Our Vision
A Filipino society that values and preserves its cultural heritage in order to instill pride of place and strengthen Philippine national identity.
Mission Statement
The HCS will be the prime mover and advocate for the preservation of Philippine built heritage resources in order to contribute towards the establishment of a Society that preserves and values its cultural heritage through advocacy and volunteerism, project implementation, education and information.
 
Membership

HCS is reminding all its old members to renew their annual membership with the organization. We are also inviting all interested individuals, institutions and corporations to become patrons and members of the HCS.

Corporate Patron - PHP50,000.00
Individual Patron - PHP10,000.00
Executive - PHP5,000.00
Individual - PHP1,000.00
Associate
(individuals below the age of 30) - PHP500.00
Academic (undergraduate students) - PHP100.00

Please issue check payments to HERITAGE CONSERVATION SOCIETY. Cash payments could be deposited to HCS Current Account: 8105-8153-61, BPI-M H del Pilar Branch. Please send to Heritage Conservation Society, Museo Pambata Compound, Roxas Boulevard, Ermita, Manila or Fax to 522-2497 or e-mail to info@heritage.org.ph

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Officers and Members

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2008-2010
  • Gemma Cruz-Araneta (President and Chairperson)
  • Ivan Anthony Henares (Vice President)
  • Archt. Rene Luis Mata (Treasurer)
  • Christian Michael Aguilar
  • Dr. Nathaniel von Einsiedel, FPIEP
  • Archt. Manuel Maximo Noche
  • Archt. Melvin Patawaran
ADMINISTRATIVE
  • Atty. Lucille Karen Isberto (Corporate Secretary)
  • Adoracion Soriano (Executive Director)

ADVISORY COUNCIL
  • Archt. Augusto F. Villalon, Ph.D. (Founding Chairperson)
  • Bambi L. Harper (Founding President)
  • Archt. Bettina Bonoan
  • Archt. Dominic Q. Galicia
  • Amb. Raul Goco
  • Edda V. Henson
  • Richard B. Lopez
  • Juan Miguel Luz
  • Maria Isabel Ongpin

 

Restoration Architects
As a service to the public, we are publishing the names of Filipino architects and experts with advanced degrees and/or extensive experience in heritage conservation and restoration. If your name is not listed below, please contact us at database@heritage.org.ph. HCS and ICOMOS Philippines are proposing official accreditation of restoration architects to the UAP Specialty Board.

ARCHITECTS
  • Alaban, Andrew ()
  • Granada, Ray ()
  • Java, Melva R. (B Architecture; MA Anthropology, University of San Carlos, Cebu; Seminar-Workshop in Conservation Architecture, Sydney, Australia) based in Cebu
  • Manalo, Michael F. (MA in Architectural Conservation, Escuela Nacionál de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía INAH, Mexico City; ICOMOS Philippines)
  • Mananghaya, Joycelyn B. (Masters in Architecture, specializing in the Restoration of Historical Monuments, Escuela Nacional de Conservacion, Restauracion y Museografia INAH, Mexico City; and Post Graduate Course in Materials and Techniques of Historical Restoration, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City; ICOMOS Philippines)
  • Mata, Rene Luis S. (Masters in Architectural Conservation & the Rehabilitation of Patrimonio, University of Alcala-Henares, Communidad de Madrid, Spain; ICOMOS Philippines)
  • Noche, Manuel Maximo L.C. (MS Architecture - Environmental Design, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London)
  • Onozawa, Maria Lourdes Joy M. (ICOMOS Philippines)
  • Patawaran, Melvin G. (B Architecture, University of Santo Tomas) Principal Architect, Tropiks Design Studio, Architectural Documentation/Conservation & Innovative Design Services
  • Paterno, Tina (MS in Architectural Preservation, University of Pennsylvania) based in New York; Senior Conservator at ICR
  • Silao, Carmen Bettina (MA in Architectural Conservation, Escuela Nacionál de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía INAH, Mexico City)
  • Solis, Carmencita M. (MS Urban Planning, Land Use and Housing Development (specialization in Urban Conservation), Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand) based in Cebu
  • Villalon, Augusto F. (MA Architecture, Yale University; Ph.D. Architecture, Far Eastern University; Member, ICOMOS Executive Committee; Member, UNESCO World Heritage Committee; Chairman, ICOMOS Philippines)

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

  • Alcazaren, Paulo G. (MA Urban Design, National University of Singapore)

RESTORATION (PAINTING)

  • Aguilar, Christian M. (Diplom Designer, Fachhochschule Hildesheim/Holzminden, Germany; specialized in color design in historical architectural context and historic paints and color technology; German-licenced commercial painter/craftsman) 
  • Manahan, Tats (Centro Europeo per i Formazioni degli Artigiani, Venice, Italy)