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The document summarizes a case study of People's Park Square in Singapore, which is a lively urban public space located in the historic Chinatown district. The case study aims to identify factors that make the space successful through analyzing its physical characteristics and public use. It is part of ongoing research to understand and document criteria for well-designed urban streets and spaces in Southeast Asia. The overall goal is to distill lessons that can help facilitate the creation of other successful public spaces adapted to the region's requirements.

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Laguna Lake Development Authority Building

The document summarizes a case study of People's Park Square in Singapore, which is a lively urban public space located in the historic Chinatown district. The case study aims to identify factors that make the space successful through analyzing its physical characteristics and public use. It is part of ongoing research to understand and document criteria for well-designed urban streets and spaces in Southeast Asia. The overall goal is to distill lessons that can help facilitate the creation of other successful public spaces adapted to the region's requirements.

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Laguna Lake Development Authority Building 

Quezon City

Laguna Lake Development Authority is the first-ever government green building in the
Philippines. This project earned a LEED certificate and a possible three-star rating from
BERDE.

The stilted building is connected by bridges with ground-level parking space to lessen its
ecological footprint and avoid damaging the existing biodiversity. The building maximizes
the natural daylight through shallow widths and light shelves, also reducing the need for
electric lighting. Air conditioning cools only 69 percent of the building, although all rooms
have the option for natural ventilation. The building’s design also includes a rainwater
catchment system.

The site presents a wetland that represent the ecological process happening in Laguna
Lake for educational and viewing purposes. The engineering of this wetland allows for on-
site natural treatment of storm water and cooling of hot breezes.

https://www.lamudi.com.ph/journal/12-sustainable-offices-philippines/
Zuellig Building 
Makati

The Zuellig Building is the first building in the country to get a gold level LEED-CS
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – Core and Shell) certification, which has
now turned Platinum. A game changer in the architectural field in the Philippines, it is a 33-
floor, all-glass building with low-emissivity (Low-E) glass system that helps lessen solar
heat gain while maximizing natural light. This floor-to-ceiling panel allows daylight to
illuminate almost 90% of the building’s interior. It has a dimming system to adjust the
intensity of the light; and heat, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system to regulate
outside air flow ensuring superior indoor air quality. These control systems help reduce the
building’s overall energy consumption by 15 percent.

The building, installed with premium drainage and irrigation system, also has a rain
catchment facility which recycles water condensation, saving nearly 29 million liters yearly.

Home to several floors of different offices, the Zuellig Building also has a centralized paper
recycling facility.

https://www.lamudi.com.ph/journal/12-sustainable-offices-philippines/
Elevated Walkway
Ortigas, Pasig, Philippines

The Ortigas CBD Elevated Plaza was recently inaugurated, and the walkway—which is one of
a series of proposed pedestrian improvements in Ortigas Center—rises above the intersection
of Julia Vargas and F. Ortigas Avenues (formerly Emerald Avenue) in Pasig City. Some of the
features of the elevated plaza include wide pedestrian areas, covered walkways,
landscaping, and a fountain with a dome skylight that allows natural light below. The
walkway was designed by architect Paulo Alcazaren and his design firm PGAA Creative
Design-Urban Designers and Landscape Architects, and was built as a safe area for
pedestrians to cross the congested intersection of Julia Vargas and F. Ortigas. Alcazaren, an
active proponent of proper urban planning in the country, has a dream of making every city in
Metro Manila into a walkable city, which will minimize street congestion, increase safety and
convenience for commuters, and promote better health. According to this post, one of his
projects is the Ortigas Walkway project of the ADB and the Department of Transportation, and
the goal is to “provide adequate, secure, comfortable, person with disability-friendly, weather-
protected pedestrian links from the EDSA MRT to Guadix/Poveda/Robinsons/Ortigas Ave. to
the north and SM Megamall/ADB Avenue/Opal/F. Ortigas Jr./Onyx/Meralco Avenue to the east.”

https://www.realliving.com.ph/real-estate/neighborhoods/this-elevated-walkway-in-ortigas-makes-
pasig-a-more-walkable-city-a1565-20180321
FOREIGN STUDY
The making of successful public space: a case study of People's Park Square

People's Park Square is a lively urban node located in the heart of the historic Chinatown district in
Singapore. It is well used throughout the week and is the focus of much of the pedestrian activity that
goes on in the area. This case study is part of an on-going research project on the nature of good
Southeast Asian streets and urban spaces and through it, we hope to identify and document answers to
such questions as: why is the Square a successful urban space? What are the factors that make it work?
What are the designable physical characteristics of such spaces? What can be done to promote good
streets and urban spaces? For while the importance of creating good streets and urban spaces that
provide conducive settings for public life is increasingly being acknowledged, the study of our regional
urban environment has been, to date, largely neglected. Ultimately, the purpose of the study is to
analyse the various factors involved in the makeup of successful Southeast Asian urban areas and to
distill the findings into a set of physical designable characteristics that can be used to facilitate the
future creation of successful urban spaces adapted to our regional requirements. The study aims to
establish the criteria for good streets and urban spaces in our region, identify the physical designable
qualities of good streets and urban spaces; and, compile a report that can be easily accessed by
academics and designers in the region. Ultimately, the purpose of the study is: to improve the
understanding of urban streets and spaces relative to the Southeast Asian context; to analyse the
various factors involved in the makeup of successful Southeast Asian urban areas; and, to distill the
findings into a set of physical designable characteristics that can be used to facilitate the future creation
of successful urban spaces adapted to our regional requirements. The research team is currently
undertaking a series of case studies in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057/palgrave.udi.9000006.pdf

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