Vanessa Abellera / Bajengga

Landscape Architect

AECOM, Middle East Ltd, Abu Dhabi, UAE

​2012 - present

 

Vanessa is currently a part of the Landscape team that designs the public parks and streetscape for Jeddah's unplanned settlements - Al Rabwah, Al Jamiyah, Al Ruwais, Al Zabeel, Al Azizyah, and Al Harazat.

 

 

Landscape Architect

Desert Group LLC, Dubai, UAE

​October 2008 - present

 

At Desert Landscape, Vanessa works as a part of the design team, manages the landscape enquiry centre, conducts design consultations, and manages her own projects from conceptual design through detail documentation.  An example of projects undertaken to date include: 

 

Commercial and Institutional projects:

• Sharjah Cultural Monument Park, Sharjah Al ittihad Park, Kuwait Square Roundabout, Sharjah, U.A.E.

• Bahrain Airport Road, Bahrain

• Dubai Camel Race Track, Dubai, U.A.E.

• Liwa Western Region Watering Hole, U.A.E.

• H.H. Shk. Hamdan Lake Beautification, Nad Al Sheba,

• U.A.E.

• Baghdad Road, Baghdad, Iraq

• Governo Provincia de Luanda, Angola, Africa

• Emivest Al Manara, Dubai, U.A.E.

• Atlantis Hotel (Landscape Upgrade) Dubai, U.A.E.

• The One and Only Royal Mirage (Landscape Upgrade), Dubai, U.A.E.

• Movenpick Hotel (Landscape Upgrade) Dubai, U.A.E.

• Bab Al Shams (Landscape Upgrade) Dubai, U.A.E.

• Nobu Restaurant, Atlantis, Dubai, U.A.E.

• Madinat Jumeirah (Landscape Upgrade) Dubai, U.A.E.

• Dubai Metro Greenline, Grand Hyatt (Landscape

Upgrade) Dubai, U.A.E.

• Armed Forces Officers Club & Hotel (Landscape

Upgrade), Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

• Al Wasl Sports Club (Landscape Upgrade) Dubai, U.A.E.

 

Residential Projects:

• Sheikh Issa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Palace, Al Ain, U.A.E

• Sheikah Fatima Bint Mubarak Palace, Dubai, U.A.E

• Sheikh Saeed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Palace, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E

• Sheikah Bint Suroor Al Nahyan Villa, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. 

• Riad Al Jabal Farm, Jebal Akhdar, Oman, U.A.E

• Sheikh Hazza Palace, Abu Dhabi U.A.E

• Sarah Ahmed Private Villa, Meadows, Dubai, U.A.E.

 

 

 

Junior Landscape Architect

Megaworld Corporation, Makati, Philippines

April 2006 - January 2008

 

Employed by Megaworld in Philippines as a junior landscape architect, Vanessa was involved in the following projects:

 

Eastwood City, Quezon City, Philippines

The 18-Hectare Eastwood City is Megaworld's pioneering live-work-play township. It hosts 12 luxury residential condominium towers, with seven more in the pipeline. It also showcases a leisure complex and the country's first-ever, fully operational cyberpark. 

 

Vanessa was a team member involved in the preliminary and detailed design for landscape works.

 

McKinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio Taguig, Philippines

This world-class enclave is taking shape at the 50-hectare McKinley Hill township. A mix of houses, garden villas and condominiums comprises its residential block. It also features a retail complex, a cyberpark and an institutional section with international schools and embassies.

Vanessa was a team member involved in the landscape design of open spaces. She was involved in formulating conceptual and schematic designs for the key areas in the project within which workable solutions in detailed design are derived. She was also involved in the detailed design of the streetscapes.

 

Manhattan Garden City, Cubao, Philippines

The five-hectare, 20-tower Manhattan Garden City is the country's first-ever transit-oriented development. It offers matchless accessibility to the metro's key destinations with its direct link to the city’s main train routes.

Vanessa developed the landscape concept design for the open spaces of the residential communities from which detailed design are derived.

 

Cityplace, Manila, Philippines

Cityplace offers a never-before-seen lifestyle in Manila's Chinatown. Its two residential phases are a stroll away from an expansive garden deck, a three-level mall, a hotel and Chinatown Walk, a 200-meter-long leisure strip.

Vanessa was a team member involved in the detailed documentation. She was involved in producing designs for hard landscaping.

 

Junior Landscape Architect

ADI Ltd. Ortigas, Philippines

November 2004 - April 2006

 

Employed by ADI Ltd. in Philippines as Jr. Landscape Architect, she was responsible in producing softscape landscape design development and bill of quantities for the following projects:

• Marco Polo Hotel, Cebu, Philippines

• Tagaytay Highlands, Tagaytay, Philippines

• Discovery Shores, Boracay, Aklan, Philippines

• Tierra Verde