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ABSTRACT

Redevelopment Movement of West Rembo for improving Riverside people into

a more productive living in a sustainable community is a key solution to start an urban

revolution in country’s city scheme. Strategies and techniques given by related studies

of the other people gives the way for features can be applied for the proposed

conceptual planning development. This paper analyzes Barangay West Rembo as the

prospect community further studied through the area profile and the existing condition of

the environment and the local mobility. Through the given facts and natural features the

barangay has, redevelopment is constructed with the strengths, weaknesses, threats

and opportunities the area possessed. Through collective collaboration of minds,

diagrams and sketches are given to reach the approach of the goal of sustainability.

by linking urban rehabilitation with social and ecological objectives produced

alternative, but ultimately normative models of urban regeneration but of global interest.

processes of advocacy, participation, and self-building for the socially engaged and

responsible restoration and maintenance of old tenements, new forms of responsibility

and ownership, the provision of green spaces and social infrastructure –I intend to

provide a historically argued contribution to the current debate on sustainability and the

city, by not only by highlighting planning processes, but by challenging the dimensions

of the ecological and the social.

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

HISTORY

West Rembo is one historic barangay. Though not much document can still

support this claim, it is evidently concretized by the presence of the old Ermita de San

Nicolas, the Church established by the Augustinian friars during the Spanish

colonization of the of the Philippines. It is believed that the first settlers of this barangay

were Chinese traders settled near the banks of Pasig River. This account is based on

the writings of an anthropologist historian who went around conducting his research and

study during the American occupation of this country. The richness of our historical and

cultural past may still yet to be accounted for but structural evidence, at the moment,

would suffice to say that this particular locality started not by the name it is known today.

When Fort Bonifacio was designated to be the home of the Philippine Army,

B/Gen Alfonso Arellano, the Commanding General of the Philippine Army at that time,

relocated inhabitants of the nearby barrio to a well-situated area, which is now known as

BARANGAY WEST REMBO. REMBO is actually an acronym for Riverside Enlisted

Men’s Barrio.

Military authorities used to appoint the Barangay Leaders until 1982, when the

Commission on Elections authorized the residents of Fort Bonifacio to elect their

Barangay Leader that has been elected as Barangay Chief, a non-military personnel

and the one who rose from the Sangguniang Kabataan and Barangay Kagawad.

With the leadership of the City Government and Barangay Leaders, Barangay

West Rembo attained a milestone in terms of development. They stood up to the vision

of transforming West Rembo as Makati’s Center for Education and Cultural Affairs.

Among these transformations were the establishments of modern public schools, like

the presence of the University of Makati. Fort Bonifacio High School, Fort Bonifacio

Elementary School and West Rembo Elementary School, Barangay Hall, Sports

Complex, People’s Park, concrete curbs and gutters with improved drainage systems.

West Rembo is considered as the City’s Center of Education and Cultural Affairs.

Cultural shows are held constantly at the beautiful and picturesque Makati Park and

Garden, which has undergone several improvements from being a mediocre landscape

to an embellished luminously people’s park.

Under her competent leadership, the intensification of resources and the

availability and speedy delivery of services to the people of Barangay West Rembo is

being realized in her council’s theme program “ ITULOY AND PROGRESO SA

BARANGAY WEST REMBO” which is also geared toward providing quality services as

“ SERBISYONG LUBOS.. MAKAKALIKASAN, MAKATAO, MAKADIYOS”

In identifying programs and development projects, interest groups, non-

government organizations, political organizations and volunteer citizens are regularly

consulted through public hearing and dialogues where views are being respected. This

approach paved the way to people’s active involvement in community development and

has encouraged stakeholders and linkages in the community to practice participative

governance.

When talking about infrastructures, livelihood, cleanliness, peace and order and

sanitation, Barangay West Rembo is regarded as the pilot Barngay in Makati City. At

the onset of her new administration, the Barangay and its residents are perfectly going

towards their vision of a progressive community.

West Rembo is now equipped to achieve what what it has set to attain for its

inhabitants, a barangay which every resident will call their own… West Rembo…

Progresibo at Aktibo.. Iyan ang Barangay Ko..

VISION

Barangay West Rembo will be the forerunner in the field of education and

culture, cleanliness and beautification, social services, peace and order, health

sanitation infrastructure, youth and sports development in District II in the City of Makati

West Rembo will be a caring and learning community that transforms residents into

model individuals who are productive, skillful, independent, efficient, useful, self-

resilient, and responsible citizens of Makati, the Philippines, and the Global Community.

MISSION

Barangay West Rembo’s primary mission is to realize its commitment in

improving quality services through well-balanced programs, projects and activities that

foster the residents’ personal and professional growth relative to their moral, social,

spiritual, political, emotional and ecological responsibilities in a gender-responsive

government.

BASIC FACTS ABOUT BARANGAY WEST REMBO

GEOGRAPHIC & DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE

A. LocationLocated in District II in the city of Makati, Barangay West Rembo is

bounded on the North by Pasig River, on the EAST by C-5, on the SOUTH by

Global City Taguig and on the WEST, Barangay Cembo. Barangay West Rembo

is divided into eight (8) sitios with 56 streets and one of the 33 barangays in the

City Of Makati. West Rembo is an acronym for WEST RIVERSIDE ENLISTED MEN’S BARRIO.B. Demography

Land Area 54.7 hectaresTotal Population (as of 2012) Total: 28, 936

Male: 14467 Female: 14469Total Number of Registered Voters (as of 2013) 25, 196Estimated Number of Households (as of 2012) 5787Average Household Size Five (5) heads per

householdPopulation Density 0.595 per person per

square meterNo. of streets 56No. of sitios 8Boundaries North: Pasig River

South: Global City Taguig

East: C-5West: Barangay Cembo

The community of West Rembo was established on October 4, 1954.

OBJECTIVES

- To develop the site in a very smart way

- To provide design solutions in the critical existing condition in the site

- To develop the site without destructing its natural beauty

- To render high quality maintenance so that the urban setting may sustain

for a long period of time

- To transform a developed land into a useful features of the community and

to bring in tourism as well

SCOPE AND LIMITATION

Makati districts have been known for the known developed organized system of the

government implementation in its urban setting but a sustaining quality of local

environment and quality of life for the people to experience in the community is not

managed to a long-term program utilized to improve the standards of city in the country

into a pedestrian-friendly place.

PHYSICAL COMPONENT STUDY

USER’S BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS

URBAN DESIGN EXPLORATIONS

POTENTIAL PROJECT COMPONENT EXPLORATIONS

FOCUS ON URBAN REVITALIZATION

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COMPONENT STUDY

 

STRATEGIES

- Develop the land without sacrificing its natural condition as much as

impossible

- Render extensive care for the development

- Too strategic to be undeveloped or underdeveloped

- Use a design technique which renders sustainable approach so that locals

benefit with its technologies and facilities

EFFECTIVE STREET-SCALE URBAN REDESIGN

GREENERY vegetation along streets, public grounds, private grounds

and gardens, and on facades, windows, and balconies,

controlling for sex, age, and socioeconomic status

WALKABILITY high: higher density characterized by a mix of single and

multifamilyresidences with nonresidential land uses; mostly

street grid with good connectivity

low: single family-residences on curvilinear streets with cul-

de-sacs and commercial on outskirts of neighborhood both

neighborhoods with similar median income

CONNECTIVITY household zones rated on a pedestrian environment scale

including ease of street crossing, sidewalk continuity, local

street characteristics, and topography

LIGHTING identified poorly lit areas and improved lighting; compared

physical activity before and after lighting improvements

BIKEABILITY promoted biking, converted four-lane road to two lanes with

biking and parking, narrowed streets, and planted trees

AESTHETICS attractive, friendly, and pleasant walking near home,

controlling for sex, age, and education

CONVENIENCE high neighborhood convenience compared to low

neighborhood convenience, defined as shops, park, beach,

or bike path within walking distance near home, controlling

for sex, age, and education

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

SUSTAINABLE URBANISM

You never change things by fighting the existing reality, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. – R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER

THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF SMART GROWTH

1. Create a range of housing opportunities and choices

2. Create a walkable neighborhoods

3. Encourage community and stakeholder

4. Foster distinctive, attractive places with a strong sense of place

5. Make development precisions predictable, fair and cost-effective

6. Mix land uses

7. Preserve open spaces, farmland, natural beauty and critical

environmental areas

8. Provides a variety of transportation choices

9. Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities

10. Take advantage of compact building design

CIAM PHILOSOPHY

1. humanistic reforms

dignified shelter, enhanced sanitation and health

2. enthusiastic embrace of use of cars

3. a preoccupation with modernist architectural styles and rational

(one size fits all) solutions

Form identifiable areas that encourage citizens to take responsibility for their

maintenance and evolution.

This development will serve as a proposed improvement that could be applied in

the future study of new community to be developed with the same existing condition. It

will not only provide a distinguish example for the society but also improve the value of

the community. With the design solutions offered, it will attract tourists as well as locals

to invest in nature and healthy living. While retaining and improving the natural

landscapes and vegetation, a space that is livable not only for many species will be

created- a place which the Makati constituents can truly be proud of.

SITE CRITERIA: MAJOR CRITERIA SITE FACTORS

-size and cost- access and utilities-physical constraints-land use regulations (easements and zoning)

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS-transportation-market or service area-physical conditions(access to utilities: energy, water,waste treatment)(access to services: police,fire,schools,recreation)(access to transportation)(visibiliy/visual quality)(absence of hazards)regulatory climate-political environment-hazards

MINOR CRITERIA constraints and opportunities capacity

-access/transportation-utilities-zoning-usable space

compatibility-political environment

-physical constraints-community character

EVALUATING SITE SUITABILITY Improved function of the proposed land uses Greater convenience for the site’s users Enhanced aesthetics Fewer negative environmental impacts Reduced construction, operation, and maintenance cost

SITE JUSTIFICATION AND OBJECTIVE

- Strategically, the site is located adjacent in the CBD central business district of Ayala Land, Makati.

- The site is located near the water body, the Pasig river, which is said to be the essential in the commerce and trade in history. We can further rehabilitate and use it to improve the economic activity around the surrounding proximity.

- It has a figure of population of 52 person per square meter making it a sustaining community to build a development.

- Mostly, it is residential thus the development that can be planned for the site is a beneficial factor with the adjacent cities and district. Also, it is creating a unified design approach where the user is the center of design solution, providing a sustainable livable habitat for humanity and building a contributing community in the country.

- Data also show that social services and utilities are provided in the community so the improvement in the study is to create an efficient distribution of the services to everyone. the planning can also introduced an efficient use of the resources, decreasing the demand of consumption of the usual basic household needs.

- Also, the common struggles of community today are flooding and traffic congestion that is root of other problems. The redevelopment could create a strategic plan that would address solutions in the global issue with

the built society we have today. It is to create a safety measures to slowly resolve the crisis it brought in the cities. This study can be beneficial to other related studies.

-The road distribution of the past year in the urban scheme is a major issue that is unsolvable in a short term. Thus, the development to be done in the community can contribute a solution by promoting an effective city transportation scheme where decrease of road usage but a convenient and economic improvement is introduced.

-The urbanization cause degradation of the natural environment of most communities thus the study will create a rehabilitation that creates a living community in balance with the respect with the ecosystem that is the root of all the resources people need,

-The development can be a key of recreating a unique identity that is not to be seen by people as symbolic figure but an image that all the constituents can lived by.

- The site has potential with the existing educational and parks. This can be further study to sustain the goal of a new city development.

- The common problem of urban planning in the country is the unequal distribution of development in the whole city. Large production is prioritized in the other side but the development to consider in the least side is unimproved.

- Thus, the target of urban development in the chosen site is a good study to initiate for it could create a balance approach of redeveloping a community that is adjacent to a known developed site.