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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...