Adjunct Professor Lee Hyun-woo, Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture, recently received the Outstanding Paper Award at the Autumn Academic Paper Presentation of the Korean Society of Traditional Landscape Architecture held at the Iksan Campus.

At the conference, he presented a paper titled "A Study on Place Attachment and Place Rootedness from the Perspectives of Memory and Representation: The Case of the Yongwonjung Garden of the Haeju O Clan," which received favorable reviews.

The paper examined the spatial characteristics of the Yongwonjung garden located at the entrance to Byeonghang Village, Gohak-ri, Mari-myeon, Geochang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, and the cultural landscape elements scattered in the nearby Byeonghang Village. Based on analysis and interpretation of these elements, it reviewed the spatial qualities of wonlim (園林; artificial gardens and groves attached to residences where the lifestyles and aesthetic pursuits of ancestors harmonize with nature, and traditional outdoor spaces generally created using plants and other natural elements).

In addition, through analysis and interpretation of Yongwonjung's pavilion plaques, epitaphs, and carved inscriptions, he systematically articulated and analyzed the site's landscape significance as both the Haeju O clan's dwelling and a place for aesthetic retreat, drawing attention.

Meanwhile, the Korean Society of Traditional Landscape Architecture is an academic organization established in 1980 to investigate and study Korean traditional landscape culture, preserve and transmit its ideas and techniques, and contribute to the development of landscape culture by integrating them into modern landscape architecture. It publishes the Journal of the Korean Society of Traditional Landscape Architecture, which is indexed by the National Research Foundation of Korea.