housing exam mod 2

• Behavioral Aspect of Housing

  Man's view of its environment and the built spaces
• The space that we see around us affects our behavior, thoughts and actions
• Our Behavior is affected by our spaces and the culture that influences us
• Psychological Perspective


  • Environmental stimuli
  • Size and height of spaces
  • Color
  • Temperature
  • Noise
• Territoriality


  A pattern of behavior and attitudes held by an individual or group that is based on perceived, attempted or actual control of definable physical space, object or idea and may involve habitual occupation, defense, personalization and marking of it
• Privacy


  • Solitude – being alone
  • Intimacy – the ability of a small number of people to be by themselves undisturbed
  • Anonymity - the ability to interact or be with others without releasing full information about oneself to avoid being identified or accountable
  • Reserve – The ability to limit communication about oneself to others
• Bahay Kubo


  Houses of the Filipinos usually made of wood and nipa, later galvanized iron replaced nipa as roofing
• Bahay Kubo


  • Houses made of nipa and bamboo still found in some towns, barrios, and cities
  • Most houses especially the older ones are situated high above the ground for better ventilation and reduced humidity
  • Houses were built then through the help of friends and neighbors (Bayanihan)
  • Today there are only few bamboo houses, most houses are already built of strong materials like hollow blocks, wood, galvanized iron and glass windows
• Balangkas


  Skeletal structural element of a roof or wall, assembled or fitted together to handle the exterior elements or finishes
• Batalan


  Small space adjacent to the cooking area with a service door leading outside, for washing hands, feet, bathing kids, washing pots & dishes
• Abuhan


  Elevated earthen fireplace with a stone stove for cooking
• Bulwagan


  Main section of the house used as living, dining and sleeping areas
• Silong


  Storage for: harvest, tools, livestock
• Hagdan


  Main access to the house – made from bamboo or combined with wood
• Sagang


  Waist-level railing, made using bamboo, used as an enclosed and protected porch area
• Banguerahan


  Elevated counter made of bamboo strips usually projecting beyond the kitchen wall – used to store food and kitchen utensils
• Pasibi


  Single slope extension of a gable or hip type roof
• Sahig


  Bamboo strips laid perpendicular to the floor joist either closely laid or with ample spaces – natural air to enter through the floor
• Patukuran


  Whole bamboo laid over the main beam (yawi) to carry the floor joist (soleras)
• Soleras


  Whole bamboo laid parallel with each other of about 12 to 15" over the secondary beam (patukuran) as support for the flooring
• Gililan


  Whole bamboo laid around the perimeter of the house used to hold and support the walls
• Haligi


  Post buried on the ground is called binaon (buried) and a post set up above a stone slab is referred to as pinatong (placed on)
• Yawi


  Whole bamboo, horizontally laid to define the perimeter of the house and tied firmly on each post with rattan strips
• Dingding


  Wall siding is either bamboo latticework (sala-sala), interlaced bamboo (amakan) woven bamboo (sawali) or woven coconut leaves (silirap)
• Bubong


  Made from either bamboo cogon grass, anahaw leaves or nipa shingles
• Nipa


  Nypa fruiticans, a tropical palm with a short trunk and brood pinnate leaves that grows abundantly along rivers and estuaries
• Bahay na Bato


  Old houses were not painted, the present ones are painted in various colors and built styles, built high on the ground with the space below called silong fenced with bamboo
• Sahig, Zuelo, Floor


  The horizontal, levelled surface in a room on which one walks and stand
• Silya, Silla, Chair


  A seat use for relaxation, recreation and entertaining guest
• Some years ago, kerosene lamps were used in most houses. Now electricity has found its way in almost all houses. The old kalan or native stove has been replaced by electric ranges. The palayok or native pot by aluminum pots and pans. Firewoods and charcoal are still used by some filipino housewives especially now that gas and electricity have become very expensive
• Kitchen


  Bigger and has enough kitchen utensils and working space where the household domestic help works
• The veranda or porch is still part of today's houses. It is usually provided with ceramic balustrade, and it bears much of the household traffic
• Pots of ferns and flowering plants surrounded the wall. The artistic touch of the Filipino is still evident in the house. In a one-room house, you can see curtains hanging on the walls and windows, a family picture, and a saint prominently displayed in one corner of the room
• Filipinos also displayed neatness and cleanliness in keeping their houses. The Filipino housewives uses different kinds of brooms for cleaning. There is the salary of soft broom for sweeping the floor; a smaller one for dusting wall carvings and picture frames, the walis tingting or stiff broom for cleaning and stone floors. And plumero, a broom made from chicken feathers for dusting. Buckets, wooden scrub brushes with thick bristles, bunot or coconut husk, dustpans, bar soap, gugo or native shampoo, is-is leaves, banana leaves, kerosene and coconut oil are also used for cleaning the house
• Floor wax was prepared by homemakers from candles, atsuete and kerosene, melted from glowing embers. In some homes, hardwood floors were swept then scrubbed with is-is before wax was applied. When the sticky wax is dry, the floor is scrubbed again until it becomes very shiny. The furniture, windowsills, staircases and walls were also scrubbed with is-is leaves or polished with wax. Kitchen tables were cleaned with is-is leaves, water, sand and ash. Those made of zinc were wiped with kerosene
• The country currently deals with problems surrounding homelessness. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) shows that about 4.5 million Filipinos are homeless
• Approximately 30% of the country's total population is reported to live in informal settlements, with some 2.4 million people or over 0.5 million families residing in informal settlements in Metro Manila and are considered informal settlers by the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the National Economic Development (NEDA)
• Informal settlers face sanitation and safety issues in dangerous areas, including waterways, floods, natural disasters, health risks from lack of clean water and sanitation facilities, and increased risk of forced eviction and home demolition without a relocation plan
• While there have been different government efforts to address the issue of homelessness in the country, there has been an issue surrounding a housing deficit and backlog for several years now. This means that the target number of housing units for government housing projects had (and still hasn't) not been met until now
• The longer it would take for an administration to address deficits, the more the next administration needs to work on. Along with a steady increase in population growth, this housing problem will go on longer for more administrations to come