I finished Chapter 2 and 4 of the homework assignment for the Resilient Design Class.  Those were my assignments, and my two partners Rinki and Richu will each take two chapters.  It was an eye-opening experience to think about life in the Phillipines with heat, humidity, typhoons, earthquakes and oh … did I forget… volcanoes?  In fact, the Phillipines, sort of like Hawaii, was mostly formed from volcanoes.  According to my research in the climate section, a typhoon in 1881 killed 20,000 people.  Now that’s a typhoon.  The latest one, Haiyan, was the strongest in recorded history.  So I thought I’d share some pictures that I used in my chapters with you.  Enjoy~

Oh, by the way, I can see why people like Facebook – it’s quite useful for this kind of work!

This is an example of vernacular (native) architecture in the Phillipines.  It’s called a bahay-kubo, or nipa hut.  Seems very functional to me.

Next one is called The Coconut Palace, currently the residence of the Vice President of the Phillipines.  The whole thing is balanced on one main support pole.  Amazing, eh?

That’s all for tonight – tired from all this work which clearly I’m not used to.  Hope my partners like my work!  ‘night…