Homestyle's July-August Green issue features NUVALI

For the months of July and August, Homestyle goes GREEN, featuring personalities, homes and other design-related tidbits that go beyond just “setting” an environmentally-conscious trend; they are truly making a difference. Homestyle’s main thrust for this issue is to place emphasis on the fact that reducing one’s carbon footprint should not be viewed as a mere inclination, it is a duty, and more than that, a necessity.

What’s inside

DESIGN ZOO:
MATERIAL GIRLS
Architect Lui Daya and interior designer Wilhelmina Garcia aim to reinvent humble materials into ecological, sustainable products that can be used to build the ultimate green home.

CURIO:
CUBAO X
Built in the ’60s to house shoe stores, Marikina Shoe Expo has been reborn as Cubao X, a bohemian enclave of hidden treasures. Here we feature chairs and lamps from the area’s eclectic mix of furniture, art, and antique shops.

TABLEAU:
STONE POETRY
Homestyle shines a spotlight on whimsical statuary, urns, fountains, benches, and birdbaths from the House of Precast, known as the country’s masters of architectural ornamentation.

ART:
GOOD SIGNS
Multi-disciplined artists Angelo Vermeulen and Diego Maranan join forces in Biomodd, an interactive art project that integrates nature and technology. Their mission: to create an art installation in which different forms of plant life coexist with a fully functioning computer system.

TRIBUTE:
FREE WHEELING
Founded by the UP mountaineers, Padyak is an organization that restores old bikes and makes them available to students of UP Diliman, encouraging them to forgo four-wheel transportation and opt for the reliable, eco-friendly bicycle.

NUVALI: THE PROMISED LAND
A special Homestyle supplement.

FUTURE PERFECT
Visionary development Avida Settings draws from the past to reshape how we live in the future.

HOMETECH:

• “Sustainable Design Principles of Landscape Architecture” by Landscape Architect Mary Ann Arañas-Espina"
• “Myths and Fallacies of Quality Living” by Architect Joven Ignacio"
• “Eco-Beautiful? Why Going Green Should Also Be Aesthetically Pleasing” by Architect Miguel Guerrero"
• “Messy Bessy’s Earth-Friendly Household Cleaning Products” by Krie Reyes Lopez"

OUT:
Nomnomnom’s healthy food, happy vibe, and warm design lure vegans and non-vegans alike.

TRAVEL:
In Cambodia’s areas of hallowed ground, peace can be found while it streets provide fun and excitement.c

Bluprint's Designer Green July Issue features NUVALI

Being ‘green’ is the mantra of the month for developers, architects and corporations. Everywhere you look everyone claims to be green, sustainable or environment friendly. How much of this is hype and how many of the projects that carry the ‘green’ directive through to actual implementation and resulting product—building, interiors, landscape or urban design? In this issue we find out what Philippine design’s true colors are with features that cover gardens, furniture, roofs, public spaces, a car showroom and an association dedicated to being ‘green’ forever.

What’s inside

Saranggani Highlands, a quaint tourist destination just outside of General Santos City, an example of owner-designed settings that take advantage of green (and blue) views.

A furniture design showcase of Amerigo de la Paz, he creates one-of-a-kind pieces from ‘recovered’ or recycled wood.

Travel and Heritage – A feature on the vernacular houses of Batanes, also the high-value green design of Bobby Mañosa, as interviewed by Dean Gloria Teodoro of MIT.

A commentary by Dom Galicia on heritage houses in Hacienda Acuzar in Bagac, Bataan to present the directions the owner and architects of the project took that raises issues on heritage.

Main Projects section - Feature stories on the green roofs in the SM North’s Sky Garden, Gerry Contreras’ Makati high-rise paradise and a technology feature on how these elevated gardens are designed and built. For in-ground green, a look into the interior gardens and the architecture of the futuristic Lexus showroom at Bonifacio Global City and the exterior gardens of the newly re-imagined Pasig City Hall Complex.

The cover story, an 8-page feature on NUVALI, a 1,700 hectare development located south of Makati, spanning the cities of Sta. Rosa and Calamba, the promise and reality of Ayala Land’s first eco-community.

Alliances section - A sit down interview with Dickie Altavas, president of the Philippine Association of Landscape Architects, who outlines PALA's activities for 2009.