Mixed Use Proposal Essay

Feasibility Study Project Proposal

Three-Storey Mixed-use Building in Barangay Tabangao Ambulong, Batangas City

Introduction Designing, owning, or managing a mixed-use facility- especially considering the slowing economy and an ever-growing concern about the environment- means there’s an opportunity for multiple challenges, but also opens the door to multiple opportunities. Mixed-use building reduced distances between housing, workplace, retail businesses, other amenities and destinations. Vertically mixed-use facilities are beneficial because they reduce long-term maintenance costs of individual buildings. They not only conserve valuable land resources but also brighten communities and present opportunities for building efficiency, energy efficiency and sustainability. Its benefits are walkable, bike-able neighbourhoods; increased accessibility via transit, both resulting in reduced transport costs. Diversification of uses in mixed-use facilities aids greatly in efficiently. The traditional horizontal mixed-use communities are much more land consumptive. Mixed use building was given a boost by the emergence of the broader concept of new urbanism. According to Fullerton Diaz an architect and a developer, “In general, mixed-use buildings are very productive thing. They’re good for the neighbourhood because they bring activity and

Batangas City, the capital of Batangas Province has a total land area of more or less 28,541.44 hectares. It has a rolling terrain that ranges from 0% to 30% in slope. Its highest point is Mount Banoy in Barangay Talumpok Silangan which is 968 meters above sea lebel and about 13.50 kilometers east of the Poblacion. The city’s coastal Barangay starting from Sta. Rita Aplaya from the north down to Tabangao Ambulong on South are nearly level at 0% to