POLICY AND SYSTEM RELATED TO THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSET AND HERITAGE
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The Preservation and Use of Architectural Asset
s members of society, we live embedded within our historical and cultural heritage. As we pass through a period centred on urban development, we became increasingly aware of the importance of structures with historical value neglected so far, and we realised how rapidly these structures are disappearing from our landscapes. The Yongjaegwan (1957) in Yonsei University, designed by Kim Jaecheol, one of the first architects in Korea, was demolished in January 2013; and in 2015, the 100-year-old Science Hall at Paiwha Girls High School was embroiled in a controversy over its demolition. Structures of such profound historical value cannot be restored once they are erased or lost. Today, it is our duty as members of society and community, and for our shared future, to protect those foremost works of rich historical and cultural heritage. Since the 2000s, the number of cases of buildings that creatively recycle old architectural assets local to their region, such as the (in Seoul and Jeonju), as points of interest for the tourist industry and to prevent the indiscriminate use and loss of modern architectural assets. The term ‘architectural asset’ gestures at buildings, spatial environments, and infrastructure with social, economic or scenic value sustainable from the present to the future, which either has significant and unique historical or cultural value, such as , or contributes to promoting the architectural culture of the State or the formation of the identity of any local region (Article 2).
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