You cannot build peace in the abstract.
Banwag holds physical space for safe conversations among Muslim, Christian, and Lumad communities. Six identical entrances ring its perimeter — no hierarchy of entry. Everyone arrives the same way. True dialogue needs neutral, beautiful ground.
A form both traditions recognize.
The trimmed lamella dome draws on the sacred geometry of both early Christian cathedrals and Islamic architecture — the Pantheon and the Blue Mosque among its references — so that each community recognizes something of its own tradition in the structure.
Strength through bending.
Bamboo survives typhoons because it bends. That is the Bangsamoro story too: true strength is learning how to bend without breaking. Connected by patented steel nodes and sheltered by a breathable marine-grade membrane, the poles carry the whole dome.
In memory of Bambina Sarmiento, who first showed us that bamboo can build beautiful, and Pablo Sarmiento, founder of PS Group.
