PRE SPANISH ERA

The pre-colonial architecture of the Philippines consisted of the

vernacular houses and Bahay Kubo made from natural materials but there are
some traces of large-scale construction before the Spanish colonizers came bu
not well documented.

Vernacular Architecture is a pure response to a person’s or society’s building

needs, as it is crafted by individuals, the main goal is to be resistant and tailored
PRE- HISPANIC ERA to what that individual particular needs. The building construction methods are
considered tested through trial and error until they achieve perfection over time
with concerning regarding climatic, functional and social needs.

FOLK
ARCHITECTUR
E
OF
• KALINGA
• ISNEG/APAYAO• IVATAN
• KANKANAI • ILOKANO
RY E RE
LUZON • TINGGIAN
BONTOC
• GADDANG
IBANAG TO PIN TU S

S IP EC
• • E

I
T
IBALOI • ILONGOT TA

H IL IT
• R
A
• IFUGAO

PH RCH
.
U
S
• MANGYAN L
IU
TAGBANUA JU

VISAYAS
•
• CATICUGAN A Y
A
R
.

• HILIGAYNUN B

• MAGAHAT
• MARANAO • TINURAY
• LUSARAN
• MANOBO • SUBANUN

MINDANAO •
• MANDAYA • YAKAN PRE SPANISH ER
BAGOBO • SAMAL
• BILAAN • TAUSUG LUZON HOUSE
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KALINGA
ISNEG/APAYAO
KANKANAI
IBALOY Benguet

TINGGUIAN Abra and Apayao

BONTOC
IFUGAO

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KALINGA
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PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, KALINGA PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, ISNEG/
APAYAO
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APAYAO APAYAO

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APAYAO APAYAO
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PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, IBALOI PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, IBALOI
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TINGGUIA TINGGUIA
PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON,
N House is elevated from the ground
N
with floors made of wooden boards
.Wall boards are ornamented with
carvings of eyes, noses and mouths
to form figures of human faces

and walls are

of wood. Roofs is made of several layers of runo grass
are usually with (found in the innermost): Thatch; facing each
oles to allow other and placed one over the other and well
occupants to packed thatch (found in the outermost)
ople or things
e without them
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PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, IFUGAO PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, IFUGAO
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PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, IFUGAO PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, IFUGAO
PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON,
RICE TERRACES RICE TERRACE

PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON,

RICE TERRACES RICE TERRACE
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RICE TERRACES RICE TERRACE

PRE SPANISH ERA - LUZON

OF IVATAN
RY E RE ILOKANO
TO PIN TU
GADDANG
S

S IP EC
E

I
T
TA

H IL IT A
R

PH RCH IBANAG
.
U
S
IU
L
JU
A
B
Y
A
R
.

ILONGOT

PRE SPANISH ERA

LUZON HOUSES
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PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, IVATAN PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, IVATAN

is a fortress and settlement of the early Ivatans

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Spaniards also introduced
se of the mortar, a
bination of lime and stone
ild walls of houses

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Sinadumparan Ivatan House

Maytuab Ivatan House

PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, ILOKANO PRE SPANISH ERA – LUZON, GADDANG
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PRE SPANISH ERA - VISAYAS

MANGYAN
OF TAGBANUA
RY E RE
TO PIN TU S
CATICUGAN
S IP EC
E

I
T
TA

H IL IT HILIGAYNON
R
A

PH RCH
.
U
S
IU

MAGAHAT
L
JU
A A
R
.

LUSARAN
Y
B

PRE SPANISH ERA

VISAYAN HOUSES
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TAGBANUA

CATICUGA
PRE SPANISH ERA – VISAYAS,
HILIGAYNO
PRE SPANISH ERA – VISAYAS,

N N
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MAGAHAT LUSARAN