Lesson 9 - Terminologies Flashcards
Ways of living that include behavioral patterns, arts, beliefs, institution and all products of human work and thought shared that reflect the identity of a group.
CULTURE
Legacies from the past, what we live with
today, and what we individually or collectively
pass on to future generations.
HERITAGE
A category of heritage that encompasses
cultural heritage such as works of man like craft,
mountains, buildings and sites, and natural
heritage, which are works of nature such as
physical, biological, geological and
physiological formations, and natural sites
TANGIBLE HERITAGE
A category of heritage that encompasses
practices, representations, expressions,
knowledge and skills of communities, groups, or
in some cases, individuals
INTANGIBLE HERITAGE
Pertains to the importance, relevance and
the meaning of a heritage resource to an
individual or group of people. Heritage may
have different levels of significance like
individual, family, band, community, province,
region, country or world.
SIGNIFICANCE
An aspect worth ascribed by people to a
heritage resource, that is used to justify the
heritage resource’s significance. A heritage
may have a range of values for different
individuals or groups.
VALUE
Refers to a value that deals with past
events, personage, groups and associations,
trends and movements.
HISTORICAL VALUE
Refers to a value that appeals to a sense
of beauty based on the aspects of sensory
perception, such as from, scale, color, texture
and material of fabric, as well as the smell and
sounds associated with the place and its use
AESTHETIC VALUE
Refers to a value that deals with the art
and science of designing and building
structures or open spaces following aesthetic,
functional, and technical criteria.
ARCHITECTURAL VALUE
Refers to a value that measures the
importance of data on its rarity, quality or
characteristic contributing to substantial
information about the place.
SCIENTIFIC VALUE
Refers to a value that provides important
resource of historic and other scientific
information based on the presence of cultural
or physical remains in historical places.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
VALUE
Refers to the sentimental value that a
group or community attaches to a place.
SOCIAL VALUE
The organization of arrangement of the
aesthetic and technical framework of the
building that provides stability to its parts or
elements.
STRUCTURE
A group of individual built and/or natural
elements put together to form a whole, which
manifests in varying forms.
ENSEMBLE
An Edifice of one of the physical end
products of Architecture and Engineering works
intended for occupancy
BUILDING
A Site or Structure that is erected and/or
preserved because of its historical, cultural, or
aesthetic importance.
MONUMENT
The overall appearance of street elements
that make up the street scenery and may
include natural and man-made physical
elements found within and along the street, as
well as its activities carried out on it.
STREETSCAPE
A visually distinct area whose character is
the result of the action and interaction of
nature(natural landscape) or between nature
and man (cultural landscape).
LANDSCAPE
A distant view of a natural and/or built
environment, e.g. One seen through an
opening. A pleasing view, especially one seen
through a long, narrow opening.
VISTA
Principal reference for establishing the
significance of a heritage resource.
BASIS
The measure of a heritage resource
belong truly what it is claimed to be.
Authenticity is to be based on the cultural
context/s to which the heritage resource
belongs to.
AUTHENTICITY
A measure of the wholeness and
intactness of a heritage resource and its
attributes to secure, sustain, and convey its
significance. It pertains to the physical fabric, its
risks in its environment and the ability of the
values of a resource to be respected and
communicated.
INTEGRITY
A basis for determining the significance of
heritage that pertains to the ability of a
heritage resource to convey the truth about the
past.
HISTORICITY
A physical attribute of a heritage resource
that refers to the physical elements,
constituents, or substance it is composed of.
MATERIAL
A physical attribute of a heritage resource that
refers to its shape and structure
FORM
The ratio of the actual measurements of
something and those of a drawing, map or
model.
SCALE
An attribute of a heritage resource that refer to
its natural purpose or intended to it.
FUNCTION
A process of renovation to secure or
strengthen a building or structure by combining
material, use, form, size, or shape.
CONSOLIDATION
A process of repair to increase the value,
utility, and/or improve the aesthetic quality of a
heritage resource.
RENOVATION
A form of reconstruction that refers to the
substitution of a new material, preferably using
an equivalent material, to a damaged,
depleted, deteriorated, or lost components of a
formerly known state of a heritage resource.
REPLACEMENT
A form of repair that refers to the accurate
rebuilding of a vanished or irreversibly
deteriorated heritage resource from a known
earlier state and with the introduction of new
materials.
RECONSTRUCTION
A form of restoration that refers to the
returning of a component of a heritage
resource to its former condition or position.
REINSTATEMENT
A form of repair that returns a heritage
resource to a previously known state, done
without the introduction of new materials to the
existing fabric.
RESTORATION
A process of putting together what is torn
broken or replacing any part to keep the
heritage resource in good condition.
REPAIR
A continuous process of caring for
heritage resource to retard its deterioration.
MAINTENANCE
A process of maintaining the existing state
of the heritage resource to retard deterioration
and prolong its existence.
PRESERVATION
All the processes of looking after a
heritage resource so as to sustain its values and
its cultural significance.
CONSERVATION
An attribute of a heritage resource that
refers to the wider framework within which the
values of a place should be considered.
CONTEXT
The immediate and extended
environment that is part of, contributes to, its
significance and distinctive character.
SETTING
An attribute of a heritage resource that refer to
its natural purpose or intended to it.
FUNCTION
The process of copying to make a
representation, counterpart, image, or copy of
an original work. It can be same form of
material and size (replica), or same form but
different size and material, or same form and
material but of different size.
REPRODUCTION
A process of drastically changing the
material and/or form of a heritage resource, in
effect renewing a heritage resource often
without much regard to it heritage values.
REDEVELOPMENT
A process of change that involves
upgrading the material and/or form of a
heritage resource, often primarily for aesthetic
purposes. May involve installing new
equipment, fixtures, furnishings ad finishes.
REFURBISHMENT
A process of drastic alteration or
transformation of the material and/or form of a
heritage resource to make it radically different
form the original.
CHANGE
A drastic from of repair that entails
furnishing the heritage resource with new or
modified parts or equipment not available or
considered necessary at the same time of its
creation. May involve adding new materials,
like mechanical, plumbing, fire safety or
electrical equipment or other elements and
components often to meet the current code
RETROFITTING
A historical site, a building, or an area of
the unspoilt natural environment, considered to
be important to a country or area’s heritage.
HERITAGE SITES
a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.
ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES
They are installed by the
National Historical Commission of the Philippines
(NHCP) in the Philippines and places abroad
that signify important events, persons, structures,
and institutions in Philippine national and local
histories.
HISTORICAL MARKERS
A new or modified function of an existing
heritage resource achieved after making it fit
through modification or extensive modification
ADAPTIVE RE-USE
Being consistent to the original intended
function of an existing heritage resource. It is a
use that involves no or minimal on the nature,
fabric, and values of a heritage resource.
COMPATIBLE USE
Refers to the initial intended function of a
heritage resource.
ORIGINAL USE
Modification of resource to meet various
functional requirements such as safety, property
protection and access while preserving the
historic character of the structure
REHABILITATION
Exact copy of an original work in all details
that is same material, size, and form
REPLICA
