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THREE APPROACHES IN
CONFLICT
Questions to explore
Basilica de Jesus
Nazareno
Traffic management:
Late 19th- early 20th centuries
APPROACH 1: PRIVATE
BALCONIES IN A PUBLIC
THEATER
Space in Hispanic
settlements
Hispanic = Broader than Spanish.
Can apply to other societies formerly
within the empire
Part of a new
urbanism
in
European
cities.
Streetscapes
now had a
public
character.
Question:
Why are sidewalk cafs finally becoming
popular in Metro Manila? What cultural need
do they respond to?
APPROACH 2: ENCLOSED
PRIVATE SPACES ALONG A
CAR CORRIDOR
1. Setback for
buildings
2. Parking ON
sidewalks
3. Destruction of
portico over
sidewalk
Photo of Calle San
Fernando, Binondo
APPROACH 3: TRANSIENT
PRIVATE POSSESSION OF
PUBLIC SPACE
Space in Indigenous
settlements
Indigenous = Native, original culture
before the coming of Chinese, Indian,
Islamic and Western influences
Vending at Hidalgo
The barangay
The barangay
1. Basic settlement and political unit. Numbered
30 to 100 houses (Fray Juan de Plasencia
1589)
2. In coastal areas, Tagalog barangays clustered
together from 4 to 12 (Padre Chirino 1604)
3. But each datu was the authority in his
barangay.
4. Came from the most important family in the
settlement. Followers in varying degrees of
dependency upon him and his family
Public space?
Was each barangay open
to visits by non-members?
No,
each barangay
guarded its resources.
Outsiders caught hunting
or
fishing
without
permission were enslaved
(Alcina 1668)
Space in the prehispanic
barangay: private preserve
for
the datu and his
kindred, secondarily for the
followers
Observations
Given priority: the Street as a thoroughfare
for private vehicles
In parts of the city, also prioritized: the
Street as space that can be claimed by
business persons
De-emphasized: The Street as a public
theater to be enjoyed by all, especially by
pedestrians.
Contradiction
Streets as thoroughfares for cars get stalled by masses
of vendors at certain points
Examples: EDSA at Balintawak and at Pasay Taft
leading to Baclaran
Lately Pedro Gil in Manila
Contradiction
Though we are supposedly a democracy,
our cities ignore the needs and rights of
the vast majority who do not own private
vehicles, and who must do some walking.
Though the capital city, Manila has been
allowed to degrade visually.
A PROPOSED SYNTHESIS:
THE WALKABLE STREET
Salamat po!