In Philippine architecture, the ventanilla is a small window or opening below a larger window's casement, created—often reaching the level of the floor—to allow either additional air into a room during hot days or some air during hot nights when the main window's panes are drawn.[1][2][3] It also allows for more light to strike the floor.[4]
The ventanilla is often used on upper floor windows, as in the bahay na bato. As the lower part of a composite window, its larger upper part is typically a window with sliding capiz shell-paned panels. The ventanilla is just under this upper large window's sill and is typically made with sliding panel-covers behind balusters or grills.[5][3]
Bobby Mañosa's traditional methods for his design of the Coconut Palace is considered as displaying a fine example of how ventanillas can be applied in modern Philippine architecture.[5]
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An opened grilled ventanilla below a capiz shell window of the convent of Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church in Calasiao, Pangasinan. -
The Rizal Shrine—a reproduction of the original two-storey, Spanish-colonial style house in Calamba, Laguna where José Rizal was born and grew up in—has four ventanillas at its main structure's front and two at each of its sides. -
Side view of the wooden ventanilla balusters of the Kapitan Moy Residence. -
Opened ventanillas at the Bahay Nakpil-Bautista, boasting their lyre-shaped grilles. -
The large front windows of Apolinario Mabini's bahay kubo house augmented by ventanillas. -
Ventanillas on the third floor of Casa Manila, not to be confused with the balconets on the second floor. -
Interior view of a capiz shell window with a ventanilla on the third floor of Casa Manila. -
The main hall on the third floor of Casa Manila with its capiz shell windows and ventanillas fully open. -
See also
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edit- ^ Shewakramani, Jasmine (August 25, 2022). "5 Filipino Architecture Design Ideas". realliving.com.ph. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ^ Real Living Team (September 7, 2018). "Five Houses and Buildings Show The Best of Filipino Design". realliving.com.ph. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ^ a b Antonio, Senen. "Lean Interpretations from Philippine Vernacular Architecture | Lean Urbanism". Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ IV, Franz Sorilla. "Bahay Na Bato: The Parts Of A Stately Filipino House During The Spanish Colonial Period". Tatler Asia. Archived from the original on 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
- ^ a b Ogura, Nobuyuki; David Leonides T. Yap; and Kenichi Tanoue. "Modern Architecture in the Philippines and the Quest for Filipino Style". J-Stage (November 2002): 3–4.
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