Redenza Suites

Makati City, Philippines, 2014

In our continued exploration of building skins, we’ve asked — what if a façade could do more than just enclose? What if it could cool, filter, express, and even grow?

Designed as a co-living residence for migrant workers in the heart of Makati, Redenza Suites reimagines the façade as a living, performative surface. Here, the building envelope isn’t just about aesthetics — it’s a multi-functional skin made of aluminum planters, doubling as a brise-soleil, a privacy veil, and a green filter for light, wind, and views.

The result:

A building that mitigates heat, invites airflow, softens the harshness of urban density, and quite literally comes to life.

Here, aluminum fins and planting merged to create a rhythmic privacy screen. Vegetation becomes an active element — not decorative, but integral to how the building breathes, behaves, and connects with the people it houses.

More than form, the green skin represents a belief:

That architecture for shared living can still feel personal, nurturing, and dignified.