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earliest form of human habitation
Tabon Cave/ Callao Cave Complex Lipuun Point, Palawan
subgroup of the Palawan tribes.
Tau’t Batu
triangular-shaped hilltop type
Idjang Batanes
Rock-hewn fortresses of the Ivatans
Idjang Batanes
Constructed along the principle of tripod
“lean to”
Pinanahang
forms two sloping sides with one or both ends left open
Hawong
Usually Six, Twelve or even eighteen meters from the ground
Tree House
commonest building techniques based on the forms and materials of a particular historical period, region, or group of people.
Vernacular Architecture
Archetypal tropical characteristics of Southeast Asian domestic architecture
An elevated living floor
Buoyant rectangular volume
Raised pile foundation
Voluminous thatched roof
pointed barrel vault
Apayao House
Balai. Northern Cordillera
inverted hull.
exposed floor joists outside suggest the profile of a boat
Binuron
Traditional Isneg house
mainsection
Datag or Xassaran
slightly raised platform on three sides.
Tamuyon
Traditional Badjao boat-house.
Lepa
has outriggers, roofed, walled in on all sides by wooden boards.
Djenging
not roofed, only used for fishing and short trips
Dapang or Vinta,
traditional Badjao landhouse
Luma
stairs where women often wash clothes and kitchen utensils
Harun
traditional lowland dwelling, northern and central regions
Bahay kubo
“The passively-cooled house.
Bahay kubo
■ Porous surfaces
■ Horizontality of windows
■ Roof and window overhangs
■ Surrounding gardens
Interior Spaces
Primary spaces
▪ Living room
▪ Kitchen and service area (dapogan, banggerahan, andbatalan)
Secondary spaces
▪ Dining
▪ Silong and balkon
▪ Bedrooms
for the affluent.
Fay-u / Afung
Traditional Bontoc house
dwelling for the poor.
Katyufong
residence of widows or unmarried old women; can also be called katyufong
Kol-lob
for the affluent; more permanent.
Bale or Fale
Traditional Ifugao house
“The house as a womb.”
Bale or Fale
Traditional Ifugao house
dwelling for the poor ;temporary
Abong
Support system: four posts, two girders, three joists or beams.
Bale or Fale
Traditional Ifugao house
rat guard.
Halipan
Thick thatch, walls mortared with stone or plastered with white lime.
Rakuh
Traditional Ivatan house
Wooden post and lintel framework is implanted in the walls.
Rakuh
Traditional Ivatan house
common two-sloped roof
Sinadumparan
kusina has stone and lime walls with a distinct four-sloped roof
Rakuh
Maytuab
Octagonal in plan; exterior features are not strongly defined
Binayon
Finaryon. Traditional Kalinga house
slightly elevated side sections
Sipi
central section
Dataggon
house, for the wealthy
Binangiyan
Traditional Kankanai house
for poorer families; temporary abode
Apa or inapa
more temporary.
Allao
Traditional Bontoc house in Sagada
Inagamang
upper level granary
Agamang
are elevated rectangular one-room structures near the coastal waters of Southern Mindanao, Palawan, Zamboanga, and Sulu archipelago. These houses are directly built on shallow water and connected to the shore by a pantan(bridge) or directly built on solid ground
Samal House
House building can be construed as corresponding to the birth of a human
Bay Sinug
Traditional Tausug house.
barge board end decoration
Tadjuk pasung
ancestral residence of the datu and his extended family
Torogan
Traditional Maranao house,
traditional large house.
Mala-a-walai
small house
Lawig
(decorative beam ends) are often with pako rabong and naga carvings
panolong
lady’s dormitory tower
Lamin
family residence
Afong
council house and dormitory of the young and old unmarried males.▪
Ato
female dormitory.
Ulog or olog
storage for food, jewelry and wine jars
Al-kang
rice granary
Akhamang
pig pens
Falinto-og
Features of Vernacular Architecture
▪ The builders are non-professional architects or engineers.
▪ There is constant adaptation, using natural materials, to the geographical environment.
▪ The actual process of construction involves intuitive thinking and is open to later
modifications.
▪ There is balance between social/economic functionality and aesthetic features.
▪ Styles are subject to the evolution of traditional patterns specific to an ethnic domain.
