Historic Preservation: The Practice of Keeping Older Buildings Intact

HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
The practice of keeping older
buildings intact.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
PRESERVATION one of the major tools available to
planners attempting to plot sound physical, social,
economic, political and aesthetic development
HISTORIC PRESERVATION an umbrella
expression encompassing a wide variety of
strategies for dealing with existing buildings and
urban settings
TYPES OF
PRESERVATION
RESTORATION
Most conservative form of preservation activity
It involves returning buildings to their original
condition
It includes replacement of the features that
had been destroyed and removal of elements
that had been added
RESTORATION
RESTORATION
REHABILITATION AND
RENOVATION
The strategies employed to make decrepit
buildings usable again
ADAPTIVE USE less rigorous type of
preservation wherein some buildings are no
longer needed, so they can be adapted to serve
new uses while at the same time maintaining
their original form and character
REHABILITATION AND RENOVATION

(St. Peter and Paul Metropolitan Cathedral)
BEFORE
AFTER
REHABILITATION AND RENOVATION

(St. Peter and Paul Metropolitan Cathedral)
BEFORE
AFTER
CONSERVATION
It is used to keep attractive and workable
places from being destroyed or modified in an
inappropriate fashion
The general goal of conservation areas is
primarily preservation of the physical fabric of
town centers and notable architectural forms
CONSERVATION
Vigan City
REPLICATION
Not widely used at the urban scale, but it is
appropriate in some situations
When a historic district has a particular
architectural character, it is often required
that any new construction imitate features of
nearby buildings so that it will not be obtrusive
REPLICATION
Features may include:
Height
Massing
Setbacks
Overall dimensions
Materials
Fenestration
Color
Style
RELOCATION
Moving buildings from one place to another
Is used sometimes for economic reasons; it
may be less expensive to purchase a used
structure and move it than to construct a
new building
RELOCATION
Mabini House
SCALES OF
PRESERVATION ACTION
NATURAL AREAS
Its goal is retention of the historic
ecological balance that has made
urbanization possible
The natural past is as important in
planning for humane environments as is the
built past
Pasig River
Throughout history, the river was used as a
major source of transportation, water, food, and
livelihood for a large number of Filipino people
living in Manila. Due to negligence and
industrial development, the river has become
verypollutedand is considered dead (i.e.,
unable to sustain life) byecologists.
Pasig River
Pasig River
Pasig River
Pasig River
A PRRC
perspective
sketch design of
the Pasig River in
"the future".
TOWNS AND VILLAGES

It is the practice of protecting whole towns
The preservation of period-piece towns will
guarantee opportunities for future generations to
experience urban spaces and forms unique to
particular regions and historic periods
Preservation at this scale provides a sense of the
integration of all aspects of urban life: houses,
work places, churches, schools, shops, farms,
civic buildings and transport
Batanes
SKYLINES
Two forms:
Height restriction
Characterized by church, chapel spires and
domes
DISTRICTS
Have a physical coherence or that have
strong edges that create an identity
Preserved as examples of living and
building patterns of the past
Relates to physical fabric of the city
Characterized by mixed-uses
NEIGHBORHOODS
Relates to the physical fabric of the city and
also to a way of life
Primarily residential
Goal of neighborhood preservation is to
protect a lifestyle and a particular
socioeconomic profile in an area as much as
to preserve a collection of buildings
STREETSCAPES
Sometimes it is worthwhile to preserve the
fronts of buildings and the street and sidewalks
Refers to protecting facades (with period
streetlamps and other street furniture) but
allowing interiors to be modified according to
need
BUILDINGS
As preservation activities have grown, those
involved have identified not just monuments
but many more modest buildings for protection
Many preservationists believe that examples of
virtually every building type should be
preserved
FRAGMENTS AND OBJECTS

When it is not economically feasible to
preserve whole buildings, it sometimes
make sense to retain fragments of buildings
In some cases historic objects are more
important than the buildings around them
CRITERIA FOR HISTORIC

PRESEVATION
AESTHETIC
Buildings and districts within cities are
sometimes preserved because they represent
special achievements within a particular
historic style
Some buildings seem to epitomize a certain
style of construction, decoration, landscaping or
urban design
Aesthetic
Paoay Church, Ilocos
Norte
Sacred Heart Parish Church,

Cebu City
TYPICAL
Even buildings that are not extraordinary as
examples of architectural design are
sometimes preserved as representatives of a
special class or type of building
Other sorts of building programs, structural
techniques, and architectural styles are
preserved because they exemplify the way
things were, rather than because they are
special achievements
SCARCITY
Buildings that are one-of-a-kind

or that are the last remaining
examples of a building or stylistic
type are also considered for
preservation
HISTORICAL ROLE
Buildings and urban settings that have been the sites
for significant historical events are preserved to
provide a symbolic tie between those earlier events
and the current events of our lives
Some are preserved because of their associations
with historic events
Some are preserved because they are associated with
famous people
Some buildings are preserved because they are the
work of a particular architect
ENHANCEMENT OF ADJACENT
AREAS
Sometimes buildings or groups of buildings
are preserved because an investment in
them will affect nearby areas
This strategy not only requires an
investment of money, but also some public
relations work
SUPERLATIVE
A few buildings have been protected
because they can be talked about in
terms of superlatives
They are the most, or first, or the
longest or the biggest
MOTIVES FOR
PRESERVATION
PROTECT OUR LEGACY

Relics of the past are seem of having a
didactic value
In a period of declining craftsmanship it
is important to be able to experience
firsthand the work of early craftspeople
ENSURE VARIETY IN THE URBAN

FABRIC
Two aspects:
Aesthetic preserving buildings from various
periods guarantees visual variety
Strategic politically and economically we need
variety of cities because social groups have
different needs and aspirations and, of course,
because peoples ability and desire to pay also
varies
ECONOMIC
Historic buildings can appreciate in
value if properly cared for and,
therefore, are often a sound investment
Other historic buildings are preserved
or rehabilitated because of the potential
income they will produce
SYMBOLIC
Buildings or group of buildings sometimes
become associated with groups of people so that
they are physical manifestations of a groups
identity
The symbolic motive for preservation relates to
the view that to destroy the building is in some
sense to destroy the group
QUIZ
GOOD LUCK!
1-2
What
are
the
two
aspects to the motive of
ensuring variety
3
The practice of keeping
older buildings intact.
4
It is one of the most
remarkable types of
historic preservation
5
District: ___________
Neighborhoods:
Residential
6-8
Enumerate at least 3
criteria for historic
preservation
9
Most conservative form
of preservation activity
10
What is the name of the
hotel in las casas that is
an example of replication?

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HISTORIC

REHABILITATION AND RENOVATION

REHABILITATION AND RENOVATION

TOWNS AND VILLAGES

FRAGMENTS AND OBJECTS

CRITERIA FOR HISTORIC

Sacred Heart Parish Church,

Buildings that are one-of-a-kind

PROTECT OUR LEGACY

ENSURE VARIETY IN THE URBAN

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