HOA 1 - AQE1_rev

• History of Architecture discusses the significant events in the field of architecture in relation to a particular group of people, country, or period
• History of Architecture reveals what architecture went throughout the history of human existence and humans' quest for the best solution in providing specific needs for shelter and the transforming human social needs

  
• Sir Banister Fletcher - English Architect and Historian in 1800s
• Sir Banister Fletcher


  English architect & Architectural historian in the 1800s
• According to Sir Banister Fletcher It is important to look at the buildings of the past as a product of imagination and a coaction of influences of external factors
• Geographical


  The rise of every civilization depends on its characteristic features of the land like river, mountains, desert, valleys which affected how cities/communities were planned.
• Geological


  Earth's physical structure and substance affects the development of architectural style
• Climate


  Affects the utilization of materials present in a certain area, can make or break any architectural styles with respect to longevity or time.
• Religion


  Usually present in any civilization, most of the time the center, always came up with a physical structure, plays a significant role in keeping the civilization
• Social and Political

  
  

  Connotes the development of social need throughout human existence.
• Caves were where the earliest form of human shelter in the Philippines was discovered
• Pleistocene period

  
  

  The Philippines' earliest cave dwellers
• Neolithic period

  
  

  recorded trade and cultural contact already existed between the Philippines and its neighboring Southeast Asian countries, which continued to the coming of the Spaniards
• A cave that is located in Lipuun Point, southwest of Palawan

  
  

  Tabon Cave Complex
• The Rockshelter (Angono-Binangonan Rock Art) is a shallow rock shelter discovered by Carlos "Botong" Francisco, a noted muralist and a National Artist, during a field trip with a boy scout troop

  
  

  Angono Petroglyphs

  
• The Tau't Batu people in southern Palawan continuously live the primeval practice of living in caves, following a nomad way of life where the need for shelter depends on annual cycles of seasons
• The Idjang is a triangular-shaped hill made to act like a fortress, purposely shaped by early Ivatans to have steep surroundings to make it difficult for invaders to attack and easier for the settlers to defend it from the elevated position
• The Balangay is an impressive boat, approximately 25 meters in length, built entirely of wood and used for seafaring by the ancient kingdom of Butuan.
• The term "Barangay" is derived from Balangay due to its size that can accommodate multiple households
• Ephemeral


  Lasting for a very short time
• Ephemeral portable shelters in the Philippines
• Arboreal


  Living in trees, usually found in areas where violent intertribal conflicts or nocturnal raids are frequent
• The rice terraces zones include the Bable, the settlement of Ifugao community comprising of bale/fale and granary
• Vernacular architecture


  Exemplifies the most common building techniques based on the forms and materials of a particular historical period, region, or group of people.
• Dampness and humidity


  • Can destroy grains
  • Offers defense/protection from hostile tribesman, wild animals and vermin
  • Homes are designed in relation to terrains and mountains
• BINURON


  A traditional Isneg house
• BINURON


  • Located in Apayao Province in the Cordillera Administrative Region
  • The gable roof made of bamboo shingles and resembled like an inverted boat/hull
  • Lightly elevated from the ground
  • Has an exposed floor joist that suggests the profile of a boat

  
• DATAG OR XASSARAN


  The main section
• TAMUYON


  Slightly raised platform on three sides
• BINAYON


  A traditional Kalinga house
• BINAYON


  • Octagonal in plan
  • Exterior features are not strongly defined
• DATAGGON


  Central section
• SIPI


  Slightly elevation side sections
• FAY-U


  Traditional Bontoc house for the affluent
• FAY-U


  • A house within a house
  • Usually square in plan
  • The outer part of the house facilitates activities related to granaries and poultry
• Other building types


  • KATYUFONG - designated for the poor
  • KOL-OB - residence of widows or unmarried old women ; can also be called katyufong
  • AFONG - family residence
  • ATO - council house and dormitory of the young and old
  • ULOG/OLOG - female dormitory
  • AL-KANG - storage for food, jewelry and wine jars
  • AKHAMANG - rice granary
  • FALINTO-OG - pig pens
• LIM-IN


  Eating area; the most spacious in the house
• LIM-IN


  • Only contains PATYAY - an elevated stick rack suspended on the wall
  • PANANNOM - water jar in one corner
• TAP-AN


  Pounding area; the section of the house with stone pavement - where pounding rice is done
• ANG-AN


  Sleeping area; the area utilized for sleeping with ATAG (reed mat) as bed for the couple and children up to 8 years old