TAO-Pilipinas, Inc.
"It is time for us to go to the people rather than ask the people, especially the poor, to come to us."
TAO-Pilipinas provides venues for young architects, engineers and planners to engage in social housing and community development work. YP formation activities orient them in socially-responsive professional practice and in the participatory development approach.
Our programs and activities include:
- Orientation workshops on social housing
- Internship program
- Volunteer mobilization and coordination for NSTP-CWTS
- Training courses and research collaboration with academe (local and international)
The following are the list of representative projects for our YP Formation:
- Volunteer Assistance to SAPSPA
- 2005 Young Professionals Workshop on Social Housing : YPs and the Informal Communities – a Collaborative Partnership in Social Housing
- Young Professionals Orientation and Training Program (YP-OTP)
- YP-OTP Stage 2: Community Integration Process
- 2006 Young Professionals Workshop on Social Housing: YPs Working towards Sustainable Communities – Integrating Community-Based Disaster Risk Management in Social Housing
- YP Design Challenge: Ideas for Sustainable Communities
- Housing Development and Management – Shelter Design and Development Course (HDM-SDD 2007 to 2011)
- 2008 Young Professionals Workshop on Social Housing: Building Sustainable Communities in the Resettlement Sites of Albay, Bicol
- Housing Development and Management – Conservation and Management of Heritage Buildings (HDM-CMHB 2009)
- NTU-TAO-UPCA Joint Study Program (Pasay Field Study)
- 2009 Young Professionals Workshop on Social Housing: Improving Access to Water Supply and Sanitation for Urban Poor Communities
- Housing Development and Management – Urban Shelter: Architecture for Extreme Environments (HDM-US 2010 to 2019)
- NTU Navotas Field Study
- 2011 Young Professionals Workshop on Social Housing: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Community Planning and Development
- 2016 YP Workshop in Social Housing: Mainstreaming Participatory Design Process in Community Planning and Development
- 2017 YP Workshop in Social Housing: Planning for Climate and Disaster-Resilient Urban Poor Communities
- TAO Lecture Series / CPD Program
- ASMPH Learning Experiences in Communities