science

One World Place

One World Place is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand One World Place rather than just read about it. In short: One World Place is a 31-storey premium office building in Bonifacio Global City, Philippines. Developed by Daiichi and designed by Gensler, it was named "Five-Star" Best Office Development in the Philippines at the Asia Pacific Property Awards in 2013.

Key takeaways

One World Place belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect One World Place to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of One World Place from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

One World Place is a 31-storey premium office building in Bonifacio Global City, Philippines. Developed by Daiichi and designed by Gensler, it was named "Five-Star" Best Office Development in the Philippines at the Asia Pacific Property Awards in 2013. One World Place is a Class A building and a PEZA registered IT Park. It has 31 floors, which will mainly consist of typical office space with some retail space. The building was completed in 2015.

Location One World Place is located along 32nd Avenue, close to the Bonifacio High Street, EcoTower and a few blocks away from main thoroughfares EDSA and C-5.

Design and features With an architectural height of 122 m, One World Place is the 7th tallest building in Bonifacio Global City. Currently a LEED-registered building, One World Place includes eco-friendly and high-performance features fit for a LEED Silver rating. It has a rainwater collection and graywater system to manage water consumption as well as daylighting, efficient insulated glass, and solar-reflective coating to lower electricity costs for tenants. It also has an earthquake-resistant design that lessens building impact in case the city gets hit by an earthquake. One World Place's unique design innovation is the integration of 'monsoon windows' into the curtain wall facade. During rainy season, these windows allow outside air into the building to make the cooling system more efficient and ensure that all public spaces receive natural ventilation. According to Gensler, One World Place is the first commercial building in Southeast Asia to feature this concept.

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with One World Place

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what One World Place claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to One World Place before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about One World Place ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of One World Place

In research: One World Place appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses One World Place in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: One World Place is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Skyscraper office buildings in Metro Manila, Skyscrapers in Bonifacio Global City, Sustainable building, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for One World Place outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study One World Place in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what One World Place means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain One World Place out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is One World Place in simple terms?

Why does One World Place matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study One World Place?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on One World Place.