I was nervous about pitching this to the editor of CNN Philippines Life, but it got through, and I’m excited to share this! Since I conceptualized Placemade in 2017, I’ve been pondering on how citizen-led planning can be done …
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Do we really want to become a dirty petropolis?
Energy is a big topic that resounds in my head because of sustainability, and cities are magnets and pits of energy rolled into one. In this article I take a look at how a seemingly simple switchback from fuel …
Living with landscapes
After the Local Solutions Climate Conference in Manchester, I realised how impactful our perspective of landscapes can be. Solutions don’t always have to be about concrete, there are so many ways where we can use nature’s given solution to …
From one capital city to another: The turnout of Burnham’s masterplans
Being in Washington DC was a dream come true–and a bittersweet experience. This is because one couldn’t help but think about what could’ve been in Manila: A similarly implemented capital, and a beautiful one at that. Here’s something I …
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Game Talk: SimCity BuildIt and Urban Management Lessons
So, SimCity BuildIt has been around since 2014, but I just recently started playing it (because my Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes crashed for a week due to an update), and I’ve been wanting to post some thoughts about …
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Understanding resilient cities
This writeup has been in my mind for a long time–many people casually use the phrase “resilient cities,” and just use it for marketing projects, creating events, and so on, without really understanding the many aspects that comprise how …
Neighborhood matters
What we go through everyday affects us. If it’s the daily routine into a chaotic urban jungle, complete with the recipe of traffic, road rage, pollution, and the works, we pile on the stress. If it’s a five-minute walk …
