A registered and licensed architect and environmental planner with eight (8) years of experience in architecture, design, urban planning, and project management. He is skilled in conceptual design, analysis, and planning. Currently, he works in the private sector as a planning associate—drafting comprehensive land use plans, development plans, tourism circuit plans, et cetera.
M's architectural style is influenced by local culture and vernacular designs, shaped by site conditions. He has worked on numerous projects across the Philippines, covering residential, commercial, healthcare, and hospitality sectors, as well as municipal, city, provincial, regional, and national level planning initiatives. He has currently planned over 2.8 million hectares of land and worked on over 12 thousand square meters of architectural floor space.
M's interests lie in active mobility and multi-modal transport. He espouses traditional considerations and modern approaches for a greener future in architecture and planning, integrating and mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation to create living and thriving communities for all peoples.