Redesign Manila by Go Motion Productions

Redesign Manila

If you don’t like what you see, how can you make it a thing of beauty? If you can’t stand seeing the intolerable, how can you make it admirable?We believe Manila can look, feel and live better. We deserve it. Manila deserves it.#RedesignManila is a Go Motion Productions creative initiative that aims to showcase and invite Filipinos to re-imagine and revive beautiful Manila. This musical-narrative is in collaboration with Hotdog’s Dennis Garcia and Rene Garcia — geniuses of Manila’s very own beautiful sound.What’s your #RedesignManila?Video Credits:Art Directors : Paolo Joaquin, Pam Queri, Tyron Gonzales, Meg BagadionPost Creatives : Neil Mendoza, Jeremiah Garcia, Jay-Ar Villarojas, Gem Llave, Adre EstebanDOP : Anton AngelesDrone Operator : Gabo PagcaliwaganExecutive Producer : Cat SyProduction Manager : Mariea Ellaine SantosTraffic Supervisor : Maj Delos SantosProduction Assistants : Jai Payas, Gio GordevillaOn-Cam Talents : Meg Bagadion, Majo Calubay, Paolo Joaquin, Gem Llave, Tyron Gonzales, Mariea Ellaine SantosSoundtrack : “Uuwi” by Hotdog (Dennis Garcia, Rene Garcia)Creative Director, Copywriter : Ringo MendozaConcept : Paolo JoaquinDirector : Paolo Joaquin

Posted by Redesign Manila on Sunday, February 14, 2016

ClassAct: Active School

A Kickstarter project from ClassAct is raising $30,000 for pledges to fund a low-cost school construction and design project. The organizations plans to rebuild the St. Vincent Institute in the town of Maribojoc, Bohol after the the school was among those destroyed by Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) last year.

The money we raise through Kickstarter will go towards the construction of one of the three classrooms at Maribojoc, Bohol. We've raised enough to build the first; our target of $30,000 will go to the second; and $50,000 will allow us to build a third.

The design of the school draws inspiration from the traditional Filipino “verandah” open living spaces. The structures and materials are well-thought of and use modern engineering and local materials such as

Beyond Maribojoc, ClassAct hopes to bring its transformative social model to the rest of the Haiyan-affected areas of the Visayas (Tacloban, Samar, Leyte, and Cebu) in need of new facilities. Funding is already secured for a second set of classrooms for the municipal of Loon, Bohol.

 

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Urbanized by Gary Hustwit

Trailer for "Urbanized", the new documentary about the design of cities by Gary Hustwit – the same one who did Objectified and Helvetica films.

Urbanized is a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.

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Where Do You Work?

Our place is currently being reconstructed after so many years of neglect for only being used as a large storage area. It’s being designed now as a small office, home office (SoHo) type of environment. Since we are now doing lots and lots of stuff having a work-from-home job, it’s a perfect way to balance what’s work and what’s not work.

With all the leg work that the construction guys are completing every day, the second part of building now comes in – working on the interiors. What should the walls look like? How would the lighting be on this and that area? What paint would be perfect? Where will the workstations go? How about the Kidrobot toy collections? and just now, at the back of my mind, how will we fit the Kinect in this crampy space?

At the moment, the paint is done, the lighting, wires and all are already in place, the floor is already tiled but I was thinking of having some sort of carpet or rug to cover the area and provide some cushion. By chance, a representative from Tretford sent a sample carpet for me to try out. Surfing for more information revealed that the designer carpet, made from Mongolian goat hair, has anti-static properties which is perfect for me since I'll often handle a lot of electronic devices on the area. It also came with a lot of color options to suit the tangerine wall we already had. (Bell Floorcoverings Inc. - 7819525)

Another idea that I had was to use these magnetic paints that you could buy on hardware stores. I initially thought about drilling in rare-earth magnets, or the extra Buckyballs that I had laying around, to allow for some clean mounting of posters or light frames. That spark of genius died when the thought of magnets embedded on walls could affect the wireless performance inside the room, and out.

Float - Humanscale Adjustable Table

After reading dozens of articles and infographics saying how sitting for long hours is a bad, bad thing, I’m also considering on ways to limit my sitting time. I have already tried the air-filled gym ball but had to revert back to a normal chair after getting tired of it rolling around the place (though this seemed to have solved it.) Another alternative would also be a standing workstation. Not this overkill.

The photo on the right was my early 2010 setup on a different corner of the room. It looks different right now. The secondary monitor is now on portrait mode all the time while that laptop has been loaned to my brother and has been in repair for 4 months. The desk plant has since grown and transferred into a larger paso.

How about you? Where do you work? How does your workplace look like?

Thanks to Tretford Philippine distributor Bell Floorcoverings Inc. for providing the sample carpet. For those interested check out tretford.com or call 7819525.

DLSU Centennial Hall

I just saw this video on the new DLSU Centennial Hall. The new building slated for a June 2012 launch is named after the retail magnate Henry Sy Sr. SM Investments Corporation donated 300 million pesos to fund this eco-friendly and aptly themed “green” building just in time for DLSU’s 100th founding anniversary.

The hall will become a hub for regional research, a venue for the university’s various activities and gatherings, and a major crossroad for learning. One of the main features of the hall will be the Learning Commons, which will house one million books, making it the Philippines’ largest collection of educational materials in an academic setting. - SM Company Press Releases

I wish I could go back there again some time soon and take a stroll on this new building which took the place of the old football field (We did our Naval ROTC here back then, during Saturdays)

http://centennial.hall.dlsu.edu.ph/