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Jose F. Ignacio Roland Miguel Alejandrino

This document surveys the traditional house types of the Ivatan people in the Batanes Islands. It identifies several types of traditional wooden and thatch-roofed houses as well as those constructed with limestone, wood, and thatch. The article describes the morphological characteristics and evolution of house forms such as the rahaung, lagatiti, jinjin, mayhurahed, niriñdiñ, sinadumparan, beaterio, and maytuab/nituavan. These house types reflect the Ivatan people's cultural traditions and adaptation to the local environment.

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Jose F. Ignacio Roland Miguel Alejandrino

This document surveys the traditional house types of the Ivatan people in the Batanes Islands. It identifies several types of traditional wooden and thatch-roofed houses as well as those constructed with limestone, wood, and thatch. The article describes the morphological characteristics and evolution of house forms such as the rahaung, lagatiti, jinjin, mayhurahed, niriñdiñ, sinadumparan, beaterio, and maytuab/nituavan. These house types reflect the Ivatan people's cultural traditions and adaptation to the local environment.

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Jose F.

Ignacio
Roland Miguel Alejandrino

Abstract

Ivatan House Morphology

The Traditional Ivatan House

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Ivatan Heritage Architecture: A Survey of Different House Types and Their Evolution
Jose F. Ignacio and Roland Miguel Alejandrino

Rahaung

Wood-and-Thatch Structures
Lagatiti

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Ivatan Heritage Architecture: A Survey of Different House Types and Their Evolution
Jose F. Ignacio and Roland Miguel Alejandrino

Jinjin/Gingin/Chivuvuhung

Mayhurahed

Niriñdiñ

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Ivatan Heritage Architecture: A Survey of Different House Types and Their Evolution
Jose F. Ignacio and Roland Miguel Alejandrino

Lime-Stone-Wood-and-Thatch
Structures

Sinadumparan

Main House or Rakuh Sinadumparan with Crown

Kitchen or Kusina

Sinadumparan a Binedberan

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Ivatan Heritage Architecture: A Survey of Different House Types and Their Evolution
Jose F. Ignacio and Roland Miguel Alejandrino

Conclusion

Beaterio

References

Maytuab/Nituavan

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Ivatan Heritage Architecture: A Survey of Different House Types and Their Evolution
Jose F. Ignacio and Roland Miguel Alejandrino

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