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Edit: The books have been granted! 📖✨

​Thank you so much to everyone who reached out! 💖 I’ve found a student who will be putting these to great use for their thesis. I’m so happy these are going to a new home where they’ll be used and loved! 🏗️

​Good luck to all our future PUPian architects with your plates, research, and graduation! Rooting for you all! 🚩📐✨

Hi everyone! Calling all my hardworking PUP CADBE students! 🚩

​I’m currently decluttering my library and I have two "holy grail" local architecture books that I’d love to pass on to a new home:

1. ​BluPrint for 2050

2. ​Design Better (edit: Prev. Design Matters, excuse the Tita in me, can't edit the title na 😭)

​Why I’m giving these to a student and not a library:

I really want these to be "active" books! I know libraries can be a bit strict with borrowing, so I’d much rather these stay in a student’s hands. I’m actually hoping they get "laspag" from over-use! Please feel free to trace them, use them for late-night plates, and pass them around.

​My little request:

If you can, please share them with anyone in our school community! I know how great we are at sharing resources at PUP, and it would make me so happy to know these are helping as many people as possible. If you guys still have that student hangout room or lounge in our building, you might even want to leave them there so you don't have to carry these heavy books in your daily commute.

​How they can help you:

These are super helpful for generating thesis ideas and presentation layouts. They show actual work from real design studios here in the Philippines, so they’re perfect for local case studies and seeing how the pros handle site analysis!

​Condition (Good as new!):

The books are actually in beautiful condition. The pages are crisp, perfectly intact, and they still have that amazing "freshly printed" smell! There were just some tiny external marks from the air circulation in my room, but I’ve carefully cleaned the edges so they look great.

​If you’re interested:

I’m looking for an incoming 4th or 5th year PUP Architecture student. Since I really want these to help with research, just send me a DM with: ​

A quick photo of your PUP ID or Registration Form (Please feel free to block/redact your name, photo, or private data! I totally value your privacy, I just need to see the school and year level).

​Tell me a bit about your initial Thesis Interest or Topic!

​Bonus:

If you’re looking for a specific topic for your research, let me know too! I might have other books in my collection that I can tuck into the bag for you.

​The Deal:

I’m based in QC, and I’ll be the one to shoulder the Lalamove fee to send them to you (either to your home or straight to the school gate).

​I’ll pick someone who seems like they’ll really get a lot of use out of these. Can’t wait to hear about your thesis ideas! Good luck with your studies, future architects! 🏗️💖