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Whitman College
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ARTH-135 | Architectures of Race
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2020
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3
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Kolten Khan

BAHAY KUBO The nipa hut, or bahay kubo, is a type of stilt house indigenous to the cultures of the Philippines. It is also known as payag or kamalig in other languages of the Philippines. It often serves as an icon of Philippine culture, its architectural principles gave way to many of Filipino traditional houses and buildings that rose after the pre-colonial era. Bahay came from the word Balai, vernacular word for house. Kubo translation of the Spanish word Cubo which means Cube. The tagalog Kobo refers to mountain houses. PARTS OF BAHAY KUBO: BUBONG (roof) - are made up of Nipa, cogon Grass, buri palm, coconut leaves, rice stalks, talahib, sugar cane leaves, split bamboo, or black moss. usually leftovers from poles used for the roof. The window framework is panelled with either nipa shingles or amakan matting which is made of flattened bamboo slats that are crisscrossed. SAHIG (flooring)- Master beam (yawi) runs from one post to the next and is lashed to each post SLIDING WINDOWS – are built in the living and dining rooms for the purpose of having a good view of the front yard and visual contact with approaching with rattan. persons GILILAN (Floor sills) - run around the outermost periphery of the floor joists to support the walls. One unique feature of the bahay kubo is that with such a neat arrangement of the bamboo slats, the elevated is used not only as a permanent bed, but also as a wide horizontal window. DINGDING(walls) The construction TILT UP WINDOW – made for the bedroom for reasons of privacy as the bedroom is also uses as a dressing area. of walls and sidings is subject to infinite variations: strength required, protection desired from rain or winds, and the need for light and ventilation. Walls may also be made of flattened bamboo arranged vertically or PINTO (Door)– made up of bamboo frames and with vertical horizontal studs and nipa shingles tied to bamboo strips fastened to studs. Diagonal stud – is added to give them support and to provide anchor to the door lock. Doors are side-hinged and fastenings vary from the traditional latch-string to the lock-and-chain. woven coconut leaves known as sulirap. DUNGAWAN (Window) The bamboo materials used for windows are SILID (Room)- where they keep their personal belongings such as nets, clothes, sleeping mats and ironing board. In this bedroom that the couple and two children sleep while their infant son grandmother and sleep on the small silid which looks like an appendage for its ceiling is the roof itself. Serves as bedroom. SILONG – space under the house which may be fenced with bamboo slats or it may be open, this is where they store their harvest, keep their tools and implements or their pigs, goats and chicken. BALCON – the porch that opens to the living KUSINA – kitchen with a separate roof. room (Bulwagan). BATALAN – the porch and back serves as the areas for sometimes at the same level as the living area and sometimes at ground level, the “batalan can contain any combination of cooking and dishwashing area, bathing area and, in some cases, a lavatory, cleaning and washing, sometimes used as bathroom. BULWAGAN (Sala) -considered receiving area similar to living room. as

Philippine Historical Parts of Bahay Kubo

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