WHAT WE STAND FOR
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Land First. Architecture follows coastline, wind, water, and soil.
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People as Temple. Workers, elders, and youth are the sacred center.
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Culture Alive. Ilocano & Bago memory as daily practice: food, fiber, language, ritual.
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Regeneration Over Extraction. Tourism that heals what hosts it.
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Truth & Transparency. Clear reporting, clean governance, shared value.
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Generational Thinking. We build for the children of our children.
HOW WE BUILD
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Ancestral Futurism™: ancient intelligence, modern resilience, sacred form.
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Materials: engineered bamboo, rammed earth, lime‑earth plaster, stone.
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Forms: curved, monolithic, wind‑smart; fire‑safe and typhoon‑resistant.
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Atmosphere: soft light, quiet lines, ocean pathways, breathing spaces.
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Meaning: every structure is a story; every path is a prayer.
COMMUNITY EQUITY
20% of Aluminak is for the community.
Local artisans, long‑term staff, elders, youth apprentices, and partner families participate in a shared‑value pool so growth lifts the people who protect this place.
HOW WE BUILD
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Ancestral Futurism™: ancient intelligence, modern resilience, sacred form.
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Materials: engineered bamboo, rammed earth, lime‑earth plaster, stone.
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Forms: curved, monolithic, wind‑smart; fire‑safe and typhoon‑resistant.
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Atmosphere: soft light, quiet lines, ocean pathways, breathing spaces.
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Meaning: every structure is a story; every path is a prayer.
WHAT WE REFUSE
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Spectacle without soul
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“Eco” labels without accountability
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Development that displaces or diminishes locals
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Shortcuts that cost the future
Stay With Purpose
Stays, retreats, and residencies designed as ceremony, rest that restores relationship to land and life.
AIR™ — Artist‑in‑Residence Ritual
Local and international creators co‑build installations, stories, and social infrastructure.
Culinary & Wellness
Sibol, Glow & Flow, Agbiag Show Kitchen, and Elixir Café: healing through indigenous ingredients and living traditions.
Santiago Rebirth
A phoenix rebuild: stronger, safer, truer to Ilocos.
Candon EcoPark (40 hectares)
A flagship cultural‑ecological sanctuary for art, agriculture, education, diplomacy, and community housing.
PROGRAMS & PILLARS
GOVERNANCE & INTEGRITY
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Monthly transparency reports
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Clear budgets and milestones
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Environmental compliance and safety audits
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Community consultation and consent pathways
ORIGIN & DESTINY
Aluminak began as bamboo rooms by the sea.
A fire tested the vision and refined it.
What rises now is larger than lodging: it is a blueprint for rural renaissance in the Philippines and a message to the world: Small communities are not the periphery. They are the lighthouse.
GOVERNANCE & INTEGRITY
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Monthly transparency reports
-
Clear budgets and milestones
-
Environmental compliance and safety audits
-
Community consultation and consent pathways
ORIGIN & DESTINY
Aluminak began as bamboo rooms by the sea.
A fire tested the vision and refined it.
What rises now is larger than lodging: it is a blueprint for rural renaissance in the Philippines and a message to the world: Small communities are not the periphery. They are the lighthouse.
A MESSAGE FROM THE VISION KEEPER
“I stand as a daughter of Ilocos and a servant of this land.
We will build with beauty and backbone structures that protect, economies that dignify, and culture that does not perform but belongs.
If this story moves you, it is already yours.”
— AS
Founding Vision Keeper, Aluminak
INVITATION
Stand with the coastline that chooses rebirth.
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Join the Movement
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Support the Rebuild
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Apply to AIR™
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Partner with Candon EcoPark
Apo Dios, ipategmo daytoy a daga.
May this work honor our elders, bless our children, and keep faith with the sea.