Clark Green City

Project : Design Optimization of the Clark Green City Conceptual Master Development Plan

Year : 2015

Client : Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), Office of the President, Republic of the Philippines

Location: Central Luzon, Philippines

Site Area: ~9450 ha

Awards: Second Place Award - BCDA

UDP Internationals Award winning Entry, ‘‘Re-Imagining Clark Green City’’ proposed an innovative and comprehensive master plan with a sensitive urban design and place making approach with a focus on “People Place and Planet” to ensure that Clark Green City (CGC) will be well positioned in relation to Clark International Airport and to Metro-Manila, adding long term value to the people, the region and the country.

Our vision for CGC was to create a new class of urban environment for the Philippines; ambitiously combining context sensitive planning, urban design and place-making to ensure socially equitable development, sustainable building standards and a smart way to use technology. The master plan applies principles for sustainable development on every level; from regional level to district level to individual building scale to human scale for the people of CGC.UDP International’s context-sensitive and sustainable approach resulted in the Second Place Award for the competition. The following guiding principles are proposed to underpin key design decisions of the new city: