Flooding in Cebu City puts the Monterrazas project of Slater Young under extreme criticism again.
Typhoon Tino triggered massive flooding in Cebu, reigniting online discussions about The Rise at Monterrazas of Slater Young.
Is the Monterrazas: The Rise project truly sustainable? This project is being spearheaded by Engineer Slater Young, and previously, he said that this project is aimed to be “architecturally forward, something that Cebu or the Philippines has never seen before,” with the promise that this will be built to be as sustainable as possible.
Monterrazas was criticized before due to the environmental concerns raised by a lot of people. The design is inspired by the Banaue Rice Terraces with some modern aesthetic take – beautiful, organic, and modern-looking. People online criticized this project, saying how ironic to build with a “green architecture agenda while destroying the natural environment.”
In a previous article, Slater addressed the issues of the Monterrazas and explained, “I appreciate everyone who took time to comment. Narinig namin lahat ng mga concerns ninyo, and we continue to engage even more expert groups and environmental advocates to look over our plans, and the goal here is to listen.”
Recently, the concerns and criticisms were raised anew. This is after the worst flooding to hit Cebu in recent history was recorded, and this was triggered by Typhoon Tino. The typhoon brought torrential rains across northern and central Cebu on Tuesday, November 4, triggering flash floods in densely populated urban centers and low-lying communities.
On a social media platform, lawyer Jesus Falcis said an older post of his criticizing the project’s location began circulating again.
“When a few people started messaging me directly how the Monterrazas Cebu was indeed contributing to flooding, I realized that people must be searching the word Monterrazas and they see my post which eerily called out the problem of flooding two years ago. Asan na kaya si Slater Young?” he wrote.
In another post, Falcis shared a clip of the current situation there, where the construction is still ongoing. The video has accordingly come from one of his “Cebuano tweety birds.”
Falcis’ caption reflected, “It can clearly be seen that construction is still on-going and KINAKALBO pa din ang BUNDOK.”
Several people in the comments aired their sentiments, and some of the statements were:
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