URBAN DESIGN IN

MARIKINA CITY

MARY JANE D.VERGARA

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AR. EDUARDO F. BOBER JR.

MARIKINA IS HIGH-URBANIZED CITY

THE SIMPLICITY OF THE VISION, THOUGH, TOOK VARIED FORMS: PHYSICAL RECONSTRUCTION, SOCIAL REORIENTATION AND MORAL REFORMATION. A “CAN-DO ATTITUDE”, COUPLED WITH DILIGENCE AND CREATIVIT, CHANGED THE FACE OF MARIKINA ALONG THOSE DIMENSIONS. FROM A NEGLECTED, BACKWATER TOWN KNOWN ONLY FOR ITS SHOE INDUSTRY, MARIKINA TRANSFORMED INTO A HIGHLY URBANIZED CITY IN 1196. MARIKINA VIRTUALLY EVOLVED INTO AN ENVIABLE COMMUNITY, CATAPULTING ITSELF AMONG THE RANKS OF MODEL CITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES.

THE TRANSFORMATION OF MARIKINA IS NOT AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. IT TOOK MORE THAN A DECADE OF GRADUALLY ENCHANCING THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, INTRODUCING REFORMS, AND BUILDING THE CREDIBILTY OF THE LOCAL LEADERSHIP BEFORE MARIKINA BECAME WHAT IT IS NOW.

MARIKINA ENCOURAGES THEIR CITIZENS TO USE BICYCLES AS TRANSPORTATION THAN OTHER VEHICLES.

IT PROMOTES SIGNAGES FOR SECURITY AND SAFETY WHEREVER PART OF MARIKINA.

IT PROVIDES LARGER SPACES FOR PUBLIC REALM FOR TYPICAL INDIVIDUALS

IT HAS A MODEL COMMUNITY IN DISCIPLINE AND ORDER A CITY THAT IS WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED ASA BENCHMARK IN

LOCAL GOVERNANCE

THE FOLLOWING IMAGES TAKEN IN MARIKINA CITY CONTAINS THE

CATEGORY OF URBAN DESIGN REQUIREMENTS:

STREETSCAPES

MIXED-USE REDEVELOPMENT

PARKS AND OPEN SPACES

ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHICS/WAY FINDING

ENVIRONMENTAL ART

URBAN RENEWAL

HISTORC PRESERVATION

TOWNSHIP CREATION

PUBLIC JAPANESE GARDEN IN INDUSTRIAL VALLEY ALONG MARCOS HIGHWAY

SIGNAGE OF BICYCLES ROUTES IN MARIKINA ALONG SUMULONG HIGHWAY

VIEW OF BENCHES IN JAPANSE GARDEN UNDER THE LRT BRIDGE

VIEW OF PUBLIC PARK IN JAPANESE GARDEN AT MARIKINA

WATERFRONT OF AMPHITHEATER IN MARIKINA RIVERBANKS

FREEDOM PARK IN FRONT OF MUNICIPAL IN STA. ELENA MARIKINA

ROBOTICS IN MARIKINA HEIGHTS BESIDE IS A PUBLIC COVERED COURT

MARCOS HIGHWAY BRIDGE IN FRONT OF SM MARIKINA

SIGNAGE OF STREETS AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

OVERPASS FOR PUBLIC USE MARIKINA BRIDGE AS PUBLIC

INFRASTRUCTURE STREETS WITH WALKABLESIDEWALK

ALONG MARCOS HIGHWAY WAITING SHED PROVIDED FOR PUBLIC

INDIVIDUALS HYDRANT FOR FIRE SAFETY STAIRS AND RAMP UPS

BICYCLE LANES MARIKINA ENCOURAGES THEIR

CITIZEN TO USE BICYCLES RATHER THAN OTHER VEHICLES

TRAFFIC SIGNAGE BARRIER ALONG THE ROAD THAT

SERVES PROTECTION TO THE CITIZEN PROVIDING RAMP UP FOR PERSON

WITH DISABILITY HISTORICAL MONUMENT OF THE ALL

THE MAYORS THAT HANDLED MARIKINA

BICYCLE LANES IN FRONT OF MARQUINTON CONDOMINIUM

PUBLIC BENCHES

WATER FEATURE IN FRONT OF MARIKINA’S LANDMARK IN MARIKINA STA. ELENA

PUBLIC BICYCLE PARKINGS FOUNTAINS IN FRONT OF MARIKINA

SPORTS COMPLEX MARIKINA MUNICIPAL FRONTAGE

THAT SERVES AS AN ATTRACTION VIEW OF THE LRT BRIDGE IN

INDUSTRIAL VALLEY MARIKINA AERIAL VIEW OF MARIKINA RIVER

FROM MARCOS BRIDGE ROBOTICS DISPLAYS IN MARIKINA COMMON MONUMENT IN MARIKINA HISTORICAL PRESERVATION