6.

KANKANAY

LOCATION:BAKUN MOUNTAIN, NORTH

BENGUET.
PLAN: BINANGIYAN
STRUCTURAL:
o FOUR OR MORE WOODEN POSTS
o HARDWOOD WALLS
DECORATIVE ELEMENTS:
o JAWBONES AND SKULLS OF
BUTCHERED PIGS
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o PYRAMIDAL ROOF (HIGH AND
POINTED)
o MADE OF REED / RUNO
PUDONG AND COGON GRASS
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:
o DETACHABLE BAMBOO STAIRS
o NO WINDOWS

7. TINGGIAN

LOCATION:ABRA MOUNTAINS/APAYAO DIST.

(CAGAYAN)
PLAN:
o ELEVATED; WOODEN FLOOR BOARDS
STRUCTURAL:
o WOODEN WALLS AND POSTS
o USAGE OF PEEPHOLES
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o RUNO GRASS (ROOF)
DECORATIVE ELEMENTS:
o WALLBOARDS CARVINGS (EYES/
NOSE/ MOUTH)

8. BONTOC

LOCATION: CORDILLERA (MOUNTAIN AREA)

PLAN:
o FAYU = WIDE OPEN DOOR
o SLANTED SLEEPING COMPARTMENT
STRUCTURAL:
o FOUR CORNER POST
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o PYRAMIDAL ROOF
o RIDGE POST SUPPT. BY 2 QUEEN
POSTS
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:
o STAIRS; SMOKEHOLES; DOOR

10. IBALOY

9. GADDANG

TREE HOUSE
LOCATION: CORDILLERA HILLTOPS
(FORESTED AREAS)
PLAN: NO DISTINCT SHAPE. ANYTHING
GOES.
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS:
o UPRIGHT TREE TRUNKS & BAMBOO
DECORATIVE ELEMENTS:
o ONE OR TWO TRUNKS
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o COGON

LOCATION: BENGUET MOUNTAINS

PLAN:
o BUILT DIRECTLY ON THE GROUND
o FOR THE POOR (LOWEST CLASS OF
THEIR CASTE).
DECORATIVE ELEMENTS / FURNISHINGS:
o NO FURNITURES
o BUILT-IN BEDS
STRUCTURAL:
o FOUR TO SIX PINEWOOD POSTS
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o CEILINGLESS
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:
o STAIRS (MADE OF TAYTAY)
o WINDOWLESS

11. IBANAG

LOCATION: ISABELA LOWLANDS

PLAN:
o ELEVATED
o BATALAG PORCHES AT FRONT/REAR
(KIT.)
STRUCTURAL:
o STURDY WOODEN POSTS
o SPLIT BAMBOO WALL
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o COGON / NIPA

PRE-

NIPA
NIPA HUT

CONCLUSION:

ROOFING: PYRAMIDAL. COGON.

MAIN APPROACH: ENTRANCE/ENTRY; USAGE
OF DETACHABLE LADDERS.
USUALLY OF TWO DOORS: MAIN AND KITCHEN.

SPANISH
ERA

BAHAY
KUBO/
HOUSE/
LOCATION: LOWLANDS ALL OVER THE
PH
PLAN:
o ONE-ROOM DWELLING WITH
PORCH
o BULWAGAN-SILID-PALUTUANSILONG- DAPOGAN-BANGAHANBATALAN
STRUCTURAL:
o FOUR MAIN POSTS
o ROCKS ADD STABILITY TO POSTS
o FLOOR SILLS GILILAN
o TWO FLOOR BEAMS YAWI
o FLOOR JOISTS SOLERAS
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o STEEP GABLED ROOF
COGON; RICE STALKS;
SUGAR CANE LEAVES
NIPA SHINGLES =
PAWID
BAMBOO STRIPS =
PALATPAT
RIDGE POLE = PALUPO
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:

o DOORS = SALA;WINDOWS =
SAWALI
MANGYAN
LOCATION: MINDORO
(MOUNTAINSIDE/HILLSIDES)
PLAN:
o RECTANGULAR IN PLAN
o ELEVATED AT 1.5 mts.
STRUCTURAL:
o WALLS = TREE BARKS
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o GABLED ROOF (COGON
THATCHING)
o ROOF EAVES EXTEND 1.0 mtr.
BEYOND WALL
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:
o 4-STEP LADDER/ NOTCHED LOG
o NO WINDOWS

CATICUGAN

LOCATION: DUMAGUETE LOWLANDS

PLAN:
o SALA- SLEEPING RM KIT. 2
PORCHES
STRUCTURAL:
o BAMBOO POSTS PREVENTION
OF DECAY
o FLR BEAMS ATTACHED TO POST
TOGETHER
o NIPA EXT. WALLS
o SAWALI (INTERIOR) PARTITION
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o HIPPED/ GABLED ROOF
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:

o STAIRS = 2 UPRIGHT BAMBOOS

WITH HORIZONTAL SLATS
o DOOR = FENENSA
o AWNING TYPE WINDOWS

MAGAHAT

LOCATION: STEEP HILLSIDES OF S.

NEGROS
PLAN: SQUARE/ RECTANGULAR
STRUCTURAL:
o LOG POST
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o GABLED ROOF FRAMING
o SPLIT BAMBOO
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS
o 4-DIAMETER LOG STAIR

HIGHEST LEVEL = STO.

FOR PILLOWS/ BLANKETS.
STRUCTURAL:
o PARTITIONS ARE UNNECESSARY
(BECAUSE OF FLOOR LEVELS)
o CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:NO
WINDOWS

MINDANAO
1. BADJAO
LOCATION: MINDANAO & SULU REGION
PLAN:
o LADDERS SERVE AS WASHING
AREA
o MIRROR SYMBOLIZE NO. OF
CHILDREN
o CONSIDERED AS HOUSE BOATS
2.

TAGBANUA
LOCATION: CENTRAL PALAWAN
(COASTAL AND NEAR-COASTAL
PLAINS/ VALLEYS)
PLAN:
o ELEVATED ON STILTS AT 8 ft.
HIGH
o USUALLY MADE OF EIGHT LEVELS
EACH LEVEL
CORRESPONDS TO
CERTAIN FUNCTIONS (I.E.
ENTRANCE, COOKING,
DINING ETC.)

MANDAYA
LOCATION: DAVAO (EDGE OF CLIFFS)
PLAN:
o TREE HOUSES

o FLOORING MADE OF BAMBOO

STRIPS/ BEATEN BARKS.
SECURED BY RATTAN.
o RESTS DIRECTLY ON THE LIMBS
OF TREES
o BUILT ON TOP OF TREE STUMPS
(4.50 6.00 mtrs. HIGH)
DECORATIVE ELEMENTS
o BAMBOO SWING
o DRUMS (MADE OF STRETCHED
DEER SKIN); GUITARS; BAMBOO
FLUTE
o FIGHTING SPEAR
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS:
o TWO-THREE FOUNDATION
POSTS (ROOF SUPPORT)
o FLATTENED BAMBOO STRIPS/
NIPA POLED COVERED WITH
NIPA PALM (AT WALLS)
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o GABLE ROOF (BAMBOO
FRAMING WITH LAYERS OF NIPA
PALM AS COVERING)
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:
o SINGLE STAIR NOTCHED TREE/
BAMBOO POLES.
o SMALL WINDOWS.

3. SUBANUN
LOCATION: ZAMBOANGA
(MOUNTAINOUS INTERIOR)
PLAN:

4.

o RARELY EXXCEEDS 20.0 SQ.

MTRS.
o BUILT ABOVE GROUND
o ONE-ROOM STRUCTURE WITH
DIFFERENT LEVELS FOR
DIFFERENT AREAS.
STRUCTURAL:
o WOOD/ BAMBOO POSTS
o BAMBOO FRAMING COVERED
WITH LAYERS OF NIPA PALMS
AT WALLS
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o GABLE ROOF (NIPA PALM)
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:
o SINGLE LOG WITH NOTCHES;
BAMBOO RAILING (STAIRS)
o ABSENCE OF WINDOWS
MANOBO
LOCATION
:
AGUSAN,

BUKIDNON, DAVAO, MISAMIS

ORIENTAL, COTABATO (LOWLANDS)
PLAN:
o FLOORING: WITHERED BARK OF
MAHOGANY TREE/ SPLIT
BAMBOO
STRUCTURAL:
o FOUR OR MORE POSTS (2050POST AND POLES IF HOUSE IS
EXTENDED)
o WIDE BAMBOO FRAME AT WALLS
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o GABLED ROOF COVERED WITH
SUN-DRIED COGON GRASS
DECORATIVE ELEMENTS:
o LITTLE OR NO DECORATIONS AT
ALL
o ANGLED PIECE OF WOOD
ATTACHED TO TOP BEAM
(PROTECTION AGAINST EVIL)
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:
o KITCHEN AREA = ONLY
ENTRANCE
o LADDER (TREE TRUNK CUT WITH
NOTCHES)
o 2 WINDOWS

5. MARANAO & TOROGAN

LOCATION: LAKESHORES/ HILLS/
RIVERS
TOROGAN = ANCESTRAL HOUSE
FOR DATU & FAMILY
PLAN:

o MARANAO = WALAY HOUSE

(SINGLE ROOM STRUCTURE WITH
NO PARTITION)
TOROGAN-BARIMBINGAN
WOOD
TAPAAN
KODAL (CARABAO CORRAL)
GIBON/ PAGA ROOM FOR
DATUS DAUGHTER TO HIDE
IN.
LAMIN TOWER FOR
PRINCESS TO HIDE IN
DURING OCCASIONS.
PANGGAO DATUS
CEREMONIAL BED.
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:
o BAMBOO STAIRS AT PORCH AND
KITCHEN
o SPIT BAMBOO SLIDING DOORS/
WINDOWS
o WINDOWS AT FRONT & RIGHT SIDE
OF HOUSE.
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o WALAY AND TOROGAN ROOF
(STEEP PITCHED; IN SHAPE OF
CARABA HORNS)
o THICK COGON GRASS AND
BAMBOO FRAMING
DECORATIVE ELEMENTS:
o CARVED CHESTS, MAMANDIYANG
CURTAINS, RIYARA WOVEN MAT
o CARVINGS
PIAKO = FERN-LIKE

NAGA = DRAGON-LIKE
o OKIR DESIGN (CARVING AT GISUK
WOODEN PANELS; WALLS)
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
o WALAY HOUSE
ELEVATED/ NINE
TO TWELVE HUGE
POSTS OF
BAMBOO/
WOODEN
MATERIALS

o TOROGAN HOUSE
RAPUWILIH = CENTER
POST; LUKUD = FOUR
CORNER POSTS
FLOOR BEAMS SUPT BY
25 THICK POSTS; END
BEAMS = PANOLONG

6. SAMAL
LOCATION: JOLO (COASTAL WATERS)
PLAN:
o ONE/MORE SMALL ROOMS
o KITCHEN ARE BUILT PARTIALLY
ABOVE GROUND AND WATER
ON WOODEN POSTS.
STRUCTURAL:
o STILTS = BAMBOO POLES
o WALLS = WOODEN BOARDS/
SAWALI

PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o ROOF THATCHING = FLATTENED
BAMBOO
o GABLED ROOF WITH
PROJECTING LOWER LEAN-TO
ROOFS
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:
o CATWALKS INSTEAD OF STAIRS
o SLIDING SASHES AT DOORS &
WINDOWS

7. TAUSUG
LOCATION: COASTAL WATERS OF
TAPUL, SIASI, BASILAN, TAWI-TAWI,
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, COTABATO
BAY-SMUG = NATIVE NAME FOR
TRADITIONAL TAUSUG HOUSE
PLAN:
o ELEVATED ABOVE GROUND
ENTRY PORCH/ SALOS
SLEEPING QUARTERS
KITCHEN
STRUCTURAL:
o 9 POSTS AT BILIK (SLEEPING
AREA)
o POSTS = HEAVY TIMBER/
BAMBOO
o WALLS = SPLIT BAMBOO/
WOOVEN COCONUT PALM

CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:
o 0.45 mtr. OPENING FOR
VENTILATION
SMALL, RECTANGULAR
o NARROW SLITS AS PEEPHOLES
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS
o HIP ROOF SUPPORTED BY 8 POSTS
RISING DIRECTLY FROM GROUND
o ROOF BEAMS CONNECT EACH
POST TO ONE ANOTHER
o KINGPOST SUPPORTING ROOF
RIDGE
o BAMBOO STRIPS =
SUPPORTING PURLINS

8. TBOLI
LOCATION: LAKE SEBU, COTABATO
(HILLTOPS AND MOUNTAINTOPS
AREA)
PLAN:
o BUILT ON 6 FT HIGH STILTS
o VARIOUS LEVELS
STRUCTURAL:
o BAMBOO = HOUSE POSTS
o SAWALI/ WOVEN BAMBOO
STRIPS = WALLS
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS:
o ROOF DESIGN= ROOF ON
STILTS
o COGON/ DRIED GRASS; ROOF
SLOPE OF 30 EXTENDING
DOWNWARDS
o APEX AT 17 FT HIGH
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS:
o SINGLE BAMBOO POLE = STAIR
o DOOR AT *ALMOST* 2FT ABOVE
FLOOR
DECORATIVE ELEMENTS
o APPLIQUES AND TASSLES, IGAM
MATS, BASKETS, PILLOWS
WINNOWING TRAYS, BAMBOO
WATER CONTAINERS, ANTIQUE
CHINESE PLATES, JAW BONES OF
WILD BOARS AND
HUNTING/FISHING TOOLS
9. YAKAN
LOCATION: MOUNTAINOUS INTERIOR
OF BASILAN

PLAN:
o ELEVATED AT 2-3 MTRS FROM
GROUND
o SINGLE-ROOM STRUCTURE;
RECTANGULAR IN PLAN
STRUCTURAL:
o POSTS = STURDY WOOD; FLOOR
BEAMS DIRECTLY ATTACHED TO
FLOOR.
o WALLS = SAWALO/ HORIZONTAL
WOODEN BOARDS ATTACHED
BY RATTAN LASHINGS.
CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS
o LADDER AT PORCH AND
KITCHEN
o DOORS AT EAST (PROSPERITY)
o SMALL WINDOWS (BAD SPIRITS
CANNOT ENTER SMALL OPENINGS)
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS
o STEEP RIDGED ROOF; COGON
THATCH
o ROOF EAVES OVERHANG WALL
AT 0.50MTS