NAIA Terminal 1 will finally get a Facelift! Cobonpue's design will push through!

Secretary Jun Abaya of the DOTC (Department of Transportation and Communications) announced that it is moving forward with the P2.8 billion rehabilitation of NAIA terminal 1 with plans to bid out by next month contracts to address structural and architectural components. In a meeting held in the DOTC office on May 10, 2013, five cabinet secretaries chose to adapt the original design of Kenneth Cobonpue, Budji Layug and Arch. Royal Pineda for the long-awaited rehabilitation of NAIA-1. Present during the meeting were DOTC Sec Emilio Abaya, DOF Sec Cesar Purisima, DPWH Sec Rogelio Singson, DOT Sec Ramon Jimenez Jr., Cabinet Sec Rene Almendras, MIAA Gen Manager Jose Angel Honrado and National Competitiveness Council Co-chairman Guillermo Luz.

Shelved in 2011, the original plan revolves around a green oasis in the heart of the city surrounded by several road rings flanked by a multi-level parking building and a greeters terminal. Sec. Abaya said that the trio would put a “Filipino taste and modern feel” to the planned rehabilitation, with Sec. Jimenez saying that the “aha feel” in the proposed design was what they were looking for. Targeted for completion in time for the hosting of the APEC Summit in 2015, the design complements the original exterior which, due to national patrimony laws, cannot be altered. The trio will work with the architectural firm of Leandro V Locsin who designed the present NAIA terminal.

The "dream" NAIA as envisioned by the team of Kenneth Cobonpue, Royal Pineda and Budji Layug with the NAIA PMO:

Videos from 2011 Special on ANC: Redesigning NAIA Terminal 1