A PROPOSAL FOR THE PRESERVATION OF EARLY WESTERN ARCHITECTURE IN SEOUL, KOREA
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Date
1990-06
Authors
Lee, Sohyun Park
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University of Oregon
Abstract
Early Western architecture generally refers to buildings
shaped by Western influences built during the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when Korea opened
its doors to the West and confronted Western culture for the
first time.
Compared to traditional Korean architecture, early
Western architecture is not yet fully accepted as a part of
Korean culture, partly because of its bad association with
the colonial period, 1910-1945. However, this architecture
represents characteristics of late nineteenth and early
twentieth-century Korean society. To understand the development
of modern Korea, early Western architecture deserves
more attention. This thesis can be regarded as a preliminary proposal
for a new national register system which advocates the
preservation of early Western buildings in Seoul, Korea.
This proposed new national register system is coupled with
analysis and suggestions for legislation, administration,
implementation, and incentives of the existing register
system.
The thesis, which focuses on the preservation of early
Western buildings, can be directed toward the preservation
of other significant cultural properties of the modern era
and recent Korean history. The role of the private sector
in preservation and structure of preservation education that
produces future preservationists should be further investigated.
Description
137 pages
Keywords
Western culture, Korean history, legislation