CONGRATS TITO GEMO GUILLERMO H. HISANCHA new ‘ASEAN Architect’ ILOILO – Architect Guillermo H. Hisancha, former two-time municipal councilor and three-time vice mayor of the Municipality of Pavia, has just achieved another unprecedented feat. He successfully passed the standards, qualifications and requirements prescribed by the ASEAN Architects Registry, thereby according him with the title “ASEAN Architect.” Conferment will be on April 8 in Quezon City after a thorough evaluation by the ASEAN Monitoring Committee on Architectural Services of the Philippines (AMCASP). AMCASP is composed of the Professional Regulation Commission, Commission on Higher Education and United Architects of the Philippines. Hisancha became one of the first 27 Filipino ASEAN Architects, and the first and only one coming from the whole Visayas area. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN is composed of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei, Myanmar, Vietnam and the Philippines. Hisancha was recently awarded as one of the Most Outstanding Augustinians who excelled in the field of Science and Technology – Architecture. He was honoured during the University of San Agustin’s Alumni Achievement Awarding Ceremonies on February 28. In 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community will transform Southeast Asia into a region with free movement of trade, services, investment, skilled labor and capital flows, including architecture. Towards this, ASEAN Mutual Recognition on Architectural Services (ASEAN MRA) is structured as a joint standard-setting efforts required by architects for cross-border practices through the mechanism provided in ASEAN. Previously, Hisancha was also conferred with the title “APEC Architect” given by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Architect Registry. He became the 34th Filipino APEC Architect, and also the first and only one from Western Visayas. Hisancha, a Fellow of the United Architects of the Philippines, was also awarded twice as Iloilo National High School Outstanding Alumnus, first in the Field of Architecture in 2005, and second, as one of the Most Outstanding Alumni of the New Millennium in the field of Public Service in 2010./PN PanayNews
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 02:50:04 +0000