Vernacular Houses Flashcards
Pyramidal or hipped roof
Annex on one or both ends
Removable sidings for special occasions
Binuron
Vernacular house found in Kalinga
Binayon
Octagonal or rectangular plan
Painted round human figures
Roof ridge perpendicular to river
Loft or granary hides roof
Binayon
Vernacular house of the Ifugao
Bale
Built on the rice terraces near a spring or grove
entry faces down slope
Bale
Vernacular houses in Sagada
Bontoc houses
House within a house
Shelter for rice, chickens, pigs and people
Bontoc houses
Ladder serves as wash area
Mirrors symbolize the number of children
Lipa, djenging and dapang houseboats
Badjao
Similar to the Ifugao house
Ridge parallel to front
Made of narra or pine
Kankanai Binangiyan
Elevated 2-3meters above ground
Door faces east
Rooms and steps are odd
Yakan house
House in Maranao
Torogan
House built for sultans and datus
Arranged in a line along the river
Elevated 2-3meters above ground
Windows face front and right
Torogan
Panoling and okir carvings
A lamin or tower built atop the house hides the sultan’s daughter
Torogan
Bamboo house on stilts
Bahay kubo
Home to an extended family; often surrounded by a garden
Bahay kubo
