Manila gets its own Palm Jumeirah-style Artificial Islands With Luxury Housing - Yanko Design

"Manila has always had a complicated relationship with water. The city sprawls across a delta, floods seasonally, and yet somehow keeps expanding outward rather than dealing with its fundamental infrastructure problems. So naturally, instead of fixing the drainage systems or improving the existing urban fabric, someone decided the solution was to build artificial islands and stack them with luxury towers."

"Enter City of Pearl, a massive mixed-use project that just picked up a Golden A' Design Award in Urban Planning and Urban Design back in 2018, which puts it in some genuinely elite company globally. HPA Architects Engineers and Development Consultants designed this beast, and from what I can gather, they're going full Dubai playbook here. Think integrated commercial zones, high-end hospitality venues, and residential"

"towers all crammed onto reclaimed land in Manila Bay. The project aims to create what the design community loves calling a "live-work-play" environment, which usually means expensive apartments near expensive restaurants where expensive people can avoid interacting with the rest of the city. But credit where it's due, the design execution looks genuinely thoughtful, at least on paper. Designer: Hpa Architects Engineers and Development Consultants The project focuses"

Manila sprawls across a delta, floods seasonally, and continues expanding outward without addressing core drainage and infrastructure problems. City of Pearl reclaims land in Manila Bay to build artificial islands stacked with luxury mixed-use towers and amenities. HPA Architects Engineers and Development Consultants designed the development with a Dubai-style approach of integrated commercial zones, high-end hospitality, and residential towers. The design emphasizes walkability, 24/7 activation, and the removal of barriers between residential and commercial areas. Green spaces thread throughout the development rather than being confined to corner plazas. Strategic placement of hotels and dining aims to sustain continuous foot traffic and create collision points between residents, workers, and tourists.

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