Ayala Garden Triangle at night.

Every day, more than a million people visit, live and work in the Makati business district, considered the financial center of the country. Few of them realize that Makati remains the nation’s leading business community because of deliberate planning.

Recently, real estate developer Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) inaugurated a new 20,000 sqm garden within the Ayala Triangle in the heart of the district. Ayala Triangle is that plot of land bordered by Ayala Avenue on one side, Paseo de Roxas on the other, and Makati Avenue of the third side.

Now dubbed as “the newest place to chillout,” it opened to the public in mid-November and was conceptualized by Ayala Land as a “grand community space for the MCBD office workers,” according to Jay Caniza, senior architect of Ayala Land’s Innovation and Design Group.

Paved footpaths lead to a main walk which when viewed from the top looks like the wings of an airplane. Amusing sculptures fashioned from scrap and found objects by artist Ral Arrogante now serve as focal points of this main pedestrian boulevard.

Arrogante’s works are complemented by Ovvian Castrillo Hill’s abstract expressionist works exhibited in other parts of the garden.

Hill’s and Arrogante’s works will be on exhibit at the gardens up to Jan. 15.

Better yet, annotations on each of the works are available via SMS by Globe. The pieces can be purchased on credit through BPI Credit Card.

The new garden is offering a contrast to the dynamic environment of Makati.