The city of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, has been a complex relationship with the sea for years. Built on a widespread delta, the city is facing seasonal floods every year and despite infrastructure problems, it is still expanding to the sea. However, instead of reforming sewage networks or renovating urban fabric, it has been decided to build a set of artificial islands with luxury towers in the Manila Gulf. (Yanko Design)
Photographer: Unknown / Yanko Design
A project called City of Pearl, which won the Golden Award in Urban Design and Planning in 2008, is now being progressed and has attracted a lot of atteion iernationally. It seems that the designers of the Pearl city, inspired by the Dubai urban developme pattern and the palm of Jumeirah, will create a combination of commercial areas, high -level accommodation and resideial towers on an artificial island. The purpose of this project is to create an environme with the concept of “life, work and recreation in one place”; A concept that is commonly referred to as expensive apartmes, luxury restauras and lifestyle separate from the city’s public space.
Photographer: Unknown / Yanko Design
Project designers emphasize infary and day -to -day activities of Pearl City; An approach that is ignored in many similar designs. Resideial towers are not separate from commercial areas and green spaces extend throughout the complex. Tourism and accommodation, including hotels and luxurious restauras, are located in areas that help to coinue daily and night traffic. This structure creates a natural ieraction between resides, employees and tourists and leads to a real urban dynamics.
Photographer: Unknown / Yanko Design
In the Pearl City project, public transport infrastructure and pedestrian routes have been iended to reduce dependence on the car; A vital issue in the capital of the Philippines whose traffic competes with Los Angeles. However, the exact perceage of green spaces in the design documeation is not announced, the share of these spaces exceeds the average of similar projects in Manila. Individuals have placed a living -orieed look within the project, realizing that luxury buyers today expect the environmeal stability to be part of the design.
Photographer: Unknown / Yanko Design
Early designs are always stunning; But time will show whether the “Pearl City” becomes a symbol of the future of Asian city or is the only beautiful picture of the unfinished dream of developme. You also tell you about your view of this city with Kajaro.
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