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- Bataan Terminal and Convention Center | WTA Design Studio
Residential & Mixed Use DOWNLOAD PDF Residential & Mixed Use Sports Master Planning Office Transport & Infrastructure Houses Commercial Institutional & Religion Retail Hospitality Education & Healthcare Competition & Research Interiors Bataan Terminal and Convention Center Location: Balanga, Bataan Plot Area: 46,033 SQM Storeys: 3 Year: Floor Area: Status: 2012 31,394.69 SQM Concept Description The site is an L-shaped 4.6 hectare lot in Balanga, Bataan with an existing 3,000 square meter terminal structure. It is bounded by Calero Street which connects the downtown plaza of Balanga with the proposed future city center site along Enrique Garcia Sr. Avenue which connects to the provincial highway. The existing terminal structure is currently one of of not the biggest structure in Balanga. It is a 3-storey structure that dwarfs most of the surrounding properties. Current site conditions show a lack of pedestrianoriented planning and human scale. This mechanical and alien development has created a kind of termination for Balanga’s northward expansion. Priority is given to vehicular traffic and convenience rather than to passenger safety and comfort. This upended organizing principle coupled with the openness of the surrounding landscape has given rise to a noise-polluted and barely walk-able development. The program calls for the development of an integrated central bus and jeepney terminal for Balanga and Bataan. Together with this terminal, a convention center and commercial retail center is to be developed. A 112-room business hotel will also be developed to support these programs.
- Supreme Court | WTA Design Studio
All Sports Education | Healthcare Hospitality Civic | Culture Office | Commercial | Retail Residential Exhibition | Research Transport | Infrastructure PROJ-2016-458-SupremeCourt3.jpg PROJ-2016-458-SupremeCourt2.jpg PROJ-2016-458-SupremeCourt8.jpg PROJ-2016-458-SupremeCourt9.jpg PROJ-2016-458-SupremeCourt1.jpg PROJ-2016-458-SupremeCourt5.jpg PROJ-2016-458-SupremeCourt6.jpg PROJ-2016-458-SupremeCourt7.jpg Supreme Court Project Information Status Design Location Taguig City, Philippines Area 43,000 sqm Description The Supreme Court is one of the most important buildings in the Philippines. It is a singular project that has many facets that make it interesting, and it is the totality of these facets that make it such a great building. So for WTA Architecture and Design Studio’s design entry, the building needed much thought. It was not just a symbolic piece of architecture, but a working institution. We have used the idea of courts as the starting point for the Supreme Court Building. The various programs are arranged around and connected with a series of courtyards that serve as the primary organizing system. These courtyards allow us to create order and spaces to accommodate shifting numbers of people as well as shorten the distances and travel time between various divisions. The site lies within a community fragmented by walls and boundaries which dominate the landscape. We have been able to use this separation to inform our design process and allow us to give something back to the community by creating connections and catalyzing the growth of the surrounding barangay. The social aspect of our design works beyond our site and emphasizes sight lines, pedestrian connections, preserved green spaces, and public spaces that redefine the urban relationship between the surrounding communities. It is a public-friendly space for people to interact with. The Supreme Court has to be incredible. It has to offer something inspiring and be an aspirational pinnacle for the people in the spirit of supreme courts and institutions around the world that are typified by domes and pillars as symbols, not of raw power, but enlightened authority. Symbolic elements have been streamlined yet traditional forms were retained. The domes allow us to present the idea of a very Filipino gentility that embraces justice tempered with wisdom and compassion. Domes have a much smaller surface exposure than a rectilinear structure and allow for greater passive cooling and thermal insulation as well as air penetration on site. By creating a series of linked domes that defines us not as an island nation but an archipelagic nation of connected islands sharing a common history, culture, and tradition, we are giving the Supreme Court its identity. 2017 Chinese Embassy Cultural Section Bataan Provincial Capital Masterplan Highlands Chapel New Taipei City Museum of Art Varna Library Tagaytay City Hall Church of the Multitude Sulong Manila DSWD Elderly and Child Care Facility Balanga City Hall Taichung Cultural Center Philippine International Exhibition Center Merit Field Stupa Trece Martires City Hall Guggenheim Helsinki Saint Scholastica Chapel Manila City Hall Ferdinand E. Marcos Presidential Library Catbalogan City Hall Museo Pambata Reading Corners
- Spark Samar Sports Complex | WTA Design Studio
Sports DOWNLOAD PDF Residential & Mixed Use Sports Master Planning Office Transport & Infrastructure Houses Commercial Institutional & Religion Retail Hospitality Education & Healthcare Competition & Research Interiors Spark Samar Sports Complex Location: Catbalogan, Samar Plot Area: 100,894.03 SQM Storeys: Various Year: Floor Area: Status: 2021 110,483.67 SQM FCD The Samar Sports Stadium provides a home for the festivals and cultural exhibtions the Samareños, Samarnon, and Waray proudly display. From Almagro's goat-raising industry and native ipil-ipil trees to Zumarraga’s fishing folk, the stadium becomes a stage to showcase the true spark of Samar. The Spark Samar Sports City concept develops a sporting infrastructure that will extend the economic benefit from major sporting events. The master plan includes a stadium with an 8,100 seating capacity, a sports complex, a commercial strip, a museum, a hotel, a BPO campus, and a residential subdivision. The whole development aims to provide a stage to showcase the true abilities and the camaraderie of its community.
- What change do you hope Anthology 2026 will inspire in the way Southeast Asians think about architecture, culture, and communities? | WTA Design Studio
< Back What change do you hope Anthology 2026 will inspire in the way Southeast Asians think about architecture, culture, and communities? PhilSociety.net 8 September 2026 In an interview, William Ti Jr., Festival Curator and Founder of Anthology ASEAN Architectural Festival, shared his hopes for how Anthology 2026 can encourage people to see architecture beyond buildings and design—and better understand its connection to our culture, communities, and everyday lives. Anthology ASEAN Architectural Festival 2026 is set to bring Southeast Asia’s architectural voices together this October in Manila. 📍 Intramuros, Manila 📅 October 2–4, 2026 Full feature here. Previous Next
- Chinese Embassy Cultural Section | WTA Design Studio
All Sports Education | Healthcare Hospitality Civic | Culture Office | Commercial | Retail Residential Exhibition | Research Transport | Infrastructure Chinese Embassy Cultural Section_Interior - Perspective 5.png Chinese Embassy Cultural Section_Interior - Perspective 1.png Chinese Embassy Cultural Section_Interior - Perspective 2.png Chinese Embassy Cultural Section_Interior - Perspective 3.png Chinese Embassy Cultural Section_Interior - Perspective 4.png Chinese Embassy Cultural Section Project Information Status Design Location Makati City, Philippines Area 1,700 sqm Description The Chinese Embassy Cultural Section is located in Dasmariñas Village, Makati. It derives its design cues from the immediate context and character of the People’s Republic of China, with a desire to respect and blend with the scale and texture of the neighborhood. The common spaces provide views of the lush green landscape and tree canopies. The building features a fusion of the traditional philosophies of Chinese architecture and modernity. The main hall leads to a modern and functional interior and several meeting rooms, multi-function halls, and a Chinese-style garden. Landscaping is an important part of the design. The Chinese garden and exterior spaces create an environment of serenity and security. Hints of Chinese culture may be found in every detail of the design. The ceiling and windows were designed to permit plenty of natural daylight allowing a better appreciation of cultural and heritage assets of the country, which are to be displayed around the entire vicinity. 2016 Ferdinand E. Marcos Presidential Library Catbalogan City Hall Tagaytay City Hall Bataan Provincial Capital Masterplan Supreme Court Manila City Hall Merit Field Stupa Highlands Chapel Philippine International Exhibition Center Balanga City Hall Church of the Multitude Taichung Cultural Center DSWD Elderly and Child Care Facility New Taipei City Museum of Art Guggenheim Helsinki Varna Library Saint Scholastica Chapel Trece Martires City Hall Sulong Manila Museo Pambata Reading Corners
- Vivace Parkways | WTA Design Studio
Residential & Mixed Use DOWNLOAD PDF Residential & Mixed Use Sports Master Planning Office Transport & Infrastructure Houses Commercial Institutional & Religion Retail Hospitality Education & Healthcare Competition & Research Interiors Vivace Parkways Location: Calamba City, Laguna Plot Area: Storeys: 2 Year: Floor Area: Status: 2014 57,940 SQM Concept Description Vivace Parkways is a 57,940 square meter techno park located in a five-hectare lot in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines. It is an art-inspired cradle of BPO Campuses and retail outlets integrated with an extensive park and informal art center. At its heart is a dynamic and vibrant activity center that pumps life around the whole development through nature and creative pursuits. The activity center, serving as the courtyard, links every program together by providing access to the different parts of the park clusters. Deriving inspiration from the arts, the amenities are designed to accommodate various arts festivals and events. Its inspiration also translates to its form. The mini plazas are designed as the musical instrument they represent. The commercial building, on the other hand, is clad with a dynamic lighting system that shows real-time sound frequency around the development. Lanterns or elevated pocket areas that serve as seating and a viewing deck facing the center of the development are also integrated with the buildings to strengthen the relationship of each structure to the activity center.
- The Urban Block | WTA Design Studio
Residential & Mixed Use DOWNLOAD PDF Residential & Mixed Use Sports Master Planning Office Transport & Infrastructure Houses Commercial Institutional & Religion Retail Hospitality Education & Healthcare Competition & Research Interiors The Urban Block Location: Taguig City, Metro Manila Plot Area: 8,000 SQM Storeys: 18 Year: Floor Area: Status: 2013 34,022 SQM Concept Description A 2015 WAF World Building of the Year Finalist, the Urban Block stands as a visual anchor in contrast to its neighbors. This commercial mixed-use development espouses a minimalist basic form that enriches the surrounding towers by creating a huge elevated mid-level green square on its deck. With a gross leasable area of 94,000 square meters over an 8,300-square meter prime property, it envelopes a diverse commercial program comprised of offices and retail, events and sports facilities, and an urban park and food exposition in an adaptive volumetric space. The cubic form stands in stark contrast to the existing and future point towers of BGC - adding an iconic character to the structure. This form also maximizes the allowable floor - area ratio to a much lower height and entails huge floor plates that allow flexibility in office and retail planning as well as multiple connections that create a stronger core centrality. This centrality increase activity and maximizes foot traffic by allowing seamless and convenient travel throughout the complex. To make the massive block permeable, an urban valley is created in the base levels. This attracts activities and foot traffic while functioning as the main public space of the building. On all sides of the upper floors, campus deck that serve interactive flexible spaces with various activities create punctures to the facade. A solar well is also integrated to allow filtered and indirect natural light into the structure's core. On top of it is a cooling pond that acts as a wading and reflecting pool of the urban parl. Clothing the entire structure is as ETFE skin that makes The Urban Block appear softer while aiding in minimizing solar heat gain. Awards: 2015 World Architecture Festival Finalist
- Guggenheim Helsinki | WTA Design Studio
All Sports Education | Healthcare Hospitality Civic | Culture Office | Commercial | Retail Residential Exhibition | Research Transport | Infrastructure a0bcb72aad67e3feceef3f2b2a006b05.jpg 24c882d047f197dee03529c57633974e.jpg Guggenheim Helsinki Project Information Status Completed Location San Juan City, Philippines Area 6,500 sqm Client Remove if not applicable Description The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation was invited by the City of Helsinki to undertake a detailed concept and development study exploring the possibility of a Guggenheim museum in the Finnish capital. The study proposed an innovative, multidisciplinary museum of art and design, thoughtfully integrated in a prominent site on Helsinki’s South Harbor, which was reserved by the City of Helsinki in January of 2014 for an architectural competition to design the proposed museum. 2014 Museo Pambata Reading Corners Catbalogan City Hall Chinese Embassy Cultural Section Saint Scholastica Chapel Balanga City Hall Sulong Manila Tagaytay City Hall Philippine International Exhibition Center Manila City Hall Varna Library Taichung Cultural Center New Taipei City Museum of Art Merit Field Stupa Highlands Chapel Supreme Court Ferdinand E. Marcos Presidential Library Trece Martires City Hall Bataan Provincial Capital Masterplan DSWD Elderly and Child Care Facility Church of the Multitude
- Museo Del Prado | WTA Design Studio
Competition & Research DOWNLOAD PDF Residential & Mixed Use Sports Master Planning Office Transport & Infrastructure Houses Commercial Institutional & Religion Retail Hospitality Education & Healthcare Competition & Research Interiors Museo Del Prado Location: Manila City, Metro Manila Year: 2017 Competition: Research Status: Completed El Museo del Prado en Filipinas Travelling Exhibition takes the museum experience of one of the most important national museums of Spain into the public spaces of the Philippines. More than a frame for the museum’s art prints, it brings to the country a spatial experience of El Museo del Prado through an implied formation of its arches and vaults – walking through the series of the travelling exhibit modules is an interpretation of wandering through the vaulted galleries of El Museo del Prado. Moreover, as it provides shade and visual interest through its sail-like canopies positively reminiscent of familiar umbrellas, it appeals to the sensibilities of the Filipino people. It is elegant yet approachable; fresh yet familiar. It brings the institution closer to the public. The concept of this traveling exhibit takes the basic elements of a museum and creates a module adaptive to the streetscape. Through a modular design that is both visually and functionally derivative of the Museo Nacional del Prado, the project achieves its goal of giving the public access to the museum’s rich collection of art. Urban lifestyles are made richer by bringing our institutions to the people, making culture part of our everyday lives, and engaging more with the public., El Museo del Prado en Filipinas travelling Exhibit disseminates the museum experience to the street-level community. It makes prized art accessible to the general public.
- Makati Life Hospital | WTA Design Studio
All Sports Education | Healthcare Hospitality Civic | Culture Office | Commercial | Retail Residential Exhibition | Research Transport | Infrastructure Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - LOBBY VIEW 2.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - MAB LOBBY 1.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - MAB LOBBY 2.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - NURSES STATION 1.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - NURSES STATION 2.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - ADMISSIONS LOBBY.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - FOOD HALL 1.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - FOOD HALL 2.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - FOOD HALL 3.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - GF ELEVATOR LOBBY.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - TOILET.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - TYPICAL DELUXE ROOM 1.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - TYPICAL DELUXE ROOM 2.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - TYPICAL FLOORS ELEVATOR LOBBY.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - TYPICAL FLOORS FEMALE TOILET.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - TYPICAL FLOORS MALE TOILET.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - TYPICAL HALLWAYS.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - TYPICAL PATIENT ROOM TOILET.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - TYPICAL PRIVATE ROOM.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - TYPICAL SUITE ROOM ANTEROOM.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - TYPICAL SUITE ROOM GUEST ROOM.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - TYPICAL SUITE ROOM PATIENT ROOM.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - ROOF DECK 1 VIEW 1.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - ROOF DECK 1 VIEW 2B.png Makati Life Medical Center_Interiors - ROOF DECK 1 VIEW 3.png Makati Life Hospital Project Information Status Construction Location Makati City, Philippines Area 33,200 sqm Description Makati Life Medical Center is the city’s newest healthcare facility where patient care is the top priority. It is equipped with the finest medical technology, facilities, and doctors to assist everyone’s healthcare needs. The medical center will offer preventive, therapeutic and rehabilitative services for the people within and beyond the borders of Makati. It is housed in a solid 16-storey building straddled between Metropolitan Avenue and Malugay Street in the central business district, not far from the Makati Subway Station. It will have 360 beds when fully constructed and will highlight a Cancer and a Cardiac Center among others. Incorporating technology into medical care in a modern space makes for an innovative environment that promotes wellbeing. Tech-driven elements combined with a warm hospital environment empowers patients and recognizes their role to their own healing and recovery. 2022 Calbayog District Hospital De La Salle University Phase 2 Primary Care Center Eastern Visayas Medical Center Eurocampus Manila Adamson Annex Building QHI Hospital Emergency Quarantine Facilities Camarines Sur TESDA Training and Innovation Center Eurocampus Surinam II Sirius Stimulus Circuit CUHK School of Medicine De La Salle University - Laguna Batangas Medical Center Manila Medical Center