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Valenzuela city is one of the  disaster-prone area, mainly suffering from flood and typhoon damages. Our  goal is to design physical environment that supports local community to stay  in their living houses during disaster periods. Not only physical protection  that is needed by the residents, but also adaptation capability and economic  strength to support daily life.

A host to one of the  barangays, Balangkas, Valenzuela city is a potential pilot project for  resilient community towards recurring disasters. Its large area and  underdeveloped stage provides opportunity for design intervention to build a  resilient society. Moreover, its high rate of unemployment will benefit from  forthcoming economic chances that will be opened as a result of the development.  Land rate will increase due to its inactive land development.

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Balangkas is situated in the  center of project site area, enabling it to reach to every other site  included in the project. Its current high-density living environment is  subject to change under housing development project. The housing project is  adaptable to be built in various site.

Our first approach towards the situation is by taking into account the three stages of disaster risk management: mitigation, response and reconstruction. These three stages shows many sides, diverse point of views and unified goals even with both steady and progressive approach. In order to build a resilient community, we need a diverse perspective to achieve the resilient goals. Through these polygon, we should also provide nesting for local residents during disaster. These spaces include living space, shelter, protection, reproduction, growing place, social and economy resilience and sustainability.