PALAFOX ASSOCIATES

PALAFOX ASSOCIATES is an architectural design, urban planning, and consultancy firm

founded in July 1989 by its Principal Architect and Urban Planner, Felino A. Palafox, Jr.

q Main expertise: Architecture, Urban Planning, Town Planning, Site Planning, Interior
Design, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design

q With more than 100 full time staff and professional consultants
 q PALAFOX ASSOCIATES has master planned more than 11 BILLION square meters of land and
has been involved in the architectural design of more than 7 MILLION square meters in building floor
areas in 33 COUNTRIES

Global Footprints
 PALAFOX ASSOCIATES PLANNING PROJECTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
q PALAFOX ASSOCIATES has worked on a range of plans and proposals for islands, towns, cities,
provinces and regions throughout the country.

Philippine Footprints
 q PALAFOX ASSOCIATES has
been certified by TUV of
Germany for its integrated Quality
and Environmental Management
Systems (QEMS) based on ISO
9001 (Quality Management) and
ISO 14001 (Environmental
Management) standards.

q The first in the Architecture,

Planning, Interior Design,
Landscape Architecture, and
Engineering professions and
reportedly the first architectural,
planning, and design firm in the
Philippines to have implemented
and successfully passed
certification audits for integrated
QEMS.

Integrated Quality Management Systems ISO 9001

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) ISO 14001
TV-SD Germany

ISO Accreditation
URBAN PLANNING, ARCHITECTURE, AND
ENGINEERING TO ADDRESS DISASTERS

The Effects of Recent Real Estate Trends on Urban

Planning

ARCH. FELINO A. PALAFOX JR., APEC Architect, FUAP

Harvard GSD, International Associate AIA
Founder and Managing Partner
Palafox Associates
Philippines: Center of the World
Philippines: Southeast Asia
 THE PHILIPPINES: A RICH COUNTRY

#1 in marine biodiversity, sailors & music

#2 in call centers & BPOs
3rd longest shoreline, waterfront
#5 in mineral resources
#12 in human resources

Good Things About the Philippines

 3 CHALLENGES
CORRUPTION GOOD GOVERNANCE
CRIMINALITY PEACE & ORDER
CLIMATE CHANGE ENVIRONMENT

Three Challenges
Traffic, Overpopulation, Lack of Open Space
 LAWS OF THE INDIES

1521
town plaza planning
Intramuros
-(within the walls) for the
Illustrados and Principalia
Extramuros
-(outside the walls) for the
indios, sanglays and
peasants

Laws of the Indies

 LAWS OF THE INDIES

1521

Laws of the Indies

Growth of Metro Manila
METRO MANILA GROWTH

1948
METRO MANILA GROWTH

1970
METRO MANILA GROWTH

1990
METRO MANILA GROWTH

2010
METRO MANILA GROWTH

2020
 CBDS OF METRO MANILA

EDSA Corridor
Disaster Preparedness
Why Prepare?
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
 The geographic
and geologic
setting of the
Philippines (part of
Pacific Ring of Fire
and Earthquake
Belt) make it prone
to various hazards,
including:
weather and climate-
related
volcano-related
earthquake-related
tsunami

Philippine Disaster Risk Profile

RP Disaster Risk Profile
 CLIMATIC VARIABILITIES
(LA NIA/EL NIO)
FLOODS

TSUNAMI
TYPHOONS AND STORM SURGES

LANDSLIDES
EARTHQUAKES

GROUND SUBSIDENCE
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

NATURAL HAZARDS
 LAND
ACCIDENTS
FIRE INCIDENTS OIL SPILL

SEA ACCIDENTS RED TIDE

AIR ACCIDENTS CIVIL STRIFE

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS POLLUTION

(SOLID WASTE, AIR, WATER AND THERMAL)
(RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT, GAS LEAKS)

TERRORISM
MANMADE HAZARDS
FLOOD
 Source: LLDA

Ondoy
 choked outlet

Source: LLDA

Ondoy
 Source: LLDA

LAKE LEVEL IN LAGUNA DE BAY

Lessons from Flooding
 REVISITING THE MASTER PLAN OF
BURNHAM FOR THE CITY OF MANILA

1905
 DANIEL BURNHAM

1905

Based on concepts of
grand scale, wide
radial boulevards,
landscaped parks, and
pleasant vistas

Daniel H. Burnham Plan

 MMETROPLAN

1976-1977

MMETROPLAN
Metro Manila Transport, Land Use and Development Planning
Project
Government of the Philippines & Freeman Fox & Associates
Study Area, Manila Bay Region and Luzon Island

Source: MMETROPLAN-Metro Manila Transport, Land Use and

Development Planning Project
 LEGEND:
AREAS WHERE NEW URBAN
EXPANSION IS NOT DESIRABLE

Source: MMETROPLAN-Metro Manila Transport, Land Use and

Development Planning Project

Areas Suitable and Unsuitable for New Urban Expansion

 LEGEND:

Source: MMETROPLAN- Metro-Manila Transport, Land Use and Development

Planning Project

Development Planning Recommendations

DYNAMICS OF MARIKINA, PASIG & NAPINDAN
RIVERS (Ondoy)

Source: LLDA
The Paraaque Spillway
The Paraaque Spillway
 The Paraaque Spillway

Flood duration:
With paraaque spillway- 20 days
Without paraaque spillway- 65 days
-DPWH

The Manggahan & Paraaque Spillway

 FLOODED AREAS FLOODED AREAS

Flooded Areas (1970) Ondoy situation map for Metro Manila(2009)

Source: MMETROPLAN Source: http://www.google.com/landing/typhoon -ondoy.html
What Needs to be Done
 THE SCOPE

Region III
NCR
CALABARZON

1. VISION PLAN
2. CONCEPT PLAN
3. REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
 LONG TERM

MEDIUM TERM

SHORT TERM

IMMEDIATE

September 26, 2009 100 DAYS 2010 2016 2020

 ADAPTIVE
ARCHITECTURE
Initial Recommendations from Palafox Associates
 Raison Bassig
Raison Bassig

Adaptive Architecture
Adaptive Architecture
 Floating Home

Adaptive Architecture
 Green roof

Adaptive Architecture
Adaptive Architecture
Adaptive Architecture
Adaptive Architecture
Adaptive Architecture
Adaptive Architecture
ON STILTS URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 EARTHQUAKE

Earthquake
 Ground rupture Liquefaction Ground shaking

Fire

Landslides Tsunami Fire

EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS
 Why do Earthquakes occur in the Philippines?

EQU
ATO
R

Philippines and Earthquake Source: PHIVOLCS

 Metro Manila
Transected by the Valley
Fault System (West and East
Valley Faults) at its eastern
margin

East Valley Fault

West Valley Fault

West and East Valley Faults Source: PHIVOLCS

 PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE INDUCED LANDSLIDE HAZARDMAP

LEGEND:
High
Moderate
Low

Source: PHIVOLCS

Earthquake-induced Landslide
 Intensity Distribution
(PHIVOLCS Earthquake
Intensity Scale PEIS)

Intensity
(PEIS)
IX
VIII
VIII

Earthquake Intensity Scale Source: PHIVOLCS

 Tuned mass damper of Taipei 101 (TMD)

Earthquake vs. Engineering

 Sea walls at breakwaters
Tide control gates
Flood gates

Structural Countermeasures
 A. Disaster Prevention
Present Situation and Problems

B. Long Term Targets

C. Urban Planning and Urban Development to

Prevent Fire Spreading in Cities

D. Securing Open Spaces

E. Creation of Disaster-Proof Living Zones

Recommendations
 F. Establishing Preparedness for Disasters
Prevention

G. Setting Up System for Fighting Disasters

H. Securing Evacuation Space and Routes

I. Preparing for New Disaster Policies and

Measures

Recommendations
 J. Promotion of Comprehensive Flood-Control
Measures

K. Flood Prevention in the Lowlands

L. Flood Prevention in Mountain and Hillside

Villages and Islands

M. Comprehensive Flood-Control Measures

N. Immediate Action Now

Recommendations
 The government should
immediately carry out a 10 year
plan of program and projects from
2010 to 2020 well into the Twenty-
first Century

Recommendations
 I. Creation of Fire Prevention City
A.Promotion of Fire Prevention (Projects for the
prevention of urban fire and disaster)
B. Built-up Area Redevelopment for Disaster
Prevention
C. Urban Renewal/Land Readjustment for
Disaster Prevention

II. Creation of Disaster-Proof Living Zones

A. Consolidation of Disaster-Proof Living Zones

Recommendations
 III. Establishing Preparedness for Disasters
Prevention

A.Improvement of Disaster Prevention Education

Facilities
B.Creation of Disaster Prevention Bases
C.Consolidation of Fire Stations
D.Securing of Drinking Water for the Time of
Disaster

Recommendations
 IV. Promotion of Comprehensive Flood-Control
Measures
A.Improvement Works for Rivers, Lakes, Creeks,
and Canals
B.Improvement of Rivers in the area
C.Consolidation of Anti-Tidal Wave Facilities

Recommendations
PA Emergency Preparedness Manual
PA Emergency Preparedness Manual
Iloilo Flood Mapping
Iloilo
PALAFOX ASSOCIATES
BEST PRACTICES & PRINCIPLES;
EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
 TRIPLE E/P
BOTTOMLINE
APPROACH

Triple Bottom-line
THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF SMART GROWTH

1. Create a range of housing opportunities and choices

2. Create walkable neighborhoods
3. Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration
4. Foster distinctive attractive places with a strong sense of
place
5. Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost-
effective
THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF SMART GROWTH

6. Mix land-uses
7. Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and critical
environmental areas
8. Provide a variety of transportation sources
9. Strengthen and direct development toward existing
communities
10.Take advantage of compact building design
 RE - CENTURY
Renew
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Replan
Reengineer
Redevelop
Renaissance

RE-Century
 PUBLIC - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

Maximizes use of
governments limited
resources

Taps into private sectors

business and technical
expertise

Increases stakeholder
participation

Public Private Partnership

 The 2030 Challenge

GOAL: zero net energy buildings by year

2030
50% reduction in energy use for new building projects or major
renovation
The fossil fuel reduction standard for all new buildings shall be increased
to:
60% in 2010
70% in 2015
80% in 2020
90% in 2025

Carbon-neutral in 2030

The 2030 Challenge

1car = 10 trees
WORST & BEST PRACTICES
Intramuros VS Extramuros
Exclusionary Zoning VS Inclusionary Zoning
Urban Sprawl VS Vertical Urbanism
Sprawl VS
Smart
Growth
Car Oriented
VS Transit Oriented Cities
Extensive Car Usage VS Walkable & Bikeable Cities
Best practices and urban
planning paradigm shifts
Inclusionary Zoning
 DEMOCRATIC
ARCHITECTURE

1. That every human being has a right to an

affordable home
2. That people should be able to manipulate
their residential environments from
expanding and dividing spaces to changing
facades easily and inexpensively
3. That in deciding where and how to
construct housing every effort be made to
prevent damage to environments
4. That residential design must express the
multiplicity of society, not some ideal or
political ideology

Democratic Architecture
 Mixed-Use Developments

PALAFOX ASSOCIATES PALAFOX ASSOCIATES PALAFOX ASSOCIATES

Mixed-Used Developments
 The Rockwell Center

Place to live, work, shop, dine, worship, entertain,

healthcare, walkable community
Amorsolo Tower Hidalgo Tower

Rockwell Center
Luna Tower Rizal Tower

Rockwell Center
 Vertical Urbanism

PA Skyline
 Vertical Urbanism
Development Bank of the Philippines Executive Office Tower, Taguig City,
Philippines

DBP Green Bldg.

 GREEN ARCHITECTURE

A development that seeks to build in

accordance with the present condition of
the site and deals with how structures can
further relate to the natural environment
and man made development
It aims to create buildings that have
minimal impact on human health and the
natural environment

GREEN Architecture
KING ABDULLAH FINANCIAL DISTRICT,
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

KAFD, Saudi Arabia

KAFD, Saudi Arabia
KAFD, Saudi Arabia
KAFD, Saudi Arabia
KAFD, Saudi Arabia
KAFD, Saudi Arabia
KAFD, Saudi Arabia
KAFD, Saudi Arabia
KAFD, Saudi Arabia
KAFD, Saudi Arabia
KAFD, Saudi Arabia
 GULF DREAM TOURIST CITY
Abu Dhabi

1,200m TOWER

Gulf Dream Tourist City

 CULTURE AND ARTS CENTER TOWER EDUCATIONAL MINISTRY TOWER STATE OF THE ART FACILITY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TOWER STOCK EXCHANGE CITY UAE TOWER

Gulf Dream Tourist City

 TZU CHI PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
Bam, Iran

Tzu Chi Schools, Iran

Tzu Chi Schools, Iran
UP School of Urban and Regional Planning
UP School of Urban and Regional Planning
QUEZON CITY MUSEUM, RESPECTING THE
ENVIRONMENT
Quezon City, Philippines
- build around
trees
- design with
nature
- workable floor
area
- lesslot
The costs
allocated
for the QC
Museum is at
10,000 square
meters
The QC Museum
structure will
occupy around
40% to 50% of the
lot

Quezon City Museum

 QUEZON CITY MUSEUM,
Quezon City, Philippines

Quezon City Museum

Quezon City Museum
Camp Netanya, Anilao, Batangas
Camp Netanya, Anilao, Batangas
Camp Netanya, Anilao, Batangas
Summit Ridge Hotel, Tagaytay
BAMBOO LAGOON,
El Nido Palawan

Bamboo Lagoon, El Nido Palawan

Bamboo Lagoon, El Nido Palawan
Manila Polo Club, Makati City
Manila Polo Club, Makati City
Manila Polo Club, Makati City
Natural Light

Manila Polo Club, Makati City

NOVARTIS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS,
Makati City, Philippines

Novartis, Makati City

Novartis, Makati City
Novartis, Makati City
University of San Carlos, Cebu
University of San Carlos, Cebu
University of San Carlos, Cebu
GAWAD KALINGA,
Tarlac, Philippines

Gawad Kalinga, Tarlac

Gawad Kalinga, Tarlac
 GREEN URBANISM

Compact, pedestrian and environment-friendly

development

GREEN Urbanism
GREEN Urbanism
Old Rockwell Center Site
GREEN Urbanism
Rockwell Center, Makati
Rockwell Center, Makati
 NEW URBANISM

EXISTING BUILDING CODE NEW URBANISM

GREEN Urbanism
EXISTING BUILDING CODE

NEW URBANISM
EXISTING BUILDING CODE NEW URBANISM

GREEN Urbanism
EXISTING BUILDING CODE NEW URBANISM

GREEN Urbanism
 GREEN TECHNOLOGY

The application of the

environmental science to
conserve the natural
environment and resources, and
to curb the negative impacts of
human involvement

GREEN Technology
 Bahrain World Trade Center

The most impressive feature is the three

massive wind turbines situated between
the two towers comprising the main
building
Each of these 80-foot turbines projects
from a bridge between towers
The shape of the towers themselves
channels and accelerates air moving
between them which will help the
building generate even more power.
It is by far the largest wind-powered
design incorporated into a massive
building project to date.

GREEN Technology
 Solar Tower
It is Europes first commercial
power station to harness the
energy of the sun.
How does it work? The suns
rays are all directed at a single
point of the tower and turn
water at that point into steam.
The steam in turn moves
through turbines and generates
energy. A strange but very
functional process.

GREEN Technology
Green wall covers: DBP Headquarters

GREEN Energy
 GREEN ENERGY

sources of energy that are considered to be

environmentally friendly and non-polluting, such as
geothermal, wind, solar, and hydro

GREEN Energy
 WIND TURBINES

SOLAR PANELS PHOTOVOLTAIC STREET LAMP

GREEN Energy
Development Bank of the Philippines
 A vent well expels hot air from Green roofing
the core of the building into the
surroundings. An exposed stair well
acts as passageway too.

A water efficient landscaping Green wall

Water-less fixtures
Bike parking

GREEN Building
Sloping ceiling

GREEN Energy
 GREEN SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT

GREEN Sustainable Development

ZERO CARBON, ZERO WASTE CITY
Masdar, Abu Dhabi

Worlds first zero carbon, zero waste city in Abu Dhabi by the LORD NORMAN
FOSTER
GREEN CITY in the desert

GREEN Sustainable Development

 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

The Green Infrastructure approach analyses

the natural environment in a way that
highlights its function and subsequently
seeks to put in place, through regulatory or
planning policy, mechanisms that safeguard
critical natural areas.

(photo) wikipedia.org

GREEN Infrastructure
Interlocking Grass Pavers
 Construction for Parking Areas instead of Pure
Concrete Pavements

Interlocking Grass Pavers

From GREEN URBANISM
 GREEN FURNITURE

Furnishings that have an impact on the

planet.

Products that use materials from

sustainable forests, have low toxic material
levels, locally manufactured and durable.

Emiliano Godoy: Knit dividers

GREEN Furniture
Bamboo Lagoon Eco-Resort, Palawan
 THE GLOBAL TRENDS
in Architecture, Urban Planning,
& Real Estate Development

Global Trends
Global Trends
Global Trends
Global Trends
Global Trends
Global Trends
Global Trends
Global Trends
Global Trends
Global Trends
Global Trends
Global Trends
Global Trends
Global Trends
Global Trends
 The 2030 Challenge
GOAL: zero net energy buildings by year
2030
50% reduction in energy use for new building projects or major
renovation
The fossil fuel reduction standard for all new buildings shall be
increased to:
60% in 2010
70% in 2015
80% in 2020
90% in 2025
Carbon-neutral in 2030

Global Trends
Tall Buildings in the World (From the CTBUH Journal)
Tall Buildings in the World (From the CTBUH Journal)
The Marina Bay
Sands,
Singapore

Brise-Soleil (Sun
shading fins)
The Marina Bay Sands
The Marina Bay Sands
International Commerce Centre, HK; Jin Mao, China
Trump Tower Chicago (at center)
 Burj Al Arab
WS ATKINS and Partners

Tall Buildings in the World (From the CTBUH Journal)

 Burj Al Arab
WS ATKINS and Partners

Dubai
 Burj Al Arab
WS ATKINS and Partners

Dubai
Burj Khalifa, (KPF)
Burj Khalifa, (KPF)
Tallest Building in the World
Burj Khalifa, (KPF)
Burj Khalifa, (KPF)
FELINO A. PALAFOX, JR.
Principal Architect-Urban Planner
Founder & Managing Partner
Palafox Associates
 PasigRiver
Pasig River Today
Today
 Pasig
Pasig River of
River of the
theFuture
Future
Lambingan Bridge Today
Lambingan Bridge of the Future
Pasig River
Marikina Redevelopment
Alaminos, Pangasinan
Navotas
Laguna de Bay
Manila Bay
Development is not worthy
of the name unless it is
spread evenly like butter on
a bread.
Make no little plans; they have no magic to
stir mens blood. Make big plans; aim high in
hope and work, remembering that a noble,
logical diagram once recorded will never die.

Daniel Hudson Burnham

Quotations
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Accessible
Walkable
Bikable
SAFER
Lighted
Convenient
Clean
Mixed Income
Cross-generational
Mixed-use Development
Places to live, work, shop, dine,
learn, worship, healthcare,
recreation, and leisure
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 Reference(s)

Architecture, Planning, & Design Palafox Associates: the First 20 Years

Mmetroplan. 1977
PHIVOCS
wikipedia.org
google.com
world wide web
CTBUH Annual Journals 2007 2010 issues
PALAFOX ASSOCIATES IMAGEBANK
The Philippine Star
The Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Manila Bulletin
Manila Standard
CTBUH
yahoo.com

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Sources
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid
Estero de Manila

Estero de San Miguel Redevelopment

Estero de Manila

Estero de San Miguel Redevelopment