refers to the traditional and indigenous architectural styles and techniques
Vernacular architecture
means native
“vernaculus”
vernacular lineage
- Garnaries
- fortifications
- -places of worship
- eperemhal structures
- demountable structures
- contemporary urban shanties
origin of the philippine traditional architecture
“balai”
Five Principal feature of vernacular architecture
- the builders
- constant adaptation
- “flexible” construction methods
- balance
- protracted style evolution
Archetypal tropical characteristics
- elevated living floor
- buoyant rectangular volume
- raised pile foundation
- voluminous thatched roof
five traditional houses of the cordilleras
- ifugao house
- apayao house
- bontoc house
- kalinga house
- kankanay and ibaloi house
- sagada house
- one room dwelling “binuron”
- bamboo layered, gable roof ensembles an inverted boat-like apperance
Apayao house or isneg house
council house and dormitory of the young and uld unmarried males ( type of bontoc house)
ATO
female dormitory (type of bontoc house)
ULOG/OLOG
the family residence (type of bontoc house)
afong
covered by steep roof that is almost covering the perimeter wall
Bontoc house or Afung
rich family resides (type of bontoc house)
FAYU
smaller, enclosed and stone-walled ( type of bontoc house )
KATYUFONG
-for the poor; the communal segregated dormitory for unmarried
- no windows with only front and back door for ventialtion
Ifugao house or “fal-e”
- dwelled by wealthy family in the past
- traditional house in an octagonal layout
Kalinga house or Binayon
for thick posts supporting a timber upper floor and steep hip type roof
kankana-ey and ibaloi house
windowless house with thick and steep roof intended to withsttand the cold weather conditions
Sagada House
