About us. CONCEP is the acronym for Consultants for Comprehensive

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2 About us CONCEP is the acronym for Consultants for Comprehensive Environmental Planning, Inc. a professional design and planning firm established in It was co-founded by two architectsplanners, Leon M. Mayo and Nathaniel von Einsiedel. Over the last 30 years, CONCEP has been involved in the design conception of a wide variety of construction and land development projects. For these projects, CONCEP s professional experience and technical network of resources enabled it to impart a creative and practical work methodology. From a wider viewpoint, the principals and associates of CONCEP have supported the government for its public sector design and urban planning requirement. In this light, CONCEP s design outlook remains broad and modern as it maintains productive interaction with the private sector, national agencies (NEDA, DILG, APT and others), local governments, (numerous cities, towns and provinces), and foreign funding institutions (World Bank, Asian Development Bank, USAID, UNCHS and others).

3 3 Services CONCEP s mainline services involve Architectural Design and Urban Planning. In its quest for better project viability, CONCEP takes a hands-on role not only for the main works at hand, but also for complementary work ranging from pre-planning to preconstruction activities. Pre-planning activities may include the preparation of regional economic studies, visioning and inception reports, and business plans. Pre-construction activities on the other hand confirm posed planning theories and include initial value engineering works, preparation of survey and marketing materials, and liaison with concerned government agencies. CONCEP s expertise is available in the following principal forms: A. Architecture and Project Administration Design conceptualization and development Contract documents Construction supervision Construction administration ming and budgeting Urban revitalization and heritage promotion Development incentive packaging C. Community Planning and Urban Design Master-planned communities Neighborhood structure and land use Pedestrian-friendly movement system D. Alliance for Local Economic Development Economic growth trends analysis Regional environmental management Integrated area development E. Regional Planning and Urban Growth Management Sub-regional growth policies and structure Area-wide economic incentives packaging Inter-local alliances for services delivery Planning for environmental sustainability B. City Development Strategies Economic competitiveness analysis Capital investments planning, program-

4 4 Concep Network The Urban Partnerships Foundation (UPF) CONCEP is cognizant that in the end, projects are made for people and markets, and where the more consistently successful projects can only be those whose design, planning and implementation requirements have been more substantively and rigorously addressed. CONCEP projects are ingrained with a competitiveness that arise from many years of practical design, planning experience and interaction with countless project proponents, development managers and policy makers. Today CONCEP, together with its network of eminent development specialists, is proud to remain at the forefront of development. This network of consultants are acknowledged practitioners in the country and includes the Urban Partnerships Foundation (UPF) whose founding members are prominent urban practitioners from Asia Pacific countries, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, USA, Canada and Australia. UPF is a knowledge sharing network formed in 2002 to help address and manage the effects of rapid urbanization in the Asia Region. Its purpose is to help make cities better places. While headquartered in the Philippines, its members consist of international urban development practitioners who formerly comprised the UN Habitat s International Panel of Experts. Today, it continues to be headed by Architect Nathaniel Von Einsiedel who is also its founder. Today, the UPF members engage in regional advocacy consultancy work for governments and multi-lateral and bilateral support agencies. In brief, the UPF is described as follows: UPF is a professional, independent non-profit policy, research and knowledge sharing organization dedicated to the improvement of the quality and standards of urban management and development. UPF s mission is to provide responsible leadership in the effective, equitable, efficient, and sustainable management of urban areas in order to enhance the total living environment. UPF brings together the people able to influence the outcome of important issues related to urban management and the built environment. UPF facilitates the exchange of relevant and current knowledge and information about urban management and development to all its members and affiliates. UPF helps build and strengthen capabilities in urban management of the public and private sectors especially in developing countries. UPF is founded on the principles of international cooperation. It relies heavily on the experience of its members and affiliates which includes prominent practitioners of urban management and development from 17 countries. All urban practitioners have the opportunity to participate in and benefit from the UPF.

5 Recent projects CONCEP provides planning, design and management studies for various projects that are mostly located in different areas of the Philippines and elsewhere. The projects types range from standalone building projects to private real estate developments to regional master plans. In support of the physical design, many of CONCEP s larger projects also include the preparation of site strategic analysis, project business plans and institutional arrangements for project implementation and operations. The clients of CONCEP are a cross section of landowners, businessmen, industrialists and institutions from the private sector as well as towns, cities, and national / international agencies from the public sector. In the following pages are examples of some of CONCEP s more recent projects.

6 6 Architectural Design Projects La Vista Residence Quezon City Subdivision Park Development Pasig City Commercial Building Bacolod City Westgrove Residence Cavite

7 7 Heritage Restoration Projects Ancestral House San Juan, Batangas Governor s Mansion Sariaya, Quezon Post-war Period Residence Roxas Blvd., Paranaque Father Blanco s Garden San Agustin Church, Intramuros

8 8 Retrofitting & Interior Works Apartment Penthouse Makati City Two-storey Residence Pasig City Restaurant Ortigas Center Apartments Abroad and in the Philippines

9 9 Site Master Planning Projects Business Park Bacolod City Heritage Zone Makati City Estate Development Project Silay City Satellite Business District Iloilo City

10 10 Regional & City Planning Projects Silay City Master Plan Silay City Makati City Redevelopment Vision for the 21st Century Makati City Ferry Terminal System Guimaras / Iloilo City SBFZ Comprehensive Master Planning Project Subic Bay Freeport Zone Downtown CBD Redevelopment Iloilo City

11 11 International Planning Workshops & Forums Good Governance, Poverty Reduction and Social Development / Asian Mayor s Forum Bangkok, Thailand Mayor s Asia Pacific Environmental Summit Honolulu, Hawaii, USA DILG Project Development and Management Course Canberra / Brisbane, Australia World Summit on Sustainable Development Johannesburg, South America

12 12 Principals Nathaniel von Einsiedel is a registered architect and urban planner. He was the first Commissioner for Planning in the Metro Manila Commission, serving for 10 years where he formulated and administered the first Metro Manila land-use and Zoning Ordinance, the Regional Development and Framework Plan and the Capital Investments Program. Today, he is the chairman of CONCEP, Inc. and Executive Director for the company s planning division. Over the years, he has serviced the broad urban planning concerns of both private and public sector where he remains a popular consultant, author and resource speaker for urban development matters today. He is a UAP and PIEP Fellow and was past president of PIEP and CREBA, respectively the country s foremost planning and real estate bodies. Outside the Philippines, he is an active consultant for international urban development projects and programs of foreign funding institutions such as World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and UN-Habitat. In the course of his career, he has served as Regional Director for Asia- Pacific of the UN Urban Management Program. He is presently a Trustee of the Center for Advanced Philippine Studies (CAPS) and the Heritage Conservation Society. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of the Philippines, Masters in Urban Planning from Columbia University in New York, U.S.A, and Ph.D in Public Administration from Pacific Western University in Hawaii, U.S.A. Leon M. Mayo is the President of CONCEP Inc. He is a registered architect and environmental planner with extensive project design and planning experience. In the course of professional practice, he has serviced a wide variety of private and public sector projects. As a principal designer for the firm, his works covers a range of designs for developments with specialty and contemporary styles, heritage adaptive reuse projects and themed developments. Early in his career, his work activities involved modular and systems building as well as the export supply of pre-fabricated building components and accessories. Today he is in charge of CONCEP administration and is the company principal in charge of architectural and construction projects. From a wider standpoint, Architect Mayo is a consultant for public sector-based projects. His engagements have consisted of urban development planning consultancy work both at local and regional levels for LGUs, Government agencies and foreign funding institutions. At the regional level, he is a director of UPF, an international planning consulting company and has been involved with the UN-Habitat s Urban Management Program for Asia Pacific, the Honolulu-based MAPES program, and various regional planning conferences and symposiums. He graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture. He completed his graduate studies from Ateneo Graduate School of Business (Masters in Business Administration) and from Galillee College in Israel (Diplomate in Urban Economics Development).

13 Organizational framework Contact Us CONCEP operates from out of its own office in Makati City, Metro Manila where it started many years ago. CONCEP production is ably implemented by its veteran principals together with a select group of young and creative in-house technical staff. Depending on the nature of the project, an elite team of specialist and professional consultants who have worked with CONCEP over the years can be readily mobilized. The two main production divisions of CONCEP are: the URBAN PLANNING DIVISION and the ARCHITECTURAL DIVISION. CONCEP personnel consist of architects, planners, management specialist and general services staff who complement each other in the delivery of services to clients. CONCEP s third division is the AD- MINISTRATIVE DIVISION that sustains its day-today operations Asuncion St. Santiago Village, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines Tel. No.: (63-2) / (63-2) Fax: (63-2) concepinc@gmail.com Website: