STREET LAYOUTS – Radial Network

PUBLIC SPACES

 Quezon Memorial Circle

 Lung Center of the Philippines
 East Avenue Medical Center
 Quezon City Hall
 SM City North EDSA
 TriNoma
 UP Town Center
 Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center
 Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Church
 Philcoa Bus-Jeepney Terminal
 U.P. Wet Market
 Philippine Statistics Authority Ofiice
BUILDING DESIGNS
IMPACT ON THE OVERALL URBAN IMAGE.
In a bid to restore green spaces in the city and create opportunities for economic exchange, relaxation and
recreation, the Quezon City Government plans to redevelop the Quezon Memorial Circle (QMC).
The project’s master redevelopment plan took into consideration the construction, among others, of the
MRT-7 station within the park.
“Quezon Memorial Circle is one of the assets of QC and is considered one of the major nodes of the
City’s ‘Green Lung Network’ where families can enjoy green open spaces for outdoor activities. With this
redevelopment plan, we are not just focusing on beautification per se but more on a purposeful design that
our QCitizens will use and enjoy,” Mayor Joy Belmonte said.
The master redevelopment plan allocates approximately 70% of QMC to major green areas such as picnic
grounds and children’s playgrounds, themed gardens, and areas for urban farming. The plan also features
a multi-purpose field for football, softball, baseball, frisbee and other activities.
In line with the city’s efforts in urban farming and gardening, botanical gardens will also be created with
modular kiosks for the existing plant vendors in the park.

Transportation:

Public transportation within the city, like in most of the urban areas in the Philippines,
is facilitated mostly using inexpensive jeepneys and buses. Tricycles give access to
more secluded areas, while taxi cabs are available to navigate any course.

Railway

Currently, two elevated light rail systems and one heavy rail system run through
Quezon City: LRT 1 – at EDSA (C-4) connecting North Avenue and Baclaran (Manila)
LRT 2 – at Aurora Boulevard (R-6) connecting Santolan (Pasig City) and C.M.Recto
Avenue (Manila), and MRT 3 – at EDSA (C-4) from Taft Avenue (R-2 in Pasay City) to
North Avenue.

An elevated rail transit system (MRT-4) that was supposed to follow the general
alignment of Quezon and Commonwealth Avenues (R-7) was shelved. In its place, a 22
kilometer rail system will be built. The MRT-7 project will commence at North Avenue,
connecting the MRT-3 at its northern terminus. It will then go through Commonwealth
Avenue, then through Regalado, Quirino Highway, ending in San Jose del Monte,
Bulacan. The system has a proposed spur line to connect itself to MRT-2 in Katipunan,
passing through the University of the Philippines Diliman and Katipunan Avenue.
Guia J. (2012, July 21). Quezon Memorial Circle: A Famous Historical Park in Quezon City.
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Circle-A-Famous-Historical-Park-in-Quezon-City

Restructured Urban Form:

8 parcels of land were cut into approximately one kilometer square (100
hectare/245 acre) segments.
To help nurture social “efficiency,” land in each neighbourhood unit was
divided along clear-cut lines: 60% dedicated to low-rise housing (sited in
400 sq. metre, 800 sq. metre, and 2,000 sq. metre plots); 3% for school
premises; 12% for parks; 18% for roadways; and, 7% for shops and the
community hub.9 Facilities such as health centres, recreational halls,
community halls, police stations, fire stations, and more were recognized
as being vital to the city’s and, so, nation’s development. Put simply,
activities occurring within the bounds of Quezon City were to
synchronize with the course of national evolution.
Issuu. (2022) Quezon City: Asia’s Lesser-Known Planned Capital City
Retrieved from https://issuu.com/iias/docs/iias_nl93_full/s/17074697

Quezon City’s urban plan was designed so that major government offices and
facilities were located around the circle: The Department of Agriculture, the DENR,
the Philippine Heart Center, the Lung Center of the Philippines, the Central Bank,
Land Bank of the Philippines, and more.
Limos, M.A (2023, March 27). I Asked to See Manuel Quezon's Tomb. To My Surprise, the
Guards Opened the Crypt. Esquire. Retrieved from https://www.bing.com/images/search?
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Triangle Park : Quezon City's Central Busines District

The commercial and business district(CBD) of a city showcases its progress and
development. It represents a city in a micro level. It won't be presumptuous to
conclude that most cities with bustling and progressive CBD are the most dynamic
and progressive ones.
Quezon City was originally planned as a residential, educational and government
institutions' district. Among the cities in Metro Manila, it has the best urban and
residential zoning plan. It also has ample real estate for future developments. A few
years back, the city's local government has decided to utilize these available real
properties in the city to build its very own comprehensive commercial and business
district that is comparable, if not better than the best CBD's in Metro Manila. The
Quezon City local government together with the National Housing Authority, which
owns most of these real properties for development, have planned the establishment of
Quezon City's Central Business District called the Triangle Park.

The Triangle Park is also fringed by other government institutions along its East Avenue border : The
Quezon City Hall, SSS , LTO, The Heart Center and East Avenue Medical Center. The inclusion of
government offices and institutions makes this new CBD a comprehensive business district. These
institutional locators give it an edge over other CBD's where government offices and institutions
seldom exist and are mostly comprised of private locators.

The Triangle Park development comprises of five major districts : Triangle Exchange, Emporium,
Downtown Hub, Commons, and Residence Districts. Each of this districts will have it own type of
development, usage and locators. These five major districts will also have its own sub-districts.
"The Triangle Park's five major districts are mixed use, anchored on major uses – mixed use with
retail on ground floor, transit oriented mixed use, mixed-use commercial, mixed-use residential,
mixed use institutional and commercial. Mixed uses with ground floor retail will be located along
the main Park Lane roads that loop around Triangle Park. Comprising the largest portion (20%) of
total built space, these can be commercial/office/residential/institutional maximizing ground floor
retail. This is followed by Mixed-use Commercial with 19% which is hinged upon office uses. Mixed-
use Institutional sprawling over 13% of the area, is essentially institutional or related to the
administration of government, the Triangle Park area being originally envisioned to be the
National Government Center.
Mixed-use Transit Development will cover 3% of the area. These are compact developments built
around the GMA-Kamuning and Quezon Avenue MRT Stations. They have higher densities,
walkable scale, and a mix of uses including residential, retail, office, institutional and commercial.
Mixed Use Residential (2%) will have predominantly residential land use, with commercial
amenities to serve its residents."

"The following are the threshold guidelines for building heights in identified districts in Triangle
Park:
35-45 Storeys – Icon Towers located at the Triangle Exchange/Emporium Districts. These will be
the tallest buildings on site and together with Quezon Memorial on the opposite side of the area will
be signature icons of Quezon City.
15-25 Storeys – The rest of the Triangle Exchange and the Emporium Districts will have buildings
having 15-25 storeys; less intense than the Icon Towers but more intense than the Residential and
Downtown Hub districts.
6-20 Storeys – The buildings in the Downtown Hub and Residences will be 6-20 storeys in height
to establish an undulating pattern to the skyline profile, from the taller icon towers dipping down
but ascending again around the District Green of the Downtown Hub
4-8 Storeys – Buildings towards North Avenue, Elliptical Road and East Avenue to allow views of
the Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife and the Quezon Memorial Circle."

A CBD with big parks and plenty of gardens :

The Triangle park will be a very green and eco-friendly CBD. The North and East
Triangles already have existing big parks and forested areas with mature
hardwood trees which will be incorporated the Triangle Park development. This
would make Triangle Park the greenest CBD in Metro Manila. Other parts of
the CBD's landscape would be enhanced with greenery with the addition of
pocket parks interspersed among its road network and waterways.

Anonymous. (2013, April 01). Development : Triangle Park - The New Quezon City Central
Business District. Retrieved from
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The new president worked with Arellano on a new master plan which involved
creating a quadrangle bounded by four avenues—East, West, South, and North—at the
heart of the city. Principal streets would extend from the quadrangle to the city limits.
There would be eight rotundas for the city, 11 thoroughfares, and a 26-hectare Quezon
Memorial Circle at the intersection of Quezon Boulevard, East and North Avenues.
The Master Plan made the provision that street names represent a historical event,
patriot, or province in the Philippines. We see this executed in the names of major
thoroughfares: Katipunan Parkway, Liberation Avenue, Malaya Avenue and Luzon,
Visayas and Mindanao avenues.
It is interesting to note how much of the master plan was realized. Of all the
constitutional bodies, only the legislative branch was established in Quezon City. The
Diliman Quadrangle, Quezon City Hall and the Quezon Memorial likewise saw
fruition. Quezon Memorial, today, is bordered by the elliptical road. An aerial view of
Commonwealth, Visayas, North, Quezon, East and Kalayaan Avenues reveal that they
radiate from the memorial like spokes from a wheel. It recalls the Arc de Triomphe,
from which Parisian streets emanate in a similar fashion.

Lacuesta, M.K. (2017, July 19). How a President's Dream of the Perfect City Became Quezon
City.Esquire, Retrieved from https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/quezon-city-was-designed-
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A walkable city is a city where all my activities are within ‘walking reach,’ seniors,
children, and PWDs included.
features a walkable and bike-friendly district with landscaped sidewalks and bikeways,
and connected open spaces.
In the East Triangle CBD Master Plan—which includes areas around Elliptical Road, Quezon
and East Avenues—are neatly organized into sub-districts (residential, commercial, green
open spaces) with easy access to existing MRT Stations and EDSA, minimizing the need for
cars.

Medina, Rachelle. (2020, February 22). A Reimagined Metro Manila Through the Eyes of
Urban Planners. Spot.ph. Retrieved from https://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/newsfeatures-
peopleparties/80932/reimagining-metro-manila-urban-planners-a371-20200222-lfrm2?
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