Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 10(2), pp. 490 - 500
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.100209
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A Pilot Site Approach for Built Heritage Diagnosis: The Preservation and Conservation of Egongot Ethnic Minority

John Cedierick P. Abarca , Ar. Jocelyn A. Rivera-Lutap ^*, Raydett Kelly C. Ronquillo , John Dence S. Suizo
College of Architecture, Design, and the Built Environment, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines

ABSTRACT

In the Philippines, some ethnic minority-built heritages are frequently misunderstood, and most are not given adequate attention in assessing their cultural significance. Consequently, people often lack adequate knowledge in the proper conservation and preservation of remaining cultural treasures. This may further result in the degradation, if not the oblivion, of key Filipino cultural values. It is with the use of the Pilot site procedure that we approached the architectural practice of Heritage conservation as we diagnosed the traditional dwellings of Egongot people of Aurora province in giving light to their traditional architecture as a vital built heritage in the country. The pilot site approach made use of historical documentation and surveys as well as present architectural condition assessment through observation. The first phase of the pilot site is the historic data collection which provided the traditional construction process and the use of vernacular materials. The second phase which is the architectural assessment provided observational information of its current state after the intervention of conservation treatment. The last phase of the pilot site approach which is the diagnosis of conservation treatment, is the consequent analysis of both past and present. These two factors are utilized to formulate a comparative analysis of ‘how it used to be' and ‘how its current state is'. The results showed various manipulations of construction methods and integration of modern building materials that threaten both the identity and structural integrity of the built heritage. As a result, appropriate preservation and maintenance guidelines are formulated to better appreciate the heritage architecture's historic and cultural value.

KEYWORDS
Built Heritage, Pilot Site Approach, Historical Documentation, Architectural Condition Assessment, Conservation Treatment, Preservation

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[1] John Cedierick P. Abarca , Ar. Jocelyn A. Rivera-Lutap , Raydett Kelly C. Ronquillo , John Dence S. Suizo , "A Pilot Site Approach for Built Heritage Diagnosis: The Preservation and Conservation of Egongot Ethnic Minority," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 490 - 500, 2022. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.100209.

(b). APA Format:
John Cedierick P. Abarca , Ar. Jocelyn A. Rivera-Lutap , Raydett Kelly C. Ronquillo , John Dence S. Suizo (2022). A Pilot Site Approach for Built Heritage Diagnosis: The Preservation and Conservation of Egongot Ethnic Minority. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 10(2), 490 - 500. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.100209.