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#3 Specialization 1: Heritage Resources

Studies

MODULE G ALS FLEX Course Material

At the end of the lesson the
student will be able to:
Exemplify the values of our
heritage

Value and
Significance of
Heritage
Resource

Instruction and Information about the value

and importance of heritage resource.

Ar. Lester Anthony G. Calunsod

Ar. Argel Miryl P. Castaneda
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Ar. Juan Miguel A. Domingo

Ar. Gregoria M. Mercado
 FOCAL POINTS

Benefits of Cultural Conservation

Reasons why heritage gets lost
Value of Heritage
Significance of Heritage

• Lesson 1 – Benefits of Cultural Conservation

• Lesson 2 – Why are We Losing our Heritage?

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• Lesson 3 – The Value of Heritage
• Lesson 4 – The Significance of Heritage

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 LESSON

#1
LEARNING
OUTC MES
At the end of the lesson,
the student should be
able to comment on the
Benefits of
Cultural
benefits of cultural
conservation.

Conservation
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 HERITAGE

Heritage is our legacy from

the past, what we live with
today, and what we pass
on to future generations,
Our cultural and natural
heritage are both
irreplaceable sources of
life and inspiration
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 THE BENEFITS OF
CULTURAL
CONSERVATION
“The importance of
conservation and heritage
preservation proves its value
in the affirmation of the
uniqueness of a place.
When Cultural Heritage is
appreciated enhanced and
enriched socio-cultural,
religious, political and
economic gains are
manifested.”
- Dick Netzer

Cultural Conservation Benefits

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 LESSON #

#2

At the end of the lesson,

the student should be
able to deduce the
reasons why certain
heritage structures are
not conserved.

Why are we
losing our
heritage?
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 Why are we losing
our heritage?
According to the
stakeholders
1. It costs a lot to maintain
2. Our family needs the
money
3. If the government
wants to protect it, it
should pay for it

Why are we losing our heritage?

Observed from the government

1. Government agencies are not working towards the
preservation of heritage.

2. Penalties are not heavy enough

3. Local government is not enforcing proper zoning

Keynote
4. Local government does not check before issuing • It takes the efforts of both stakeholders
demolition permits. and the government to help conserve
our heritage.
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 Heritage structures that have been affected
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#3

At the end of the

lesson, the student
should be able to
appraise the value
of heritage
structures in their
community.

The Value of
Heritage
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 Value – “Halaga”
An aspect of worth
ascribed by people to a
heritage resource, that is
used to justify the heritage
resource significance.
A heritage resource may
have a range of values for
different individuals or
groups.

The Value of Heritage

“The value of cultural heritage is seen in the strengthening of the sense of national, regional and
local identity, as its value is complimentary to other goods and services in which the external
benefits as part of the educational and acculturation of the young.”
– Dick Netzer
The significance of a building or place of historic, architectural and cultural importance is its
most defining value, the loss of which will devalue its cultural significance.
Values are the qualities and characteristics that different users and different societies place to the
cultural heritage at different times.
In times of conflict, cultural heritage often becomes a unifying symbol of identity, in other
instances, cultural heritage can be deliberately exploited for political purposes. Cultural
significance is made up and supported by a wide range of values, some of which may be in
conflict with one another.
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 Values most commonly associated with the cultural heritage are historic, architectural, aesthetic,
rarity or archaeological values. Other values are less tangible and relate to emotional, symbolic
and spiritual meanings of a place.

A values-based approach to conservation involves the recognition of a diverse range of values

responding to their needs through appropriate intervention and management. The role of
conservation is to preserve and where appropriate enhance values.

Some buildings are built as monuments and continue to be valued in that way, others loose their
intended value and significance in the passing of time, while some gain value for the other reasons
as society attributes new values to them as they come to symbolize something else.

The values attributed to places of cultural, historic and architectural significance may be held by
people who have never seen or experienced them, and possibly never will.

The knowledge value of an ancient site, has an impact on learning across the world and not solely
to the archaeological community or those visiting the site.

A Value-Based Approach to Heritage Conservation

Suggested Steps:
• Consider the values of the heritage resources

• Examine the character-defining elements of these values

• Develop a Statement of Significance

• Discuss the context of the future conservation planpreservation, restoration, rehabilitation

• Strive for minimal intervention
• Examine the environmental, social/cultural and economic aspects of the project.
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 Whose
values?
Who
decides?

The Burra Charter

The Burra Charter is a document

published by the Australian ICOMOS
which defines the basic principles
and procedures to be followed in the
conservation of Australian heritage
places. It was first endorsed in 1979
as an adaptation of the Venice
Charter, but with the introduction of
a new analytical conservation model
of heritage assessment that
recognized forms of cultural heritage
beyond tangible and physical forms.
It was the first national heritage
document to replace the Venice
Charter as the basis of national
The Burra Charter heritage practice. The Charter has
• Charter of Athens 1931 been revised on four occasions since
• Venice Charter 1964 1979, and has been internationally
• Burra Charter 1979 influential in providing standard
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• Revised 1999 and 2013 guidelines for heritage conservation

• Fabric, use association meaning
practice.

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 OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE
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 LESSON #

#4

At the end of the

lesson, the student
should be able to
correlate the
significance of
heritage structures
in their community

The
Significance
of Heritage
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 Significance –
”Kahalagahan”

• Pertains to the importance,

relevance, and meaning of
heritage resources to an
individual or group of people.
• Heritage may have different
levels of significance like
individual, family, band,
community, province, region,
country or world

The Significance of Heritage

“The significance of a building or place of historic, architectural and cultural importance is its
most defining value, the loss of which will devalue its cultural significance.”
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 Characteristics of Cultural Significance
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 Characteristics of Cultural Significance
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 Characteristics of Cultural Significance
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 Architectural Conservation in the Philippines

• It is multi-disciplinary process involving many professionals.

• Preservation from loss, depletion or reduction and waste and harm

• A planned management of an object, structures, sites to save it from neglect and prolong its life
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 Architectural Heritage Conservation Process
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 Architectural Heritage Conservation Process
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 SUMMARY
• Heritage structures have many benefits to the
community and affects several aspects of
community development.
• However, not all heritage structures are preserved
because of several reasons coming from the
stakeholders and the community.
• It is, thus, important to focus on the value and
significance of these heritage structures as set
forth in important charters like the Burra
Charter. In terms of value, what is mentioned in
this module are age and rarity, architectural,
historical, artistic, educational, scientific,
associate, and spiritual values. Under cultural
significance, we have aesthetic, architectural,
historical, scientific and cultural significance.

KEY TERMS

• Benefits
• Reasons
• Value
• Significance
• International Charters
• Processes
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 ASSESSMENT TASK

Value and Significance

Choose two architectural heritage structures from your community
and discuss them according to the value and significance which you
attach to them based on this lesson.
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 REFERENCES

Balangkas: A resource book on the care of built heritage in the

Philippines. (2007).
Burra Charter
Orbasli, Aylin. Architectural Conservation Principles and Practice.
2008
John H. Stubbs (2017). Architectural Conservation in Asia:
National Experiences and Practice
Tyler, Norman, Historic Preservation, an introduction to its history,
principles and practice. 2009
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APPENDICES
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THANK YOU!

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