Technological Institute of the Philippines

P. Casal St. Quiapo, Manila

College of Engineering and Architecture
Architecture Department

Course: ​AR453
Course Description: ​Fundamentals of Urban Design and Community Architecture

A case study on _______​Legazpi Village, Makati, Metro Manila​_______

I. Location

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JOSE​, JENINA CHATLENE 1
REGALADO​, MERWYNN LOUISE
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 Technological Institute of the Philippines
P. Casal St. Quiapo, Manila
College of Engineering and Architecture
Architecture Department
 

 
 

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 Technological Institute of the Philippines
P. Casal St. Quiapo, Manila
College of Engineering and Architecture
Architecture Department

II. Description

​Urban design is concerned with the harmonization, appearance and function of towns
and cities. It is both a process and an outcome of creating localities in which people live, engage
with each other, and engage with the physical place (built environment) around them and it also
influence health ​and the social and cultural impacts of a locality: how people interact with each
other, how they move around, and how they use a place. That’s why we decided to choose
Legazpi Village in Makati ​for our “Chosen Town”​. It offers safety, convenience, livelihood,
lifestyle and sustainability that attract people to live, work, and play; it is a very well developed
area that consists of structures like houses, commercial buildings, roads, and government offices
with a variety of restaurants and bars which makes the Legazpi village a cool place to hangout. It
also has an urban green space or parks like the Legazpi active park which is popular with joggers
and dog walkers.
Legazpi Village is a business village built by the Ayala Corporation within the Makati Central
Business District, or also known as the Makati CBD. Legazpi Village is the homier side of
Makati's CBD, its ideal location has a terrific mix of office and home, creating ​a cozy
community that contrasts the rest of the city’s fast-paced world​. Aside from the fact that it is
literally walkable, the variety of international hole-in-the-wall restaurants in the district makes it
a delightful place to live in and also its top-tier universities have made growing families consider
living in this homier side of Makati.
Urban design can determine the physical scale, space and ambience of a place and establishes the
built and natural forms within which individual buildings and infrastructure are sited. As such, it
affects the balance between natural ecosystems and built environments,and their sustainability
outcomes. Although urban design is often delivered as a specific ‘project’, it is in fact a
long-term process that will make Legazpi Village continue to evolve over time that will develop
the layering of building and infrastructure types, natural ecosystems, communities and cultures
that give each element their unique characteristics and identities. 

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REGALADO​, MERWYNN LOUISE
TREYES​, MA. LAILANIE