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Stilt houses (also called pile dwellings or lake dwellings) are houses raised on stilts (or piles) over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding; [1] they also keep out vermin. [2] The shady space under the house can be used for work or storage. [3]
In traditional stilt houses, wood is a prevalent structural material used to manufacture the stilts. This is usually from a local lumber source, with many traditional stilt houses in Asia using bamboo for structural support. [8] In modern homes, concrete and steel are often used as construction material for the structural stilts in houses.
House in Luneta with thatch roof. Precolonial Philippine architecture is based on traditional stilt houses of the Austronesian people of Southeast Asia.The first buildings during the early years of Spanish occupation were Bahay kubo which are made of wood and bamboo materials.
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A large bahay kubo with walls made of thatch, c. 1900. The Filipino term báhay kúbo roughly means "country house", from Tagalog.The term báhay ("house") is derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay referring to "public building" or "community house"; [4] while the term kúbo ("hut" or "[one-room] country hut") is from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kubu, "field hut [in rice fields]".
Stilt houses on the island of Cempa, Indonesia, located in the Lingga Islands. Stilt houses are extremely common on coastal regions of southeast Asia, particularly in fishing villages. Image created by Dheera Venkatraman (me).
“Pathway store” and “waterfront” store stilt houses are the type of stilt houses that are built for trading. The final type is the raft house which is built near the coast or a river. [2] The structure of the stilt house in the central region is the most common [3] and of very simple style. [4]
It comprises neighbourhoods of traditional houses, schools and mosques built on stilts above the Brunei River near the capital's city centre. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It has an area of about 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi); [ 1 ] the total population was 10,250 in 2016.