ARCHITECTURE IN
THE PHILIPPINES
INFLUENCING FACTOR
•GEOGRAPHICAL
•GEOLOGICAL
•CLIMATIC
•HISTORY
•RELIGION
EARLY PHIPPINES SHELTER
•CAVE
•ROCK-HEWN STRUCUTRE
•LEAN-TO
•TREE HOUSES
TABON CAVE
COMPLEX
LIPUUN POINT, PALAWAN
• Prehistoric cave shelters were
the earliest form of human
habitation.
• The Tabon cave was the site to
first establish the presence of
humans in the Philippines
during the Pleistocene.
IDJANG
BATANES
Rock-hewn structure/fortress
PINANAHANG
Lean-to of the Agta of Palanan
KALINGA
TREE HOUSE
PRE COLONIAL VERNACULAR
ARCHITECTURE
Builders are non-professional; they are typically the owners/users too;
Use of natural materials abundant in their locality;
Actual process of construction involves intuitive thinking;
Association of symbolism and meaning;
Styles are specific to an ethnic domain.
DOMESTIC STRUCTURES
Archetypal tropical characteristics of Southeast Asian domestic architecture:
◦ An elevated living floor
◦ Buoyant rectangular volume
◦ Raised pile foundation
◦ Voluminous thatched roof
BINURON
Traditional Isneg (ethnic group)
house, roof is inverted hull and
exposed floor joist.
Datag or Xassaran, Main section
Tamuyon, Slightly raised platform
of Binuron house
BINAYON/FINARYON
HOUSE
The traditional house in an
octagonal layout or plan. In
Apayao,
Dataggon, central section
Sipi, slightly elevated section
FAY-U
Tradition Bontoc house, for the
affluent
• Katyufong, dwelling for the poor
• Kol-lob, residence of widow or
unmarried old women
INAGAMANG
Traditional Bontoc house in
Sagada.
The village usually consists of ator
(men's meeting place), afong
(houses), pabafunan (boy's
dormitory), pangis (girl’s
dormitory),
Agamang. central granary
BALE/FALE
The traditional lfugao house;
anelevated square and
windowless one- room structure
dominated by a high, heavy,
pyramidal roof
BINANGIYAN
Traditional Kankanai House, for
the wealthy
Apa or inapa, for poorer families
RAKUH/
SINADUMPARAN
Traditional Ivatan house
Thick thatch, wall moratared with
stone or plastered with white lime.
BAHAY KUBO
A common type of dwelling in
lowland and coastal areas during
the Pre-Hispanic Philippines.
"Bahay" is a Tagalog word for
house while "kubo" is from the
Spanish "cubo'~ meaning cube.
- Parts of the bahay-kubo:
Bulwagan – is the area reserved for entertaining guests
Silid – is a private rom used for sleeping
Paglutuan or gilir - is the kitchen of cooking area
Silong – is the space found underneath the house used as a storage space for farming and fishing
implements and also for the animals kept.
- Parts of the Kitchen:
Dapogan – is a table on top of which the is the river stone, shoe-shaped stove or kalan is placed.
Bangahan – this was later called bangguera or banggerahan and is used a s place for drying
and storing pots and pans, drinking glasses, plates and other kitchen utensils
Batakui – this is the unroofed are where water jars (used for drinking, washing and bathing are
kept)
LEPA
Traditional Badjao boat-house
Djenging, roofed, walled in on
sides by wooden boards.
Dapang or Vinta, not roofed, only
used for fishing and short trips
LUMA
Traditional Badjao Landhouse
BAY SINUG
The traditional house of the
Tausug
tadjuk pasung, bargeboard
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