ARCHITECTURE

OF THE
PHILIPPINES
PRE-COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE
TYPES OF PRE COLONIAL
ARCHITECTURE
• Dwellings
• Place of worship
CHARACTERISTICS OF EARLY SHELTERS

• Common Materials
• Light organic
• Fibrous
• Mainly wood

• Common Systems of Construction

• Lashing
• Weaving
• Thatched construction
Characteristics of Early
shelters
• Elevated quarters
• House raised on either posts or stilts
• Flaring or steeped roof
• Mostly one room dwelling
FUNCTIONS

• Supports economic activity

• Conforms with climactic conditions
• Expresses tradition and culture
COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE

• Spanish Colonial Period

• American Colonial Period
THE BAHAY NA BATO
AMERICAN COLONIAL
ARCHITECTURE
• Public Buildings
• Public Schools
• Commercial Buildings
• Chalet/tsalet
1) Development of water-front and location of parks and
parkways so as to give proper means of recreation to every
quarter of the city
2) The street system securing direct and easy communication
from every part of the city to every other part to include a bay
boulevard
3) Location of building sites for various activities
4) Development of waterways for transportation
5) Summer resorts
COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE WAS INFLUENCED
BY THE COLONIAL POLICIES OF EACH
COLONIAL RULER

Spain : Imperial expansion through religion

America: Colonizing through, western education, training for
self government and capitalism
POST WAR MODERNISM
POST WAR
MODERN TO CONTEMPORARY
PERIOD
Expressive of the pursuit for Filipino identity and the
concepts of:
1. Space as surrounded by space
2. Transparency
3. Festivity
4. Light heartedness
MODERN TO CONTEMPORARY
ARCHITECTURE