Importance Of Conservation Of Historical Buildings

Conservation is a technical activity towards historical buildings. It concerned physical action to preserve the fabric and material of the historical buildings. It is a procedure to avoid decay and the action is aim to extend the life of the buildings. Although the meaning easy to realize but in actuality conservation always been though as renovation. Conservation is known as a process of looking after or managing changes. It also includes maintenance and may according to circumstances consist of preservation, adaptation, reconstruction and restoration (Zalina, 2005).

According to International Council on Monuments and Site or ICOMOS (1987) conservation is a process which leads to the continuation of life of cultural property and for its utilization now and in the future. It is also to recall a sense of the past and to conserve, as much as possible the original condition or situation of obtainable fabric. In addition it is also referring to the support of the preservation of those historical building that constitutes the memory of mankind. In addition, according to (Zalina, 2005) conservation is a care providing for protection of the existing building from being destroyed or change. This can be applied to all types of cultural, built and natural environment which are significance, the object being to present to those who use and look at historic buildings with wonder the artistic and human view that such building possess. The basis of the conservation of historical building is established by legislation through listing and scheduling buildings, through normal inspections and documentation and through town planning and conservative procedures. Some of the conservation of the building, which consists generally of historic buildings...

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...n. In Malaysia, perform of building conservation is considered new. Laws used for historic building conservation are established throughout legislation whereby a national inventory of historic buildings includes lists and schedules of old buildings for defense. Under the Antiquities Act 1976 a historic building or monument aged at least 100 years old be able to be listed or gazette by the Government through the Museum Department to give defense and support for preservation and conservation (Kamal et al., 2008).Some of the historic buildings in Malaysia apply building materials which are easily existing locally such as timber, brick, plaster and stone. Example of historic buildings in Malaysia are government offices, institutional and commercials, mosque ,churches, palaces, clock towers, prisons, residential, schools, hotels, railway stations, forts and monuments.