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Traditional Philippine House Types

The document discusses various traditional houses of different indigenous groups in the Philippines, highlighting their unique architectural features and cultural significance. It covers structures like the Torogan, Ifugao Bale, Bahay Kubo, and others, detailing their construction methods and materials. Each house reflects the social status, environmental adaptation, and cultural heritage of the respective communities.
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Traditional Philippine House Types

The document discusses various traditional houses of different indigenous groups in the Philippines, highlighting their unique architectural features and cultural significance. It covers structures like the Torogan, Ifugao Bale, Bahay Kubo, and others, detailing their construction methods and materials. Each house reflects the social status, environmental adaptation, and cultural heritage of the respective communities.
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SOUL AND SPACE

DAISY MAE BALUNGAG


NANTE LIRASAN
JECIL DUARONG JONE
BARLAAN
JESSA GELAGA
Torogan
(lit. 'resting place' or 'sleeping place’)
- is a type of pre-colonial vernacular
house of the Maranao people of the
Philippines.

A torogan was a symbol of high social


status. They were very large buildings
and served as the residence to a datu of
a Maranao community, along with his
retainers and their families.
Torogan are massive structures
built entirely without using nails.
Instead it used fitted joints and
fiber lashings. They are usually
the biggest structure in a
village. They are elevated from
the ground on large wooden
columns, not all of them load-
bearing. There are usually
around 25 columns, but very
large torogan can have as many
as 56.
IFUGAO BALE
- Are built in four wooden post 3
meters from the ground, and
consist of one room, a front door
(panto) and back door (awidan),
with a detachable ladder (tete) to
the front door.

- it is from the Ifugao province in


the Philippines that is admired for
its complex construction system.
BAHAY
KUBO
The báhay kúbo, kubo, or payág (in the
Visayan languages), is a type of stilt
house indigenous to the Philippines.
Often serving as an icon of Philippine
culture, its design heavily influenced
the Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato
architecture.
BAHAY NA BATO
(Tagalog, literal na salin sa Ingles ay
“stone house”, kilala rin na balay na
bato o balay nga bato sa Bisaya) - ay
isang uri ng gusaling nagmula noong
panahon ng Kolonisasyon ng mga
Espanyol sa Pilipinas.
Ang istilo nitong pinaghalong
Austronesian, Espanyol, at Intsik, pati
na rin ang arkitekturang Amerikano ng
unang bahagi ng ika-20 siglo ay
nagpapatunay lamang na ang Pilipinas
ay ang resulta ng pagsasama-sama ng
mga kulturang ito.
IVATAN HOUSE
- Are made of metre-thick limestone
and coral walls as well as cogon grass
roofs, and they are sturdy enough to
withstand strong winds.
- Ivatan houses originated at Batanes
Islands
- It was introduced by the spanish
conquerors and first appeared in the
18th century
HIGAONO TREE HOUSE
- Located in some hinterlands of
Agusan and Misamis Oriental
-
- the house is characterized by a lashed
sapling, nipa or cogon grass, split
bamboo, rattan, and tree bark

- designed in such a way that the roof


thatchings also serve as the structure’s
walls
BADJAO HOUSES
- are built on stilts that are carefully
placed in between coastal rocks and
corals.
- most of their traditional dwelling are
comprised of a single rooms thatch
house on stilts built above the sea
- the Badjao communities are most
commonly found in southern Philippines
LEPA
Lepa, also known as lipa or lepa-lepa,
are indigenous ships of the Sama-
Bajau people in Indonesia, the
Philippines, and Malaysia. They were
traditionally used as houseboats by
the seagoing Sama Dilaut. Since most
Sama have abandoned exclusive sea-
living, modern lepa are instead used
as fishing boats and cargo vessels.
MANDAYA HOUSE
-Mandaya is among the largest tribal
units in Southern Mindanao

- are usually one-room dwellings


located in the sloping mountains, with
the structure built high, from around 1
to 1.7 meters from the ground.
MANDAYA HOUSE
- Are made from flattened bamboo
slides, woven rattan slats, flattened
tree barks, and wooden strips
-
- The roof is made up of cogon on
hardwood frames
AGTA LEAN-TO
- Agta may live in simple lean-tos,
sleeping directly on the ground, or in
small huts on stilts with a bamboo or
palm wood floor about one meter above
the ground, and with a thatch roof

- usually there are no side walls


T’BOLI HOUSE
- Raised about six feet or more above
the ground with the side always barely
more than three feet high

- the roof is made of cogon or other


dried grass which is strung and sewn
down to the bamboo rafters with strips
of raw abaca or rattan
T’BOLI HOUSE
• the posts are of bamboo except for
the three stump still rooted to the
ground that are occasionally utilized
as posts for the inner portion of the
floor

• the walls of the house are of


bamboo split from the inside and
flattened out or of woven bamboo
strips called lahak
KALINGA HOUSE
is also called binayon
was a traditional house of Philippine
located in the center of cordillera
region, Kalinga, in settlement along the
Chico river
• it belongs to the rich and it had been
suggested that it was the older type
KALINGA HOUSE
Was construct by main four core in the
center of the house and eight columns
around it, creating an octagonal shape
• it has a place a fire place in almost
center of the house to provide
warmness to household

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