Lesson 1 - Prehistoric Phils
Lesson 1 - Prehistoric Phils
Lesson 1 - Prehistoric Phils
THE
BEGINNING
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 4
COURSE
OBJECTIVE
TO FOCUS ON THE STUDY OF
THE REFLECTIONS ON THE
ARCHITECTURE OF THE
PHILIPPINES; ITS CHANGES
AND CHALLENGES IN THE
CONTEMPORARY LIFE AND THE
IDEOLOGY OF CONSERVING ITS
ARHITECTURAL LEGACIES.
THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE PHILIPPINES ARE
REFLECTED INITS ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE, IN THE
DWELLINGS OF ITS VARIOUS PEOPLE, IN CHURCHES
AND MOSQUES, AND IN THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE
RISEN IN RESPONSE TO THE DEMANDS OF PROGRESS
AND THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE PEOPLE.
ARCHITECTURE OF THE
PHILIPPINES TODAY IS A RESULT
OF A NATURAL GROWTH
ENRICHED WITH THE
ABSORPTION OF VARIES
INFLUENCES.
IT IS THE RESIDUE OF THE
DIFFERENT OVERLAYS OF
FOREIGN INFLUENCES LEFT IN
THE PHILIPPINES OVER THE
CENTURIES.
PRE COLONIAL
PERIOD OF
PHILIPPINE
ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURAL
CHARACTERISTICS
• Early Filipino villages were established either near bodies of
water or in a swidden or slashed & burned agricultural
environment
• Daily diet of early Filipinos were mostly from the sea. Animals like chicken, pig or
carabaos were treated more as ritual or festival foods
• Their fishing implements provided more yield
• The water provided a good means of travel since no road exist until the Spanish times
• The bodies of water were major source for bathing, washing, and drinking
COMMON FEATURES OF
HOUSES
• STILTS – to avoid the dampness during rainy season or the heat
emanating from the ground. Flooring maybe of wood, bamboo, rattan,
beaten bark or removable reed mat
• POSTS – structural components like post & beams are made of wood,
tree trunks or bamboo
• WALLS – are made of wooden panels, tree bark, nipa, on wooden land
bamboo framing
• ROOFING – hipped roof, gabled or pyramidal form with wooden or
bamboo framing. Roof design is sometimes influenced by
environment
COMMON FEATURES OF HOUSES
NEGRITO PEOPLE
Ethnic group that inhabit parts of
Southeast Asia