High Street South
Can discrete buildings collectively elevate the urban skyline?
CAZA’s design for High Street South redefines the cultural core of Manila’s Bonifacio Global City by merging energy-efficient, modular architecture with a richly layered urban fabric. The master plan orchestrates neighborhood, district, and city scales through a central spine that links a series of stratified public spaces—echoing the principles of metabolic architecture where systems of circulation, culture, and ecology are interwoven into a dynamic whole.
Location
Manila, Philippines
Research Areas Parametric Design
Typology Urban Design
Size
Extra Large
Status Complete
Project Team Carlos ArnaizLaura del PinoMarc Leverant
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The development introduces a collection of hybridized mixed-use towers. Each building integrates a gradient of uses: eco-industrialized mobility and retail zones activate the public ground level; semi-private recreation and amenity spaces occupy intermediate floors; and private residential areas—comprising urban villas, terraced apartments, and lofts—crown the towers. This parametric design strategy responds fluidly to programmatic demands while enhancing resilience and flexibility for future adaptation.
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The facades employ playful, idiosyncratic grids that reflect the buildings’ internal stratification, creating a coherent visual language and a lively texture across the skyline. With its focus on sustainability, public life, and architectural identity, High Street South exemplifies how a network of resilient, modular buildings can collectively elevate not just the skyline, but the lived experience of an urban center.
