Resident Satisfaction

Quality of Open Spaces

The open spaces within the village are very poor. These spaces are disorganized, almost organic to a point, and are not clean. It lacks outdoor furniture (i.e. lamp posts, benches) and is not even definite. These open spaces may simply be the un-paved streets or paths that are also being used for community interaction. The width of the streets and the water area of the site provide potentially good breathing spaces.

Quality of Pedestrian Spaces

Without physically defined spaces for pedestrian use, the community had to come up with make-shift structures made of local materials. At present state, these structures are in bad conditions and are located in unsuitable portions of the site. The streets are also readily being used as interaction areas.

Quality of Residential Spaces

Since there the GK Waterlily is situated within an existing site, there is no uniformity in the images of the residential structures inside the site. Some residential units are more developed while others are completely blighted. There are only two distinct Gawad Kalinga Units. The first unit owned by Mrs. Mary Humawid is completed and is now bounded by a makeshift periphery wall made of galvanized iron sheets. The second unit is a duplex-type residence, each half of the duplex owned by siblings Feliz Urqiuola, Jr. and Mrs. Aladad. The unit is still under construction and the owners are currently living in a makeshift settlement adjacent to the construction.

Quality of Security

The quality of the security within the site is poor. Since there isn’t a definite air of friendliness within the neighborhood and considering the variations of the income brackets living in the site, there is a tendency for the well-off to construct high walls and fences to gain their own sense of security. This alienates the other structures of the neighborhood.

Quality of Vehicular Space

The width of the streets are adequate for pedestrian traffic but since tricycles are the immediate mode of transportation within the site (second to walking), the street width can be poor. However, it is more practiced by the residents to be dropped off the entrance point of the site and to walk to their respective houses. At this point, security becomes and issue. There are also no provisions for parking leaving residents no choice but to park along the streets, further crowding the pathwalks.