Abstract
Philippine historic churches are structures which stand as indisputable witnesses to urban development, some of which have been built way back in the 1600s under the Spanish colonizers. Guidelines on church planning during that period were based on the “Laws of the Indies” issued under King Philip II of Spain. Today, urbanization has changed much of the Philippine rural landscape, including that in Bulacan, a province geographically adjacent to the country’s national capital, Manila. The onslaught of development changed the otherwise pastoral setting of many Bulacan towns as reflected on church exteriors and interiors including its immediate environs. The present-day government and church laws and guidelines fell short of protecting built heritage from the detrimental effects of modernization and development. The current state of these ecclesiastical structures will somehow instigate architectural realization on the need to impede further harmful imprints of urbanization to historic churches in Bulacan.
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The author acknowledges the assistance extended by representatives from the Office of NHCP, NCAA, CBCP-ECCHC, Escuela Taller de Filipinas Foundation Inc., various individuals from each of the Bulacan historic church in the study and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Finally, the author extends the deepest gratitude to family members Esmeraldo, Cara, Carlo, and Carlos, who have lent a hand in making this research possible.
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Tiburcio-Garcia, E. (2020). Urban Imprints to Historic Churches in Bulacan Towns, Philippines: An Architectural Realization. In: Bougdah, H., Versaci, A., Sotoca, A., Trapani, F., Migliore, M., Clark, N. (eds) Urban and Transit Planning. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17308-1_19
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