It s also more separate from the rest of the house.
House with attic quatro aguas.
These terms are a carryover from the spanish un tejado de dos aguas a simple ridged roof or un tejado de quatro aguas a hip roof.
Traditional philippines houses had dos aguas or quatro aguas roofs.
Hip roofs quatro aguas.
Quatro aguas is a spanish architectural term meaning a roof with 4 sides instead of just the two sided a frame design.
Four sides roofs or hip roofs are less likely to get lifted.
If you dream of a huge primary bedroom suite your attic space may be perfect.
The second roofing line is called hip roofs which filipinos refers to as quatro aguas from the spanish word quarto which means four its design to have four sloping sides some complex designs may contain several hips and can also blend to a gable style to provide a different look.
Traditional philippine houses had dos aguas two sided a frame design or quatro aguas four.
This particular attic includes an en suite bathroom.
Check out the amount of floor space in the above primary bedroom in the attic.
The walls are white.
The wind flows smoothly over a hip roof.
All roofing panels has a rib type profile and a 4mm thickness.
The design of the structure follow a typical roofing line.
This is important since we are able to estimate the length of the roofing panels given the roof slope.
Here s our original design for a two story house.
One thing to note is how simple the above room is.
When building a house especially in this country simple roofs are an instinctive choice.
Cubierta inclinada de teja árabe en color ocre o viejo con pendientes entre el 20 y 30 preferentemente a cuatro aguas part of a text on house design this site uses cookies.
Traditional philippines houses had dos aguas or quatro aguas roofs.
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Our philippine house project.
The hip roof also known as cuatro aguas is more aerodynamic and more wind resistant compared to the gable or dos aguas which is a double pitched roof.
We wanted to incorporate at least some filipino style into our house and also realized the advantages of attic ventilation under our hot metal roof.