Philippine Architecture (from PPT) Flashcards
■Prehistoric cave shelters were the earliest form of human habitation.
■The Tabon cave was the site to first establish the presence of humans in the Philippines during the Pleistocene.
Tabon Cave Complex
Lipuun Point, Palawan.
■Indigenous Filipinos who still continue the primeval practice of living in caves to his date.
Tau’t Batu
■Rock-hewn fortresses
Idjang
Batanes
_______
■Lean-to of the Agta of Palanan.
■Constructed along the principle of tripod.
______ Used by the Pinatubo Aeta; has no living platform; forms two sloping sides with one or both ends left open.
Pinanahang
Hawong.
Kalinga Tree House
Exemplifies the commonest building techniques based on the forms and materials of a particular historical period, region, or group of people.
Vernacular architecture
Domestic Structures
Archetypal tropical characteristics of Southeast Asian domestic architecture:
▪An elevated living floor
▪Buoyant rectangular volume
▪Raised pile foundation
▪Voluminous thatched roof
Traditional Isneg house.
■Roof suggests an inverted hull.
■Exposed floor joists outside suggest the profile of a boat.
■Datag or Xassaran, main section.
■Tamuyon, slightly raised platform on three sides.
Binuron
Binuron
Traditional Isneg house.
■Roof suggests an inverted hull.
■Exposed floor joists outside suggest the profile of a boat.
______ , main section.
_______ slightly raised platform on three sides.
■Datag or Xassaran
■Tamuyon,
Traditional Kalinga house.
■Octagonal in plan; exterior features are not strongly defined.
■Dataggon, central section.
■Sipi, slightly elevated side sections.
Binayon
Finaryon.
Binayon
Finaryon. Traditional Kalinga house.
■Octagonal in plan; exterior features are not strongly defined.
_____, central section.
____, slightly elevated side sections.
■Dataggon,
■Sipi,
Traditional Bontoc house, for the affluent.
______, dwelling for the poor.
_____, residence of widows or unmarried old women; can also be called katyufong.
Fay-u
■Katyufong
■Kol-lob,
Traditional Bontoc house in Sagada.
_____ , upper level granary.
Inagamang
■Agamang,
Inagamang
Other building types
_____, family residence.
____, council house and dormitory of the young and old unmarried males.
_____, female dormitory.
_____, storage for food, jewelry and wine jars.
_____, rice granary.
_____, pig pens.
▪Afong,
▪Ato,
▪Ulog or olog,
▪Al-kang,
▪Akhamang,
▪Falinto-og,
Traditional Ifugao house, for the affluent.
___, dwelling for the poor.
■Support system: four posts, two girders, three joists or beams.
■____,, rat guard.
■“The house as a womb.”
Bale
Fale.
■Abong,
Halipan
Traditional Ifugao house, for the affluent.
■Abong, dwelling for the poor.
■Support system: four posts, two girders, three joists or beams.
■Halipan, rat guard.
■“The house as a womb.”
Bale
Fale.
Traditional Kankanai house, for the wealthy.
_____, for poorer families; temporary abode.
____, more temporary.
Binangiyan
■Apa or inapa,
■Allao,
Traditional Ivatan house.
■Thick thatch, walls mortared with stone or plastered with white lime.
■Wooden post and lintel framework is implanted in the walls.
Rakuh
Traditional lowland dwelling, northern and central regions.
■“The passively-cooled house.”
■Porous surfaces
■Horizontality of windows
■Roof and window overhangs
■Surrounding gardens
Bahay kubo
Bahay Kubo
Interior Spaces
Primary spaces
▪Living room
▪Kitchen and service area (dapogan, banggerahan, and batalan)
Secondary spaces
▪Dining
▪Silong and balkon
▪Bedrooms
Traditional Badjao boat-house.
■No outriggers, roofed, loose and detachable structure.
_____,has outriggers, roofed, walled in on all sides by wooden boards.
_____, not roofed, only used for fishing and short trips.
Lepa
■Djenging,
■Dapang or Vinta,
Traditional Badjao landhouse.
_____, stairs where women often wash clothes and kitchen utensils.
Luma
■Harun
Traditional Tausug house.
■House building can be construed as corresponding to the birth of a human.
____, finials.
Bay Sinug
■Tadjuk pasung
Traditional Maranao house, ancestral residence of the datu and his extended family.
_____, traditional large house.
____, small house.
■The ____ (decorative beam ends) are often with pako rabong and naga carvings.
_____, lady’s dormitory tower.
Torogan
■Mala-a-walai,
■Lawig,
panolong
■Lamin,