APR - Planning Review - Session 4 - Quiz 1

Which statement best describes the historical evolution of housing in the Philippines?

• It has always been state-led and market-free.

• It evolved from communal and adaptive systems to colonial and capitalist frameworks.

• It focused mainly on architectural aesthetics.

• It began with high-rise condominiums during the Spanish era.

In the pre-colonial era, dwellings were built using local materials like bamboo and nipa. What key cultural practice defined construction during this time?

• Competitive bidding

• Bayanihan

• Feudal tenancy

• Subcontracting

Which of the following best exemplifies climate-responsive vernacular design from the pre-colonial period?

• Bahay na Bato

• BLISS Housing

• Bahay Kubo

• Art Deco House

The Torogan of the Maranao people symbolized what social characteristic?

• Religious devotion

• Economic trade

• Social rank and nobility

• Western influence

During the Spanish colonial period, what law influenced the orthogonal town grid pattern in Philippine settlements?

• Law of Urban Design 1800

• Laws of the Indies

• Philippine Building Code

• La Solidaridad Decree

The reducción policy implemented during the Spanish era aimed to:

• Scatter rural communities

• Centralize settlements around the church and plaza

• Create independent barangays

• Promote indigenous autonomy

The Bahay na Bato represented a transition in housing technology because it:

• Introduced the first use of bamboo walls

• Used purely imported materials

• Shifted from lightweight vernacular to heavy masonry construction

• Eliminated class distinctions in housing

What was a key consequence of the encomienda and hacienda systems on Philippine housing?

• Free land for all citizens

• Land concentration among elites, creating rural tenancy

• Cooperative ownership

• Reduction of poverty

The American colonial period is best remembered for introducing which urban planning concept?

• Plaza Complex Planning

• City Beautiful Movement

• New Urbanism

• Garden-less City

The Taft Commission’s land policy mainly benefited:

• Indigenous peoples

• American investors and local elites

• Rural cooperatives

• Homeless citizens