Starting 2017, the Davao City local government set up the Kadayawan Cultural Village at the Magsaysay Park to popularize the traditional houses in the ancestral domains of cultural communities. This way, visitors to the annual…
If you’ve ever wondered what typhoon resilience looks like, look to the Ivatan of Batanes and how their homes have been designed to withstand the strongest of elements. The traditional house of the Ivatan is…
Back in the days when we could regularly go to garden events, we would see vines crawl across a part of the venue. We sometimes mistake pergola for a trellis and the other way around…
Nipa Roof Shingles are made from Nypa Fruticans, or nipa palms, which are not only abundant but also cost-effective in terms of indigenous construction materials. Nypa Fruticans grow beside the sea, in tidal flats or…
Bamboo Roof Shingles are one of the primary derivatives for nipa thatched roofs in vernacular rural housing in the Philippines. Bamboo Roof Shingles are a kind of roofing in rural homes in the Philippines that…
In Filipino construction, there are terms so common that it has surpassed generations, from the Spanish-speaking elders to the everyday construction personnel working on roofing. These are the Dos Aguas and Quatro Aguas Roofs. A…
Did you know that you shouldn’t nail two bamboo poles together? In some construction, we see this way of joining uncut bamboo poles together in typical huts in the Philippines. We often see that these…
If you are a Filipino, it is very likely that you have already come across the Bajau in the streets begging for food or selling used clothes. But did you know that originally they are…
One of the most interesting indigenous homes is the T’boli Gunu Bong, the “big house,” found in Lake Sebu. The Gunu Bong is wide, owing to the practices and composition of the family units living…
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