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Interior Renovation Proposal for Balay Samaritano sa Sugbo's Educational Facilities
A well-designed learning space can make a world of difference.
Today on Beyond the Headlines, meet the minds behind DAYON KAMO, an interior renovation proposal that seeks to improve the educational facilities of Balay Samaritano sa Sugbo.
Joining us are:
• Keith Xander Lucero – Project Manager
• Julia Brooks Lao – Project Manager
• Psalma Laya Canoy – Marketing
• IDr. Nathan Yap – Professor
Learn how innovative design, community collaboration, and a shared vision can help create safer, more inspiring spaces for learning and growth.
Catch the discussion on Beyond the Headlines and discover how meaningful change can begin with the spaces we build.
A well-designed learning space can make a world of difference.
Today on Beyond the Headlines, meet the minds behind DAYON KAMO, an interior renovation proposal that seeks to improve the educational facilities of Balay Samaritano sa Sugbo.
Joining us are:
• Keith Xander Lucero – Project Manager
• Julia Brooks Lao – Project Manager
• Psalma Laya Canoy – Marketing
• IDr. Nathan Yap – Professor
Learn how innovative design, community collaboration, and a shared vision can help create safer, more inspiring spaces for learning and growth.
Catch the discussion on Beyond the Headlines and discover how meaningful change can begin with the spaces we build.
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00:27Good afternoon, welcome to Beyond the Headlines.
00:29I'm DJ Moises.
00:31Most student projects begin with a problem and end with a presentation.
00:38But some projects leave a lasting impact beyond the classroom.
00:42Today we feature Dayon Kamo, a community-centered initiative developed by graduating interior design students of the University of San
00:51Carlos.
00:52Joining us are three of the students behind the third and final phase of the project.
00:58We have Keith Sander Lucero.
01:01We have Julia Brooks Lau together with their professor and mentor, Dr. Nathan Yep.
01:08Not yet.
01:09Professor Nathan Yep.
01:11And later, Salma Laya Canoy will be joining us in the conversation.
01:15So, good afternoon, Keith, Julia, and Nathan.
01:18Good afternoon.
01:20And welcome to Beyond the Headlines.
01:23Thank you for having us.
01:26And I will not ask.
01:27No, sorry.
01:27But before we start, before we go into the specific part of the design, let's talk about the journey first.
01:35So, my first question is for Nathan.
01:37So, what inspired you and the school to actually pursue this particular project?
01:46Well, actually, in the University of San Carlos, students are encouraged to contribute to community service.
01:56Call it CES.
01:57So, somehow along the way, because every year we do curriculum development, like developing the program.
02:11In order to somehow inject the concept of community service, the faculties as well as the composing faculties of the
02:26Bachelor of Science in Interior Design made a decision or like a program development to add the community service.
02:42And this will be a second thesis wherein they will be exposed to all the processes in the interior design
02:56compared to just doing it manually on the table.
03:01But they'll be exposed to how we go about with the practice, especially during my time. I would have to
03:13say that there was more like a culture shock.
03:22That these things were not taught to us back when we were students, but now we're giving them the opportunity
03:30to experience as well as give something back to the community.
03:38Through the topics, things they have learned in their college years and giving it back their learning and making it
03:50more tangible. At least they get to experience it.
03:53But why Balay Samaritano?
03:56The Balay Samaritano came out in a very extensive way because there were some selections.
04:10And somehow the Balay Samaritano project did not start immediately going to Balay Samaritano.
04:19It started with an extensive research. So students had to undergo the same process with what the thesis is all
04:31about. But this time, they'll be applying it on a bigger scale, like from the development to the planning until
04:43to the construction.
04:44So Balay Samaritano fit well on the research because the research was inclined to the third place theory.
04:55So just a short background of it, we do have the first place, second place, and the third place.
05:01First place is your residence. Second place is the school institution. And the third place is where engagement comes in.
05:10So just so to align it with the community service, the students adopted the third place in which it would
05:26more likely align on the concept of giving something to the community.
05:31So now my next question is for you, Keith. Can you walk us through also on the vision behind the
05:39project?
05:40Okay. So Balay Samaritano in Subbu is actually a job in shelter for both the elderly as well as children,
05:47you know, who are not really privileged.
05:48So our vision really as aspiring interior designers in the future is not just to create aesthetic spaces for them,
05:56but also to improve their way of life and to improve their built environment.
06:00So our vision really is to help these communities who are in need. And through interior design, we're able to
06:07practice applying empathy, applying care, and applying detailed plans for these communities.
06:13So in that way, we are not just helping them, we are creating their homes.
06:18And for Julia, I learned, and correct me if I'm wrong, but there were three batches working on the same
06:28Balay Samaritano, the same location or the same space, if we call it that way.
06:33So can you walk us through also what were the accomplishments of the first phase, the second phase, and now
06:41the third phase, which is your batch's phase?
06:43Yes. So for the first phase, it was back in 2023. So in their batch, they were just really about
06:51the research, the development, and just what would the entire space look like.
06:58And then with the approval of the plans, with that, they were able to sign the MOA with Balay Samaritano
07:05that it would push through.
07:08Then for 2024 and 2025, actually 2024, it was the start of the construction phase. So it's like the testing
07:17grounds for the classroom.
07:20So they're able to make four spaces, which is classroom A, classroom B, and office A and office B.
07:28So with that, if you can see, Sad, I think in the other presentations, that it was actually very successful.
07:37Then with that testing, they were able to do the rest or most of the Balay.
07:43So it is like the main areas, lobbies, then the wet rooms, which were a bit hard now, according to
07:51them.
07:52But with that, going to now, this year, we have our last, which is the main purpose, multi-purpose lobby,
08:02our classroom.
08:03Ah, sorry.
08:04Then with that, they used it as a storage room for the rest of the areas.
08:10But now the overall aim for our phase or our batch was for all the rooms to be coherent or
08:18cohesive with the rest of the interior.
08:20So that's what we're doing this year.
08:22And Nathan, because you've witnessed the three different batches work on a common project, how is it also for you
08:34and your experience working through three batches as an educator,
08:38seeing them going beyond themselves and the usual requirements of graduation?
08:46Well, I would have to say each batch applied their learnings differently.
08:55And honestly, there might be some ups and downs, but it's a good thing that they've experienced it,
09:02because as an educator, I've always encouraged them to make a lot of mistakes.
09:15In our current state right now, it seems like most of the students are avoiding making mistakes.
09:23But I would encourage them, while you're still in college, make a lot of mistakes and learn from them.
09:30Because mistakes, aside from your teachers, maybe from your parents, mistakes are the most valuable teachers.
09:40So, yeah, we have encountered a lot of like complaints and all from them, from the students, like how their
09:50interaction with their classmates or their colleagues, something like that.
09:54But we always advise them that these things is not an isolated case.
10:01Even in the professional world, it's very, very visible.
10:07And it's what matters most in this phase is how you interact with this kind of problem.
10:16Because if there's one thing I have learned during my time, or maybe compared to their time, is that they
10:28need more exposure to these kinds of events in such a way that it will develop their...
10:43How do you call that?
10:48There's this...
10:49The favorite word resilience?
10:53Aside from that...
10:54Okay.
10:55Aside from that...
10:56A much overused word.
10:57Very overused, but very misunderstood.
11:01Yes.
11:03Because it's just like a surface level of resilience.
11:06Like you need to be this, you need to be that.
11:09But if you're going to look on the word resilience, you need to deal with the positive and negative aspect
11:16of resilience.
11:17And probably you need to reconcile both positive and negative and just...
11:22It's just more like the law of polarity.
11:25There's always a positive and a negative side of every activity, of every aspect.
11:31So what matters most is how you interact with it and how you develop your attitude or your emotion towards
11:40it.
11:41Yeah.
11:42The word is street smart.
11:44That's there.
11:45Okay.
11:46During our time, we don't have technology.
11:49So we have to go anywhere we can go like Cologne, even south or maybe north of Cebu, just to
11:59canvas materials.
12:00Now it's just a click away on the cell phone.
12:02You can just Google it.
12:04Even Gemini knows every detail of the product of each, what it calls, hardwares we have here.
12:13So that's it.
12:15So what you're saying is this allows them to get out from that comfort zone and be more in touch
12:23with realities.
12:25Yes.
12:26So now speaking of realities, what were the realities or the challenges Julia that you and the group or the
12:35batch have encountered that now you consider as lessons learned?
12:41For this, I am the head project manager.
12:45So it's my first time really to deal 31 or 30 of my classmates and first time ever to have
12:52this kind of position.
12:53So basically, it really opened opportunities or like just like lessons learned, what kind of like the different committees there
13:01are, how to coordinate.
13:02And overall, for me, it's just I am just the one paving the way for my different classmates or groups
13:11to have the best output that they can have.
13:14And with that, just trying to learn about the different personalities, how to compromise like problems that we have along
13:25the way and trying to derive to the best solutions that we can do to pivot basically to what we
13:33have.
13:33So with that, everything from like the research and then our trying to get like contractors, that was the hardest
13:42part, I believe, the suppliers with the given situations we had the past months and with the actual construction.
13:51So it really, really, really open. So I'm actually really grateful, sad for Dayankamo and also the faculty for giving
14:02us this opportunity.
14:04It just gives a bigger perspective really on what goes on like actual construction that needs to be very aligned
14:11and just communication basically with everyone.
14:14Did you also meet challenges like conflict in schedule because the contractor is working on a flood control project? I'm
14:23just kidding. Okay.
14:27So now, let's talk about the design philosophy. So can you walk us through the design philosophy, you know, behind
14:36Dayankamo and then Balay Samaritano?
14:39Yeah, Dayankamo, the design philosophy was really grounded in the third place theory wherein community and purpose is already infused
14:49in the project.
14:50So I would say as the main, for me, the main design philosophy is really applying empathy and purpose to
14:58the space because as I mentioned earlier, interior design is not really just about the colors you choose, the tiles
15:04you choose, you know.
15:05So it's really about what the purpose is and what that serves to the people. So the main design philosophy
15:11for here is giving back to the community with applied empathy and, you know, the interior design technicalities as well.
15:19So, Julia, the first time you visited the place, what was the impression that you had?
15:26Well, first, when I first went there, it was actually, I think, February, first week, February. And since I only
15:34seen it in like Instagram and Facebook on what they did like the past few years, seeing it, it really
15:41made me amazed by what our seniors did or the previous batches.
15:45Because it's really amazing how they thought of this. It's a collaboration between different people, really. And to walk in
15:54their footsteps and just made me amazed and proud of what we are as interior designers because the people there,
16:02they're really using the space well.
16:03The children keep playing and all. And they really like the space. So proud of it.
16:11So for you, Nathan, because you mentioned that it's more than just the type of color or tiles, what were
16:21the design elements that you introduced that would address the part on empathy and functionality or well-being of the
16:34occupants of Balay Samaritano?
16:37So we really took into consideration what the space would be. So we really had to think of a solution
16:44on what the spatial arrangement would be. So we're currently finishing the multipurpose room. We currently finished the multipurpose room.
16:53So we really thought of the floor plan, how people would move in the space and how it would serve
17:01the children.
17:02So we really took into consideration the type of furniture to use, how to do it, if we're going to
17:08use built-ins, loose furnitures. And as for the wet area, since we also finished the wet area inside the
17:14multipurpose room, we also had to consider safety since children and the elderly are the beneficiaries for this project.
17:21So really, aside from the color, aside from the tiles, we really had to think of tiles and materials that
17:29are safe to use and are also sustainable.
17:32And as for the colors, we made sure to use colors that were not, I would say, not really stimulating.
17:40We used colors that were calm, peaceful, to evoke a sense of calmness in the space and to evoke a
17:46sense of place in Balay Samaritano since the main beneficiaries are children and elderly. So we wanted the space to
17:55be children and elderly friendly as well.
17:57And before I go back to Nathan, I'm just curious because yesterday I heard how a color of a roof
18:06can actually influence the climate within a space.
18:14So now you've mentioned about calming colors and not stimulating colors. Maybe you would like to share to our viewers,
18:21what are the calming colors and what are the stimulating colors so that they know what to use and what
18:30to avoid.
18:31So there is actually one of our teachers who I'm kind of scared, but what I remembered from my class
18:36with Sir Nathan.
18:38So this is already your board exam.
18:41So the calming colors are usually colors that are associated with cool hues and not warm hues. So these are
18:48usually blues, lighter hues of blues, greens, which really stimulates being serene or being in a forest and also whites
18:59and yellows.
19:00So those colors are really, they evoke a sense of calmness. They also evoke a sense of being happy. Yellows.
19:06You can use yellows if you want your room to be happy. If you want your room to be, to
19:11have a serene feel, you can use shades of blue.
19:15But always tend to use cool hues, right, sir?
19:20Yeah.
19:20I'm all right.
19:21Cool hues, too.
19:22I'm kind of scared.
19:23For calming colors.
19:24Yes, calming colors.
19:25This will have an impact to your final grade.
19:35So for Nathan, what is the difference between, which is what people like me would associate,
19:44with what's the difference between just decorating a room and designing an environment?
19:53Okay, this is going to be very deep because being a part of the academia, we are like encouraged to
20:03learn more of our profession.
20:06So there was one article that I've read about epigenetics, of which how you command or how you interact and
20:18how based on how you interact, you can command your body and how to respond.
20:25So usually, in decorations, it's just the accessories.
20:32It's more like about just simple understanding.
20:36It's just a surface matter of color, light, texture.
20:41But when it comes to interior designing, we are like creating catalysts, the triggers.
20:51So way back in my time, it's just simple, like daylight, ball, something like that.
20:56But when I was like learning and already putting it to practice when I became a professional, it was really,
21:07I was more like mind blown about it because you need to balance the Kelvin and the color rendering index
21:15to get the exact color of the items that you have.
21:20Because also in my learning is that color, color cannot survive without light.
21:29We owe that one to Sir Isaac Newton.
21:33Yeah, for passing that person to that white light.
21:36And a manifestation of that also.
21:46So, after passing the prism to the white light, it created a spectrum of different colors.
21:53So, those different colors would go through each object's respective colors.
21:59Like red light goes to red light.
22:01Green light goes to green objects in order to enhance the color.
22:06So, that's why you are seeing colors around you.
22:10So, yeah, it's different.
22:14Decorating is just the surface.
22:17But when it comes to interior designing, it's very scientific.
22:22The approach is very scientific.
22:25Because especially when we deal with clients, we do a little bit of an interview.
22:30What you like, what you have, what you're fun with, something like that.
22:35Because up until now, when I already was teaching, cool colors doesn't only make you calm.
22:46It somehow is linked to cognitive function.
22:50Yellow colors, it doesn't just make you happy.
22:55It's more inclined to creativity.
22:59So, that's why if you want to cook, if you want to cook a very tasty meal or savory meal
23:16with the right ingredients and the right seasoning, something like that.
23:23Yellow color can inspire you.
23:27If you're cramming for an exam, cool colors like blue, the muted one, like the pastel blue, can inspire you
23:37to study and calm you as well.
23:39So, there's a scientific behind interior designing compared to interior decorating.
23:47And yes, interior designers, we are not interior decorators.
23:54Interior designing is different from interior decorating.
23:57It's a really complex process.
24:03And sometimes, we need to educate the people.
24:08So, when we educate them, I just inform them that, yeah, don't be offended.
24:14I'm just also helping you.
24:15Because you'll never know these colors that you have placed inside your environment may be harmful, especially if you have
24:23a child with a special need.
24:27You cannot just put anything like very intense colors because it might influence or trigger their emotional response in a
24:39very aggressive way.
24:42So, actually, there's something that you said that I was reminded of.
24:46Because when the house, my house was designed, and then somebody made a comment like,
24:52this house doesn't look like a house that the dweller will have a child.
24:59And I was just like, what made you say that?
25:02And it's because of the designs.
25:05The sharp edges.
25:07And it would tell them that, no, this house was designed without a child in mind.
25:14Anyhow, because now we're moving towards the second segment, and we will be having Salma later on.
25:21But before we let you go, what can you say about the red background?
25:25What does it do to the guest and the host?
25:28Actually, the color red, it's not entirely red, though.
25:35But the color red, what do you call this?
25:40It's more like linked to tension.
25:45There was this research I did.
25:47There was this research I did way back when I was taking my master's.
25:51It was about color.
25:53There, I just mentioned a while ago about blue being cognitive function and learning.
26:00Yellow being for, what do you call this?
26:03Happiness.
26:03Happiness.
26:05Activities.
26:06Creativity.
26:07Red, however, is linked to tension.
26:11If you're like, if you don't know the answers when you're taking the exams, yeah, a link is a link
26:19to tension.
26:23If you're in love, that's red.
26:27If you're in a hurry, it's red.
26:30So, something like that.
26:32However, if we go to orange, or I would have to say this type of color that we have as
26:42our background is somehow linked somewhere in between.
26:44It's somehow, I would have to say it would, it somehow would create, what do you call this?
26:57Would an atmosphere of conversation, something like that.
27:02We chose the right color then.
27:07But, it's just a, no, it's just a background.
27:11If we go for something natural, texture, wherein you can feel the, visually, it creates more like a comforting feel
27:26of security.
27:27So, there you can have a more and much deeper conversation.
27:32Although, this already, as I've mentioned before, it's like a catalyst.
27:35It triggers the mind on making conversation, especially right now that we're very, we're very, we're becoming very talkative.
27:45So, that's how, that's, that's the use of the elements around us.
27:51Actually, that's also the purpose of that light, because it bounces.
27:55Oh, it illuminates the room.
28:00Anyhow, thank you, Professor Nathan, because in the course of the next interview, we'll be introducing one of your students.
28:07But first, Keith, walk us through about the people behind the design.
28:15So, what are their characteristics, if we call it that way, that you considered in terms of eventually designing the
28:25future state, which is now the current state?
28:28So, as I mentioned earlier, the main beneficiaries are the elderly people.
28:33But, and also, they are street dwellers.
28:37They're not ordinary elderly people and children also.
28:39I've also read somewhere in the material that they're, what's the correct way?
28:45But they have, they have a background.
28:47Yes, they do have a background.
28:49Yes, that type of background.
28:50Okay.
28:51So, we really had to.
28:51What is this background?
28:53I think it was, am I allowed to say it?
28:56Addiction.
28:57Yeah, addiction.
28:57Yeah.
28:59They're survivors of it.
29:02And also, one of the beneficiaries are children who are also in the streets.
29:05So, those are the primary demographics for the space.
29:09So, really wanted to create a space that isn't triggering for them.
29:13That's where in color theory comes in.
29:15And we wanted to create a space wherein it feels like a rehabilitation.
29:21They're allowed to create activities.
29:22They're allowed to create memories.
29:24Thus, we designed the multipurpose room in a way that they are able to create communication, foster relationships.
29:31So, in a way, interior design here is applied not just through the colors.
29:36It really is the purpose of bringing these people into a better life aside from the life they have on
29:42the streets.
29:43So, the main goal here is to apply interior design in Balay Samartano, Sa Subbu as not just a space
29:50for them but also a space for them wherein they can change their lives and they can inspire their lives
29:56to become better people in the future.
29:58And then for Julia, so, there are aesthetics that you also, which we discussed earlier.
30:09But specific to this particular stakeholders, how did this broaden your understanding of the different clients that you will eventually
30:24have once you graduate, you get your license, and you practice the profession?
30:31So, for that, as you know, before we do actual construction, we have to, as an interview, we have to
30:42know their daily routines and all, and you have to basically ask the right questions in order to help us
30:51designers to be able to have the best design for them.
30:54So, in Balay Samartano, I believe, the first batch, they had a research, they asked questionnaires regarding to the elderly
31:04and also the children with consent forms.
31:07So, with that, and then with that question, with the collated analysis of those results, you can get basically the
31:19collated or like summary of the findings on where the stakeholders would type of design what they want usually.
31:30So, with that, for us, when we grow older, so, basically just really knowing the client really, really would help
31:40regarding for the design.
31:42And actually, it's also a helpful perspective now because when we design a space, which is also the same, like
31:49when we help another person, it's not like we have already a help in mind and we're just pushing it
31:55to them.
31:56But that's also a way of understanding them so that we would be able to create a space that's exactly
32:03what they need.
32:04So, for the better appreciation of our viewers, joining us this time is Salma Canoy, and she's in charge of
32:13marketing.
32:13So, maybe you'd like to share to our viewers the before and after state of Balay Samaritano, after the work
32:24that the three batches have done through the years.
32:27Hello, and good afternoon, Sir Darwin, and to Sunstar Beyond the Headlines.
32:34Before and foremost, I would like to thank our Dean, Dr. Adrian Del Monte, IDR Julian Lim, IDR Hermio Plado,
32:44IDR Alvin Abrea, IDR John Nathan Yap, and IDR Agile Marathon for helping us build Balay Samaritano.
32:53And with the three batches, we have been forming a legacy for our future interior designers, sa atong pagkaisig kataw.
33:03And here we are, we are forming through our works with re-grouting the tiles, enhancing the light fixtures, as
33:12well as repainting the walls, turning them into murals in order for them to recover from their past and be
33:21able to have the future of now.
33:24As you can see on the screen, we have been building all of the multi-purpose rooms for this year.
33:32And for the past batches, we have our areas for the entrance and for the foyer, the hallway, as well
33:41as the classrooms A and B, the offices, and as well as the classrooms CR and restroom.
33:51So with our project, we are able to help each of the subwanons, that we are able to uphold an
34:02interior designer and also a dedicated individual.
34:05And with our power as interior designers, we are also being able to work on our power of hands.
34:16So with our project managers, Keith, and as well as Julia, they have molded me into someone better and will
34:26be able to graduate with a pure of heart.
34:30And speaking of pure of heart, so my next question is for you, Keith.
34:34How did working with beneficiaries change the way you view life?
34:40I would say that working with beneficiaries, it really gave a positive impact to me.
34:45They made me realize that I am really grateful to my life.
34:49And they gave me a reason to have a purpose as an interior designer.
34:53You know, an interior designer for me before wasn't really that broad.
34:57But now that I've seen them, now that I've seen how they experience this space,
35:04they gave me a purpose in the future that soon when I become a licensed interior designer,
35:09just like Sir Nathan Yap, I would see my clients not just as normal people, but people who have needs.
35:18People who want interior design to be their solution.
35:22And through that, in the future as an interior designer, I would design this space not just because of aesthetics,
35:28but because I already know that spaces can make people happy, can solve their problems,
35:35and spaces can really be effective in their lives.
35:38So, you know, the beneficiaries we have, we are really happy to see them walking around,
35:43talking in Balai Samaritano, and we're just really happy to finish our project
35:48because we know that our project has a purpose.
35:50And in the future as interior designers, we know that our projects will have a purpose.
35:54So in the space of gratitude, Julia, what were the things that you probably used to complain about?
36:02But now, after working with these beneficiaries, you already consider us insignificant.
36:09So before, I used to think that my beneficiaries would be like residential.
36:19So never would I have imagined I'll be able to work with this charity group.
36:25So with this, it made me not really want to complain on the people I get.
36:32So like, oh, it's not just about money.
36:35It's about just being, having fulfillment as a designer that you know you actually help someone.
36:42And what a better reason is for people, for a charity reason, because it can really impact lives.
36:52Since it's not really well known, like design or may architecture, dear design,
36:59that can help you in the simplest way, because it actually helps good cognitive,
37:05as what Sir Nathan explained earlier.
37:09So it just made me grateful and just wanting to help more as a person I can.
37:15And for Salma, if we are to fast forward 10 years from now,
37:23and then one of the kids, the beneficiaries of Balay Samaritano, would be watching this episode,
37:31what do you want them to know?
37:36For the future kids of Cebu, we would like you to know that because of our teachers who allowed us
37:45our mistakes,
37:47because of our parents who supported us, and because of the collaboration of our colleagues and friends,
37:53we are able to help future Cebu and be able to have any past that you have and being able
38:03to inspire around you.
38:05Our power is the background.
38:09And now, before we close this particular episode, because you will be graduating already next month, no?
38:17Hopefully.
38:18We will, we will.
38:21That's the spirit, no?
38:23Although I hope after this interview, the grade will not change.
38:26I know.
38:30But is there any learning, no?
38:34Is this four years, no?
38:36Yes, it's four years.
38:37And for our viewers, no, who are watching, no, given your four-year journey, no, in this particular field, no,
38:49what are the things that you now think differently compared to who you were when you enrolled as a freshman?
39:03Okay, so interior design was, I actually knew interior design from, I think, I believe, from a magazine.
39:10And I didn't think that interior design is a big career.
39:14So I entered interior design with no idea in mind.
39:18But when I got the curriculum and I was shocked by the study load,
39:23so I really thought that interior design is really a heavy, it's really a heavy course.
39:28And, you know, interior design is not just, people really think interior design is just styling.
39:31It's just choosing your furniture.
39:34It's just really decorating.
39:35But interior design has a science behind it.
39:38In the interior design curriculum in San Carlos, we are taught about the theories of interior design.
39:43We are taught color theory.
39:45We are taught ergonomics.
39:46We are taught about functionality, accessibility.
39:49And we are also taught about really the science behind interior design.
39:53And much more than that, we are taught about how to deal with different clients.
39:59In our internship program, we were immersed in dealing with real-life clients,
40:06with dealing with principal interior designers, and as well as dealing with allied professionals.
40:11Because in the future, in interior design, we are, there are really projects that we have to be aligned with
40:18allied professionals,
40:19such as architects, engineers.
40:20We are also taught how to apply empathy in those projects.
40:24So interior design really changed me in a way that I think interior design as a science, it's not just,
40:30it's not just art.
40:32It's also a science.
40:34So, yeah.
40:34And I thank my teachers and San Carlos for having the best curriculum of interior design.
40:41Your teachers are smiling.
40:43Anyway, Julia, yes.
40:45For me, why I went to this course was because of my tita, she said that this course can be
40:51very lucrative.
40:53So by lucrative, like, you can go to different areas.
40:56It could be mirror, it could be the furniture, lighting, paint.
41:01There's so many options that you can go to with interior design as your course.
41:09And then with that, I really didn't think much of that beyond that idea.
41:15And especially second and third year and fourth year, I didn't know that interior design is such a hard course.
41:22You really have your blood, sweat, and tears in all of your plates because they're really training us of what
41:29it is like.
41:30Like, to be, like, in the reality, there was no, like, it was just straight on to the designs and
41:41to think about others as well.
41:43That was the main purpose for our design class.
41:46And then with that, and also for this subject, because before it was all about theoretical, and now with this
41:56is how to actually execute it, apply it.
41:59So it just broadened a perspective of how much people you have to collaborate because as an introvert, it was,
42:09you really have to compromise.
42:11Then very eye-opening and I'm excited for myself as well for the future.
42:17So thank you to all of the faculty in interior design USC.
42:22Okay, I can see the grades rising.
42:26Yeah, and then Salma.
42:29Beyond the headlines, direct.
42:32Mr. Eric, Mr. Darwin, John Moses.
42:36Yes, Tanjay.
42:37Hey, thank you so much for being the medium of the USC interior design students.
42:44And with interior design, it is the creative discipline that I need in my life, the way of living of
42:51my enthusiasm for art and as well as for science.
42:54And I thank my sister, architect Emerald Canoy.
42:58I look up to you as I have this interior design career.
43:02And I'm very thankful that all of us here have shared all of their hard work, their blood, sweat, and
43:11tears, as well as their passion into creating something that would change the cognitive as well as the aesthetic environment
43:18of anything in this society.
43:22All of the molecules, all of the molecules, and etc.
43:24So thank you so much.
43:26Beyond the headlines.
43:27Thank you, Sir Darwin.
43:29And by the way, our editor-in-chief is behind the camera.
43:33Hello, and good afternoon.
43:36So, of course, we're also very grateful to have you here.
43:42So, Keith, Julia, Salma, and also Nathan, because the work that you've also done, not just in terms of finishing
43:52school, but also the impact that it brings to the dwellers and the future dwellers of Balay Samaritano.
44:02So, I'm also, which is why when I heard about it, I'm also grateful that you made use of your
44:08time and your talent to elevate a space such as Balay Samaritano.
44:14So, thank you also.
44:15Thank you, Sir.
44:16Thank you, Sir.
44:17Thank you, Sir.
44:30Thank you, Sir.
44:32Design is about people.
44:35It is about creating spaces for children.
44:38Can learn, play, dream, and feel that they belong.
44:42So I'm DJ Moises.
44:43This is Beyond the Headlines.
44:45Thank you for joining us this afternoon.
44:47See you again tomorrow.
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