APAYAO HOUSE The bahay kubo is often built with whole bamboo or

tree branches as structural framework, and finished

with bamboo strips for floors, palm leaves for roof,
and bamboo strips or palm leaves for walls.

balai, house The traditional type of house in Apayao with an

elevated rectangular one-room structure and protected by a high-
pitch thatch roof that resembles a pointed barrel vault. Interesting
features of this house include the removable wall panel which can
be opened during the hot season and returned back as a wall durinj)
cold days, and the removable and washable floor mats placed
above a closely-spaced wood floor that allows natural ventilation
thru its floor.

BADJAO HOUSE

The traditional house of the Badjao communities at Southern

Philippines comprised of a windowless one-room house of light
materials and thatch roof built above coastal waters.
The Badjao or Bajao is the second largest ethnic community in
the Sulu Archipelago after Tausug. Originally, they were known
as "orang selat" or "orang laut" and were living on their lepa-
lepa (boats).

BAHAY KUBO

Bahay kubo, cube-shaped house

A common typeof dwelling in lowland and coastal areas during the
Pre-Hispanic Philippines. "Bahay" is a Tagalog word for house
while "kubo" is from the Spanish "cubo'~ meaning cube.
Bahay kubo is a one-room house, raised above the ground to
protect the dwellers from the dampness and humidity of the earth .
The bahay kubo has three distinct horizontal divisions,
namely: the stilts or posts, the one-room upper living
unit, and the steep roof. The posts are often covered
or enclosed with bamboo latticework to serve as
usable space underneath the house for house
implements and livestock.