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File:Calasiao Church convent -- window.JPG, An opened grilled ventanilla below a capiz shell window of the convent of Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church in Calasiao,
In Philippine architecture
The architecture of the Philippines reflects the historical and cultural traditions in the country. Most prominent historic structures in the archipelago are influenced by Austronesian and American architectures.
During three hundred thirty ...
, 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. It also allows for more light to strike the floor.
The ventanilla is often used on upper floor windows, as in the ''bahay na bato
''Báhay na bató'' ( Filipino for "stone house"), also known in Visayan as ''baláy na bató'' or ''balay nga bato'', and in Spanish language as ''Casa de Filipina'' is a type of building originating during the Spanish colonial period of ...
''. 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.
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.
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Pangasinan
Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan (, ; ; ), is a coastal Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capital is Lingayen, Pangasinan, Lingayen while San Carlos, Pangasi ...
.
File:Rizal Shrine Calamba.jpg, The Rizal Shrine—a reproduction of the original two-storey, Spanish-colonial style house in Calamba, Laguna where José Rizal
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered a na ...
was born and grew up in—has four ventanillas at its main structure's front and two at each of its sides.
File:Street view of Kapitan Moy Bdlg..jpg, Side view of the wooden ventanilla balusters
A baluster () is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features. In furniture construction it is known as a spindle. Common materials used in its c ...
of the Kapitan Moy Residence.
File:Bahay Nakpil-Bautista -View from the street.jpg, Opened ventanillas at the Bahay Nakpil-Bautista, boasting their lyre-shaped grilles.
File:Apolinario Mabini House 1.jpg, The large front windows of Apolinario Mabini
Apolinario Mabini y Maranán (; July 23, 1864 – May 13, 1903) was a Filipino revolutionary, revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and Politician, statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Philippine Revolution# ...
's ''bahay kubo
The ''báhay kúbo'', ''kubo'', or ''payág'' (in the Visayan languages), is a type of stilt house indigenous to the Philippines. It is the traditional basic design of houses among almost all lowlander and coastal cultures throughout the Phi ...
'' house augmented by ventanillas.
File:CasaManilajf1568 04.JPG, Ventanillas of Casa Manila
Casa Manila is a museum in Intramuros depicting a colonial lifestyle during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.
The museum part is an imposing stone-and-wood structure, built c. 1850, one of three grand houses in Barrio San Luis (one o ...
.
File:Tampuhan by Juan Luna.jpg, Juan Luna
Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio (, ; October 25, 1857 – December 7, 1899) was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activism, activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recog ...
's painting '' Tampuhan'' depicts a couple beside a large ventanilla.
See also
*Balconet
Balconet or balconette is an architectural term to describe a false balcony, or railing at the outer plane of a window-opening reaching to the floor, and having, when the window is open, the appearance of a balcony. They are common in France, Por ...
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* {{Commons category-inline Philippine architectural features Houses in the Philippines Bahay na bato Vernacular architecture Windows