• What is your ideal house?

• What are your considerations

in building your dream
house?
• What are the characteristics
and functions of indigenous
and colonial houses in the
island of Luzon?
Philippin
e
Architect
.

Factors to consider in building a house:

1. Setting (geography)
2. Climate
3. Availability of resources
*Ancient cave
dwellers exists in
carved figures on
cave walls, which
was called
Philippine mural
Example:
Tabon Cave in
Palawan
Batanes
*Made up of tree branches and leaves

*Portable shelter
*It is built 2 to 20 meters above the
ground

*Protection from floods, wild animals

and enemies
*A strong and fortified place that is also a
permanent army post during the Spanish
Era

*A public square in a city or town

*An open area usually located near
urban buildings and walkways
 Fort Santiago

Plaza Miranda
*It was built at the center of the town by
the town plaza.

*It was made up of adobe (volcanic

tuff) stone, coral stone or brick

*It is in rectangular form. Its walls are

high and thick and are supported by
buttresses
 San Agustin Church Sta. Monica Chruch
(Paoay, Ilocos (Sarrat, Ilocos
Norte) Norte)

St. John the Baptist *Inside Sta.

Church Quiapo, Monica
*It was just a meter away from
the respective church in the
place
*It was the house of higher rank
persons before such as Spanish friars
*The 19th-Century townhouses

*Typical house of noble Filipinos

*It is a mixture of native Filipino, Spanish

and Chinese influences

*The apex in the development of

Indigenous Filipino architecture
Spanish Colonial
Houses (Vigan, Stone
Ilocos Sur) Houses
(Batanes)
Other
Architectural
Design
IFUGAO HOUSES
FOUR TYPES:
abong is constructed directly on the
ground
FOUR TYPES:
inappal is considerably raised from
the ground
FOUR TYPES:
A more permanent, durable, and
elevated family house is called fale.
FOUR TYPES:
alang or the granary house is built near
the rice fields
*It is icon of culture as
an
represents Philippine
"bayanihan" -
communal or effort a it
unity
particular objective. to spirit of
achieve
*Traditional construction materials a are
bamboo tied together and covered with a
thatched roof using nipa or anahaw leaves.
omnipresent building practice