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Chapter 1 1
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
Cultural Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and
what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both
communities (i.e. festivals, rituals), and their values and lifestyles. Cultural
Heritage: is a basic need (Sada Mire, 2014). The legacy of physical artifacts and
intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations,
maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. It is
also used as a tool and a key factor in economic development and to increase the
1989 is the headquarters of the South Dakota State Historical Society. The center
and research and publishing offices, also the home of the State Archives and
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Museum. Its mission: to “collect, preserve, exhibit, and publish” materials on the
reminder of the earth-berm lodges of the Arikara Indians that historically lived
long as two football fields. Native grasses grow outside. It has a museum, archives,
and library. The building’s construction provides optimum climate control, energy
efficiency, and minimum potential for damage to artifacts housed in the collections
education center located in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. The MHC
promotes awareness of the indigenous peoples of the island of Mindoro. The idea
of building a heritage center for the Mangyans was born in the early 1960s, when
Mansalay. Postma was able to see, live, and feel the beauty of the Mangyan
culture, and started to document it. “If the environmental crises facing the world
today were simply a matter of information, knowledge, and skills, then we would
Lake Sebu is the most visited Municipality in South Cotabato by its own
Heavenly nature and people. Lang Dulay is a National Living Treasure Awardee
(Manlilikha ng Bayan) which is a prestigious award given to her in 1998 by her one
planning to invest starting next year on various eco-tourism ventures in the scenic
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lakeside town of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato through its livelihood grants initiative
The Lake Sebu officials focusing on the design strategies and develop
programs in order to protect and preserve the Cultural wealth. National Living
Tradition (SLT) of R.A. No. 7355, a program recognized for their work and
Philippines. This program needs a facility that will help them conduct the programs
effectively and efficiently. So, the researcher will consider to study and to provide
the most strategic building needs for the people of this community for their learning
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plebiscite was held on October 15, 1983, one year after the passage of BP 249,
an act creating Lake Sebu into a new municipality of South Cotabato. It is situation
regional center, Koronadal City, and capital of the province of South Cotabato. The
Lake Sebu especially the farmers, firshermen, indigenous people, and other
sectors of the community through the provision of the basic services, support local
Tourism.
gallery, exhibit area, theater and crafts store displaying and selling the art work of
local artists as well as informing the visitors of the history and rich culture of T’boli.
Restaurant and Store. Strategies applied access and circulation, parking, grading,
Green building practices used to enhance energy efficiency, indoor air quality and
natural daylighting. Natural building materials used to integrate the building with
the site. Materials may include wood, concrete, steel and other indigenous material
of the area. Consideration on to how these materials are used in each T’boli tribe
and obviously presented. The project is a Unified forms and elements representing