Ecological Design Strategy

Baguio Cottages Landscape Renovation project is based on the precious treasury of Baguio's unique local Luzon Tropical Pines Forest to design an ecological cottage achieving a healthy life for all visitors. The landscape design strategy aims at comfort, vibrant and sustainability goals to be matched with recreational, social networking, fitness activities to enhance the cottage into an enriched ecological value.

ECOLOGICAL DESIGN STRATEGY

The ecological design strategy creates a natural flow along the existing site conditions. Preserve the existing pine forest as streetscape canopy, framing the new green shrubs and different textured ground cover stripes along the main terraces and trails to highlight the natural beauty of the forest. Instead of concrete drainages, the design refines dry creek garden with local volcanic breccia rocks to naturalize the appearance of the waterway.