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Manila: Future Habitations Instructors Rok Oman, David Rubin, Špela Videčnik Report Design Mikhail Grinwald A Harvard University Graduate School of Design Publication Dean and Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design Mohsen Mostafavi Assistant Dean and Director for Communications and Public Programs Ken Stewart Editor in Chief Jennifer Sigler Associate Editor Marielle Suba Production Manager Meghan Sandberg Series design by Laura Grey and Zak Jensen ISBN 978-1-934510-69-8 Copyright © 2018 President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without prior written permission from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. The editors have attempted to acknowledge all sources of images used and apologize for any errors or omissions. Harvard University Graduate School of Design 48 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 publications@gsd.harvard.edu gsd.harvard.edu
Acknowledgments We wish to thank, once again, Dean and Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design, Mohsen Mostafavi; Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture, Anita Berrizbeitia; and Chair of the Department of Architecture, Mark Lee, and Interim Chair of the Department of Architecture, K. Michael Hays, for the opportunity to instruct this studio and for their enthusiastic support throughout the semester. We are also grateful to Sean Chiao, President of AECOM Asia Pacific, for proposing the study of Manila as the final city in this extraordinary series of explorations, his engagement and feedback throughout the semester, and for supporting the studio, along with his colleague, Nancy Lin, and the many AECOM representatives who engaged in the field. Many thanks to the participants at the Manila Forum who assisted the students in understanding the breadth of issues and challenges that face this city and the citizenry on a daily basis. Thanks to Jackie Piracini, Anna Lyman, Ashley Lang, Taylor Horner, and the Harvard GSD administration for their help. A special offer of thanks to Gareth Doherty for stepping up when desperately needed, and to Karen Janosky for her topographic practicum. We extend our gratitude to the studio’s midterm and final jury critics for their important words during reviews, and, of course, to the students for all of their hard work, without whom these visions would not be possible. We also wish to extend our appreciation to our former teaching assistant, Mikhail Grinwald, for his efforts in the realization of this book. Finally, special thanks to our teaching assistant this year, William Baumgardner, for his boundless energy and extraordinary patience throughout the semester. Without his participation, this studio would not be measured by the success it has achieved. Image Credits 4, 6, 14–15, 58, 146-147: AECOM Cover, 8, 10, 12-13, 16, 18–19, 20, 23: Rok Oman 138-139, 140-141: Maggie Janik 78, 96: David Rubin