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Chapter I INTRODUCTION
“Sports is the toy department of human life.” This is a quote
from an American sports journalist, Howard Cosell. What he wanted to
mean in his statement is that sports can be a source of enjoyment to
human beings because of the different factors such as money, fame,
health, body, hobby, self-esteem and relationships. According to
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the most fundamental and basic four
layers of the pyramid: esteem, love, security, and psychological needs,
can also be met through sports. Way back in the Ancient Greece when
people learned to be purposive, sportive and active beings, sports has
shown not only the changes in the human body but also revealed the
improvements in the society. The rise of the society was the rise of
architecture as well. It is the living evidence that sports has been a
great part of human beings’ life in the past and still continues in the
present.
There are sports were people attempt to push the physical
boundaries. These are what you call extreme sports. These extreme
sports tend to take the adrenaline rush and excitement to the next level.
It began as early in the 1950’s when people continue to search for
more high-risk sports. It evolved though time to make the new sports
safer but still performed at a greater level of difficulty. Extreme sport
is classified into land, air, and water.
The World Wakeboard Association establish in 1989 was
created by the wake boarders for the advancement and progression of
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wakeboarding. Their goal is to make wakeboarding, which is an
example of extreme sport, be known to the world. Russia, Singapore,
Egypt, India, Qatar and Malaysia are few of the wakeboarding spots
where the Wakeboarding World Cup was held. The World Cup series
aim to bring the best water sport athletes to high-populated,
international urban environments to bring more exposure to these
sports. In the Philippines, composing of 7, 107 islands surrounded by
bodies of waters, it is said to be one of the perfect places where water
sporting events can happen. Camsur Watersports Complex (CWC) is a
watersports park designed for wakeboarding, water skating, and
waterskiing. Last October 2006, they have hosted the first Philippine
Cable Wakeboard Nationals. The extreme watersports then became
popular to the whole country of Philippines. Many wakeboard parks
were built like first cable park, Lago de Oro in Batangas, Deca
Wakeboarding Park in Davao, Deca Wakeboarding Park in Clark,
Pampanga, some resorts in Boracay and Cebu has it too, and the latest
is the Republic Wake Park in Nuvali, Laguna. A Philippine Wake
School was also established to promote more the sport and to produce
world class wake boarders and wake skaters in the Philippines.
1.1 Background and Nature of the Project
Incorporating sports with the Philippine tourism is what the
group of private individuals from different businesses envisioned
to acquire more business opportunities in the country. In 2008,
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they’ve seen that surfing is one of the sports that urges in the
country but unfortunately, they find it hard to market. Then the
sport of cable wakeboarding was born on the surface of the
Philippine waters. Many cable parks arouse and they appealed to
the market. These cable parks that are mostly located in the
southern provinces and cities became hot spots during the
summer. The sport became popular as well as the resorts and the
places near to the wake parks benefited with it. But these parks
are more operational only during summer because the other
months of the year are rainy season.
Another concern of the CWC is that there is the growth of the
sport but there isn’t any development in the facilities needed and
required by the CWWC World Rules in Cable Wakeboard &
Wake skate. One facility needed is a training gym that would let
a beginner to try the sport in a safer place and water before it
could proceed to the real wakeboard obstacle. It also serves as
practice gym to the professional wakeboarders. Wakeboarding is
fun but it could also risk the lives and safety of the wakeboard
riders therefore a medical clinic is a must to give first aid
solutions in every wakeboard park.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
Even though the promotion of the water sports was
accomplished in the country, there are still some deficiencies to
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fulfill for them to be able to attain their goals. They still lack in
facilities and equipments which could help the athletes and
watersports riders to improve their performances. And if they
wanted that Philippines to host more international competitions,
then their design and facilities should also be an international
design, and could accommodate lots of people. It is not only the
athletes that should be internationally competitive but also the
physical infrastructure as well. It is well seen in our history that
architecture played a large role in defining the sports, the people
and the place. It would also be applicable in the modern times
that the local athletes and the country’s architecture and
infrastructures, together will uplift the name and glory of the
country.
Philippines weather for these kinds of sports is only fun and
safe during the summer. Rain could cause delays in any sporting
event. In the other countries, they have built a water sports
complex that is roof-covered and has bleachers, with the other
complete amenities needed both by the athletes or riders, and the
visitors or guests, and audience. It is like a stadium but this one is
more likely to have water for extreme water sports like
wakeboarding, water skating, waterskiing, indoor surfing, etc.
The project entails to design a cable wakeboard park with
training facilities and resort that would cater all the water sports
included in the international water sports competition. It will be
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the venue if the Philippines would host another year for the world
competition but also will serve as the training ground and fun
water complex for the local athletes and even for non-athletes. It
will have an indoor wakeboard training center so it can be used
during the day or even at night. Lighting and acoustics would
also play a major role in putting aesthetic and effects to the water
gymnasium. Having an indoor complex operational anytime of
the day and night and in any weather would also be source of
jobs and more income to the businesses. People who has work in
the morning and has spare time only at night could still have a
chance to play his or her favorite water sport during the night
operations.
1.3 Project Objectives
The World Wakeboard Association and Philippine Wake
School share same goals and that is to introduce wakeboarding
and other extreme watersports to the world and to support the
talented athletes to join in international competitions which also
could be a key to unite communities and riders from the different
countries. Thus the project aims to:
a) Have an indoor watersports gymnasium where beginners as
well as professional can use during daytime and night time.
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b) Provide a training center specialized for the different water
sports so that anyone interested in the sport can learn from
the basics to the professional level.
c) Provide a modern and complete sporting facility that riders
can use to develop their skill in different water sports so
that they could be able to represent the country for national
and international cup series and be the ultimate wakeboard
champions.
d) Enable the Philippines host more water sporting events and
international competitions and boost the tourism and
business opportunities.
e) Promote the Philippines to be the capital of extreme
watersports which will be another reason why it is more fun
in the Philippines.
1.4 Significance of the Project
The purpose of having a cable wakeboard park with indoor
water gymnasium and training center is not just to benefit the
business owners and employers but as well as the riders or the
costumers. It is not just to promote the countries’ or cities’
tourism. This could be chance for people to engage themselves to
sports to make them healthier and stronger. Most of the people
playing sports have less chances of getting illnesses for this is a
type of exercise. And aside from its health benefiting factors, it
gives opportunities to people to go in a one place where they can
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meet new people or even strengthen their relationships with
others. In all ages, men and women can work in camaraderie
when they get involved to the association. And being part of the
team that competes with the other countries could give them a
chance to bring pride and be the pride of your own country.
1.5 Project Scope and Limitation
The Bliss which is a Cable Wake Park and Resort shall be the
new ultimate venue for extreme water sporting events. As such, it
shall encompass the following:
Income-generating facilities like restaurants, sports
shops, souvenir shops, rent of equipments, concessions
or food stalls, café, etc
Accommodating facilities like cottages, rooms, villas,
lodging area
Watersports training facilities and equipments like
trampoline, cables and ropes, indoor pool and obstacles
Water technologies such as water jet pumps, wave and
wind generators, surf stimulators
Eco-design strategies like applying day lighting and use
of sustainable materials
Planning and zoning with respect with the intangible
qualities that the site has
Green technologies such as solar panels, solar tubes,
rainwater catchments
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Water facilities such as pools and man-made lakes
Basic facilities like shower areas, toilets, locker areas,
massage, spa and Jacuzzi
Recreations halls for other events
Medical facilities like clinics
Support facilities including administration offices,
organization offices, association offices, rental offices
The site in Batangas possesses a government that is relatively
organized in terms of the data and statistics of its development. Likewise, the
World Wakeboard Association, Asian Wakeboard Association and the Water
ski and Wakeboarding Association of the Philippines (WWASP) are active
and existing entities that possess substantial sources of information as well.
This study will focus primarily on the information provided by the
aforementioned public and private institutions, and secondarily on other
sources and experiences obtained in existing and theoretical models here and
abroad.
It shall not include the study of the developments immediately outside
the station periphery, but they may be included in the site development
overview.
Chapter II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE/STUDIES
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1. Julia Czerniak and George Hargreaves, Large Parks, Princeton
Architectural Press; 1 edition, 2007
The book is consists with eight essays covering about large
urban parks in depth as complex cultural spaces where it also tackles
the key issues of landscape discourse, ecological challenges, social
history, urban relations, and place-making are writ large. They
chronologically discussed the transitions and evolutions of different
parks from the past, the present, and up to the future projects. From the
historic parks in New York, the Central Park and Paris’s Bois de
Boulogne up to the contemporary projects such as Toronto's
Downsview Park and Staten Island's Fresh Kills, to newly unveiled and
yet-to-be-built projects such as Ken Smith's ambitious plans for the
Orange County Great Park, Large Parks highlights the complexities
and unique considerations that go into designing these massive and
culturally significant works. These cited parks showed the comparisons
between historical or contemporary perspective organized around
criteria such as built versus un-built, urban versus peripheral, or
competition-sponsored versus commission-based.
2. Fran J. Donegan and David, Short Pools & Spas: Ideas for Planning,
Designing, and Landscaping, Creative Homeowner; First edition, 2003
The book was informative about how to plan and design ones
outdoor landscapes. This book shall be beneficial for the project for it
could add ideas for the beautification of the recreational and amenities
in the site. It also taught everything that has to be known in planning,
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directions, and lay outing, and designing, kinds of pools, construction
and materials, up to the maintenance of swimming pools.
3. Jerry Yudelson, Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language
of Green Building, New Society Publishers, 2007
The fast growing trend in the world especially in architecture is
Green building. This book covers all things about designing green
structures; from planning strategies to the materials and advanced
technologies. Some of the most famous technologies are the solar
panels, wind turbines, green roofing, water treatment pumps,
permeable pavements, etc. all are discussed in this book. It does not
only give the solutions but it also cited cases and their impacts to the
environment. Certification of the building, how it was certified,
reasons why it was certified were also covered by the authors.
This would be helpful in deciding as to what strategies and
materials are to be used in the project to achieve its goal to be an eco-
friendly structure to the environment. As long as its aim is to conserve
water and energy and does lasts long, it could be considered as a
product of green innovation.
4. Christian Schittich, In Detail: Cost-Effective Building (Economic
concepts and constructions), Birkhäuser Architecture; 1 edition, 2003
From the title of the book itself, it is about cost-effective
buildings. Despite of the tight budgets on materials and construction,
there are still ways on how a structure can be a beautiful, useful and
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strong building. Because cost-effective building requires that special
attention be paid to the overall planning and implementation these
processes are examined comprehensively in specialist contributions
and project documentations, from office organization through the
design phase and the coordination of implementation planning, on to
ultimate realization. The solution was only to extend the use of
standardized products to innovative and individual solutions for
details.
5. Colin Porteous, The New Eco-Architecture: Alternatives from the
Modern Movement, Taylor & Francis, 2002
The book is full with photos and illustrations which explain
how to plan and design your structures with more effective alternatives
rather than supporting the modern movement in designs. Each
examples shown in the book was studied and analyzed in relation to
current issues of architectural sustainability. The main point was to still
to design not only for the sake of modernity and aesthetics but also to
adapt green solutions and other disciplines engaged with the built
natural environment.
Most of the lectures were about considering the sun light and
air directions. Passive cooling is still the key for proper ventilations on
structures and the choice of materials with the new construction
techniques can decide for the long life span of any structure that is to
be built.
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6. Gregg D. Ander, FAIA, Daylighting Performance and Design second
edition, Wiley; 2 edition, 2003
Daylighting is the process of incorporating natural lighting into
the design of buildings. This edition of the book shared details on
theory, calculations, and execution crystal clear with straight-to-the-
solution examples and uncluttered language. The book covers day
lighting strategies, materials, and methods of construction, including
significant advances in lighting and day lighting technology.
Daylighting is one main focus in the project for it is also a
strategy in conserving energy, in this case, conservation of electrical
powered lights. There’s hands-on look at pragmatic yet innovative
solutions to creating day lighting as the presented case study after case
study in a unique design-manual format that includes ample
illustrations and white space for sketches and notes.
Among the topics covered by this award-winning architect are:
environmentally sensitive design goals
design strategies
integration with electric lighting systems
calculation procedures
and thoroughly articulated case studies
7. Sage Russell, The Light of Architecture: Architectural Lighting Design
Concepts and Techniques, Conceptnine, 2008
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The book merges fundamental lighting knowledge with graphic
techniques for generating and communicating lighting design. The
textbook features 28 chapters divided into three parts: the
fundamentals of light, designing light, and deliverable, and presents
procedures that architects and designers can follow to develop an
architectural lighting solution that enhances the design intent of a
project. Case studies are also involved in the book with photos and
explanations for clearer understanding of the techniques that are to be
used in a project.
Lighting is also essential for it can set the mood in a place.
Good lighted places can also mean safety for the users. It adds
aesthetic to structures and landscapes at night time and more over, it is
highly needed in projects like cable wakeboard parks so that even the
day has ended, this facility can still be used over night.
8. Zbigniew Bromberk, Eco-Resorts: Planning and Design for the
Tropics, Architectural Press, 2009
The book is a design guide for low impact, environmentally
friendly tourist resorts in the tropics. It gives practical ideas as to
design structures that would work with a tropical climate and meet the
needs and expectations of the client and building inhabitants. The book
includes both architectural design and material solutions, supported by
theoretical principles, to present a sustainable approach to resort
design. Through illustrations, it was able to show how principles of
sustainable design have been successfully applied in tropical
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environments. It does not necessarily require large energy input and
too much money, to achieve the green building standards.
The has also Demonstrated design practices related to site
planning and layout, and re-assesses best practices for a tropical
environment, allowing architects to apply design principles to their
own projects. There are also international case studies from several
countries to illustrate best practice from a variety of tropical climate
destinations around the world.
9. William Warren et al and Luca Invernizzi Tettoni, Tropical Asian
Style, Periplus Editions; Paperback with Flaps edition, 2007
This book showcases contemporary residences throughout Southeast
Asia, from Chiang Mai to Bali and Kuala Lumpur to Java.
Descriptively, the book cited different planning strategies and aesthetic
designs of each resorts possess to become known to the world and how
it affected one country’s tourism.
Silks, batiks, terra-cotta tiles and lacquer wares from Thailand
and Indonesia; stone garden sculptures from Bali; and antique furniture
from Java are only a few examples of the many beautiful items
examined and illustrated in this book. The designs of the resorts were
to achieve perfect harmony with its tropical surroundings and once
again, taught how these tropical structures was able to conserve energy
and resources but was not aesthetically eliminated.
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10. Christian Burchard and Felix Flesche, Water House, Prestel
Publishing, 2005
The life for future generations is the concern of this book. It
stated that “aqua-life” is the best slogan for the future dwelling habitats
as people would want to escape in the cities over-crowded, dry land
and who are in search of greater freedom. Urban planner, architects
and engineers envisioned that the future generation will dream of a
culture in close with nature wherein it can offer abundance of natural
resources in watery environment. Examples of modern aquatic
designed settlements are discussed and shown in this book.
One of the featured projects is a hotel in Le Meridien, Bora
Bora, French Polynesia designed by Jean Hugues Tricard and DL2A
Didier Lefort Architects Associes. The project was a luxury hotel on
stilts in the turquoise blue lagoon and with white sandy beaches. It is
consists of eighty-five wooden bungalows with spacious bedrooms, a
bathroom with a view of the lagoon, and a terrace with a jetty and steps
leading down to the water. It has reed awning in front of the bungalow
where guest can lounge under or just admire the underwater world
through the glass floor inside.
If looking at the Philippines’ history, this kind of settlements
even started with our tribal communities who lived near or on water
where there primary source of life is fishing. The fact that the
Philippines island surrounded by water, and that we are rich in natural
resources used in stilts construction, we are then capable of adapting
this kind of structures in our country.
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11. Donald Albrencht, New Hotels for Global Nomads, Merrell Publishers,
2003
The book began with an essay about upscale hotel planning, its
trends and influences. It has 45 examples of hotels and discusses each
detail about how it was planned and designed by citing descriptions
and showing the floor plans and other photos. One article is about the
“New Hotel for Mainstream Eco-Tourism”. Todd Dallan, a principal of
FTL, the New York design and engineering firm, proposed this new
project planned for a beachfront in Costa Rica. Everything was
designed for minimal environmental impact.
The resort offers different activities but he did not include golf
and tennis for these sports require razing or paving a vast land areas
and large quantities of water and pesticides. The pool as well was non-
chlorinated. He also considered the use of mechanical systems such as
solar powered heating systems, insulating glass windows, composting
toilets, solar panels, fresh water cisterns and gray water system for
toilet flush and irrigation. He also uses a fabric roofs which are
waterproof and ecologically sound due to its long lifespan though its
downside is it does not entirely block sound. To give solution to the
problem, he provided plants to serve as buffer zones. Dallan said that,
“The perception of being in the vanguard is important to eco-tourists.
They know they are participating in a capitalistic venture, but are a
capitalistic venture with vision and conscience.
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12. Elinando B. Cinco. (July 10, 2011). “Wakeboarding competition”,
Manila Bulletin, Retrieved March 9, 2012,
http://mb.com.ph/node/326255/wakeboarding-competition
The newspaper article began its story by the history of
wakeboarding in the Philippines. Wakeboarding was introduced by
Governor “LRay” Villafuerte Jr. in Camarines Sur. After its
proclamation, it then started to become the Bicol’s tourist drawer.
The popularization of the sport follows the establishments of
wake parks in country. Nuvali’s Republic Wake Park was the latest
cable wake park that was built in Laguna. This idea threatened
Camsur’s constituents and the governor for it might take away the
profitable business from them. In the email statement from the
governor of Camsur, he was able to say the beneficial factors of
wakeboarding to their place and to the country’s tourism.
The fear of Camsur’s governor may be true for Nuvali’s
Republic Wake Park is not just near the center of the country but
because it is new, it possesses the most innovative designs and better
equipments and facilities. The President of the Philippine Wakeboard
Association and a member of the Asian Wakeboarding Council has
even thought and decided that LRay can easily convince the World
Wakeboarding Association to hold its competition this year or the next
in Nuvali. It clearly showed that technology has a big advantage in
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getting clients, having more income, and producing better designs and
comfort to the users.
13. RUSH Training Center. (2010). Wakeboard Training, March 9, 2012,
http://www.rush-tc.com/site/wake.html
RUSH training Center is a wakeboard training gym in Northern
California. It is the first indoor wakeboard and wake surf training and
lessons facility. You can learn the sport in a progressive, controlled
instructional environment both on and off the water. It uses innovative
state of the art training equipments, competition trampoline, foam pit
and professional instruction that allow the beginners as well as the
advanced riders to master the fundamentals necessary to progress with
safety. After the beginners train in the training gym and knew the
techniques that would only be the time that the rider can take it to the
next level and apply the skills learned on water.
14. CableWakeboard.com (2009). How To Build a Cable Park, March 9,
2012, http://cablewakeboard.com/pages/how-to/
This article gave some tips on selecting the proper venue for
cable wakeboard parks like site must realistically be able to support a
lake, utilities, and all related building and structural facilities. It stated
that the site has to have at least 6 acres (about 2-3 hectares) of water is
the about minimum lake size, but it also must be in a certain shape and
you will need room for a building and parking. In general you need
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around 8 x12 acres (about 3-4 hectares) of land minimum. Moreover,
the article cited the basic information as to where to start, where to
look for a site, if pre-existing lake is fine to use, how much space
needed, if it can be built on salt water, How much a cable system cost,
manufacture of cableway systems, how many people can use a cable
system, how many towers are required, how tall do the towers stand,
what should the shape of the lake and the cable system be, etc.
15. ActionSports Northwest . (2012). Portland Action Sports Complex
and Resort, March 9, 2012, http://www.pdxactionsports.com/
The article discussed the proposed sports complex located in
Portland. It is said to be highly sustainable sports complex and resort.
The facilities included are surfing, skateboarding, bmx biking, rock
climbing, kayaking, and white water rafting in one location. The
facility would also include family friendly activities, including water
slides, tubing, instruction and camps. It is also a LEED certified
design of ecologically responsible, sustainable development. The entire
development would be a destination resort that could become the
athletic center of the city, providing an excellent range of facilities for
local residents and serving as a model of how to develop for the next
generation of active sports in a sustainable manner. It does not only
strive to install the most advanced and forward thinking sports
facilities, but also utilize the most current thinking on energy and heat
generation, storm water and gray water management and reuse, and
ecologically responsible materials and methods.
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Chapter III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
In order to arrive at a reliable and absolute data, and extensive
research process is required and this holds true to any given research
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problem that calls for efficient solutions. The researcher shall hence
come up with a systematic methodology of tackling the research
process. As this project focuses with the development of cable
wakeboard park and training center with resort, it entails a lot of
statistical details, user characteristics information, and various
backgrounds that shall be useful in governing the design process of the
project as a whole.
1.1 Research Design
1.1.1 Historical Research
History means the search for knowledge and truth. It involves
past experiences in able to seek solutions to know what is to be
done for the present and future. By describing the past events
and gathered facts from the studies before, researchers can then
learn from the errors from the past and improve more their
present studies. The methods of historical research shall include
formulating the problem, gathering source materials, and
criticizing the resource materials.
Historical research method is very useful for this project since
it will cover the cable wakeboard parks that already exists and
has become a part of the country’s sports history and tourism.
By doing a historical research of the said topic, the researcher
then shall be able to know the origin of the sport, where and
how it was started, the first designs of the cable wake parks, the
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used technologies from before up to the transition of modern
technologies invented. The history of the entities
aforementioned shall help in determining how to develop the
present studies without committing the same mistakes before
and be of great help for further studies by the future
researchers.
1.1.2 Descriptive research
Descriptive study entails gathering information about the
present and existing conditions for an investigator to analyze
and describe the nature of a situation and explores the cause of
the particular phenomena. It generally starts with a problem and
creates a hypothesis. Hypotheses are questions needed to be
answered through collecting data. To obtain descriptive
information, the following are needed to be done:
Observation. The communication between the
researcher and the participants chosen for
investigation is the key and salient aim of this method.
Use of devices. These devices are also called
descriptive survey instruments whereas; these are
used to conduct measurements from the identified
participants.
Moreover, several types of descriptive research shall likewise
be used including the following:
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Case studies. It entails prelude to further and more in-
depth research about a unit over a considerable period
of time that attempts to determine what factors led to
its success or failure. For the researcher’s specific
project, a close observation of the current situation at
the existing cable wakeboard park and resort shall be
done over the summer period (April-May 2012). The
observation and detailed description shall then be
recorded for reference.
Surveys Survey studies are done to gather relatively
limited data from a relatively large number of cases. It
involves determining information about variables
rather that about individuals. It is a sampling or a
partial collection of facts, figures, or opinions taken
and used approximate to indicate what a complete
collection and analysis may reveal. This method shall
be used in this study in able to gauge the public’s
knowledge of water parks and resorts and how they
will respond to improvements in wake board facilities,
particularly in the application of modern technologies
in the said project.
Trend Analysis. This method will enable the
researcher to know the people’s demands or needs in
the future. In the case of this project, the researcher
will be able to project what people seek more and
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what developments they want for its future use and
incorporate those gathered data to his or her design of
the cable wakeboard park and resort. This can be done
by surveys repeated at intervals and considering the
help of the experts. The existing trends and best
practices abroad shall likewise be studied and
assessed to know if they are applicable here in the
country.
The descriptive method is the most viable method for the
proposed Cable Wakeboard Park and Resort for there is an existing
underutilized cable wakeboard park that can be the perfect setting
for present study.
1.1.3 Participatory Research Method
Participatory research is when a problem is defined in
terms of the people who feel and think that something is a
problem. The people themselves were those who develop their
own theories and solutions to the problem. This method is
conducted to gathering new knowledge with the people who are
capable of defining that knowledge as the participants.
The candidate participants of this method are those
athletes, professional and non-professional, who are engaged in
wakeboarding, and other hobby wakeboard riders who think
that there are problems in existing cable wakeboard parks. Also
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included are the wakeboard trainers, wakeboard fans, and
leaders or officials of any wakeboard associations. As part of
the research, an interview and consultation with these people
shall be made to know if they really see a problem and
deficiency in the current designs of cable wakeboard parks.
1.2 Research Instruments
It has been a part of the norm of any well-founded researches that
different devices such as descriptive survey instruments are used to
conduct measurements from identified participants. Listed below are
the following instruments that are to be used in this particular research:
1.2.1 Photo Documentation
The photo documentation will be used to capture visual
reference of existing cable wakeboard parks and other related
facilities to the project in the country. Of particular focus and
significance is the Lago de Oro Water Ski Park and Resort in
Batangas, Republic Wake Park in Laguna and the Camsur
Watersports Complex (CWC) in Bicol which are the most
famous wakeboard parks in the country and has hosted the
World Wakeboarding Competitions.
1.2.2 Library research
In able to seek for more knowledge and pieces of information
from secondary sources such as books, magazines, journals and
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other print publications, the researcher shall visit the following
libraries:
University of Santo Tomas-Miguel de Benavides Library
National Library
Online Libraries (for journals)
1.2.3 Internet Research
The popularity of using internet to gather fast, accessible and
updated information offering comprehensive details with
illustrations can help the researcher visualize the subject matter,
regardless of its location anywhere in the world. For this particular
project, these websites shall be much of help:
http://www.cablewake.com (Worldwide Wakeboarding)
http://www.cwcwake.com (Camsur Watersports
Complex)
http://www.lagodeorobeachclub-calatagan.com (Lago
de Oro Beach Club)
http://www.philippinewakeschool.com/ (Philippine
Wake School)
http://www.thewwa.com/ (World Wakeboard
Association)
http://www.engineering.com (Designs of Wave
Generator Technology)
1.2.4 Interviews and Surveys
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Interview and surveys are very essential in data collection
especially in getting the needs and wants in the project. The
possible respondents in this project can be professional and non-
professional wakeboard riders, students, coaches, beginner riders,
association leader and groups, wakeboard owners, wakeboard
enthusiast and fans, sports analysts, or other who have not tried the
sport but has enough knowledge and those who are interested and
want to try it in the future.
For this project, a series of interviews and surveys will be done
in the country’s leading wakeboard parks where the possible
respondents can be found. The survey shall have two types of
sampling to arrive at both descriptive and inferential statistics. The
first is accidental sampling, wherein whomever the researcher
meets shall be subject to answering the survey. The second is
through convenience sampling wherein the telephone and the
Internet are used to conduct the survey.
1.2.5 Site Visit and Investigation
It is very important that the researcher will see and explore the
probable site first hand for it give him or her an actual feel of the
place as well as the people in its periphery. It is also better if the
researcher would have a personal experience of using the
wakeboard facilities especially the cable wakeboard lake to fully
assess the current situations on the place. The researcher’s personal
observations and experience would give him or her possible
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recommendations and solutions to the project’s problem and even
improve the design for Philippine cable wakeboard parks.
Chapter IV THE SITE
4.1 Criteria for Site Selection
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Selecting a site requires a certain criteria in able to choose the
appropriate site for the particular project. It involves both the location
and site, wherein the location is the general area within a city and the
site is a specific piece of property (Powers, 1997). The first step in site
evaluation is to develop a checklist to ensure that all relevant factors
are considered (Applebaum, 1965). And the judgment of the
desirability of the site shall be based upon the result of the evaluation
of the checklist.
Several standard checklists have been published to aid the
evaluation process (Nelson, 1958; Gruen and Smith, 1960; Kane, 1966;
Applebaum, 1966; Khan, 1992; Khan, 1999). These checklists
commonly include information on the socioeconomic and demographic
composition of the neighborhood, level of competition, and existing
retail outlets in the area. Site-specific factors such as traffic count,
parking facilities, ease of ingress and egress, and visibility are also
considered (Ghosh and McLafferty, 1982).
Below (Table 4.1.1) is a site selection checklist with three probable
sites where cable wakeboard park and resort can be built.
Table 4.1.1 Criteria for Site Selection
Site no. 1(Lago de Oro,
Calatagan,
Site no. 2(CWC, Camsur,
Bicol)
Site no. 3(Deca Wakeboard
Park)
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Batangas)Demographics
Parking
Visibility
Traffic Patterns
Signage
General Location
Accessibility
Competition
Future
Demographic
Size
Intangible Qualities
Based from the (Table 4.1.1) criteria of site selection, site 1 which is the in
Calatagan, Batangas is the most favorable site among the three. It is also suited for the
given project objectives.
4.2 Site Selection and Justification
Table 4.2.1 further shows why Site no. 1, Lago de Oro in Calatagan,
Batangas was the chosen site for the particular project which is the Cable Wakeboard
Park and Training Center with Resort.
Table 4.2.1 Site Selection
FACTORS SITE REQUIRED ACTUAL SITE
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1. Land Availability Enough for a man-made
lake, a training
camp/center, restaurant
and shops, cottages and
other resort amenities to fit
in and near the beach
The site is big enough to
accommodate the space
requirements for the
project and is perfect for a
resort for the beach is
accessible and is also a
part of the site.
2. Land used &
zoning
Tourism zone The actual site is located at
the tourism zone found in
the zoning map of
Batangas City
3. Climate Dry and cool Batangas has a natural
cool climate.
4. Vegetation More green spaces The site is surrounded by
natural vegetation.
5. Soil Condition Suitable to build structures Good for landscaping and
is a buildable land.
6. Topography Favorably flat land The site is a flat land.
7. Transportation Easily reachable through
any kind of land
transportation vehicles
Highly accessible by land
transportation vehicles and
even small boats for it is
near the seaside.
8. Environment Close to the natural
environment
It is situated in a natural
environment, clean, free
from pollution, rich in
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natural vistas.
9. Utilities With source of electricity
and water supply
The site is supplied by
electricity and water
source.
10. Security Safe and secured, gives
privacy
It has fences and large
setbacks from the road and
the adjacent properties
making it more private and
safe.
11. Adjacent Structures Better if isolated rather
than in a crowded area to
keep the privacy and
peaceful ambience of the
place
There are no other
establishments yet beside
the actual site.
4.3 Site Description
The site is located at the first class municipality of Batangas, in Balibago,
Calatagan, Batangas, Philippines. It is a two-hour ride from Manila. It is bounded by
open fields to its north and south. To its east are the Balibago highway and the South
China Sea in its west.
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