Studio house opening late 2026 · Subic Bay Freeport · Free monthly meetups all year

Pre-launch · Q2 2026 · Subic Bay Freeport

A movement for the creators of Subic.

Concept render of the planned Create in Subic studio house at dusk: a one-storey ex-nightclub building, tiled facade painted muted charcoal, warm light through metal-grilled doors, an independent laundromat in the right bay.
Studio house · concept · late 2026
The studio house exterior at dusk, painted-tile facade with warm light through metal-grilled doors.
LOUISVILLE · SUBIC BAY · LATE 2026

Manifesto · 01

Subic's always made great work. What it's missed: a room to find each other in, and a space built for how we actually shoot, write, and build. That's the gap we're closing. Community first. Studio house second. Both, by people who've been working here for years.

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What we're doing · 02

Building in public. Meeting in person. Pulling each other up in between.

Who it's for

If you make anything here, you're in.

  1. 01Photographers + videographers
  2. 02Visual artists
  3. 03Designers + illustrators
  4. 04Writers + storytellers
  5. 05Musicians + audio creators
  6. 06Content creators
  7. 07Florists + craftspeople
  8. 08Anyone who makes things
Concept render of the studio house's hero space: a double-height open-to-below volume under exposed metal roof trusses, terracotta accent wall, two terracotta linen drops, polished concrete floor, mezzanine railing visible at one edge.

The space · 04

A studio house for Subic. Late 2026.

Our half of an old hall in the Subic Bay Freeport. An open studio for shoots and creative work (also rentable for events). A yoga + pilates room on the mezzanine. Two self-shoot studios you can book by the hour. A mini concept store of goods from local makers, plus Gawang Diwa's floral bar. A cafe is planned for later. One house, several rooms. Nothing like it out here yet.

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The people · 07

Two Subic creators behind it. Plus you, eventually.

Create in Subic is run by us: Gabriel Fordan (software developer, runs Golden Sinag photography) and Sophia Cruz (runs Gawang Diwa, florals and resin). Neither of us has had a real studio out here. We work from home, from cafes, from whatever venue we can book. The house is the first space of our own, and we move in when it opens. The rest of the rooms are for everyone else making things in the region.

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Painted panorama of Subic Bay at dusk: layered mountain ridges, a low terracotta sun, calligraphic waves on the water.

The place · 08

Made under this sun.

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