1885 Quirino

Edges make enclaves in Manila's oldest warehouse districts. As the first industrial center in the Philippines, Pandacan remains bustling, held in an ever fast-paced transitory state as newly built transport routes like the new Skyway entangled with the main artery of Quirino Avenue and the bubbling esteros determine and invite more diverse populations to the area, and thus the need for different commercial establishments.

Bordered by two manufacturing districts and the historic waterway of Estero De Pandacan, this 1885 property had been primarily employed for logistics and dry storage services must consider its reconstruction as indispensable to responding to and providing new uses that can hold many opportunities for attracting and serving more contemporary markets alongside improving the site and its surroundings. This adaptive reuse and reconstruction project navigates a complex site with a straightforward program that considers security, maintains logisitical capabilities, yet is future-proofed in the way it can transform through different possible uses.

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