ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE MIDTERMS

Dycaico
Ancestral House
Gamuac, Mary Alexien | Samson, Mary Rose | Buan, Ashlee
Tuazon, Harold | Santos, Louis Kenneth

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ORIGINAL OWNERS MIDTERMS

The Dycaico House is considered the Grand dame in the 50s, this home played host to many
celebrations often with live bands held at the rooftop.

Located in Barangay Sto. Rosario, Angeles City, Pampanga

Built in the year 1930s

Bahay na bato

Renovated in the year 1950s

Ball room for Perla Dycaico's debut

Art Deco style

Dycaico Ancestral House

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ORIGINAL OWNERS MIDTERMS

RUFINA DAYRIT AND JOSE DYCAICO

The original owners of the Dycaico House are Rufina
Dayrit and Jose Dycaico.

Rufina married Jose Dycaico, a Chinese immigrant

resulting in the building of the Ancestral House in
the year 1930s.

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Rufina Dayrit-Dycaico and Jose Dycaico in frame Dycaico Family
ORIGINAL OWNERS

Dycaico
MIDTERMS

Family
Rufina and Jose had a daughter named Perla
Dycaico and a son named Julian D. Dycaico who
later became a doctor which explains the medical
emblem in front of the house (see slide 6). Dr
Julian married Lourdes Gomez-Dycaico and raised 9
children in the house.
Dycaico Family and relatives in the year 1930s
ANCESTRY ROOTS
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ORIGINAL OWNERS MIDTERMS

The family is forced to

evacuate to it during the
Japanese occupation in
world war 11 in barrio
Jalung in the town of
Porac. The Japanese troops
were said to be throwing
furniture from the windows
of the second floor Dycaico Family and relatives in frame

JOSE DYCAICO RUFINA DYCAICO

LOURDES GOMEZ- JULIAN DYCAICO PERLA D. DYCAICO

DYCAICO

ARMIN DYCAICO ADALJISA DYCAICO VIOLETA DYCAICO YOLANDA DYCAICO JOSE DYCAICO JR. JULIAN DYCAICO JR. LAZARO DYCAICO PERLA G. DYCAICO

MEDICAL DOCTOR PHARMACIST DENTIST BUSINESS WOMAN PILOT ENGINEER AGRICULTURIST PHARMACIST

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ORIGINAL OWNERS MIDTERMS

When Julian Dycaico became a doctor, the family

put a medical emblem in the topmost front portion
of the house which is also the balcony of his
clinic Dr Julian Dycaico in honour of him being a
medical allied professional.

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Dycaico Family
 HISTORY OF REPAIRS MIDTERMS

1950s 2014 2016

RENOVATION FOR THE DEBUT OF PERLA RENOVATION FOR THE BANK OF FLORIDA RENOVATION FOR THE 25 SEEDS CAFE AND
DYCAICO RESTAURANT (TOOK 4MONTHS OF RENOVATION)

After being forced to evacuate to Porac, the Dycaico

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family came back to their house and began its
renovation.
Dycaico Repairs
MATERIALS USED MIDTERMS

ARCHITECT JEROME DUNGCA

NO ELECTRIC WIRINGS, DOOR KNOBS,

CHANDELIERS, OR TOILET BOWLS

THE FOUNDATION, FLOORING, AND GRAND

STAIRCASE REMAINED BUT POLISHED AND
STRENGTHEN.

REMOVED ALL WOOD DIVISIONS OF THE 4

ROOMS.

GOOD WOODS WERE PUT BACK -ALMOST NO

The meticulous restoration of the house with adaptive reuse
NEW WOOD WAS USED EXCEPT FOR THE in mind. began in 2016 for Chef Sau of 25 seeds cafe.
BAR.

WINDOWS WERE ORIGINAL EXCEPT THE

COUPLES' ROOM - A NOW GLASS WINDOW Dycaico Materials
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LAST OCCUPANCY MIDTERMS

Dycaico Last
Occupants
Rufina and Jose Dycaico and their children are the first occupants of the house. When Rufina and Jose
passed away, Dr Julian Dycaico inherit the house and lived in it together with his family. Their nephews
and niece from Mabalacat who went to Holy Family Academy also stayed with them to cut travel time,
particularly Juliette Gomez who is now the wife of Benjamin Romualdez, Capt. Ben Hur Gomez of omni
aviation, Late Architect Carlos Gomez jr., and Prof. Edgardo Gomez who is now a national scientist of the
Philippines.

In the year 1965 when Dr. Dycaico passed away, his wife, Lourdes Dycaico rented out the downstairs and
stayed at the second floor. one of the tenants is the mother of Liza Lorena and later rented out for
institutional, a preschool and for commercial use, Bank of Florida.
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ARCHITECTURAL SPACES OF THE HOUSE MIDTERMS

Dycaico
Ancestral House

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 CONSTRUCTION DATES MIDTERMS

38 years vacancy

present
1930S 1940s 1950s 1965 1978 2010 2014 2016
The Dycaico The Dycaico Renovated the Dr. Dycaico Mrs. Lourdes Julian Jr. Bank of Renowned chef,
Ancestral house House were house for the passed away, his died in 1978, Passed away in Florida, now Sau Del
was built. abandoned for debut of home wife bean the one who is November BOF, rosario found
awhile during owner's youngest renting out the believed to last 30,2010 and officially the house as
Japanese daughter, Perla downstairs area resided in the made his opened its the prefect
occupation and Dycaico. while stayed at house. children fifteenth place to serve
was ransacked the second floor promise to branch at his heirloom
during world war never sell or Angeles City recipes.

Dycaico Timeline
11. demolish the Renovated the
house. place which
took 4 months.

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ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE MIDTERMS

Dycaico's
Future
As promised to the late grandfather,
Julian Dycaico Jr., the family doesn't
have any plans to demolish or sell the
property and will be an inheritance to
future generations. According to our
interviewee, Rodrigo Segaya, the
personal bodyguard and caretaker of
the ancestral house for 28 years, the
family will keep their promise to the
late Julian Dycaico jr. and will only
rent out the property as what Mrs.
Lourdes Dycaico did. "Ay Hindi po ma'am, si boss po walang balak po na
ipa-demolish o sirain ang bahay dahil pamana daw
po ito sakanya ni lola..."

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