We’re all still a bit giddy in the studio after winning the WAFX Award this week. It’s all so surreal.
It is so difficult to get validation for ideas in architecture, especially for a project as large as an urban plan. More than anything else this award allows us to better develop and reinforce the ideas we came up with in Horizon and expand it further as we work on more projects.
The WAFX Award herald’s the world’s most forward-looking architectural concepts, and is awarded to future projects that identify key challenges that architects will need to address in the coming years. Horizon Manila by WTA Architecture and Design Studio is the overall winner of the 2021 WAFX Award at the 2021 World Architecture Festival after first winning the WAFX Water Category.
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Reclamation
Horizon Manila is a 419-ha reclamation project in Manila Bay. It is about finding space for 150,000 Manileños at the geographical and political heart of our country. It will increase the available public open space in the city by over 50 percent and provide almost 20 km of waterfront living. It is an incredible opportunity to reimagine what Manila can be in the future.
We introduced geography into this greenfield site by creating three islands connected by a canal park that serves as a center for the urban valley, which is the setting for the different communities at Horizon.