American Colonial Architeture Flashcards
Familiar local architecture icons from Hispanized colonial structures overlaid with a neoclassical massing.
Tropical Hybrid Design
Buildings were built to facilitate ventures in military control, public health, education, and commerce.
Colonial Infrastructures
Official Architectural Styles
Colonial Revival Mission
Neoclassicism
Use of clay roof tiles, adobe, concrete, stucco, gabled roof, round arch entrances, arcades, corridors, and mirador towers.
Colonial Revival Mission
Revival of using Greek and Roman orders as decorative motifs.
Neoclassicism
Bureau of Public Works
*The nerve center of colonial architectural production
*Function was confined to the construction of roads and public buildings
*Consultations, repair, design and supervision of construction
Bureau of Public Works
Bureau of Public Works
Consulting architects: _____________
*Consulting architects: William Parsons, George Fenhagen, and Ralph Harrington Doane.
Protected Baguio and the nearby gold mines and projected the American military presence in northern Luzon
Also served as a rest and recreation camp for officers and men
Camp John Hay
Baguio
Home of the Philippine Division
Fort William McKinley
Manila.
The main American ground unit in the Philippines
Fort William McKinley
Manila.
Capitol of Pangasinan
Supervised by Ralph Harrington Done, consulting architect.
One of the most prestigious hotels in the world during its time.
Manila Hotel. William Parsons.
Improvements in Sanitation
Cubeta
The Sanitary Barrio
Tsalet
Also known as “pail system”.
Cubeta
Way of introducing the concept of toilet among the dwellers of the bahay kubo.
Public toilet sheds were also installed in congested nipa districts
Cubeta
A ____________ system was also developed for remote areas.
latrine system
Neighborhood concept
The Sanitary Barrio
The Sanitary Barrio
- 1. __________ built on highly regulated blocks of 2. ____________.
- Nipa houses
- subdivided lots
Built-in system of surface drainage, public latrines, public bath houses and laundry, and public water hydrants, which are free of charge.
The Sanitary Barrio
“The healthy housing alternative.”
Tsalet
Tropical features of vernacular buildings combined with hygienic structural principles and modern materials that gave premium to light, ventilation, and drainage
Tsalet
Constructed of wood or __________
Steps leading to a veranda, floor to ceiling partitions, bedrooms, living and dining room, kitchen, and toilet and bath.
ferroconcrete
Proposed ideas of organized comprehensive urban planning based on the principles of the 2. ____________
- Urban Planning
- City Beautiful Movement.
- A civic core
- Wide radial avenues
- Landscaped promenades
- Visually arresting panorama
Formulaic Elements
Proposed plans for the development of Manila and Baguio, by ____________
Daniel Burnham
Importing American Architecture and building technology.
Improvements in Construction
New Materials and Systems
Use of 1. ______ construction, reinforced concrete (2. ________), and 3. ___________.
The 4. ___________, trussed bars were placed within concrete moulds for floor slabs and beams.
Production of 5. _________ components and precast concrete ornaments.
Adoption of 6. ___________ and modularized systems for building types.
- steel-framed
- ferroconcrete
- concrete hollow blocks
- Kahn Truss System
- prefabricated
- standardized plans
Set of mass produced model schoolhouses
Gabaldon Schoolhouses
