PHILIPPINE ARCHITECTURE - 4 inner posts constitute the house’s core support; outer
Instructor: Architect Eva Maria Villanueva posts at each corner of the house support the roof
INDIGENOUS FOLK DWELLINGS
BONTOC
ISNEG • “fayu” house
• “binuron” house : - basic form is like the ifugao house except that the quarters
- appears to have been influenced by boat design are on ground level and the house cage serves as the
- roof : resembles inverted hull ; gable type ; half-section of granary
bamboo laid on like shingles - walls : up to waist level, leaving a continuous opening
- 15 post : 8 inner posts support the floor protected by the eaves
6 posts support the roof - “falig” : granary for richer people adjacent to their house
1 post (“atobtobo”) support the end of the - has a lot of sections having specific names for its area is
ridge quite bigger
- “tarakip” : an annex attached to one or both end of the
ridge
- side walls’ vertical planks may be removed to make IFUGAO
windows • “fale” house
- floor : reed mat which can be rolled up for washing - three-level structure : stone pavement, house cage and
roof
- posts : shoulder height, support only the girders
KALINGA - 3-level space within the house : floor, shelf, loft (granary)
• binayon or finaryon (upper kalinga) - walls : slaut outward
- octagonal house ( the house of the rich) - ratguard : thin cylinders placed on the posts
- supported by 12 post : 4 inner posts - roof : thatched, pyramidal, extends up to floor level
8 outer posts to form an - basket under second level
octagon - detachable stairs
- roof : hipped, not high and steep, made of bamboo - slaughtered carabao and human heads displayed on front
- floor : reed mat of their house
- on one side, the floor is removed leaving a space that - doors can be remain open
extends from the ground level to the roof - “hagabi” : bench under their house for socialization
• upper kalinga • local variations
- floor area is divided into one wide middle section a. kiangan house : roof is not as steep and does not
(“dattagon”) and slightly narrow elevated side sections extend up to floor level, hipped
(“sipi”) : wall sidings – wood or sawali; no
- “kinimpal” : roof system using several layers of bamboo ratguards
- “tinalob” : only 2 layers of bamboo (for poor)
T’BOLI
b. mayoyao house : roof is steeper and completely - space surrounded by space
conceals the house cage; not
ratguards
: eminent for its pure, classic outline TAUSUG and SAMAL
and fine craftsmanship - humanist architecture
- clustered houses built on water
KANKANAI MARANAO
• “binangiyan” house • torogan house
- high, steep, hipped roof, conceals the house cage - colored
- 4 posts support the house cage; roof is supported by the - datu’s house
upper frame of the house - post are placed on top of rocks for earthquake purposes
- walls : made of narra or pine
- living quarters consist of main area where the fireplace is
located and a small room at the rear
- only one entrance, door is decorated with fluting
- no rat guards
IVATAN
- made of thick lime-and –stone walls with a thick roof of
cogon
- made up of two houses : one which makes up the living
and the sleeping areas (”rakuh”), the other makes up the kitchen
- rakuh has 2 doors and 2 windows built on 3 walls, fourth
wall facing the strongest wind is left windowless
• special type of house
a. chivuvuhung
- cogon
- itbayaten house
- one structure, one room house
b. sinadumparan
- ivatan
