Manila
Subtitle: Future Habitations
By: Instructors Rok Oman, David Rubin, Spela Videcnik ; Report Design, Mikhail Grinwald
Publisher: Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9781934510698
Subjects: Housing; Case studies; City planning; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Sustainable development; Economic history
Notes: "Studio Report Spring 2018"--P. 4 of cover.

"Manila's extraordinary history--written, erased, and rewritten--has rendered a current condition that is one of extremes and great tensions. The city is rife with poverty and affluence, congestion and release, pollution and ecological diversity. "Manila: Future Habitations" focused on four strategic areas within or adjacent to Manila's historic core: the Port of Manila, where sea level rise, commerce, a desire to access waterfront by citizenry, and a need for middle-class housing stock all collide; the Baseco compound, a spontaneous settlement situated on a peninsula in Manila Bay with no infrastructure; the Pasig Riverfront, challenged by an ecological system in ruins; and the Intramuros, where infrastructure, architecture, and the vestiges of colonial Manila misalign. This studio focused on the design of human settlements, new types of dwellings, the connective tissue and common ground of cities, and the challenge of designing for the human condition against future tensions."--Publisher's website (viewed January 25, 2019)