Some Philippine Simple Architecture

Some Philippine Simple Architecture
Bahay Kubo
- it is a type of stilt house indigenous to most of the lowland cultures of the Philippines.
Ifugao House
- were usually similar in architectural designs but they differ in decorative details depending on the
tribes. Their houses were harmoniously located with the contour of the rice terraces.
Batanes House
- The Ivatan houses are not the typical houses you can find in the Philippines. The Ivatan people, an
ethnolinguistic group of the Batanes province in the northernmost part of the country, built the
now-famous stone houses for a very good reason: to protect them against the harsh environmental
conditions.
Maranao House
- A torogan was a symbol of high social status. Such a residence was once a home to a sultan or Datu
in the Maranao community. Nowadays, concrete houses are found all over Maranaw communities,
but there remain torogans a hundred years old. The best-known are in Dayawan and Marawi City,
and around Lake Lanao.
Houses on Stilts
- Stilt houses are houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are
built primarily as a protection against flooding; they also keep out vermin. The shady space under the
house can be used for work or storage.
Wooden Banca
- Banca boats (or outrigger canoes in English) are built with outriggers on one side or both sides of the
narrow main hull. Traditional banca boats are made of wood. The outriggers are made of bamboo to
support and stabilize the boat.
Vinta Boats
- The vinta (also generically known as lepa-lepa or sakayan) is a traditional outrigger boat from the
Philippine island of Mindanao. The boats are made by Sama-Bajau and Moros living in the Sulu
Archipelago, Zamboanga peninsula, and southern Mindanao. ... These boats are used for inter-island
transport of people and goods.
Weaving in the Philippines

- Philippine weaving involves many threads being measured, cut, and mounted on a wooden
platform. The threads are dyed and weaved on a loom. Before Spanish colonization, native Filipinos
weaved using fibers from abaca, cotton, and bark cloth. Textiles, clothes, rugs, and hats were
weaved.
The Piña leaves of Kalibo, Aklan

- Piña is a fiber made from the leaves of a pineapple plant and is commonly used in the Philippines
(also known as nanas or nenas in Tagalog). It is sometimes combined with silk or polyester to create
a textile fabric.
The T’nalak of the T’boli of Lake Sebu
- T'nalak is a traditional cloth found in Mindanao island made by a group of people in Lake Sebu,
South Cotabato called T'bolis, Tboli people. This traditional cloth is hand-woven made of Abaca
fibers which traditionally has three primary colors, red, black and the original color of the Abaca
leaves.
The Tingkep baskets of Pala’wan tribe of Palawan

- Tingkep baskets woven by the Pala'wan tribe in the southern half of Palawan province is used
for a variety of purposes: as a storage container for rice, salt and personal belongings; in hunting;
in bartering, where it is exchanged for rice, wraparound skirts, and blankets, among other things.
The Hinabol of Higaonon of impasug-ong, Bukidnon

- “Hinabol” which means “woven” in Binukid, is an intrinsic part of Higaonon community life.
Known as a “cloth of peace,” it is woven as an offering to the spirits, used to broker peace during
tribal conflicts, and given as “blood money” within the Higaonon traditional justice system.
The Geometric weaves of the Yakan tribe of Zamboanga and Basilan
- The Yakan are a indigenous Muslim tribe native to the tropical island of Basilian. Located in the
Sulu Archipelago in the most southern region of the Philippines, Yakan people are recognised for
their remarkable technicolor geometric weaves and the distinctive face decorations used in their
traditional ceremonies.
The Tapis of the Kalinga Tribe

- The Tapis is a rectangular cloth that is worn as a wraparound skirt by Kalinga women. Woven
using backstrap body-tension looms and embroidered with patterns drawn from nature,
the tapis reflects the beautifully rugged mountain terrain of the Kalinga natural environment.
Carvings using stone done in Maragondon, Cavite

- Carving is the act of using tools to shape something from a material by scraping away portions of
that material. The technique can be applied to any material that is solid enough to hold a form
even when pieces have been removed from it, and yet soft enough for portions to be scraped
away with available tools.

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Weaving in the Philippines

The Piña leaves of Kalibo, Aklan

The Tingkep baskets of Pala’wan tribe of Palawan

The Hinabol of Higaonon of impasug-ong, Bukidnon

The Tapis of the Kalinga Tribe

Carvings using stone done in Maragondon, Cavite

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