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The Official Student Publication of PUP College of Architecture, Design, and the Built Environment Cawigan (AR III)

Associate Editor for External:
Kristelle S.

The Freehand Editorial Board 2023-2024

Editor-in-Chief:
Dexter Rafael A. Gevero (AR III)

Managing Editor:
Lhara Jane S. Velasquez (AR III)

[Section Editors:]
News Editor:
Alexa Claire Paragas (AR III)

Feature Editor:
John Manuel C. Conopio (AR III)

Literary Editor:
Demmi Mers H. Dayo (AR IV)

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Rica Mae B. Pareño (AR III)

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aul Justin M. Balaoro (AR V)

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29/05/2026

𝐁𝐒𝐄𝐏 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄 |May 30, 2026 & June 06, 2026

As our BSEP Juniors and Seniors prepare to present the culmination of their hard work, dedication, and perseverance, we extend our warmest support and best wishes for the upcoming Finals Defense.

May your presentations reflect the passion, knowledge, and commitment you have nurtured throughout your journey in Environmental Planning. Let your confidence shine, your ideas inspire, and your purpose lead the way toward creating more sustainable and resilient communities.

𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 4𝙩𝙝 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙮 30, 2026, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 3𝙧𝙙 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙚 6, 2026. 𝙋𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙤𝙣, 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨! 🌿💚

26/05/2026

🏛️ 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐀𝐘 | Thesis Deliberations

The thesis advisory under Ar. Novero concluded the Architectural Design 10 thesis deliberations, marking the culmination of months of hard work, sleepless nights, perseverance, and passion from our future architects.

What began as ideas and sketches has now grown into visions ready to shape communities and inspire the built environment. As this chapter comes to a close, it also opens the door to new beginnings, greater challenges, and brighter horizons ahead.

𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮, 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚.

𝙋𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙤𝙣, 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨! 📐✨

Photographs by: 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙊𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨

26/05/2026

🏛️ 𝐃𝐀𝐘 4 | Thesis Deliberations

The thesis advisory under Ar. Echevarria marked another successful day of the Architectural Design 10 thesis deliberations, where students confidently presented concepts shaped by months of research, planning, and design development.

𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨. 📐✨

Photographs by: 𝙉𝙚𝙯𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙉𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙯

26/05/2026

🏛️ 𝐃𝐀𝐘 3 | Thesis Deliberations

The thesis advisory under Ar. Biglang Awa carried on the Architectural Design 10 thesis deliberations, highlighting the creativity, passion, and determination of our future architects as they presented their innovative design proposals.

𝘼𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙨—𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬’𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 📐✨

Photographs by: 𝘽𝙎 𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞 4-2 & 𝙈𝙮𝙠𝙖 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙤

21/05/2026

🏛️ 𝐃𝐀𝐘 2 | Thesis Deliberations

The thesis advisory under Dr. Lutap continued the Architectural Design 10 thesis deliberations, showcasing another day of visionary concepts, critical thinking, and unwavering dedication from our aspiring architects.

𝙀𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚, 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨!📐✨

Caption by: 𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙘𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙖
Photographs by: 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤

20/05/2026

𝐏𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐀 2026

𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆

Last May 18, 2026, the CADBE Research and Innovation Collaborators successfully held PAMANA 2026: A Heritage Research Colloquium on the Built Environment at the historic Foro de Intramuros, anchored on the theme, “𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.”

Bringing together research, cultural appreciation, and scholarly discourse, the event became a meaningful platform for students, faculty, heritage practitioners, and institutional partners to explore the significance of built, intangible, and environmental heritage in shaping identity, creativity, and the future of our communities.

Through presentations, discussions, and immersive documentation, PAMANA 2026 reaffirmed that heritage is not only a legacy to preserve, but a living foundation for innovation, collective memory, and future-building. 🤎📖

Photographs by: 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝙎𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙤, 𝙉𝙚𝙯𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙉𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙯, 𝘿𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙮𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝙔𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙮

20/05/2026

🏛️ 𝐃𝐀𝐘 1 | Thesis Deliberations

The thesis advisory under Ar. Tejuco officially opened the Architectural Design 10 thesis deliberations this Tuesday, presenting the product of hard work, perseverance, and countless hours of dedication.

𝘼 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮! 📐✨

Caption by: 𝙅𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙧 𝙆𝙮𝙡𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙤
Photographs by: 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙊𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨

19/05/2026

𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝑫𝒓. 𝑱𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒏 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂-𝑳𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒑, 𝑭𝑼𝑨𝑷 — 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝑨𝑫𝑩𝑬. ✨

Today, we celebrate not only your special day but also the passion, dedication, and countless efforts you have poured into nurturing a platform that empowers creativity, expression, and excellence among students. Your hard work and commitment have inspired generations to value journalism, artistry, and the power of meaningful stories within our college community.

Thank you for your unwavering support, guidance, and the legacy you continue to leave in The Freehand. May your birthday be filled with joy, good health, and the same warmth and inspiration you have generously shared with others.

Happy Birthday again, Dr. Lutap! Your CADBE family deeply appreciates your unwavering support and passion.

Thank you for inspiring generations with your heart and vision. 🧡🎉

𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮~

19/05/2026

🏛️ 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐎𝐖 | Thesis Deliberations

Architectural Design 10 seniors are now taking a bold step closer to their dreams as thesis deliberations officially commence. Presenting passion, purpose, and perseverance.

Best of luck, future architects!!

📸Fred Ociones

18/05/2026

𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍 10 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 | May 19–23, 2026

As our seniors from Architectural Design 10 prepare to present years of hard work, research, and dedication, we extend our warmest support and best wishes for the upcoming thesis deliberations this May 19–23.

May your ideas stand strong, your presentations speak with confidence, and your passion for architecture shine through. Good luck, future architects, you’ve built your way to this moment!

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