“We wanted the space to look and feel bigger, the areas to become more cohesive, and to create spaces where we can spend more activities and quality time together”
—ANNE ALONSO
or a small family of three who travel a lot, a functional city apartment would seem ideal. Anne Alonso, a managing director at a multinational investment bank and financial services company, often goes on business trips and at times shuttles between Manila and Negros along with her husband Giacomo and 8-year-old son Iago. Like many others, their lifestyle and needs changed during the pandemic. The isolation made them realise the value of having a warm and cosy shelter in the middle of the city. “We lived a fast life in a ‘fast home’ and I somehow neglected the value of a sacred space where
