Capiz shell window

<h2 id="bahay-na-bato"><i>Bahay na bato</i></h2>

<p>In 19th-century Philippine colonial architecture, <i><a href="/facts/Bahay_na_bato/CBSbCa1n">bahay na bato</a></i> houses extensively used the capiz-shell window element. Designed to take advantage of tropical cool breezes, these houses' large windows were built at least a meter high and as wide as five meters. The typically sliding panels with <i>conchas</i> or lattice work (muntins) that would carry the windows' <i>capis</i> panes would be drawn shut when there is too much wind, with the house still taking in daylight during the storm.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a>
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<h2 id="shell-sources">Shell sources</h2>
<p>In the year 2000, there were at least 27 natural <i>kapis</i> beds in the Philippines, the major sources being in Sapian Bay and <a href="/facts/Roxas_City/6MDVTQdU">Roxas City</a>, Capiz; <a href="/facts/Oton/D5byQKQ5">Oton</a> and <a href="/facts/Tigbauan/WJJQMGD5">Tigbauan</a>, <a href="/facts/Iloilo/kq04jWtw">Iloilo</a>; <a href="/facts/San_Miguel_Bay/bIRkMlck">San Miguel Bay</a> in <a href="/facts/Camarines_Norte/dND96lrY">Camarines Norte</a> and <a href="/facts/Camarines_Sur/0BEBYKnK">Camarines Sur</a>; <a href="/facts/Hinigaran/yX4QBJyG">Hinigaran</a> and <a href="/facts/Pontevedra%2c_Negros_Occidental/am6kabPq">Pontevedra</a>, <a href="/facts/Negros_Occidental/ka6s4yka">Negros Occidental</a>; <a href="/facts/Mangarin_Bay/QB4y2AnW">Mangarin Bay</a> in <a href="/facts/Occidental_Mindoro/48MgdHvd">Mindoro Occidental</a>; and <a href="/facts/Panguil_Bay/8uBE58fI">Panguil Bay</a> in <a href="/facts/Misamis_Occidental/MSLgTotx">Misamis Occidental</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a>
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<h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Ventanilla_(Philippine_architecture)/YRnqM8T9">Ventanilla</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Gabaldon_School_Buildings/nkgyl8zI">Gabaldon School Buildings</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li> Media related to Capiz windows in the Philippines at Wikimedia Commons</li>
<li><a href="https://images.thdstatic.com/catalog/pdfImages/ce/cecf547c-b4c0-4227-9d45-0a127423020d.pdf">Guide to capiz shell furniture maintenance</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Rustia, Jessica M.; Antonino, Judith P.; Velasco, Ravelina R.; Lima, Marcelo A.; Yates, Edwin Alexander; Fernig, David G. (August 31, 2023). History and Prospects for Sustainability and Circularity of the Windowpane Oyster Placuna placenta Fishery in the Philippines. <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373615716" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373615716</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Capiz Shell - Arca del Gusto". Slow Food Foundation. Retrieved August 8, 2024. <a href="https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/ark-of-taste-slow-food/capiz-shell/" target="_blank">https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/ark-of-taste-slow-food/capiz-shell/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Rustia, Jessica M.; Antonino, Judith P.; Velasco, Ravelina R.; Lima, Marcelo A.; Yates, Edwin Alexander; Fernig, David G. (August 31, 2023). History and Prospects for Sustainability and Circularity of the Windowpane Oyster Placuna placenta Fishery in the Philippines. <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373615716" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373615716</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>matichub (March 14, 2021). "Capiz Shells (Placuna placenta)". Matic Hub. Retrieved August 9, 2024. <a href="https://maticph.wordpress.com/2021/03/14/capiz-shells-placuna-placenta/" target="_blank">https://maticph.wordpress.com/2021/03/14/capiz-shells-placuna-placenta/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Capiz Windows - A new look from long before I was born". LumberJocks Woodworking Forum. August 17, 2007. Retrieved August 9, 2024. <a href="https://www.lumberjocks.com/showcase/capiz-windows-a-new-look-from-long-before-i-was-born.45201/" target="_blank">https://www.lumberjocks.com/showcase/capiz-windows-a-new-look-from-long-before-i-was-born.45201/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"Capiz Shell - Arca del Gusto". Slow Food Foundation. Retrieved August 8, 2024. <a href="https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/ark-of-taste-slow-food/capiz-shell/" target="_blank">https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/ark-of-taste-slow-food/capiz-shell/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Fisheries and aquaculture of window-pane shells". Malacological Society of London. Retrieved on 2011-10-23. <a href="http://www.malacsoc.org.uk/malacological_bulletin/Mini-Reviews/3Aquaculture/Aquaculture.htm" target="_blank">http://www.malacsoc.org.uk/malacological_bulletin/Mini-Reviews/3Aquaculture/Aquaculture.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>National Museum of the Philippines (June 11, 2020). Placuna placenta: Capis Shells and Windows to Indigenous Artistry. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via YouTube. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTpyLDCaero" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTpyLDCaero</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>"Capiz Shell Use in Laurel House - 01 PDF | PDF | Window | Art Media". Scribd. Retrieved August 9, 2024. <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/440466259/CAPIZ-SHELL-USE-IN-LAUREL-HOUSE-01-pdf" target="_blank">https://www.scribd.com/document/440466259/CAPIZ-SHELL-USE-IN-LAUREL-HOUSE-01-pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:10"><p>Adan, RIY (July–August 2000). "The window-pane (kapis shell) industry" (PDF). SEAFDEC Asian Aquaculture. XXII (4): 23 and 31 – via Core.ac.uk. <a href="https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/33722599.pdf" target="_blank">https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/33722599.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Capiz shell window