Behavioral Aspects Of Housing Flashcards
Things that happen in the environment that elicit a response or reaction from a person
Environmental Stimuli
A pattern of behavior and attitudes held by an individual or group that is based on perceived, attempted or actual control of definable physical space, object or idea and may involve habitual occupation, defense, personalization and marking of it
Territoriality
being alone
Solitude
the ability of a small number of people to be by themselves undisturbed
Intimacy
the ability to interact or be with others without releasing full information about oneself to avoid being identified or accountable
Anonymity
The ability to limit communication about oneself to others
Reserve
Houses of the Filipinos are usually made of wood and nipa
The Filipino Bahay Kubo
Single slope extension of a gable or hip type roof
Pasibi
Elevated counter made of bamboo strips usually projecting beyond the kitchen wall – used to store food and kitchen utensils
Banguerahan
Waist-level railing, made using bamboo, used as an enclosed and protected porch area
Sagang
The main access to the house – made from bamboo or combined with wood
Hagdan
The skeletal structural element of a roof or wall, assembled or fitted together to handle the exterior elements or finishes
Balangkas
The small space adjacent to the cooking area with a service door leading outside. For washing hands, feet, bathing kids, washing pots & dishes
Batalan
Elevated earthen fireplace with a stone stove for cooking
Abuhan
The main section of the house used as living, dining and sleeping areas.
Bulwagan
Storage for: harvest, tools, livestock
Silong
Made from either
bamboo cogon grass,
anahaw leaves or nipa
shingles
bubong
*nypa fruiticans” a
tropical palm with a
short trunk and brood
pinnate leaves that
grows abundantly
along rivers and
estuaries
nipa
The wall siding is
either bamboo
latticework (sala-sala),
interlaced bamboo
(amakan) woven
bamboo (sawali) or
woven coconut leaves
(silirap)
dingding
A whole bamboo,
horizontally laid to
define the perimeter of
the house and tied
firmly on each post
with rattan strips
yawi
A post buried on the
ground is called binaon
(buried) and a post set
up above a stone slabv
is referred to as
pinatong
haligi
Whole bamboo laid over the main beam (yawi)
to carry the floor joist (
patukuran
A whole bamboo laid parallel with each other of
about 12 to 15” over the secondary beam
(patukuran) as support for the flooring.
soleras
A whole bamboo laid around the perimeter of
the house used to hold and support the walls
gililan
one of the upright ornamental wood panels, formed by perforations above window headers
kalado
The overhead, often horizontal surface in a room either made of wood or metal
Kisame
One of the series of square or rectangular lumbers to which the ceiling is fixed
Kostilyahe
A coffered, caved, or highly patterned wooden ceiling
Artesonado
A panel between the window header and the eaves for exterior wall ad above the door jamb
espeho
a window with wooden frame
persiana
A seat use for relaxation, recreation and entertaining
Silya
the horizontal, levelled surface in a room on which one walks and stand
sahig
is still
part of today’s houses. It is
usually provided with
ceramic balustrade, and it
bears much of the
household traffic
veranda or porch
