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PCN Notes - 7 - 13 - 2011

The document discusses various terms related to conservation and restoration of historic structures and sites. It defines terms like demolition, destruction, conservation, minimun intervention scale, adaptation, alteration, consolidation, enhancement, integrated conservation, intervention, maintenance, preservation, redevelopment, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodelling, renovation, restoration, retention, stabilization, and treatment.

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PCN Notes - 7 - 13 - 2011

The document discusses various terms related to conservation and restoration of historic structures and sites. It defines terms like demolition, destruction, conservation, minimun intervention scale, adaptation, alteration, consolidation, enhancement, integrated conservation, intervention, maintenance, preservation, redevelopment, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodelling, renovation, restoration, retention, stabilization, and treatment.

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Demolition

- is confined to actions which reveals structures or relationships of much great


er significance that the structure demolished or what will remove intrutions, wh
ich reduce the significance of the building.
Destruction
- to tear down completely; raze
- to do away with completely, put an end to
- to damage severely.
Conservation
- Means all the processes of looking after the place as to etain its cultural si
gnificance
- a general term is safeguarding heritage resources. it embraces all acts that p
rolong the life of cultural and natural heritage, the object, etc.
-Should respect simultaneity of values. Less intervation should be applied to el
ements of higher significance.
Minimun Intervention Scale:
-High intervention
1. replace
2. restore
3. repairA
4. stabilize
do nothing
-Low intervention
Adaptation
- means modifying the place to suit the existing use of a proposed use.
Addition
- a periodic activity, a modification, which involves the introduction of new ma
terials.
Alteration
- any act or process that changes one or more of the exterior architectural feat
ures of a structure, including but not limited to, the erection, construction, r
econstruction, or removal of structure or part thereof.
Consolidation
- The physical addition or application of material that strengthen or support th
e actual fabric of the monument of conservation of building to ensure its contin
ued durability of structural integrity.
Enhancement
- The activities of removal or addition are characteristics of measures in suppo
rt of enhancement of the heritage.
Integrated Conservation
- is achieved by the application of sensitive restoration techiniques and the co
rrect choices of appropriate functions in the context of historical area, taking
into account the plurality of values, both economic and cultural and aiming at
balances judgement.
Intervetion
- involves maintenance, stabilization, repair, restoration, reconstruction, or a
daptation, where appropriate conservation processes may be applied to parts or c
omponents of a strcuture or site.

Maintenance
-the continuous protective care of the fabric and setting of a place and is to b
e distinguished from repair. Repair involves restoration or reconstruction.
Preservation
- the act or process of preservation, or keeping safe, the state of being preser
ved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; security; safety.
- maintaining the fabric of a place in its existing state and retarding deterior
ation.
Redevelopment
- Insertion of contemporary structures or additions sympathetic to the setting.
Reconstruction
- Means returning a place to a known earlier stateand is distinguished from rest
oration by the introduction of new materials into the fabric. New materials may
include recycled materials salvaged from other places. this should not be to the
detriment of any place of cultural significance.
Rehabilitation
It's the process of returning a property to a state of utility, through repair,
or alteration, which makes possible as efficient contemporary use while preservi
ng those portions and features of the property which are significant to its hist
oric, architectural and cultural values.
Remodelling
- It is the drastic renovation without regard to its original state, authentic w
hole , and the past.
Renovation
- It is the adaptation and possible beautification of the structure to make it u
seful and serve modern needs (where retention of cultural significance maynot be
considered.)
Restoration
- Means of returning the existing fabric of a place to a known earlier stae by r
emoving accretion or by reassembling existing components without the introductio
n of new materials.
- The process of bringing an object back to its original state.
Retention
- Means the maintenance of a particular component of a historic site / structure
without cultural significance.
Stabilization
- It is the periodic activity to halt deterioration and to put the existing form
and materials of a site into a state of equilibrium with minimal change.
Treatment
- Refers to the articulation of materials and methods or system of construction.

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