The different physical characteristics of a buildingaccording to the materials happened to be available on thatparticular place with a particular climate, cultural aspects, socialstatus, etc.

WHAT IS

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AR 553 HOUSING

SHELTERto covers, protects or defends ourselves from

harmful elements and changes

To have a COMFORTABLE

LIVING

HOUSING

A free-standingresidential building. It

means that the

building does not

share an inside

wall with any other

house.

A Northern European single-family home in Denmark.

It consist of pairs of

houses side by side as

units. They share

a party wall.

A row of identical

houses that are

joined together. Terraced house in UK

Row houses in

Toronto

It is a one-

storey house,

usually

surrounded by a

veranda.

A typical side-gabled bungalow in

Louisville’s Deer Park Neighborhood, US.

A multi-unit

dwelling made

up of several

apartments/flats/c

ondos within a

building.

A very expensive apartment on the top floor of the building. It

occupies the entire floor.

Is a very large and

stately dwelling

house for the

wealthy.

A large caravan, that can be installed on a permanent site and that is used a residence. Also called

manufactured home.

A static caravan park on the cliffs above Beer,

Devon, England.

Consist of shops on the ground

floor w/c open up to a public in a

covered passage and

has residential accommodation

upstairs

The shop houses would adjoin

each other to form rows

with regular façade.

It is a vernacular

style building type that is commonly seen in areas

such as urban Southeast Asia.

It is a boat that has

been designed to be

used primarily as a

human

dwelling.

Houses raised on

piles over the soil or a body of water. It is still commonly found in

South East Asia,

Papua New Guinea and West Africa.

A conical tent originally made of

animal skins.

Popularized by the

American

Indians.

Also called

snowhouse, a shelter constructed from blocks of snow, generally

in the form of a dome. Predominantly constructed by people of

Canada’s Central Arctic and GreenlandsThule area.

A wooden

structure built in

the branches of a

tree.

A large building at a

College or University

where students

live.

A set of buildings

where the

monks/nuns

live.

Presented by:

April Ann O. Natulla

Cindy B. Remoreras