Sisters Natasha and Isabella Tanjutco are the founders of Balay Yatu (Balay: home in Filipino; Yatu: earth or memory in Kapampangan), a pioneering initiative in Manila that is set to become Asia’s first youth-curated creative space dedicated to regenerating traditional cultural and ecological knowledge for nature-based climate solutions.

Through Balay Yatu, the Tanjutco sisters are connecting urban spaces with a network of island community museums across the Philippines, designed using neo-vernacular architecture. With the country on the frontlines of the climate crisis, they work with designers, artists, and youth movements to reimagine climate solutions through spatial experiences, product design, and research that foster intergenerational co-creation.

Natasha and Isabella were part of the Young Climate Prize Cycle 02 Cohort, mentored by Dong-Ping Wong, architect and founder of Food New York.