Behavioral Aspect

of Housing
Jessa Mae Aldave
Ryan Jerry Jores
BS Architecture 5C

The behavioral aspect of housing is mans view of

its environment and the built space. In other
words the space that we see around us that
affects our behavior, thoughts, and actions.

Our behavior is affected by the our Psychological

Perspective of space and the Culture that
influences us.

Psychological Perspective
Environmental
Size

Stimuli

and height of space

Color
Temperature
Noise

Psychological Perspective
Territoriality

-a pattern of behavior and attitudes held by

an individual or group that is based on
perceived, attempted or actual control of
definable physical space, object or idea and may
involve habitual occupation, defense,
personalization, and marking of it.

Psychological Perspective
Privacy
Solitude

being alone
Intimacy the ability of a small number of people to
be by themselves undisturbed
Anonymity the ability to interact or be with others
without releasing full information about oneself to
avoid being identified or accountable
Reserve the ability to limit communication about
oneself to others.

Cultural Perspective
The

cultural perspective of housing is

the influences that changed us to what
we are today.

The Cultural Perspective of

Filipino Houses

Cultural Perspective
Filipino

houses vary in the same style

depending on their location and social
status and taste of the family. Houses
of the Filipinos are usually made of
wood and nipa. Later galvanized iron
replaced nipa for roofing.

Cultural Perspective
In

some towns, barrios, and cities, houses made of

nipa and bamboo are still to be found. Some have
sawali walls and cogon roofings. Most of the
houses especially the older ones are situated high
above the ground for better ventilation and
reduced humidity. In the past, building a houses
was fast and inexpensive. Houses were built then
through the help of friends and neighbors.

Cultural Perspective

Today

there are only few bamboo houses. Most

houses are already built of strong materials like
hollow blocks, wood, galvanized iron and glass
windows.

Cultural Perspective
Modernity

has not entirely changed the

architecture of the Filipino houses. The batalan is
stall a part of the houses in Luzon and is used as
an open bathroom, a place for water jars or
tapayan and a place for washing. The modern
batalan is made of concrete and is still adjacent
to the kitchen.

Cultural Perspective
The

banguerahan, a storage shelf and drainer

before the dish rack was introduced, is still a part
of a few modern houses. The modern
banguerahan is no longer enclosed with bamboo
spikes but is screened.

Cultural Perspective

The old house of before were not painted. The present

ones are painted in varied colors and built styles. The old
houses were built high on the ground and the space below
called silong was fenced with bamboo to keep pigs, dogs,
and chickens out.

Chairs, tables, beds and other furniture are found in most

house. Many Filipinos, particularly the Tagalogs, still
prefer to sleep on bamboo or wooden floors instead of on
beds.

Cultural Perspective

Some years ago kerosene lamps were used in most houses.

Now electricity has found its way in almost all houses. The
old kalan or native stove has been replaced by electric
ranges; the palayok or native pot by aluminum pots and
pans. Firewood and charcoal are still used by some
Filipino housewives especially now that gas and electricity
have become very expensive.

Cultural Perspective
The

verandah or porch is still a part of today's

houses. Pots of ferns and flowering plants
surrounded the wall kept verandah. The artistic
touch of the Filipino is still evident in his house.
In a one-room house, you can see curtains hanging
on the walls and windows, and a family picture
and a saint prominently displayed in one corner of
the room.

Cultural Perspective

The Filipinos also displays neatness and cleanliness in

keeping their houses. The Filipinos housewife uses
different kinds of brooms for cleaning. There is the salary
or soft broom for sweeping the floor; a smaller one for
dusting wall carvings and picture frames; the walistingting or stiff broom for cleaning and stone floors; and
the plumero, a broom made from chicken feathers for
dusting. Buckets, wooden scrub brushes with thick
bristles, bunot or coconut husk, dustpans, bar soap, gugo
or native shampoo, is-is leaves, banana leaves, kerosene
and coconut oil are also used for cleaning the houses.

Is-is or Alagasi leaves.

Cultural Perspective

Floor wax was prepared by homemakers from candles,

atsuete and kerosene melted from glowing embers. In
some homes, hardwood floors were swept from scrubbed
with is-is before wax was applied. When the sticky wax
was dry, the floor was scrubbed again until it became very
shiny. The furniture, window sills, staircases and walls
were also scrubbed with is-is leaves or polished with wax.
Kitchen tables were cleaned with is-is leaves, water, sand
and ash. Those made of zinc were wiped with kerosene.

references:
http://www.livinginthephilippines.com/culture-and-people/philippineculture/culture-and-traditions/415-filipino-culture-customs-and-traditions
https://prezi.com/-zcj2r0hb5mx/copy-of-comprehensive-approach-to-housingbehavioral-aspects/