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Chapter 1
Introduction
Urban hub is a mixed- use buildings and development with a simply design
a stand-alone building that does not sustainability utilized resources and spaces but
also provides the city inhabitants to integrate work, home, shopping, transportation
live a lower-stress life without complete dependence on a car for mobility and
survival. The public has embraced the concept across the nation as the most
metropolitan area in the Philippines and one of the top five most populous
provinces in the country. Cebu City, as the capital is dubbed as the “Queen City of
the South”. The province is known as the “Lechon Capital of the World.” Cebu
city's proximity to many islands, beaches, hotel and resorts, diving locations and
heritage sites, high domestic and foreign tourist arrivals have fueled the city's
tourism industry. Due to its geographic location, accessibility by air, land and sea
transportation, Cebu City has become the tourist gateway to Central and Southern
Philippines. And because of that, Cebu City be the main center of commerce, trade,
education and industry. In a decade it has transformed into a global hub for business
the strategic location of Cebu made the province a hub in the country that links to
that idea, the researcher creates this proposal, Urban Hub that aims to prevent the
traffic congestion and also to entertain its users. This proposal may be the catalyst
to prevent the traffic problem in Cebu City, it may be the first of its kind and it will
Cebu City be the main center of commerce, trade, education and industry
in Visayas Region. In a decade it has transformed into a global hub for business
existing roads and the problem about undisciplined drivers and the continue
Cebu City and in other nearby cities shown in a data that out of the 7,463,393
motor vehicles registered nationwide as of last December 2018, there are 625,318
terminal and the commercial building with a focus on safety and security,
via a mixed use residential and commercial area. People are encouraged to make
community. This study provides an opportunity for the City of Cebu to create a
design that will apply the new invented technologies to a transport system and
a commercial facility that will use to show the important role as the business
The researcher shows the role of identity in architecture and how this
be the answer for traffic congestion a long-term problem of the city. It will give
the industry of Cebu continually enhance not only by their infrastructure but
also to their tourism. In architecture, it will be the future template and a guide
in designing and planning this kind of projects. To the future researcher, this
study will help to give information and reference in any projects that are related
to this proposal.
terminal and a mixed-use commercial building and apply the new invented
urban planning aspects. The research also looks at environmental policies and
strategies.
I.VI. Definition of Terms
chain.
Innovation Hub- a place which provides facilities to nurture new ideas and
Transit Centers- are sheltered waiting areas located where several bus routes