Rediscovering A City’s Identity:

Design Remedies Towards Revitalization of the Quezon City Quadrangle Streetscape

Rediscovering A City’s Identity:

Design Rem edies Towards
Revitalization of the Quezon City Quadrangle Streetscape

ABSTRACT

More often than not, the pedestrian experience of a city gives substantial definition to its
livability, enjoyment, and sustainability. Such experience includes the pedestrian’s
encounter with the natural and built environment that, as has been studied many times
over, is most comfortable and appealing when balance is achieved between what is
natural and what is man-made. Creating this balance in the urban community naturally
becomes the ultimate goal which urban designers work towards, whether through new
design or remedial recommendations.

The streetscape is a significant part of the city’s pedestrian experience. Physical

improvement of streets, boulevards, alleyways, sidewalks, commercial/residential front
yards, and street furniture, with aesthetic and anthropometric considerations, is an
improvement of the city’s pedestrian-friendliness. Henceforth, pedestrian-friendly cities
encourage increased pedestrian activity, which then brings about economic and social
growth that may then stimulate pride of place among the inhabitants.

The Quezon City Quadrangle, which consists of the North, East, South, and West
Triangles, is an area that may significantly benefit from physical improvement of its
streetscape. This research attempts to propose landscape design remedies for the study
area that will encourage safe, convenient, comfortable, and rich pedestrian activity.
Recreating the city’s visual and historical identity through design coherence, consistency,

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Design Remedies Towards Revitalization of the Quezon City Quadrangle Streetscape

and continuity is as well an objective of this investigation. Furthermore, this exploration

intends to inspire researches and design models for other cities in the country having
similar endeavors. Site visit and analysis, photo documentation, photo mapping, and
unstructured person-on-the-street interviews will be conducted. As a take-off point, the
study will closely refer to relevant primary and secondary research data to obtain
information on acceptable standards for pedestrian-friendly urban streetscape design, on
which thereafter a carefully drafted design proposal for the study area will be based.

The research proposes that there is a significant need for revitalization of the Quezon City
Quadrangle. Moreover, the investigation presupposes that a revitalized streetscape for
the study area will contribute to the rediscovery, or possibly to the establishment, of the
community’s identity as a city of rich economic, social, historic and pedestrian-friendly
attributes.

Keywords: pedestrian, pedestrian-friendly, streetscape, pedestrian activity, urban

landscape

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Design Remedies Towards Revitalization of the Quezon City Quadrangle Streetscape

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1. To propose landscape and streetscape design remedies for the Quezon City
Quadrangle that will encourage safe, comfortable, rich, and convenient pedestrian
activity.
2. To recreate the city’s visual and historical identity through design coherence,
consistency, and continuity.
3. With Quezon City as a paradigm for reference, to inspire future researches and
design models for other cities in the country having similar endeavors.

METHODOLOGY

1. Reference to relevant case studies, other primary research data, and secondary
research data
2. Photo documentation
3. Photo mapping
4. Unstructured person-on-the-street interviews
5. Site visit and analysis

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