TAO-Pilipinas undertakes research and develops publications to build awareness, guide community action, and share learning on sustainable human settlements development. Knowledge products created from research work are made available to the general public, including materials on:

• participatory community development planning
• alternative building materials and technologies for social housing
• disaster risk reduction and management
• solid waste management
• architectural heritage conservation

The following are some of the representative projects done for research and publications:

• TAO Shelter Magazine Issue no. 1: Water
• TAO Shelter Magazine Issue no. 2: Disaster Risk Management and Issue no. 3: Solid Waste Management
• Sourcebook of Alternative Building Materials and Technologies for Socialized Housing (SABMAT) Research
• TAO Shelter Magazine Issue no. 4: Preparing for Extreme Hazards and Issue no. 5: Climate Change
• Action Research Project: Integrating Disaster Risk Management in Site Planning and House Design of Resettlement Projects in Albay
• UP-MERF/WB-CCA Sorsogon
• TAO Shelter Magazine Issue no. 6: Water and Sanitation
• ACCA Process Documentation, Publication, and Trainings on CB-SWM and CB-DRMSB
• Searching for the Genius Loci: San Juan Pride of Place
• Assessing the SDI needs of NGOs in the Philippines:
• Non-profit groups as stakeholders in spatial data infrastructure
• UP-MERF/NEDA CCA Calauag
• TAO Shelter Magazine Issue nos. 7-8: Managing Flood Risk (Special Double Issue) and Issue no. 9: Living with Earthquakes
• Building Disaster Resilient Communities in Flood-Prone Areas: A Demonstration and Pilot Testing of Local Design Innovations for Housing and Small Community Infrastructures (ADB-PDA)
• PHILSSA Social Research – Development of Participatory Community Development Planning Tools for Effective On-site Development/Upgrading of Urban Poor Communities in Metro Manila
• TAO Shelter Magazine Issue no. 10: TAO 10th Anniversary Issue
• UP Source of Solutions
• TAO Shelter Magazine Issue nos. 11-12: Resettlement and Housing (Double Issue)
• PHILSSA-PEF FAST Housing: Inventory of Available Land and Technical Assistance to Communities
• Mainstreaming Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA)
• TAO coffee table book “Architects in the Margins” and “Battling Waves”
• Exhibition in 16th Venice Architecture Biennale