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PORTFOLIO 2026 Ma. Shaira L. Tejones Selected Works
Hello, There! I’m Tejones, Ma. Shaira L. An aspiring designer who believes that local identity holds possibilities beyond what is already familiar. I explore how culture, local resources, and the stories of a place can be reinterpreted through contemporary design— not simply preserved in their traditional forms, but challenged, transformed, and expressed in new ways. My approach is driven by the curiosity to look beyond what a place can readily offer and discover what it could become. Through architecture, I hope to create spaces that honor where they come from while opening possibilities for what they have yet to be. Bachelor of Science in Architecture Contact 09486069054 tejonesshai@gmail.com tejonesml@students.national-u.edu.ph Skills AutoCAD Revit D5 Render Adobe Photoshop Canva Education 4th Year Student at National University - Manila 002
CONTENTS 01 02 03CITY HALL CIVIC & MEMORIAL CENTER SOCIALIZE HOUSING Pasig City, Philippines Quezon City, Philippines Bcoor City, Philippines DESIGN 5 DESIGN 6 DESIGN 7004-007 008-013 014-018 003
BUKASA Proposed City Hall Pasig City, Philippines The wave is reinterpreted through a modern, abstract form. The building form is shaped by environmental conditions, with strategic massing and voids that enhance natural ventilation, daylighting, and climate-responsive orientation while promoting openness and accessibility. The project envisions a new civic center that redefines the city hall as more than a place for government transactions, but as a shared space where governance and community life intersect. It aims to create a more open and engaging experience of public service, encouraging participation, connection, and a stronger sense of belonging between the government and the people it serves. The project envisions a new civic center that redefines the city hall as more than a place for government transactions, but as a shared space where governance and community life intersect. It aims to create a more open and engaging experience of public service, encouraging participation, connection, and a stronger sense of belonging between the government and the people it serves. The concept of “Bukas” draws from the dual meaning in Filipino: open and tomorrow. Together, these meanings express a vision of a government that designed as a space that is open in governance and ready for the future. The form originates from a wave striking a wall, capturing its movement and force. The abstraction is translated into architectural massing, reflecting movement and fluidity. 004
The Site Boundary Sports Complex Police Station Girl Scout Building Caruncho Avenue Post Office Mutya ng Pasig Pasig Palengke Project Description: The project envisions a new civic center for Pasig City that explores the deep relationship between politics and built form. It aims to reimagine the traditional city hall from an intimidating symbol of power and authority into an open, modern, transparent, and democratic civic complex that serves as a bridge between city leadership and the public. Location & Site Context: Located at the heart of Pasig City along Caruncho Avenue within the Civic Center district, bounded by adjacent municipal facilities, commercial markets, and dense urban road networks. Theme: Political Spaces and the Politics of Architecture Design Problems: Architecture historically reinforces intimidating power hierarchies and closed bureaucratic systems. Layout inefficiencies create transaction bottlenecks and poor user flow. Lack of integrated public open spaces restricts community participation. Design Problems: Promote Good Governance & Transparency: Encourage Public Participation: Reflect Cultural Identity & Heritage: Enhance Universal Connectivity & Inclusivity: Promote Environmental Sustainability & Resilience: 005
Administrative & Legislative Building Civic Building Health Care Building Parking Building Plazas & Open Spaces Motorcycle & Bicycle Parking VIP Parking Drop Off SIte Development Plan Site Plan 006
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BENEATH ; BECOMINGA Proposed Civic & Memorial Center Quezon City, Philippines The design draws from the gesture of turning book pages. Architectural forms are inspired by layered, folded, and shifting planes, symbolizing the act of moving forward into a new chapter. The semicolon, as Bandhan, exists within this movement, ensuring continuity between what was and what is yet to come. The concept is grounded in the idea of life as a book, where individuals continuously move through different chapters shaped by struggle, healing, memory, and growth. From this understanding, the semicolon became the central inspiration of the design. In literature, a semicolon connects two complete thoughts without fully ending the sentence. It creates a pause, yet allows continuation. Within the concept, the semicolon is interpreted as Bandhan, a connection that links one chapter of life to another. It symbolizes the reality that people may pause, struggle, or feel lost, but life continues to move forward. The idea evolved from recognizing that struggles are often hidden “beneath” the surface, yet they are essential in shaping a person’s journey. This led to the creation of an underground space that represents the closing of a chapter, a place of reflection, memory, and emotional grounding. The building form is inspired by stacked books, representing the layering of new chapters in life. The pavilion form imitates books resting on the ground, symbolizing gathering and pause. It also serves as a resting and gathering space that encourages interaction and reflection. Memorial Form Learning & Community Hub Form Pavillion Form 008
The Site Boundary Sports Complex Police Station Project Description: Healing Grounds proposes a civic and memorial center within the Quezon Institute Compound in Quezon City. The project reimagines healing through remembrance, reflection, learning, and community interaction. It combines a memorial center, learning building, cultural hub, pavilion, and therapeutic gardens to create spaces for historical awareness, personal reflection, and shared experiences. Location & Site Context: Located along E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue in Quezon City, within the historic Quezon Institute Compound, surrounded by established urban developments, residential and commercial areas, and major road networks, with existing medical facilities and landscaped open spaces shaping the site's context. Theme: Integrating Memorial, Educational, and Cultural Facilities Through Civic Design Design Problems: Preserving Quezon Institute’s historical identity. Integrating memorial, learning, and cultural facilities. Maintaining existing medical operations. Meeting the minimum 40% landscaped and permeable open-space requirement. Ensuring accessibility and connectivity between existing facilities. Design Objective: To promote different forms of healing through reflection, observation, interaction, and collective experiences. To preserve the historical identity of the Quezon Institute through memorial and transitional spaces. To create spaces for contemplation, learning, social interaction, and community engagement. To encourage empathy, awareness, and human connection through shared civic experiences. To transform the site into a landscape of healing, continuity, and collective life. Girl Scout Building Post Office Mutya ng Pasig Pasig Palengke 009
Memorial Center Learning Building Cultural Building Pavillion Activity Space Therapuetic Garden Elevated Pathways 010
DNDNDNDNRECEPTION AREASTORA GESTORAGEMUSEUM AUDIO GUIDE AREAMUSEUM AUDIO GUIDE AREAPROLOGUE GALLERYMEMORY HALLCHRONOLOGY GALLERYSTORAGEMUSEUM AUDIO GUIDE AREASTORAGEMUSEUM AUDIO GUIDE AREARECEPTION AREASTORAGEThis space symbolizes continuity, embracing the past while allowing new beginnings. Like words written in a book, it holds the emotions and struggles often kept beneath the surface. Drawing inspiration from Juan Nakpil’s works for the Quezon Institute, the underground space encourages reflection and healing, while perforated openings filter light and shadow, symbolizing hope amid life’s imperfections. As people emerge, they transition from Beneath to Becoming, carrying their past as part of their growth. Memorial Plan Section Plan 011
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The Learning spaces are shaped by the sequence of curiosity, explore, learn, and observe, allowing people to heal through gradual discovery, refleclection and their surroundings. Water features create calming sights and sounds that guide users through the space, while bamboo landscapes add texture and gentle movement through the wind. The cultural hub encourages healing through engagement, where curiosity leads people into spaces of exchange, creativity, local trade, and cultural connection. Martial arts, Muay Thai, and basketball reflect familiar local sports that promote discipline, teamwork, and physical well- being. The pickleball courts provide an inclusive activity where children and elders can play together, encouraging accessibility, recreation, and social connection. Elevated pathways along the lot’s perimeter guide users toward the building, enhancing site visibility, accessibility, and spatial orientation. The pavilion provides a space for spiritual reflection and recreation, fostering a sense of peace, connection, and comfort within the environment. 013
TAGPIINA Proposed Socialize Housing Bacoor City, Cavite, Philippines Tagpiin is inspired by the strength created when separate pieces are brought together with purpose. Like a fishing net woven from individual strands and a home patched with available materials, the concept reflects the community’s resourcefulness, resilience, and ability to make limited resources serve a greater purpose. Translated into architecture, Tagpiin becomes the integration of individual housing units, layered forms, and shared spaces into one cohesive structure. Each element retains its purpose while contributing to a larger whole. The elevated housing responds to the community’s relationship with the sea, while interconnected spaces encourage interaction and collective living. The design expresses the idea that a home is more than an individual shelter; it is part of a larger community that grows stronger through connection. Begins with the existing pattern of individual settlements, reflecting how the community establishes its own living spaces. The blocks are arranged into a more cohesive layout, creating order while maintaining the community’s character. Pathways link the blocks and guide movement toward shared spaces, strengthening accessibility and community interaction. Residential Form Community Hub Form Inspired by the community’s fishing livelihood and their use of nets, the design translates the net’s as a gathering Inspired by the residents’ use of available materials to build their homes, representing resourcefulness and resilience. The net’s interconnected pattern and the patchwork’s layered composition are combined into a contemporary architectural form. 014
The Site Boundary Baranggay Hall School Apartment Church Bodies of Water Project Description: A proposed socialized housing development in Zapote 3, Bacoor, Cavite, integrating residential buildings, a community hub, market, and essential community facilities to provide safer housing, support local livelihoods, and strengthen community connections. Location & Site Context: Located in Zapote 3, Bacoor, Cavite, near the Longos Flyover and CAVITEX, within a dense urban community characterized by informal housing, small businesses, limited open spaces, and strong connections to local livelihoods. Theme: Creating Inclusive Communities Through Housing and Livelihood Integration Design Problems: High-density housing with limited living and open spaces. Informal housing constructed from varied and makeshift materials. Narrow pathways and limited emergency vehicle access. Flooding and drainage concerns in the low-lying site. Limited recreational spaces and access to essential community facilities. Need to sustain residents' livelihoods and community connections. Relocation and urban development affecting existing households. Need for affordable, safe, and functional housing for different household sizes. Design Objective: Provide safe, affordable, and functional housing. Organize residential clusters with clear circulation and shared spaces. Integrate community facilities and essential services. Support fishing livelihoods through a community hub, market, and fishing dock. Provide accessible recreational spaces for different age groups. Improve ventilation, shading, drainage, and environmental comfort. Preserve community identity through interconnected spaces inspired by Tagpiin. 015
Residential A Bldg. Residential B Bldg. Residential C Bldg. Community Hub Mid Rise Residential A Bldg. Mid Rise Residential B Bldg. Mid Rise Residential C Bldg. Community Hub Community Market Community Fishing Dock Basketball Court Plazas & Playground Waterfront Daycare Center Health Care Center Utility & Service Area Tricyle Terminals Parking Areas Waiting Shed Site Development Plan The radial plan draws inspiration from a fishing net, where individual strands connect toward a shared center. Applied to the housing layout, it directs movement toward the community hub, making it the heart of social interaction and collective living. 016
Residential Plan A Bldg. Residential Plan B Bldg. Residential Plan C Bldg. Ground Plan - Third Plan - Fifth Plan Ground Plan Second Plan - Fourth Plan Ground Plan - Third Plan - Fifth Plan Second Plan - Sixth Plan Second Plan - Sixth Plan Housing Unit Type Type A Type B Type C 5-7 Members 4-5 Members 1-2 Members 017
The cultural hub serves as a space for gathering, social interaction, and cultural exchange, while supporting local livelihoods through community-based activities, creative engagement, and market spaces for selling local products. The exposed beams and columns are inspired by the community’s self-built homes, reflecting their resourcefulness and diverse construction methods. These elements reinterpret the community’s existing character into a unified architectural form while preserving its identity. The elevated pathways connect Buildings A and B, providing accessible circulation for upper-floor residents while offering views of the site and surrounding community. The colorful residential façade symbolizes the community’s resilience and hope beyond the struggles they have experienced. Each color represents a renewed sense of life and belonging, transforming their homes into a vibrant expression of identity, dignity, and the possibility of a brighter future. The façade draws inspiration from patchwork, where different pieces come together to form a unified whole. Using mesh materials, it reflects the community’s resourcefulness and diverse identities while allowing natural airflow and filtered light. The community market’s exterior is inspired by fishing nets, symbolizing how shared livelihoods bring people together. The fishing dock provides a space to observe fishing techniques, learn local practices, and support residents’ fishing-based livelihoods, preserving cultural knowledge while creating opportunities for community engagement and income. 018
Thank you for Reading! Tejones, Ma. Shaira L. 09486069054 tejonesshai@gmail.com tejonesml@students.national-u.edu.ph