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"inside the walls"

meaning of the name INTRAMUROS

"People of the flood plain

inhabit the broad
Pulangi River valley and delta which
occasionally flood.

1. Communal long house
2. Gabled type similar to the bahay kubo
3. Temporary lean-to

MANGYAN HOUSE
Mountainside or hillside of Mindoro
Three types of houses:

1. Lawig - small houses;
2. Mala-a walai - large houses, a
necessity in the polygamous culture;
3. Torogan - ancestral home of the upperclass.

Three major typologies of a Maranao House

1. San Agustin Church, Manila
2. Miag-ao Church, Iloilo
3. Paoay Church, Ilocos Nort.e
4. Santa Maria Church, Ilocos Sur

Four Baroque Churches declared as World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO

30-49sqm

average floor area of house range from:

Abong

Poor man's dwelling among the Ifugao. It does not have uniform dimensions, it
is built of poorer materials and slightly raised from the ground. There are no rat guards on the posts and
rarely has a pyramidal roof and a door.

Aduana

customhouse

Alang

Granary house found in the rice fields; found only among the wealthy.

Angono Petroglyphs

example of prehistoric stone carvings in Angono, Rizal

Animism

the oldest religion - a belief that
natural objects have souls practiced by
indigenous peoples in the mountains of
Luzon.

Antonio de Pigafetta

who was Ferdinand Magellan's chronicler, Who said that the early native houses
were made up of organic materials, raised on posts with steep sloping roofs

Arboreal or Tree shelters

huts built on top of trees; used to secure the family from forest animals
especially at night; also used in times of war with neighboring ethnic groups

Arquitectura mestiza

hybrid architecture created by the melding of western style and technology with
the native architectural vocabulary and style

BADJAO

Sea gypsies of the south

Bahay kubo

lowland house on stilts, made up of thatch and bamboo (nipa, sawali, anahaw, etc)

Balanghai

the boats used by the precolonial natives of the Philippines

Bale

Dwellers are very wealthy. There are carved posts in the interiors and flutings on
the exteriors and underneath the roof eaves. Carvings may include those of animal heads.

Bangahan

Part of the house: later hispanized into a banguerra
- pots, dishes and other utensils are kept

Barangay

precolonial native settlement made up of 40 to 45 families

Batalan

Part of the house: porch which opens from the
paglutuan

Bay sinug

The Tausug call their traditional house

Baybayin

Early writing of precolonial people of the Philippines

binangiyan

At the north of Ibaloi territory, at the northern part of Benguet and southern part of
Bontoc area live the Kankanai whose traditional houses \______________________ distinctly differ from those of
the Ibaloi and are remarkably similar to those of the Ifugao.

binayon or finaryon

The Kalinga octagonal house in Upper
Kalinga along the Chico River.

boatmen and boat builders

The Isnegs are native to Apayao which is the only region that has a navigable river. Thus
among the Cordillera people only the Isneg are \____________ & \____________

Boxer Codex

illustrated manuscript showing how the early Filipinos were like upon Spanish contact

Bulwagan

Part of the house: Living room

Cabildo / Ayuntamiento

City Council; the building it occupied was also known as the Casas Consistoriales

Cal

BUILDING TERMS: lime

Cal y canto

BUILDING TERMS: lime and masonry

Callao Man

earliest human species to date found in Callao Cave, Penablanca, Cagayan

CAÑAO

Socio-religious ceremony of the Igorots held for
a variety of reasons:
Thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest, Signal the start of another planting season, Part of a wedding ceremony, or
Celebrate the birth of a new member of the
community, etc.

Cantero

BUILDING TERMS: mason

Canto/canteria

BUILDING TERMS: masonry

Caracoa

precolonial warship

Casa Real or Casa Tribunal

the seat of the government in a town, also functioned as the local court where cases were heard.

Cementerio General de Dilao (Paco)

first general cemetery outside the city walls of Manila and first circular
cemetery with two circular perimeter walls and an oval planned chapel

Cementerio General de la Loma

general cemetery built to augment the Dilao cemetery

Chance or oido (playing by ear)

enables
the builder/designer/craftsman to improvise
and make adjustments along the way relying
on intuition and aesthetic insight.

Church fortress

churches usually designed to also serve as fortresses in times of Moro raids

Conchero

maker of capiz (placuna placenta) shell window panes; or maker of shell windows

Convento

convent; also kumbento; house where the priest stayed; also refers to a nunnery or a beaterio

Defense weapons maker -

Panday

Direction de Obras Publicas

established 1868 and was the precursor of present day Department of Public
Works and Highways

Earthquake baroque

usually pertains to churches built in the Baroque style but built with massive
buttresses to withstand earthquakes

Escolta

Manila's high end shopping street since the 19th century until the 1960s

Escuela de Artes y Oficios

that trained students as Maestros de Obras (Master Builders); no architecture
school then

Escuela pia

charity school

fayo

The Bontoc house, is about 3.50m. in frontage and 4.50m. in depth with a roof
height of 4.50m. The roof is hipped with the ridge parallel to the front which projects about 1.20m.
beyond the sidings of the ground floor and ends at 1.20 to 1.50m. above the ground

Felix Roxas y Arroyo

first Filipino architect; designed Santo Domingo Church and San Ignacio Church
in Intramuros

Fr. Antonio Sedeno

Jesuit priest who introduced stone building

Garita

sentry lookout found at the top corners of the walls of Intramuros

Genaro Palacios

architect of San Sebastian Church, all steel church with parts prefabricated in Binche,
Belgium

Gibon

Torogans special space for the daughter of
the datu.

Golden Mosque of Quiapo, Manila

also known as Masjid Al-Dahab; constructed by Imelda Marcos for
the visit of Libyan leader Muammar Al-Ghaddafi; architect is Jorge Ramos

Grand Mosque of Cotabato City

also known as the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid who funded the
construction; it cost $40 Million; architect is Felino Palafox

Hotel de Oriente, Binondo, Manila

premier hotel in Manila, by Architect Juan Hervas

Idjang

precolonial Batanes stone fort

Inappal

Temporary structure used as lodging during rice cultivation season; raised from
the ground

IVATANS

Nationally acclaimed as the "True Insulares."

Jardin Botanico

the Philippines' first botanical and zoological garden; now the present site of the
Metropolitan Theater and the Mehan Garden

JINJIN

Walls are of woven cogon thatched with
bamboo or wood framework, Roof is of multi- layered cogon system.

Jinjin a vahay

original Ivatan house of thatch that predates the rakuh

Kahab-an

connects the bottom ends
of the rafters together

Kamalig

Part of the house: separate storehouse on stilts
where unhulled rice is kept

Katawhang lumad

Cebuano term meaning
native or indigenous.

King Faisal Mosque in Marawi City

built through funds donated by King Faisal of Saudi Arabia

La Insular Tobacco Factory and Building in Binondo

done in Mudejar or Moorish style by Architect
Juan Hervas

La Loma

meaning The Hill; cemetery site at the periphery of Manila

Ladrillo

BUILDING TERMS: brick

Lamin

room in the torogan for the princess

Langgal

Philippine Islamic house of worship in a very simple form usually of light materials; corollary
to a Christian chapel

Latero

BUILDING TERMS: tinsmith

Laws of the Indies

set of laws by King Philip II that served as the template for planning towns in the
new colonies of Spain; the laws was the first set of urban planning guidelines implemented on a very
large scale in the world, covering Spain's colonies overseas.

LEAN-TO

Windshield or one-sided lean to with or
without flooring, Single-pitched roof supported by rafters

Leonardo Yturriano

Spanish military engineer who supervised the construction
of the stone walls of Intramuros

live in Siasi Island

semi-sedentary, building stilt-houses over the water and
engaging in fishing.

Luciano Oliver

architect of Teal Basilica in Batangas

LUMAH

traditional Yakan house which
faces the east.

Madera or maderamen

BUILDING TERMS: wood

MAITUM JARS:

Secondary burial jars, Made of earthenware designed and
formed like human figures with complete
facial characteristics.

Malagonlong Bridge (Puente de Malagonlong)

most beautiful and grandest bridge in the 19th century;
located in Tayabas, Quezon

MANGYANS

Ethno-linguistic group inhabiting most of the
highland region of Mindoro,

MANUNGGUL JAR:

Soul boat burial jars

Maranao

people around Lake Lanao

MARANAOS

"lake-like", "by or near
the lake, "or "lake dwellers". Live in settlements of the shores of Lake
Lanao, or an the hilly „dry rice areas" near a
water source;

Masjid

Philippine Islamic house of worship; built of stronger foundations and used for Muslim
festivities; another word for mosque

Mayhurahed

when the Spaniards arrived they introduced this type of mud and stone house

Maynilad

precolonial palisaded settlement at the mouth of the Pasig River near Manila Bay; under the
rulers Raja Matanda and his nephew Raja Soliman

Maytuav

types of roof: four sloping sides

Miag-ao Church, Iloilo

only church with decorative ornaments of bananas, coconut trees in the
pediment

Nigadagada a vahay

lime and mortar house which we now know as the traditional Ivatan house

Okir

Maranao decorative carved motif following the tendrils of the
local fern (pako rabong)

Okir-a-bai

(ladies‟ art) - geometrical
configurations found on the hand-woven
textiles or mats produced by women.

Okir-a-dato

(gentlemen‟s art) -
curvilinear motif on a man‟s work on
wood and other hard surfaces and
engraving on metal.

OKIR, OKIL, UKKIL

Carving usually features the naga or
serpent as well as floral and star and bud
motifs.

Paglutuan or "gilir"

Part of the house which may sometimes
be a separate structure where food is
prepared

Palatpat

bamboo strips tied on to the
rafters with rattan vines as the
mainsupports of the roofing

palm

bamboo: grass family, rattan: \_________ family