Filipino Kitchen with Time and Solid Surface

The Filipino kitchen, like all other kitchens, is the place where food is prepared. But its appearance is unlike other kitchens, American, English and Japanese for example. 

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American kitchens usually have smaller dining table where the inhabitants usually have their meal. English kitchen on the other hand can be related to a work place with a scullery. The Japanese kitchen is centered with the stove and hearth since cooking is done in an open fire which can be found in a kitchen detached from the main house to avoid the smoke from smothering the house, but as time passed it was absorbed into the house.

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The Filipino kitchen in a way has also a different beginning from the stated kitchens of the 2 western kitchens and likely similar to its mentioned neighboring country.

The Filipino kitchen is mainly for preparation of food unlike the American one which includes breakfast table and island table. Its main components are the Kalans, palayok, kawalis, kawas, bangas, almirez, sandok, sianse, gilingan, sangkalan, kudkuran, lamera, batidor, tacho, and garapinera.

Aside from the everyday kitchen where meals/foods are prepared, Filipinos have a detached hut/roofed-open space. This detached structure is called the “dirty kitchen” because Filipinos usually use charcoal in this place for cooking to either save in the expense on LPG and/or for fiestas when a household requires to cook as much as possible for visitors. Like its neighbor, the Japanese kitchen, this isolated space also helps the users to avoid smoke from entering the house.

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But like any other modernization, the appearance of the Filipino kitchen has evolved as time passed though its components and the dirty kitchen are mostly preserved since these are still useful especially during special occasions. Some if not most houses, however, use the "dirty kitchen" more commonly than those who can easily avail the LPG, hence the dirty kitchen may be the direct kitchen. Philippine kitchen also had incorporated American concept of designing kitchens. One of which is incorporating stones, marbles and/or solid surfaces either as counter tops, kitchen sink and table/island top. 

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Incorporation of solid surfaces in the kitchen does not only gives elegance and the impression of being able to afford something even when that something seems expensive since this somehow boosts one's confidence, it is also helpful since having solid surface a part of one's house offers various advantages especially when most Filipinos love to spend most of their time in the kitchen.

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Elegance in Simplicity

Stylish, customizable, virtually seamless and has wide variety of colors to choose from, these are the features and advantages of Solflex Solid Surface Material that made the Zen minimalist architect Josephril Partosa use it in some of his projects.
 
Architect Partosa is an alumnus of Cebu Institute of Technology- University who founded his own architectural firm in 2008 which he called JRPartosa Arkiteks. He observes green designs in architecture and uses Zen Minimalism to achieve simplicity, cleanliness and calmness in the structures that he makes. 

(Sy Kitchen used Solflex (photo courtesy of Arch. Partosa)

Although simplicity is evident in his works, Architect Partosa has an exceptional ability to bring in elegance and aesthetics in his designs. His projects include residential and commercial establishments like Nanyang Pension in Dipolog, Chua house, Sy house and Tangpuz house, the Zen Minimalist house which was published in Sun.Star Cebu newspaper. Architect Partosa used Solflex Solid Surface Materials for the completion of the kitchens in these houses. 

Solflex mirrors sophistication and fineness in spite of its simplicity making it perfect to be used for kitchen counter tops, vanity and table tops.

To know more about Architect Josephril Partosa please visit:  http://sunshieldph.blogspot.com/2012/07/simplicity-in-architecture-interview.html

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Physical Properties of Solflex

Solfex Solid Surface is a matrix combination of ATH powder (Alumina Trihydrate) Al (OH)3, polymer binder, colored chips and pigments. This product is enhanced by technological innovation to create a surface with the beauty and charm of natural stone and yet one that is machinable, seamless, easy to clean, and being non-porous with more hygienic surface.

Here are the Physical Properties of Solflex Solid Surface that gives us a superior characteristics compared to other surfacing materials.

Solflex Solid Surface is perfectly ideal material designed for kitchen counter tops, vanity and table tops, and other related designing application.