Study on the Case of Bahay Nakpil-Bautista about its design and effects to

the thermal comfort of humans

Abstract

Filipino natives and foreign invaders made significant contributions to the

country's settlement via centuries of design development meant for the tropics,
leading to the creation of Philippine heritage homes. This conventional residence
focusing on the exploration of design's potential and its consequences for how
people perceive comfort, it was said to be effective in delivering indoor thermal
comfort through natural means. In the middle of Manila's bustling Quiapo district, The
Bahay Nakpil-Bautista, constructed by Arcadio Arellano in 1914, is a culturally
significant building that once housed important people from Philippine history before
World War II.

This study intends to assess the Bahay Nakpil-indoor Bautista's and outdoor
temperature conditions as well as its performance in terms of thermal comfort for
people. Uncovering Arellano's design strategies and their adaptation to the
environment and the tropics, an evaluation of human perception and design
competency through building and performance audit and how it correlated with its
external elements as thermal comfort is difficult to attain in the tropics. The Bahay
Nakpil-Bautista can provide a suitable interior thermal environment with one hundred
percent (100%) acceptability of its guests and users despite the variable
acceptability of human perception of comfort.

It develops the hypothesis that Bahay Nakpil-Bautista, a study of Philippine

heritage houses, possesses qualities of a good tropical design that can aid in the
innovation of better housing design in the Philippines. A study of historical tropical
design ideas that links the rediscovery of past solutions to the current situation.
Title: A Heritage Design Study of the Bahay na Bato, Filipino Spanish Colonial
Architecture

Abstract

The Philippines, which was colonized by Spain for over three hundred years,
has a distinctive blend of its traditional and vernacular culture and European
civilization, displaying variances in style and scale in home architecture.

With reference to traditional bahay kubo and Spanish stone-built houses,

Bahay na Bato, one of the typical new stone houses in the Philippines, was finished.
It was describe as a house with wooded legs and a stone skirt, a style construction
which make the house ensure to survive calamities like earthquake. The stone wall
at the ground floor stands through enough to carry out the roof, while at the upper
floor compose of hardwoods that make the structure more stable and flexible.

It adopted vernacular principles in traditional houses and new Spanish culture

and lifestyles. In particular, the vernacular for the weather, earthquakes, social and
cultural circumstances, environment, and materials in traditional bahay kubo still in
use in bahay na bato mixed with Spanish architectural technology and culture. This
study emphasizes the local features of bahay na bato by considering the traditional
house's climate control system and Spanish architectural influences.