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Urban transformations: ‘Re-naturing’ the city
by Ar. Joel Luna. Published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on January 16, 2021. First of a series. Gardens by the Bay, Singapore—SERGIO...

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Jan 16, 20214 min read
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35 ideas on how we can build better environments
By Ar. Joel Luna, featuring architects of Archiglobal, Inc . Published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on December 5, 2020. A world...

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Dec 5, 20209 min read
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Designing for Floods
by Ar. Joel Luna. Published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on November 21, 2020. Urbanization is displacing forests, mangroves,...

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Nov 21, 20205 min read
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The Call of the Small
by Ar. Joel Luna. Published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 3, 2020. Density at the human scale— JLPD's masterplan for a mixed...

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Oct 4, 20203 min read
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BioCities and Regenerative Development: A Paradigm for the Future
by Ar. Joel Luna. Published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 5, 2020. "Buildings like trees. Cities like Forests." William...

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Sep 5, 20203 min read
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Ensuring A Resilient Future
by Ar. Joel Luna. Published in Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 18, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has been referred to by the World Economic...

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Jul 19, 20204 min read
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Cost versus Value: Adapting Real Estate Products to the New Normal
by Ar. Joel Luna. The contraction of demand in the property industry was immediately felt in varying degrees across multiple sub-sectors...

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Jun 13, 20204 min read
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Prospering in Place—A Necessary Paradigm for Cities Towards a More Resilient Age
by Ar. Joel Luna. Published in The Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 6, 2020. Covid 19 continues to offer us new realities. As the...

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Jun 7, 20206 min read
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A Primer On Urban Mobility
by Ar. Joel Luna. Published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 2, 2019. I was privileged to contribute a series on Urban Mobility...

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Nov 2, 201910 min read
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Putting the Mix in MXDx
by Ar. Joel Luna. Published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on September 14, 2019 Mixed up about Mixed Use Developments? Mixed use...

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Sep 15, 20194 min read
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Shared Spaces and The Evolving Culture In Urban Living And Working
I work in the penthouse floor of a building along Ayala Avenue. My office has a nice reception area, a spacious lounge adjoining a pantry...

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Jul 7, 20196 min read
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The Paradox of Harnessing Economic Benefits from Green Space
by Ar. Joel Luna. Published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on August 24, 2019. At a recent talk and panel discussion, JLPD was invited...

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Dec 9, 20186 min read
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EDSA Re-Imagined
At the prompting of CNN Philippines for a possible article on an Idealized EDSA, the young architects at JLPD (Karl Bautista, Miguel...

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Dec 9, 20183 min read
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Vertical Cities in the Age of Hyper-Urbanization
by Joel Luna. Published in Technology Magazine, Asian Outlook on Engineering and Technology, by Asian Institute of Technology Solutions,...

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Jun 11, 20186 min read
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Youth Is Not Wasted on the Young
by Eliza del Castillo for Shelter Magazine Flashback to 2013: Ayala Land's Innovation and Design Group embarked on a project aimed at...

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May 28, 20185 min read
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Creative Learning Environments as Microcosms of Cities
by Joel Luna An on-going university campus masterplanning of JLPD presented an opportunity to investigate the circumstances that foster...

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May 13, 20183 min read
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Thinking Like a Client: Bridging The Perception Gap
by Joel Luna. Published in BluPrint Magazine's Business of Design Special Issue, 2016 Among all the professions, design is probably the...

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May 11, 20186 min read
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Mitigating The Tragedy of the Commons Through Planning Beyond Tourism
The issue regarding the proposed closure of Boracay underscores a dilemma that is common to many popular tourism destinations in the...

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Apr 10, 20182 min read
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