Weary of the decaying city life, architect and environment planner Ronnie Yumang and his family moved to an idyllic place in Alfonso, Cavite. In 2019, they acquired a 2-hectare forested area in Barangay Sulsugin, which had an abandoned poultry storage and barracks.
Yumang is a proponent of regenerative architecture, which not only counteracts the damaging effects of construction on the environment, but actually provides a positive impact on the place. A regenerative design construct with materials that offset carbon, uses the site to create a home ground for species and restores the lost diversity of plants and animals.
The architect named the place Maka Forest Villas…
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