21/04/2022
From the word Bayan, which means “town”, “community” and “country” - Bayanihan culture meant as ‘being helpful to the community in achieving a singular goal’.
‘Bayanihan’ was prevalent in the Philippine rural setting during the 70’s. When modernity started to rise - buildings went higher, steel and concrete overtaken indigenous materials, and people were mandated to put fences on properties.
A house that was abundant from natural light, now dimmed; a house that cools itself, now can’t breathe. These are the aching cries that force the house to adapt to its surroundings. From a transient dwelling, now comes something that establishes permanence.
The project dwells in Guiguinto, Bulacan, and is a home for a young and starting family living with their parents. The client intended the house to regain natural lighting and passive cooling. The schematic design phase focused on these intents and its underlying need.
Our team conceptualized on planning spaces that promotes correlation to each other in order to optimize the limited lot provided. When the architectural volume was coming into place, it was time for the openings to be developed. This was done by placing windows on strategic locations (intro and outro), and applying proportionate ceiling height on common areas to allow the house to breathe.
The house was mandated to be sustainable as the client intends this house to be multi-generational that could attend to the needs of its dwellers of all time.
Phase: Schematic Design Phase
Status: Approved
