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Primitive housing can withstand "devastating typhoons, torrential rain, and violent earthquakes"?

 

Whereas western minds still haven't figured it out?

 

On another note could the foundation of this house be what the scripture refers to?

The text has a spiritual application but is it founded on this reality?

 

On the outside, the Ifugao house seems to be nothing but a windowless pyramidal structure 

resting on four posts. A thorough examination of the structure, however, reveals a complex 

technology that renders it a tensile strength capable of withstanding devastating typhoons, 

torrential rain, and violent earthquakes. It is constructed out of carefully selected indigenous 

timbers that are sturdily mortised, pegged, and latched to hold the house together. In its entirety, 

no nails and bolts are used for all connections.

 

http://www.nikeprogramme.org/index.php/ik-database/researches/82-knowledge-we-wrote/109-ifugao-house.html

Matthew 7:25And the rain descended , and the floods came , and the winds blew , and beat upon that house; 

and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

 

Foundation

A flat stone boulder called gopnad among the Tuwali and chalimug among the Ayangan is firmly 

positioned at the bottom of the hole where the posts are to be erected to serve as bearing 

foundation. The stone prevents the post from sinking in case the soil is soft. Besides this, the 

outward spreading of  the posts' truncated roots act as an excellent footing in steadying the 

structure.

 

Earthquake Proofing

The stone boulder placed inside each hole acts as a roller which enables the posts to move and 

resist the devastating effects of earthquake tension. Moreover, because the walls are rabbeted 

outwards into the wall header and are detached from the posts, this allows the walls and posts 

some degree of independence and freedom of movement against force. The wisdom of this 

technology has been proven effective in countering ground movement caused by earthquake 

(Rodriguez-Java: 2000:85).

 

facebook. /teresa.quintero.790

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