
and the client’s own criteria. This presentation will discuss these various processes in connection with various types and
classifications of projects such as: 1) Private and Foreign Government-Funded Projects, 2) Grant-Based Projects
(KOICA) and Loan Agreement Projects (EDCF)
The projects of Aum & Lee will be used as examples to illustrate and discuss these procurement methodologies.
ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION IN THIS AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
By Mtro. Arq. Fernando Mora Mora, CAEJ, FAIA, FRAIC
(Mexico)
As part of the agendas in negotiations of economies for the mobility of architects throughout the world in this globalized
era, are the education and training requirements for professional recognition. For this matter, it is a major concern for
many governments, professional organizations, and education institutions, to establish the necessary academic
qualifications to comply with legal, economic, social and competitive requirements that may give certainty that they have
been met, so degrees awarded through these may be accepted internationally.
In this presentation, some of the major agreements on Architectural Education for international recognition will be
discussed such as the Canberra Accord and the UIA guidelines, as well as the criteria accepted in international
agreements between architects.
A second area will be discussed as to what architect education institutions are strongly supporting with international
agreements in exchange programs for students, professors and investigators. These programs are becoming an important
media to elevate the professional standards required in architectural education in this globalized world, as their results are
being taken into account to broaden the professional vision of future architects.
The experience of Mexico in these agreements, as well as the programs for international exchange implemented by its
education institutions in architecture will be commented, since these are becoming an important part of the teaching and
education experience that are opening new international professional possibilities for young architects, following the steps
of renowned Mexican architects that practice throughout the world. These comments and experiences are expected to
invite other economies to participate more openly in this type of activities.
ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THE IMPLICATION OF GLOBAL PRACTICE ON LOCAL
PRACTICE
By Ar. Armando N. Alli, FUAP, hfpia, aaif, APEC Arch
(Philippines)
Philippine law prescribes that only registered and licensed architects (RLAs) and other duly-permitted entities such as
foreign architects (FAs) with temporary/ special permits (TSPs), and who shall work in collaboration with RLAs shall
practice on Philippine soil. However, the General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS) may eventually modify
certain Philippine laws, including Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9266, otherwise known as the Architecture Act of 2004.
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) regulates the practice of architecture through the PRBoA, which by law
limits to RLAs the preparation, signing and sealing of ARCHITECTURAL Documents, an exclusive privilege that can also
be taken away by the State for cause.
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The law mandates the implementation and enforcement of R.A. No. 9266 by ALL officials of the Philippine Government.
Over the years, the 3 branches of Government (legislative, judicial and executive) have all ruled in favor of the RLAs
without fail. While there are presently NO legal impediments to the full implementation and enforcement of R.A. No. 9266,
it continues to be willfully violated by the executive branch of Government, leading the PRBoA to engage the same in
various fora, including the Court.
The present local practice by FAs is mainly through the APEC Architect Registry and through other modes including
electronic practices and knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) operations, all subject to regulation. The ASEAN Mutual
Recognition Agreement (MRA) and practice through reciprocity will soon become additional practice modes. While GATS
is widely perceived by RLAs to be able to complement such local practices of FAs. their mandatory assumption of civil
liabilities is also expected.
ACHIEVING ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN EXCELLENCE THROUGH COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS
By Ar. Lye Hock Ng
(Singapore)
Good architecture is moving beyond just designing and building physical structures. Architecture and good urban design
now goes hand in hand to distinguish a good piece of architectural work; which does not merely consists of iconic
buildings but stresses on the important relationship between buildings and beauty of the city as a whole. A distinctive city
of tomorrow is not built overnight, but put together bit by bit through a collection of outstanding designs throughout
the city.
As cities compete to be globalised, architects can help to elevate a city on the world stage as a city of excellence, through
innovative architecture and urban design that engage the senses and excites public imagination. Globalisation has also
changed the practice of architecture, as architects cross boundaries to put their signature projects all over the world. A
good example is Singapore, where architects, both local and international, have played a part in the remaking of the
country’s cityscape; as successful cross-country, collaborative efforts find integrative approaches that activate urban
spaces through good architecture and urban design, ultimately contributing towards building a vibrant global city.
THE PERILS OF BORROWING BUILDING STYLES AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE REGISTRATION OF
ARCHITECTS IN NEW ZEALAND.
By Mr. Paul Jackman, NZARB
(New Zealand)
Throughout her brief history so far, New Zealand’s house designs have been borrowed from whatever was fashionable in
the countries that New Zealand looked to, mainly the United Kingdom and the United States. Sometimes the results have
not been good in terms of developing a building style appropriate to New Zealand’s climatic and other conditions.
In the last twenty years, New Zealanders have had a fascination with Mediterranean style houses. To obtain a clean
modern look, houses have been built with no eaves, with windows without flashings, and with a cladding of synthetic
plaster onto the timber framing. This style has proved inappropriate to New Zealand and many of these houses have
developed serious leaks.
In addition, to cut costs, a decision was made some years back that framing timber no longer needed to be chemically
treated. The houses that leaked in many cases have suffered catastrophic rot problems, in some cases requiring
demolition.
The controversy that these failings generated led to the Government deciding to inject more rigour into occupational
licensing in the building sector. One of the consequences was the creation in 2005 of the New Zealand Registered
Architects Board.
However, occupational licensing in the building sector remains contentious. Policy makers fear that it drives up costs,
especially if the regulated trades and professions use occupational licensing to restrict entry and encourage labour
shortages, thereby increasing the fees they can charge.
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The statutory and regulatory framework under which architects in New Zealand are registered is an attempt to find a
workable middle ground between these two conflicting imperatives.
THE PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE IN THIS GLOBAL AGE
By Francisco Javier Cabrera Betancourt, FCARM
(Mexico)
The fundamental values generated amid the cultures of each APEC member economy and the open and receptive
education to the generated currents of thought and technology that are produced in other economies, are certainly
important elements for the progress of the nations as long as they keep their own identity.
We consider that we should add to the global opportunities to practice architecture, a good amount of knowledge of the
local communities to produce works of architecture by generating the adequate technology for these works which will
adhere to the countries that receives them.
A way to do this would be that each economy certifies the professional activities of its architects under its own rules but
with a sense of common equivalency in relationship to the certifications that each economy gives.
In this certification, the respect to the culture of each country will be taken into account. Therefore, the international global
practice of architecture with an ethical and technological support, will be a successful reality.
OUTCOMES-BASED COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT
FOR REGULATORS OF PROFESSIONS
By Jerome Marburg, MBA
(Canada)
Regulatory bodies charged with assessing/evaluating competency for entry to practice have traditionally relied on
credentials based certification models. These models work well when candidates come from generally “domestic” and
homogeneous education, experience and examination background. They are however, not sufficiently flexible or robust to
accommodate “international” candidates presenting with an array of different pathways to recognition in their home
jurisdictions. The standards for entry to a profession are necessarily high – commensurate with the complexity of practice
and health, safety and welfare considerations.
When regulatory bodies have a duty to ensure that standards remain high and that public confidence in the profession is
maintained, they also have a duty to register/license (recognize) all persons who can objectively and credibly demonstrate
that they meet entry standards. Outcomes-based competency assessment models seek to define the necessary
education, skills, competencies, attitudes, knowledge, experience, etc. required for any candidate seeking recognition to
practice. The focus is on outcomes required for certification, rather than pathways taken. Outcomes-based models provide
the flexibility required to enable regulators to assess candidates from a far wider range of backgrounds while at the same
time maintaining public confidence in the profession.
Mr. Marburg’s talk will outline work being done on outcomes-based competency assessment by regulators of the
architectural profession in Canada. He will also describe the steps required for recognition of foreign-trained architects in
Canada.
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PROFILES
Ar. PROSPERIDAD C. LUIS, FUAP, APEC Architect
(Philippines)
Ar. Prosperidad C. Luis is the Principal of Luis and Associates, Architects and Environmental Planners. She was a
Professor in the College of Architecture of the University of the Philippines and served as its Dean in 2002 to 2007.
She obtained her B.S. Architecture and Master of Architecture degrees from the University of the Philippines and her
Postgraduate Diploma in Health Facilities Planning from the Medical Architecture Research Unit of the University of North
London. With this special training in medical architecture and a consistent program of professional development in
healthcare architecture as background, she lectures in the College of Public Health of the University of the Philippines and
had lectured for many years in the Ateneo Graduate School of Business, on planning, design, and construction of
hospitals in their master programs in Hospital Administration. She has developed a master level program leading to a
specialization in healthcare architecture within the framework of the existing master program in the UP College of
Architecture. As an active member of the Union of International Architects Public Health Group, she researches and
delivers a paper in its yearly International Public Health Seminar. She also occasionally delivers a paper in the forums of
the Global University Program on Healthcare Architecture on the works and findings of healthcare researchers and
educators.
She has served the World Health Organization as Consultant and Temporary Adviser in assignments to the countries of
the Western Pacific Region such as Korea, Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines. She is a main contributor-writer of the
WHO publication, “District Hospitals: Guidelines for Development.”
Ar. Luis has served her professional organization, the United Architects of the Philippines, in various capacities, starting
as Chapter President of the Diliman Chapter, culminating in her service as the UAP National President for two
consecutive terms from 2000 to 2002. Towards the end of her service as National President, UAP was awarded
Professional Organization of the Year 2002 by the Professional Regulation Commission for exceptional achievements as
a professional organization. She served as the Chancellor of the College of Fellows in 2004-2005 and continues to serve
the UAP in various capacities – as a member of the Committee on the Standards for Professional Practice for Architects;
as Corporate Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the UAP Foundation; as Chair of the Specialty Council in Healthcare of
the UAP Professional Development Center; and as Chair of the APEC Architect Monitoring Committee of the Philippines.
She is the Secretary General of the APEC Architect Central Council for 2009-2010.
Ar. Luis was awarded the Professional of the Year in the Field of Architecture in 1999 by the Professional Regulation
Commission and is one of the first 12 Filipino APEC Architects.
Ar. ANGELINE T. CHUA CHIACO, FUAP, APEC Architect
(Philippines)
Angeline Chua Chiaco is a member of the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture under the Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC). She represents the PRC in the ASEAN Architect Council (AAC) in the ASEAN Mutual
Recognition Arrangement on Architectural Services (MRA). As member of the PRBoA, she also represents PRC in the
National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) National Committee for Architecture and Allied Arts (NCAAA).
She graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Architecture in 1975 and was a recipient of several
scholarships culminating with the Don Tomas Arguelles Memorial Fund in Architecture (Gold Medal for Design). She also
holds a Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning, also from the University of the Philippines.
She is registered and licensed as an Architect, (having placed first during the 1976 Licensure Examination for Architects),
as well as an Environmental Planner.
She gained architectural experience for 20 years before establishing her own Architectural design outfit, ATCC Architects.
She first worked as an architect-planner with Arch. Felipe M. Mendoza, one of the most prominent Filipino Architects.
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Then she became the Chief Architect of the Planning & Engineering Department of the Construction and Development
Corporation of the Philippines (CDCP), then the largest construction company in the Philippines which later became
Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC). It was here that she was involved in large infrastructure projects
such as the Light Rail Transit Project (LRT-1). Later she partnered with a fellow Architect and concentrated on
commercial, institutional and residential projects. After 10 years of collaborative practice, she finally ventured on her own
and completed 15 branches of a chain of a retail establishment among other institutional and residential and recreational
projects. Her current projects include LuxureVille, a Residential Condominium project and proposed Passenger Terminal
Buildings for the Philippine Port Authority. In gratitude for the excellent basic education she received at the St. Theresa’s
College Quezon City, she offers her services for the improvements at the Queen of Peace, the home of the elderly nuns of
her alma mater.
She is an active member of the New Manila Chapter of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP), the Integrated and
Accredited Professional Organization of Architects.
DATO’ SRI Ar HJ ESA HJ MOHAMED, APEC Architect
(Malaysia)
Dato Sri Ar Esa Mohamed is an Architect Planner. He studied at the University of Newcastle, Australia where he obtained
a Bachelor of Architecture with First Class Honours and the University Gold Medal Award and Master in Town and
Country Planning from the University of Sydney. He was conferred the Honorary Doctor of Architecture by the University
of Newcastle NSW, Australia on 20th April 2005.
He is the founder and managing director of Akitek Jururancang (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (AJM) which was responsible for
several major planning and architectural projects in Malaysia such as Subang Jaya Township, Kuala Lumpur Master Plan,
University Malaysia Pahang (UMP) and the Putrajaya Master Plan. Other architectural works include; the Kuala Lumpur
International Airport, Langkawi International Airport, Datai Bay Resort Langkawi, Mid-Valley City, Sunway Pyramid, Kuala
Lumpur Convention Centre, Sungai Buloh 620 bed Hospital and Training College, UiTM Medical Research Centre and the
University Malaysia Pahang, Pekan. He is also involved in major works in China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
He is the Past President (1993-1995) in Council of PAM, Past Chairman of ARCASIA and is currently a Co-Chairman of
NAPSEC (National Professional Services Export Council) and a founding Director of PSDC. He is a member of the Kuala
Lumpur City Hall Advisory Board, Board of Architects Malaysia, the Chairman of the Monitoring Committees of APEC,
ASEAN Architect Council, UIA Council Member for Region IV and Chairman of the UIA Implementation Task Force
Group.
His firm was given The Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2001. He was given the Construction Industry Player of the
Year Award by Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) in 2002 and the Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (ISM)
Excellence Award 2003 for his Outstanding Contribution to the Property and Construction Industry.
Ar. KUN CHANG YI, KIRA, HAIA, APEC Architect
(Korea)
Kun Chang Yi is currently the Vice Chairman and Principal Architect of Aum & Lee Architects Associates Co., Ltd. He had
led the firm’s project management, design development discipline and its whole operation from 1994 to the present.
He has had over twenty five years of experience with the United States Army Corps of Engineers and fifteen years with
the Far East District. He had served and completed projects of the Republic of Korea government agencies and the
private sector in all phases of projects to include project management, feasibility studies, design development, design
development, construction management, and the operation of the firm.
The line-up of his projects include the design of the high-rise Hyundai Industrial Headquarters Office Building, the Yongin
Caravans Water Theme Parks and other types of projects such as E-marts, whole sale markets, schools, apartments,
mixed-use complex buildings, churches and others. His overseas projects include the design of the Korea-Honduras
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Friendship Hospital, the Technical Industrial School in Vietnam, the Golmont Bank Office Building in Ulaanbaatar in
Mongolia, Bay View Hotel in Guam, and Excels Hotel in Sudan. His projects in Korea developed with foreign clients are
the Motorola Korea Headquarters Paju, and T&G Namwon Tobacco Raw Material Factory.
Mr. Yi was awarded several Sustained Superior Performance (SSP) and other outstanding performance awards from the
Far East District (FED). He trained in architectural and project management related programs sponsored by the United
States Corps of Engineers and in 1985, he received the Certificate of Appreciation from General William J. Livsey, United
States Army Commander.
Mr. Yi is a member of the Korea Institute of Registered Architects, the Korea Institute of Architects, and the Architect
Institute of Korea and has served these organizations in vaious capacities. He was the Vice Chairman for Zone “C” of
ARCASIA in 1999-2000 and the Chairman of ARCASIA in 2007-2008. For his services for ARCASIA, the AIA honored him
with an honorary membership and the President’s Medal.
He has received special awards from the Ministry of Construction and Transportation for his contribution to the
architectural professions and an award from the Ministry of Women for his gender sensitive design of the Women’s
Cultural Center. He received the Industrial Superior Medal award from the President of Korea in 2007.
Mtro. Arq. FERNANDO MORA MORA, CAEJ, FAIA, FRAIC
(Mexico)
Arq. Fernando Mora was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. He obtained his Masters Degree in Architecture in Urban
Design from the University of Guadalajara (Universidad de Guadalajara – Jalisco State public university and second
largest in México).
He has been a Professor in the University Center of Arts, Architecture and Design (CUAAD – Centro Universitario de Arte,
Arquitectura y Diseño) of the University of Guadalajara since 1981. He has the national recognition as PROMEP Profile
that is given to professors that teach, investigate and produce according to quality criteria. He was the Chief of the
Department of Urban Projects from 2004 to 2007.
He had been a member of the Colegio of Architects of the State of Jalisco (CAEJ – Colegio de Arquitectos del Estado de
Jalisco, A.C.) since 1983 and was elected to serve as its President for the term from 1998 to 2001. From 2002 to 2004, he
served as the President of the national organization of architects, the Federation of Colegios of Architects of the Mexican
Republic (FCARM – Federación de Colegios de Arquitectos de la Republica Mexicana). In 2004, on the initiative of his
administration, the first day of October of every year was declared National Architects Day by the Senate and ratified by
the President of the Republic of Mexico. He is an Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and of
the Royal Architect Institute of Canada (RAIC).
He served as Member of the Technical Consultant Committee of Architecture of the General Directorate of Professions of
the Public Education Secretary (DGP-SEP – Dirección General de Profesiones de la Secretaria de Educación Pública)
from 2004 to 2006 and Coordinator of the Subcommission on Professional Certification and Continuing Education, whose
work and final report was approved and has served as guide on these matters for architects.
As a member of the Mexican Committee for the International Practice of Architecture (COMPIAR – Comité Mexicano para
la Practica Internacional de la Arquitectura), he participated in the negotiations of the free trade Agreements between the
architects of Mexico with its peers from the United States of America and Canada according to NAFTA; with the architects
of the Architect Community of Europe (ACE) and APEC.
He was the Executive Coordinator of the National Council of Professional Certification and Register of Architects
(CONARC – Consejo Nacional de Registro y Certificación Profesional de Arquitectos) from 2004 to 2009 and a member
of the Mexican APEC Architect Monitoring Committee 2005 – 2009 and Secretary General of the Mexican Secretariat for
the APEC Architect Project in 2007 and 2008.
He has been in professional practice since 1981 as a private consultant and in his own firms, dedicating most of his work
on architectural projects and construction for homes, housing, commerce, service and health buildings, and also
specializing in Urban Planning and Urban Design.
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Ar. ARMANDO N. ALLI, FUAP, hfpia, aaif, APEC Arch.
(Philippines)
Ar. Armando Nicoleta Alli is a product of the University of the Philippines College of Architecture (1982) and of the
University of the Philippines School of Urban and Regional Planning (1994). He has had about 28.0 years of
progressively responsible/ diversified professional experience in the practice of the architectural and allied design
professions, particularly in the areas of site, physical, land and water use planning, tourism and general environmental
planning, transportation and facility planning, and in the space planning, pre-design and architectural interior design of
offices and mixed-use buildings. Over the last 6 years, he also focused on the project management of contracted
architectural and allied consulting services for a number of local firms.
Since late 2006, he has served as the Acting Chairman of the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (PRBoA at
www.architectureboard.ph) under the Philippine Professional Regulation Commission (PRC at www.prc.gov.ph). He is a
Philippine Government-accredited professional in the field of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) for the construction
(and consulting service) industries i.e. a construction arbitrator and mediator. He also periodically serves as an external
consultant to the Office of an incumbent Philippine Senator.
From 2002 to date, Ar Alli has co-represented Philippine registered and licensed Architects in the Board of Consultants of
the Philippine Government’s main infrastructure agency, the DPWH and was instrumental in the extensive revision of the
architectural sections of the current Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the National Building Code of the
Philippines. Over the years 2004 through 2006, he was also actively involved in the initial implementation of the
reformed procurement laws of the State, particularly for consulting services.
From 1993 through 2008, Ar Alli served as a Partner and Business Manager of DACY Architects/ Planners Co., a group
practice which specialized in master development planning and low-rise structures. In private individual practice from
1989 to date, he also acts as an external architectural and physical planning consultant for several local and international
consulting and property development
firms.
Ar Alli has been a member of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) for almost 3 decades, for which he acted in
different capacities until becoming its District Director, its Fellow and its 27th APEC Architect. Ar Alli was a Member of the
UAP National Committee on Legislation and Codes (NCLC), spending years on highly focused legislative work and on
collaborative efforts leading to the crafting and approval of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9266, otherwise known as The
Philippine Architecture Act of 2004 and of its IRR. In 2002, he also became a founding Trustee of the Architecture
Advocacy International Foundation (AAIF), Inc. an organization that took a very active part in State policy formulation,
particularly in shaping the present Philippine architecture law and in helping realize the long-overdue changes to the IRR
of the National Building Code.
Ar. NG LYE HOCK, LARRY
(Singapore)
Mr. Ng Lye Hock, Larry, is the Group Director of Architecture and Urban Design Excellence (AUDE), Urban
Redevelopment Authority (URA), which is the planning and conservation authority of Singapore. He spearheads URA’s
effort to promote architecture and urban design excellence and to raise public awareness and appreciation of
Singapore’s built environment.
He was Colombo Plan Scholar who graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1979, and holds a Masters
Degree in Building Science from the University of Sydney under a scholarship from the Housing and Development Board
(HDB). For his good academic achievement, he was awarded the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Prize and the
University of Sydney Building Science Prize. He was also awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2008.
Mr. Ng has extensive experience in the planning, design and implementation of public housing in Singapore. In his long
career with the HDB, he has been involved in the master planning of new towns and design and supervision of various
types of projects including high-rise public housing, commercial, industrial, institutional, Main Upgrading Programme
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(MUP), Hawker Upgrading Programme (HUP) and also studio apartments for the elderly. With more than 20 years
experience as an architect, Mr. Ng has introduced many innovative design solutions to bring up the standards of public
housing which is comparable to those of private housing.
Mr Ng is also appointed by the Minister of National Development as the Registrar of the Board of Architects, Singapore
with the mission to enhance competency, integrity and professionalism of the practice of architecture in Singapore.
He is also appointed as the Prize Secretary for the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, a biennial international award that
seeks to recognize the achievements of outstanding individuals and organization who have contributed urban initiatives,
policies or projects which epitomize foresight, good governance or innovation in overcoming the challenges faced by
cities. Through this Prize, Singapore hopes to facilitate the sharing of best practices in urban solutions among cities and
spur further innovation in the area of sustainable urban development.
Mr. PAUL JACKMAN, NZARB
(New Zealand)
Paul Jackman was appointed Chief Executive of the New Zealand Registered Architects Board in August 2007. Prior to
that, Paul worked in public relations and journalism. He represented the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, the
Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc.) and, in 1992 and 1993, the Leader of the
Opposition. From 1986 to 1992 Paul worked for Radio New Zealand as a political reporter at New Zealand’s parliament.
Before that he reported in industrial relations for Radio New Zealand and the newspaper The Dominion, which is the
morning daily in Wellington.
Ar. FRANCISCO J. CABRERA BETANCOURT, FCARM
(Mexico)
Ar. Francisco Betancourt is the Architect of the Puebla Autonomous University. He has lived in Acapulco, Mexico since
1969, where he has developed his professional practice, focusing on building housing sets, apartments, residences, small
hotels and buildings for services.
He has been the Architect College's President in Guerrero State, Mexico; a Professor for Americana University for 15
years; Director of the Architecture Faculty in the same University; and a member of the National Architecture Academy.
In 2005 he won the public competition for building Acapulco's New Catholic Cathedral.
He has been a constant speaker in different Architecture College branches in Mexico.
He actively participates in forming new architects. He has written different essays about local identity and globalization.
Currently, he participates in the Acapulco Town Planning Council and he coordinates professional certification in the
Federacion de Colegios de Arquitectos de la Republica Mexicana, the national organization of architects in the Republic
of Mexico.
JEROME MARBURG, MBA
(Canada)
Jerome Marburg was born and raised in South Africa, immigrating to Northern Alberta as a teenager. He obtained a
Bachelor of Arts (Special) Degree in Classical History and English Literature from the University of Alberta, his Law
Degree from Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia), and his Masters in Business Administration from Simon Fraser
University (British Columbia). Mr. Marburg has over eighteen years experience as a regulator, executive manager, and
general counsel for professional regulatory bodies.
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As Deputy Executive Director, General Counsel and Director of Registration and Licensing with the Architectural Institute
of British Columbia, Mr. Marburg’s responsibilities include oversight of the Registration and Licensing and Finance and
Administration service centers. He also serves as General Counsel to the AIBC, advising council and staff on a broad
range of legal matters ranging from corporate and board governance and policy to, regulation of professions and business
administration.
When not at the office, Mr. Marburg actively participates in his community, serving on a variety of boards and committees
as well as coaching hockey and football (soccer). He is also an avid cyclist and rugby fan.
Ar. MIGUEL GUERRERO, FUAP, APEC Arch.
(Philippines)
Miguel Guerrero’s passionate journey in architecture began in 1974 at the College
of Architecture and Fine Arts of the University of Santo Tomas. Obtaining the license to practice architecture in 1981 from
the Board of Architecture of the Professional Regulations Commission, he launched into private practice. Since 1985, he
has been the Managing Partner of Asian Architects.
For his contribution to the profession in the field of design, the United Architects of the Philippines inducted him into the
College of Fellows in 2007. A year before, he was conferred the title of APEC Architect, being one of the first twelve in the
Philippines. An APEC Architect has the possibility of practicing in other APEC countries.
Being a nature-tripper, designing with nature has been his orientation. He is a founding member of the Green Architecture
Advocacy of the Philippines (GreenAP) that advocates green and sustainable concepts to al sectors of society. As a
frequent resource speaker on topics ranging from Green Architecture to Professional
Practice, he assists the UAP in
some of its advocacies such as the Green Architecture Movement (UAP-GAM) and various UAP Chapter seminars. Some
of his noted works and lectures have been recognized in local and foreign media.
In 2004, he joined the American Institute of Architects, to further his quest for more knowledge and exposure to the
profession. A passionate advocate for green architecture and professionalism, he continues to share generously his
knowledge with all.
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