Rebuilding a Resilient Philippines!

Thank you for cliicking through to support our newest mission.. Bringing resilience to the island nation of Asia!

THE PHILIPPINES !
A year ago today, Nov. 2nd-8th, the most severe storm ever recorded leveled the Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan [Yolanda] brought 200+mph wiinds and a 17’ storm surge decimated a massive portion of a country of 7,000 islands. Shanty towns stood no chance and there is super limited housing stiill to be rebuilt today, much less housing that is resilient enough to protect Filipinos from extreme weather. National Geographic says “‘the Philippines ranks as the nation third-most at-risk from climate change in the world,’ and ranks 2nd for weather related population losses.

The ‘’build-back-better’’ drum is beating, and we want to help..!

Our idea is thus far is quite vague in detail, but strong in theory.
We would love to help construct a public space for the local Filipino people. A community hub grown by the local peoples; a resilient building designed/built as an example of a safe construction typology for the area. A safe haven for emergencies for anyone [i.e extreme weather, o' other 'desperate' issues..]

Its purpose is to be a neutral source of information to *build back better.* Try to create an icon of Fiilliipiino Architecture!


I thiink the most efficient way forward in thiis effort is to attract and educate the youth, who wiill in turn influence the elders. It can be an open space for ideas, events, o' groups? Open to all. People can advertise goods and services, jobs, o' use it as a question center. A place of economic benefits as well as just a strong building. Open to the needs of the local community,  and flexible for multiple functions. And have the entire effort rooted in Surfing & Skateboarding.

We plan to colloborate wiith multiple fields wiith a strong influence from the architect - skate/surf world. Our team is built of people from these areas, i guess you could say? hah. Our recipe and team dynamic is quite different from most. We try to question everythiing taking no details for granted. Instead of arriving wiith an idea, we striive to truely understand the place before attempting anythiing. :: to see if we can't create somethiing completely resilient in all aspects.
If thiis project works here, we would hope it could be repeated respectfully for more provinces on the 7,107 other islands in the Philippines. 
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Our team is planniing to stay around for a year in and around the beautiful Philippines, and would love for everyone to come visit!!! [Surf, skate, and build!] Come help and liive the island liife..!!!!

Currently we are trying to learn the local ways, discover the numerous ideas and plans already in place, and work towards getting the best parcel of land possible for a Resilient Bayanihan Center.  Updates can be found via the various interweb siite below!