Project Title & Location
MAHARLIKA LIVELIHOOD CENTER
Baguio City

Client
MINISTRY OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
Senator Gil Puyat Aveue, Makati City

Project Completion
1982

Associated Firms
Design Management and Development Corporation
GALHIA, Architects

Services Provided
- Architectural programming
- Site analysis
- Archtectural and Engineering Design Services
- Construction Supervision

The Maharlika Livelihood Center is a redevelopment of the existing market at a 3-hectare prime lot in Baguio City. The redevelopment recognizes that the Baguio City Market is an important land use, a service node, a tourist landmark and a terminus of the local movement system. The redevelopment concept called for:

- Projecting in the buildings the spirit of Ifugao Architecture;
- Reduction of the mass of the existing Mar-bay Building (a proposed 17-storey edifice) so as not to mar the skyline of the Session Road terminus;
- Pedestrianization of the area so that the major activities can continue without disruption and the reduction of the pollution generated by motor vehicles;
- Provision of underground parking in the market area;
- Provision of vehicular transfer points within the vicinity of the market area;
- Provision of pedestrian movement facilities that are segregated from motor vehicles;
- Provision of appropriate landscaping in the pedestrian-dominated areas; and
- Provision of appropriate lighting and signages to blend with the landscape design of the area.