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• This material comes from the outer covering oft bamboo poles. It is woven into mats and ideal for cement backing. 

  sawali
• This by-product of coconut is used to minimize the use of cement and as sandwich panels for insulation.

  coco coir
• This is sugar cane waste used for insulation or cement backing.

  bagasse
• 1. This is a fiber material obtained from the leaf stalk of a banana plant. Most of these materials are found in the Bicol region.

  abaca
• This indigenous material has low degree of elasticity, low -concrete adhesion, but wide variable moisture content. It is very useful in architectural forms and designs, mainly as reinforcement to concrete.

  bamboo
• This material is often used for non-structural panels, walls, screens, and bases of houses. Despite being widely used, it is susceptible to termites and have to be replaced every 4 to 5 years.

  palm frond stems
• This material is brittle, has less strength, and cannot stand up well to tension. However, it is the choice of building materials in places with hot, dry climates due to its low thermal conductivity

  mud bricks
•  are widely used in architecture such as in the construction of bahay-kubo, bahay bale, bahay na bato and other indigenous architectural structures.

  indigenous materials
• bahay kubo


  nipa hut
• this is the type of a dwelling unit that existed during the Spanish time in the Philippines. This type of house is considered as an updated version of the traditional bahay kubo.

  stone house
• Bahay na bato houses in Batanes called

  Sinadumparan
• ifugao bale is also called

  no nail house
• This type of indigenous house is sometimes referred to as "No-Nail House" because it was constructed without the use of nails.

  ifugao bale
• They are known as the "architectural marvel of the century"

  ifugao bale
•  Local carpenters of Banaue who built the Ifugao bale as part of dangah or free service are called

  munhabats
• The bale evolved from primitive dwelling called "abong" which is equivalent to "house" in Pangasinan dialect. 
• what do ifugaos observe furing the construction of bale which is a pagan ritual

  ngilin
• this  strain is exemplified in the Isneg and Lower kalinga house,

  northern strain
• this strain is in the Ifugao, Tbaloi, Kankanai, and Bontoc houses. 

  southern