PLACEMAKING
Spaces for the Archipelago
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Meaning archipelago, KAPULUAN, is a coalition to revitalise and regenerate the cultural and creative landscape of our islands.
Designed through adaptive reuse or neo-vernacular architecture, these are spaces co-created with communities to house traditional ecological knowledge to create intergenerational conversations for systems transformation grounded in culture.
This can range from Island Design Labs, libraries, playgrounds, classrooms, educational centers, cultural centers, community centers, community kitchens, and public gardens.
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Designed through adaptive reuse or neo-vernacular architecture, these are spaces co-created with communities to house traditional ecological knowledge to create intergenerational conversations for systems transformation grounded in culture.
This can range from Island Design Labs, libraries, playgrounds, classrooms, educational centers, cultural centers, community centers, community kitchens, and public gardens.
Led by the Tukod Foundation in collaboration with artist collective Arkipelago Mundo, Youth-led NGOs Kids for Kids and For the Future, Solar power NGO One Million Lights, Water and Sanitation NGO Waves for Water, and Agroforesty and Food Sovereignity NGO The Cacao Project.
BAYAY HALIAN
Pilot Placemaking Project
BAYAY HALIAN, is an island creative space & community kitchen in the remote Island of Halian which is a part of the largest protected seascape and landscape in the country [SIPLAS], that regenerates island traditions from culinary to craft, and educates young people on culture-based climate solutions, how nature brings good food to the table, and how creativity can make this all possible. It will be pioneering what it means to truly craft and design around the climate of our archipelago. It is about time designers, creatives, and artists come together to change this system.
BAYAY HALIAN will be located on Halian Island, a small remote island in between Dinagat and Siargao island. It is home to 1100 people and is home to abundant marine life, sea turtles, and one of the most creative communities we have come to know.
BAYAY HALIAN is only the beginning to set an example of how schools should be and look like on our islands. After being ravaged by Typhoon Odette in 2021, it took DepEd 4 years to rebuild the classrooms and only a month later are they filled with leaks. We believe BAYAY HALIAN is necessary to prove to people it is possible to design good spaces for the future generations of Filipinos.
BAYAY HALIAN is designed in collaboration with Bea Rodriguez, Bea Carague, Janelle Gan, and the teachers of Halian Island, under the guidance of Arch. Angelo Mañosa of Mañosa & Co., and mentor Arch. Dong Ping Wong of Food Architects New York.
PRODUCTION & PUBLISHING
Education for the Archipelago
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Books, films, and other forms of media about our archipelago’s biodiversity and creativity for various audiences to expand the appreciation and knowledge on our land, sea, and people.
BOOKS & PRINT Crafting books, curriculum, and printed material on various topics centered around archipelagic wisdom, culture, and nature, design and independent artist monographs, and educational material on being Filipino
FILMS & VIDEO Films and video on the stories of our archipelago - our land, sea, and people captured under new light, led, directed and produced by local filmmakers and passionate Filipinos looking to revitalize our stories.
MUSIC & AUDIO From new island music and sonic experiences, to elevating the stories of our islands through sound, our goal is to continue documenting our oral traditions through the medium they were created in.
BOOKS & PRINT Crafting books, curriculum, and printed material on various topics centered around archipelagic wisdom, culture, and nature, design and independent artist monographs, and educational material on being Filipino
FILMS & VIDEO Films and video on the stories of our archipelago - our land, sea, and people captured under new light, led, directed and produced by local filmmakers and passionate Filipinos looking to revitalize our stories.
MUSIC & AUDIO From new island music and sonic experiences, to elevating the stories of our islands through sound, our goal is to continue documenting our oral traditions through the medium they were created in.
FESTIVALS & EXHIBITIONS
Celebrating the Archipelago
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Experiences that embody our archipelago and reimagine how we understand our identity through crafting festivals, exhibitions,and other forms of gathering to celebrate our stories.This includes our Biennale event, Pista ng Kapuluan or Archipelago Festival.
TANAW
Tanaw, meaning vision, is Tukod Foundations annual silent auction and supper club fundraiser. It hopes to highlight the works of national artists and Filipino visionaries to support the next generation of cultural leaders by raising funds for Tukod’s placemaking projects that focus on liberating access to creative industries, design education and culture-based livelihood. In 2025, we are hosting the first edition of Tanaw with TOYO, celebrating and auctioning the works of Bobby Mañosa as a pioneer of Filipino Environmental toys - Bobi Toys which was launched in the 70s. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the foundation,Tanaw has a goal of completing Tukod’s first culture and climate school on Halian Island Siargao, featuring a community kitchen and library.
PISTA NG KAPULUAN
Pista ng Kapuluan or Archipelago Festival is a biennale hosted in the Philippines focusing on archipelagic culture, heritage, and wisdom. Through various formats of art, media, and design, we hope to be able to bring a cultural resurgence into cities that have forgotten they too are islands. The first edition happened last November 30, 2024 at Museo Pambata.
ARKIPELAGO CONVENTION
Alongside the Archipelago Festival is the Archipelago Convention that aims to draft up concrete culture and ecological based plans for communities across the Philippines, and soon across Asia-Pacific. Our hope is to drive more culture-based climate solutions as the foundation for sustainable development within local communities. We also wish to provide a larger platform for intergenerational conversations, and convergences between cultural bearers and youth to champion indigenous wisdom.
DESIGNERTH: DISENYO MUNDO
Designerth or disenyo mundo is a gathering for systems change though discourse and roundtable discussions on ecology and storytelling. We hope to bridge the gap between disciplines and industries such as artists, scientits, business leaders or educators to find their intersections at designing solutions with and for nature and humanity for collective wellbeing.
AWIT AT LARO
Founded by Bambi Mañosa-Tanjutco and Gary Valenciano, Awit at Laro is a movement to revive Filipino games and play. Though 20 songs about Filipino childhood games, past-times, and reimagined traditional folk songs, this movement began through an entire album featuring notable Filipino artists from Gary V, Lea Salonga, Anne Curtis, and Joey Ayala. It then inspired an exhibition, performances and shows by the artists around archipelago, to workshops that inspired students and teachers alike to bring culture to life even inside classrooms. Tukod hopes to continue regenerating this movement in collaboration with the Shining light foundation.
BARO AT SAYA
Baro at Sayá was a fashion show featuring local designers to create pieces inspired by the Awit at Laro album. The fashion show presented unique collections inspired by traditional street games and promotes Filipino culture and heritage by local designers Paloma Zobel, Rajo Laurel, Anne Marie Saguil, Marga Nograles, Len Cabili, Zarah Juan, Ito Curata, and Rhett Eala.