History of UP TFA
UP Task Force Arki was an offshoot of the Community Design Service Extension Program of the UP College of Architecture, which began in 1986. At the height of martial law and student activism, a volunteer group of 8 students were inspired by their professor, Architect Geronimo Manahan, “to uplift the worsening urban housing situation of the time”. Its members have worked conscientiously with other organizations that were also involved in providing assistance to the less fortunate countrymen who aspire for better living standards. Being students of architecture, they shared acquired knowledge in order for everyone to have access and practice the right to affordable and quality shelter. |
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Moreover, aside from giving other people a chance to live better lives, they also build each other as a student organization. The camaraderie and good repertoire that they possess help members through every day in the college, which at times could be so difficult. Having been founded in a year of political revolution, UP TFA proves to be a revolution itself; a modification of how people should view the members' present status and future profession—passionate, driven and innovative designers, builders and thinkers of the modern world.