American Colonial Architeture

Question 1

Familiar local architecture icons from Hispanized colonial structures overlaid with a neoclassical massing.

Answer 1

Tropical Hybrid Design

Question 2

Buildings were built to facilitate ventures in military control, public health, education, and commerce.

Answer 2

Colonial Infrastructures

Question 3

Official Architectural Styles

Answer 3

Colonial Revival Mission
Neoclassicism

Question 4

Use of clay roof tiles, adobe, concrete, stucco, gabled roof, round arch entrances, arcades, corridors, and mirador towers.

Answer 4

Colonial Revival Mission

Question 5

Revival of using Greek and Roman orders as decorative motifs.

Answer 5

Neoclassicism

Question 6

Bureau of Public Works

Answer 6

*The nerve center of colonial architectural production
*Function was confined to the construction of roads and public buildings

Question 7

*Consultations, repair, design and supervision of construction

Answer 7

Bureau of Public Works

Question 8

Bureau of Public Works
Consulting architects: _____________

Answer 8

*Consulting architects: William Parsons, George Fenhagen, and Ralph Harrington Doane.

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Camp John Hay
Baguio

Question 10

Home of the Philippine Division

Answer 10

Fort William McKinley
Manila.

Question 11

The main American ground unit in the Philippines

Answer 11

Fort William McKinley
Manila.

Question 12

Capitol of Pangasinan

Answer 12

Supervised by Ralph Harrington Done, consulting architect.

Question 13

One of the most prestigious hotels in the world during its time.

Answer 13

Manila Hotel. William Parsons.

Question 14

Improvements in Sanitation

Answer 14

Cubeta
The Sanitary Barrio
Tsalet

Question 15

Also known as “pail system”.

Answer 15

Cubeta

Question 16

Way of introducing the concept of toilet among the dwellers of the bahay kubo.
Public toilet sheds were also installed in congested nipa districts

Answer 16

Cubeta

Question 17

A ____________ system was also developed for remote areas.

Answer 17

latrine system

Question 18

Neighborhood concept

Answer 18

The Sanitary Barrio

Question 19

The Sanitary Barrio
- 1. __________ built on highly regulated blocks of 2. ____________.

Answer 19

1. Nipa houses
2. subdivided lots

Question 20

Built-in system of surface drainage, public latrines, public bath houses and laundry, and public water hydrants, which are free of charge.

Answer 20

The Sanitary Barrio

Question 21

“The healthy housing alternative.”

Answer 21

Tsalet

Question 22

Tropical features of vernacular buildings combined with hygienic structural principles and modern materials that gave premium to light, ventilation, and drainage

Answer 22

Tsalet

Question 23

Constructed of wood or __________
Steps leading to a veranda, floor to ceiling partitions, bedrooms, living and dining room, kitchen, and toilet and bath.

Answer 23

ferroconcrete

Question 24

Proposed ideas of organized comprehensive urban planning based on the principles of the 2. ____________

Answer 24

1. Urban Planning
2. City Beautiful Movement.

Question 25

• A civic core
• Wide radial avenues
• Landscaped promenades
• Visually arresting panorama

Answer 25

Formulaic Elements

Question 26

Proposed plans for the development of Manila and Baguio, by ____________

Answer 26

Daniel Burnham

Question 27

Importing American Architecture and building technology.

Answer 27

Improvements in Construction

Question 28

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.

Answer 28

1. steel-framed
2. ferroconcrete
3. concrete hollow blocks
4. Kahn Truss System
5. prefabricated
6. standardized plans

Question 29

Set of mass produced model schoolhouses

Answer 29

Gabaldon Schoolhouses