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ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARKS IN DAVAO CITY: VALUE-BASED APPROACH TO THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

BANWA Archives (2004-2013)

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Title ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARKS IN DAVAO CITY: VALUE-BASED APPROACH TO THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
 
Creator Santos-Delgado, Rowena
 
Description For years, Davao City (and Mindanao in general) has been caught up in the myth that it is the Land of Promise. As such, it has suffered an identity crisis because of the flux of migrants and the clash of cultures caught up in the web of historical processes that emphasized change and progress. It is difficult to plot the historical trajectories of change without archaeological or architectural basis.  This research is supports the assertion that it is more desirable to study Architecture within the context of the cultures that produced it. Specifically, it aims to identify and classify the architectural landmarks in Davao City through a Workshop conducted with the Davao Historical Institute. The initial output of the research was to produce a compilation of architectural landmarks presented in a video documentary for the purpose of formal documentation and interpretation. The video documentary features the architectural landmarks as the outgrowth of the historic, symbolic, social, economic and aesthetic values of a place and its people. These are the values that associate or connect people with structures.  The identified and categorized landmarks are intended to instil knowledge and appreciation of architectural works as monuments the local community would take pride in not merely on the basis of its form and function, but on the basis of the values placed on these structures.
 
Publisher University of the Philippines Mindanao
 
Date 2015-09-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ojs.upmin.edu.ph/index.php/banwa-archives/article/view/9
 
Source BANWA Archives (2004-2013); Vol 2 No 1 (2005); 38-62
1656-3719
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://ojs.upmin.edu.ph/index.php/banwa-archives/article/view/9/11
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2015 Rowena Santos-Delgado
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