BAHAY KUBO

In the Philippines, the Bahay Kubo is known to be our National shelter. It was a very simple shelter yet very well planned. The early Filipino’s at that time they need to build a shelter that can protect them from natural calamities and can live for a period of time. In order to build their shelters they only used the abundant materials that can be seen in their surroundings. The way they constructed their shelter, when we look at it at outside it was nothing special but when we look at it inside the way they planned their spaces, they consider their day-to-day life. And also in the Bahay Kubo, it shows one of the characteristic of a Filipino, the hospitality. Because of opines of the space it translate to hospitality of a Filipino.

                  What I realized in the Bahay Kubo, it shows the simplicity of living of the early Filipino’s at that time.  They used the space the way they do their daily routine to survive in day-to-day activities. And comparing the Bahay Kubo today, I my say that the way we plan or houses is like the Bahay Kubo, we plan our houses what we need but the difference is that we are more complex and we have lots of demands in building our houses. The Bahay Kubo still exists in the modern day but we can only see it at the distant provinces. It still shows the simplicity of a Filipino.

What I love in the Bahay Kubo is the function and how they come up of multipurpose rooms. The simplicity of it, we can compare it in our Modern architecture style and it also shows minimalistic.

My concept for my Bahay Kubo is a “bayong” what I like in the bayong is the woven buri leaves. The craftsmanship and the creativeness in the bayong can also be seen in the Bahay kubo and it also has a great function to the user and it shows the hardworking of a Filipino. My idea of Bahay Kubo is not to be a place to live, I was thinking of a place where everyone can enjoy and create new things.  So I was thinking of making an art center that is inspired from Bahay Kubo.