The Modern House: Reincarnations of the Bahay Kubo

The Modern House: Reincarnations of the Bahay Kubo Once upon a time, there was a great bamboo stalk. The stalk among many things was warm and fuzy. It had two beating hearts. After a few years the bamboo became full and burst and out came the two great lovers: malakas and maganda. They gathered the...

Bahay Kubo: The Quintessential Philippine House

Bahay Kubo: The Quintessential Philippine House Bahay kubo, kahit munti                      The kubo house, though small ang halaman doon, ay sari-sari            The greens around, are variety singkamas at talong. . .                        Jicama and eggplant . . . The song bahay kubo sums up the simple life and...

The Fantasy to Build the Pretty but Cheap House in the Philippines

The Fantasy of the Pretty & Cheap House in the Philippines Goethe once said, ‘Be careful what you ask for, because sometimes you may actually get what you ask." The Cheapest and Prettiest House in the World! Many people living in the Philippines dream of building the prettiest house with the least or no cost....

Tropical Design – Koppen’s Classification of Climate

In the discussion of Tropical Architecture and Design for Cold Regions, one focus has proven to be indispensable – Climate. Climate has so much impact on architecture that it basically shapes, colors, constructs architecture. This has gone from generation to generation of trials where the architecture that cannot adapt to the local climate will be...

World Climate and Its Effect on Architecture

Living in the world today are 7 billion 300 million people. We are aware that we have different cultures and different race and different colors. Do you know that each spectrum of a race’s color represents a specific climate and environment? Not only does the color of our skin unlock the climate conditions our ancestors...

Vernacular Architecture: Buildings with Nature as Architect

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” ― Albert Einstein Humans are the only creatures on earth who can make a choice and determine his future. Animals respond to their environment according to their genetic code. They can learn very little in their lifetime, most of their decision is based on instinct. Humans...