Existing

In the sense of mixed-use zoning or mixed-use planning, it is a type of urban

development, urban planning and/or a zoning type that blends residential, commercial, cultural,
institutional, or entertainment uses into one space, where those functions are to some degree
physically and functionally integrated, and that provides pedestrian connections. Mixed-use
development may be applied in new real estate development projects in a city or suburb, or may
apply to a single building, existing or new neighborhood, or in zoning policy across an entire city or
other political unit.

In the sense of a mixed-use complex, mixed-use project, etc., a mixed-use development refers to

"a development" — a building, complex of buildings, or new district of a community that is developed
for mixed-use by a private developer, (quasi-) governmental agency, or a combination thereof. A
mixed-use development may be new construction, reuse of an existing building or brownfield site, or
a combination.

Conference facilities, reliable fast wifi, easy to fast parking and transportation, dining options, fully
equipped fitness centers, outdoors spaces, eco-friendly,security, tenant lounge, green spaces,
interior glass.

Proposed solution
Rapid growth in urban centers continues to spur planners to create new solutions. Some old
ideas, however, are being dusted off and given a modern update. Mixed-use buildings and
developments go back to ancient times. Today, no planner can get away with simply designing
a stand-alone office or residential building. The mixed-use building not only sustainably utilizes
resources and precious space, but also provides city inhabitants with neighborhoods that
integrate work, home, shopping, transportation, and even green spaces.
The concept also allows planners to flexibly adapt building uses as times change. Urban Hub
takes a closer look at some inspiring mixed-use buildings and the benefits.

Financing and cost are issues that owners and managers of mixed-use buildings face when
upgrading for greater energy efficiency. "That's the biggest struggle," says Feinberg. "Financing
is more difficult, and it may be a more expensive outlay to put in new systems or a more
sophisticated system
Problem
The general public hates sprawl, but it is frightened by density.
Financing new urbanist projects can be complicated and difficult.

Security issues – Any time you have multiple users in a building you are going to have places that you
would like one group to have access but not others. For example, you don’t want shoppers to have
access to the resident hallways above. Finding a way to separate functions and access needs to be
addressed early in the design process to make sure all needs are being met.
Noise transfer – Keeping noise isolated from one space to another is important. Though most residents
do understand that they are living in a busy city environment means that it will be noisier than a
suburban home, mitigating sound transfer from a noisy restaurant to living space above is paramount.

Trash and smells – Retail areas and restaurants can produce a lot of garbage and obnoxious smells
depending on the business. If there is a nice dumpster out back, out of site and out of mind work well.
Plus, all of the open air allows smells to dissipate. But in a tight urban site, these areas might be located
under or next to someone’s living space. Think hot summer months with the scent of spoiled dairy
floating into your apartment…

Fitting into the context of the existing area – As mixed-use development trends toward larger scale
buildings, it is important to be cognizant of the surrounding architecture and scale. You wouldn’t want
to build a modern 12 story building in the middle of a historic neighborhood of small homes.

Parking – Oh, the ever present parking debate! Though the hope with mixed-use development is to help
reduce the dependence on the automobile, not everyone has embraced that mentality. Plus, you will
most often have additional visitors who will need a place to park. Thought must be given to the various
uses and when each space will be active to plan for the correct number of parking spaces for the overall
development.

Coordination of planning,

management,

political patience,

capital resources and risk.

Assembling land parcels

. Inadequate capital planning

In sufficient knowledge of available public/private benefits.

Related literature

Baguio5 The information about Baguio is conducted based on our field study
with Green Architecture Movement, GAM, in 2 May 2007. Baguio is situated in
the northern part of Metro Manila. There are several projects going on in that
area; one of them is for middle income households and another one is for lower
income households. The cost of one house differs from 1.2 – 1.6 million pesos
for the houses constructed mainly for the middle income households and for the
lower income households they cost 300,000 – 400,000 pesos. The high-priced
area is planned for 108 units but none is yet sold. They will finish the model
houses first and then sell the concepts of them. In the low-priced area of 4.3
hectares, 613 units are planned and each one of them is sold to average people
with a monthly income of 8,000 pesos. The rent there is approximately
500pesos/month
The Construction In both of the Baguio projects the construction is of
concrete. The frames are of galvanized steel with concrete constituting the
walls. After the rising of the steel frames the concrete is shot, with a
special tool, on 9 mm concrete boards. The reason the concrete boards are
suspended between the steel studs, with space of 90 cm, is to make it easier
for the concrete to stay in place.
The galvanized steel is pre-cut before it is transported to the sites hence
the only thing to do on the sites is to assemble it and rise it. The houses in
the high-priced area have either one storey or two; 36 m2 and 60 m 2 each but
both lots are 80 m2 . These constructions have one side without windows, a so-
called zero lot line, to future expansions of the house
In the low-priced area two units are connected to one septic tank and these
are buried in the ground in front of the main entrance. Each lot is 40 m2 and
the floor area is 34 m2 excluding the loft.
Cabuyao
The information about Cabuyao is based on a field study made with Green
Architecture Movement, GAM, in 25 April 2007. Cabuyao is a first class urban
municipality located south of Metro Manila, in the province of Laguna with a
population of 106,630 people in 22,552 households. This is the fastest growing
municipality in Laguna. A relocation site for families affected by the
government’s railroad rehabilitation project has been established in Cabuyao.
In this area there are at present around 8,000 families and it is still
expanding. In every block there are 16 units. Cabuyao has many industries like
Nestlé-Philippines, Asia Brewery, and SONY where the inhabitants work. Once
the Philippine National Railways (PNR) had trains running through the city and
along the railway easements many people lived. These were often slum areas
that were very congested and posed a problem to the passing trains because of
frequent accidents along its tracks. Informal settlements expanded into the
railroad tracks over the years and lately, when the government was able to get
funds for the PNR rehabilitation the relocation of this families became a huge
problem.
To get rid of the informal settlements in public or private lands along the
railways, the landowner if it is the government provides the legitimate
beneficiaries with a relocation site and some monetary compensation to start
up. Unfortunately, there are a lot of professional squatting syndicates in
these areas which profit from these situations. Professional Squatters (as
defined by Republic Act 7279) applies to persons who have previously been
awarded home lots or housing units by the government but who sold, leased or
transferred the same to settle illegally in the same place or in another urban
area, and non-bona fide occupants and intruders of lands reserved for
socialized housing. The term also refers to individuals or groups who occupy
lands without the expressed consent of the landowner and who have sufficient
income for legitimate housing. This definition excludes individuals or groups
who simply rent land and housing from professional squatters or squatting
syndicates. These syndicates accept the money and build again in another
informal settlement. The government should have a sound policy to monitor and
stop these syndicate activities as the legitimate beneficiaries of the
relocation package are the ones that suffer and are being tagged as
opportunists and land grabbers, this according to opinions expressed by local
actors.
One private landowner did not evict the people but instead built a residential
development adjacent to the railways. The landowner built small and simple
houses in cooperation with the National Housing Authority, NHA. NHA bought the
real estate development from the private developer and sold it to those
families living along the railways. This became a social project for NHA. One
house costs only 50,000 pesos and is about 20 square meters. Household size is
assumed at around four persons per family but in some more than eight persons
live in the house.
NHA gives the families, who are interested in getting a house in the new
area, a loan. To get a loan the families have to fulfil some requirements,
which the government checks before they can sign the contract. This is to
ensure that the families can pay back the loan. The loan by NHA is payable
within 25 years with an option to advance payment. For those who cannot afford
to buy a house and a lot have the option to rent but this alternative is more
expensive.
After a while the same landowner in Cabuyao could not afford to develop new
housing projects, so he sold some of his land directly to NHA and NHA is
currently developing the area. 3.1.2.1 The Construction The houses were
designed by one of the architects belonging to the Green Architecture
Movement, GAM.
The construction is very simple, the walls are made of concrete blocks and the
roofs are made of metal (galvanized iron sheets which is very common in the
Philippines). For better ventilation there are openings between the roof and
the walls, which give cross ventilation
In front of every house there is a little garden. To get water every family
has one share-a-well in the backyard. The houses are constructed with the
toilets inside the houses but some families have moved the toilets to the
backyard instead.
Pasay
 The field study in Pasay was made together with TAO-Pilipinas on 17 April
2007, hence the information is based on our experiences and communication with
the organisation.
Pasay is an area in the southern part of Manila. Informal settlements can be
found along the creeks and the Maricaban retarding pond located in Malibay
that joins the main river ways and empties out to Manila Bay.
SHEC (Saint Hannibal Empowerment Center) is the organization that assists
these informal settlements and tapped the technical assistance from
TAOPilipinas for the families in several areas located around Maricaban
retarding pond.
The government agency DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highways) wants to
clear the area because it is considered a danger zone. This is a project where
an organization tries to buy the area around the river from the real estate
owner and build better houses for the homeless there. The organization Saint
Hannibal Empowerment Centre, SHEC, wants to pursue on-site development under
the principle of maximum retention and minimum dislocation. If they move the
people to a new area which is far away, many will opt to stay in Pasay anyway
because of their social life and jobs.
On the other hand they want to improve the construction of their houses as
much as possible. On-site development is not supported by the government
(DPWH) so if the people want to have security of tenure they have to look for
another site. According to DPWH the land is unstable, prone to liquefaction
and flooding. There is also the problem of garbage that clogs the creeks and
the retarding pond aggravating flooding and posing serious health threats.
There was a fire recently in the area and until now the fire victims are still
in evacuation centers and rehabilitation has not been implemented yet forcing
many families to move elsewhere.
The Construction One housing project by SHEC that pushed through was the
clearing and relocation of around 300 families living along the creek. They
were able to find a site within the area - a bank foreclosed property and they
have enlisted the help of Habitat for Humanity to help in the building of the
houses. They have so far built more than 60 houses each 24 m2 in area with a
loft, toilet and bathroom. These houses are built with concrete interlocking
blocks that look like Lego (further information see 5.2.2 ).
In general, authors [5] suggested that the term of vertical housing can be
replaced with the meaning of multi-storey housing. In addition, Chandler, et
al. [6] stated that this type of vertical housing is usually efficient,
flexible and be a good solution to live for families and attractive for single
occupants, as compared to a single house, because it can save expenses for
daily maintenance. It is also associated with the capabilities and ease of
adapting to the situation in urban areas.
Generally, the basic concept of vertical housing policy is to put people who
usually come from landed condition into vertical experience [7]. With respect
to the situation of slums, the empty space created after the overcrowded
building was replaced with a vertical housing, then can be utilised as a green
or open space. There are several consequences associated with the
implementation of vertical housing approaches, such as changes in the
behaviour or habits of occupants, the impact on the surrounding environment,
changes in the value of land and others. This condition is categorized into
physical, social and economic impact by several authors [5,8,9]
relocation to new housing without community participation, upgrading of existing housing without
community participation, and upgrading of existing housing with community participation. Those
communities that took part in the participatory upgrading process experienced substantially better
results, including improved living conditions and more functional neighborhoods with higher
degrees of self-governance. In turn, they became less reliant on government assistance and had the
organizational foundation to better address other problems, like insecurity and poverty. In the cases
where communities were not involved in the process at all, many newly constructed facilities were
eventually abandoned.

The aim of project is to have more walkability and close ness to each other. People should live from
the fullest. Mixed use development gives satisfaction to the users a walkability and closeness to
nature is more live to fullest to finest.

Farmers Market, Cubao Quezon City

by Marketman

Farmers Market is one of the best “wet” markets in Metro Manila. Good and convenient location, airy
set-up, wide aisles, numerous vendors, organized sections, excellent variety and competitive prices
make for a great shopping experience. farmers 1Any metro foodie from near or far should walk its
aisles at least once. I believe great markets thrive when there is a meeting of two groups of people:
vendors who offer quality, variety, good prices, consistency, volume, etc. and consumers who come
regularly armed with serious aggregate buying power. Farmers (as it is called by regulars) has plenty
of both groups – thus its success.

Farmers Market is a bit of a misnomer as it does not appear to be made up of farmers who cart their
produce to the market then return to the farm after their harvest has been sold. farmers2Instead, it
is more of a traditional wet market where vendors are simply middlemen/women sourcing the best
the country has to offer and selling to a wide variety of consumers ranging from the middle class
housewife, the cook or major domo of a wealthy family or the buyer of a nearby restaurant or
cafeteria. I raise this point as farmer’s markets are popping up all over North America and there has
been a growing trend of getting the freshest produce directly from the source – think Union Square
Farmer’s Market in New York City, for example.

Farmers Market in Cubao is located right on EDSA, beside the Cubao Shopping Complex and
adjacent to the Cubao MRT station. It has a very central and accessible location. farmers3You can
take your car and use nearby parking (though it tends to get full later in the day), you can take an
MRT, and there are all types of public transportation such as buses, jeepneys and taxis nearby. It’s
tough to miss this landmark that has been around for roughly 30 years. The structure is rather large
with approximately 3-4,000 square meters of covered area, possibly more.

farmers4Everything is covered by a warehouse type roof that sits very high above the market, which
provides an airy and less dark interior. The market is apparently private and seems better organized
than most public markets. There are two levels at farmers, the upper that houses fruits, vegetables,
flowers, etc. and the lower level that has the seafood and meat sections. Hygiene is generally good on
the upper level but less consistent in the lower level. Depending on the time of day and the last pick-
up of garbage, some parts of the market can be grotty.

The best part about the market is the variety of goods on offer. farmers5There are hundreds of
vendors total. the Vegetable section had all the staples in stock plus lots of interesting finds such as
small sweet korean squashes, very orange kamote, baby corn, leafy herbs, etc. The fruit section had a
good selection of local and imported items. Flowers were abundant but too many chrysanthemums
for my liking. farmers6The seafood section was terrific – several counters offering fresh sushi grade
tuna displayed on ice (probably for nearby restaurants), galunggong, talakitok, lapu-lapu, 6 kinds of
seaweed, etc. The meat section looked extensive and besides the usual had goat meat, live native
chickens, etc. Go early in the morning if you want first pick