PHILIPPINE ARCHITECTURE

Instructor: Architect Eva Maria Villanueva

- 4 inner posts constitute the houses core support; outer posts at each corner of the house support the roof BONTOC fayu house - basic form is like the ifugao house except that the quarters are on ground level and the house cage serves as the granary - walls : up to waist level, leaving a continuous opening protected by the eaves - falig : granary for richer people adjacent to their house - has a lot of sections having specific names for its area is quite bigger IFUGAO fale house - three-level structure : stone pavement, house cage and roof - posts : shoulder height, support only the girders - 3-level space within the house : floor, shelf, loft (granary) - walls : slaut outward - ratguard : thin cylinders placed on the posts - roof : thatched, pyramidal, extends up to floor level - basket under second level - detachable stairs - slaughtered carabao and human heads displayed on front of their house - doors can be remain open - hagabi : bench under their house for socialization local variations a. kiangan house : roof is not as steep and does not extend up to floor level, hipped : wall sidings wood or sawali; no ratguards

INDIGENOUS FOLK DWELLINGS ISNEG binuron house : - appears to have been influenced by boat design - roof : resembles inverted hull ; gable type ; halfsection of bamboo laid on like shingles - 15 post : 8 inner posts support the floor 6 posts support the roof 1 post (atobtobo) support the end of the ridge - tarakip : an annex attached to one or both end of the ridge - side walls vertical planks may be removed to make windows - floor : reed mat which can be rolled up for washing KALINGA binayon or finaryon (upper kalinga) - octagonal house ( the house of the rich) - supported by 12 post : 4 inner posts 8 outer posts to form an octagon - roof : hipped, not high and steep, made of bamboo - floor : reed mat - on one side, the floor is removed leaving a space that extends from the ground level to the roof upper kalinga - floor area is divided into one wide middle section (dattagon) and slightly narrow elevated side sections (sipi) - kinimpal : roof system using several layers of bamboo - tinalob : only 2 layers of bamboo (for poor)

b. mayoyao house : roof is steeper and completely conceals the house cage; not ratguards : eminent for its pure, classic outline and fine craftsmanship KANKANAI binangiyan house - high, steep, hipped roof, conceals the house cage - 4 posts support the house cage; roof is supported by the upper frame of the house - 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

TBOLI - space surrounded by space TAUSUG and SAMAL - humanist architecture - clustered houses built on water MARANAO torogan house - colored - datus house - post are placed on top of rocks for earthquake purposes