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Amakan, also known as sawali in the northern Philippines, is a type of traditional woven split- bamboo mats used as walls, paneling, or wall cladding in the Philippines. They are woven into various intricate traditional patterns, often resulting in repeating diagonal, zigzag, or diamond-like shapes. The term "sawali" is more properly defined as twilled weaving patterns. The term can also be applied to baskets and banig (soft woven mats made from pandan leaves, buri palm straw, abaca, or sedges), which also use the same weaving patterns. Amakan panels are commonly confused with nipa walls, which are made from thatched leaves.
They are used as walls in the traditional nipa huts (''bahay kubo'') of the Philippines. They are lightweight and are porous, allowing air circulation to keep buildings cool in the hot tropical climate. The porosity also balances pressure inside the house during strong winds, minimizing roof damage. Amakan needs to be treated before installation. They are soaked in seawater, dried, and then usually (but not always) varnished. They are usually affixed to a wooden framework, then battened with bamboo or coco lumber.
Amakan is associated with lower income rural housing because it is inexpensive and easy to replace. It is not uncommon for amakan to also be used as a design element (usually as cladding or paneling) in modern Filipino architecture to portray a rustic, traditional and tropical aesthetic. It also
File:Stilt house at Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines.jpg, A rural house in Aklan with plain amakan walls
File:FIlipino amakan house.jpg, A rural house in Leyte with amakan sidings woven into diamond patterns
File:Susing's Guitar gift shop.jpg, A gift shop in Bohol with amakan walls
File:Sangat Resort in Busuanga.jpg, A modern resort guesthouse in Busuanga, Palawan with plain diagonally-woven sawali walls
File:Traditional house with amakan walls (9278032260).jpg, A traditional Filipino house with amakan walls in Bohol
File:Apolinario Mabini House 8.jpg, Sawali interior paneling in the
Amakan, also known as sawali in the northern Philippines, is a type of traditional woven split- bamboo mats used as walls, paneling, or wall cladding in the Philippines. They are woven into various intricate traditional patterns, often resulting in repeating diagonal, zigzag, or diamond-like shapes. The term "sawali" is more properly defined as twilled weaving patterns. The term can also be applied to baskets and banig (soft woven mats made from pandan leaves, buri palm straw, abaca, or sedges), which also use the same weaving patterns. Amakan panels are commonly confused with nipa walls, which are made from thatched leaves.
They are used as walls in the traditional nipa huts (''bahay kubo'') of the Philippines. They are lightweight and are porous, allowing air circulation to keep buildings cool in the hot tropical climate. The porosity also balances pressure inside the house during strong winds, minimizing roof damage. Amakan needs to be treated before installation. They are soaked in seawater, dried, and then usually (but not always) varnished. They are usually affixed to a wooden framework, then battened with bamboo or coco lumber.
Amakan is associated with lower income rural housing because it is inexpensive and easy to replace. It is not uncommon for amakan to also be used as a design element (usually as cladding or paneling) in modern Filipino architecture to portray a rustic, traditional and tropical aesthetic. It also ecologically sustainable Ecologically sustainable development is the environmental component of sustainable development. It can be achieved partially through the use of the precautionary principle; if there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, lack ...
because it is made with bamboo.
Mabini Shrine Mabini may refer to:
Places in the Philippines
* Mabini, Batangas, municipality
* Mabini, Bohol, municipality
* Mabini, Cagdianao, barangay in the province of Dinagat Islands
* Mabini, Davao de Oro, municipality
* Mabini, Pangasinan, municipality ...
, a traditional Filipino house ('' bahay kubo'')
See also
* Banig * RattanReferences
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