BAHAY NA BATO INSPIRED HOUSE DRIVER
Most prominent of which is its massive fenestrations that are the main driver of its thermal performance, this should be rekindle and integrate with the now conventional housing design. This traditional housing design were said to be efficient in providing thermal comfort by natural means, highlighting its features and capabilities in upholding habitable environment in a tropical setting, will cater knowledge in solving the inordinate energy dependency of building sector to maintain livability. Philippine heritage houses, an outcome of centuries of design development intended for the tropics, a major contribution of Filipino natives and foreign colonizers on the country’s settlement. Keywords: Philippine heritage houses, thermal performance audit, thermal comfort, human perception
A study of tropical design principles set on the past and linking the rediscovery of solutions in solving the problem of the present time. It advances the idea that Philippine heritage houses through the study of Bahay Nakpil-Bautista, possess attributes of a good tropical design that can help innovate better housing design in the Philippines.
Given the varying acceptability of human perception of comfort, the Bahay Nakpil-Bautista is capable of providing good indoor thermal environment with one hundred percent (100%) acceptability of its guests and users. Unveiling Arellano’s design approaches and its adaptation to environment and the tropics, an assessment of human perception and design competency through building and performance audit and how it corresponded with its external factors as thermal comfort is a challenge to achieve in the tropics. This research aims to evaluate the indoor and outdoor temperature condition of Bahay Nakpil-Bautista and its performance relating to human thermal comfort. In the midst of chaotic Quiapo, Manila, an ancestral and historical gem is located, the Bahay Nakpil-Bautista, designed by Arcadio Arellano in 1914, where prominent key figures in the Philippine history settled during the pre-world war II era. This traditional housing design were said to be efficient in providing indoor thermal comfort by natural means, focusing on the search of its capabilities and its implications to human perception of comfort. Kamille Patrizia C.Philippine heritage houses are an outcome from centuries of design development intended for the tropics, a major contribution of Filipino natives and foreign colonizers on the country’s settlement.
BAHAY NA BATO INSPIRED HOUSE WINDOWS
Placuna placenta: Capis Shells and Windows to Indigenous Artistry In the meantime, here is a glimpse to that exhibition: When the museum doors open to the public once again, we warmly invite you to visit the exhibition located at Gallery XX, third level of the National Museum of Fine Arts. Laurel Ancestral House is currently featured as one of Manila’s Built Heritage Structures in the National Museum of Philippines’ interdisciplinary exhibition, Placuna placenta: Capis Shells and Windows to Indigenous Artistry. The house exemplifies the distinctive and impressive use of the indigenous capis shells. Laurel’s memory and an example of the built tradition in bahay na bato architecture of the Spanish colonial period. The ancestral house serves as a legacy of President Jose P. Sliding rollers were also installed to the window frames substituting the old tongue and groove mechanism. These were secured with new sturdy wooden frames. When the ancestral house underwent restoration from 1994 - 1995, the damaged capis shells were replaced with the same indigenous material bought from existing local producers. An estimated total of 14,273 capis pieces were used for the ancestral house. The capis shells used were 40 to 45 millimeters in size and categorized as fourth flat or simple fourths which are shells that are less than 60 mm. The sets of windows used in the living room and bedroom are composed of six sliding panels.
The window panels typically have three divisions. The bahay na bato flaunts the capis shell sliding windows on the entire second floor with sizes that vary for each area. An escalera (stairway) leads to the azotea or the open-air balcony beside the kitchen on the second floor. A two-paneled back door located on the north opens up to the courtyard which was used as a carport during Laurel’s time. Solid hardwood door panels are found on the ancestral house while the narra balustered staircase accentuated the ground and second floor. The ventanillas and windows are secured by decorative grille works. Sliding wooden-framed capis shell windows are found in the entire house and has been its distinctive feature.
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