Lotte Hotel & Resort Selected in Two Categories at the 'Good Design Award'

Lotte Hotel Jeju, Outdoor Garden 'Like Walking in Gotjawal Forest'
'Oasis in the City' Lotte Hotel Busan Outdoor Swimming Pool

Lotte Hotel & Resort announced on the 13th that the outdoor garden of Lotte Hotel Jeju and the outdoor swimming pool of Lotte Hotel Busan were selected as 'Good Design (GD)' winners in the Space & Environmental Design category of the '2023 Good Design Award.'

Lotte Hotel Jeju, outdoor garden
Photo by Lotte Hotel & Resorts.

The Good Design Award is hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and organized by the Korea Institute of Design Promotion. It has been held annually since 1985 under the Industrial Design Promotion Act. Works selected through a fair evaluation process are granted the government-certified GD mark.

The outdoor garden of Lotte Hotel Jeju, which was nominated as a grand prize candidate upon being selected for the Good Design Award, reopened in September last year after about a year of renewal. It closely explored various forms of Jeju’s nature such as terrain, paths, greenery, grasslands, stones, and coastline, with a particular focus on Jeju Island’s unique forest, 'Gotjawal.'

The forest, reinterpreted as a garden by understanding the spatial aesthetics provided by Gotjawal, features multi-layered trees selected over a long period to create a sense of spatial depth. The lower part of the forest starts at the entrance filled with bright flowers and, as one goes deeper, it is designed with dense greenery and stones.

From the design stage, Lotte Hotel & Resort planned a stone wall, a symbol of Jeju, at the garden entrance to create Jeju’s distinctive atmosphere and added a meaning of coexistence by participating in stone wall cultural preservation activities. Through exchanges with Dolbitnayae Art School and participation in stone wall restoration projects, they are promoting stone wall culture and striving to preserve local culture.

The year-round heated outdoor swimming pool located on the 7th floor of Lotte Hotel Busan also reopened in December last year after 1 year and 2 months of renovation. With the concept of an 'oasis in the city,' it expresses a garden where visitors can stroll along the water. To incorporate the garden experience into the swimming pool, the pool was arranged in the form of paths, creating spaces called 'walking paths in the garden' and 'walking paths on the water.'

A representative of Lotte Hotel said, "Lotte Hotel & Resort, located all over the world, will strive to become a cultural space where guests can experience new forms of nature and convey beautiful local stories beyond simply being a place to stay."

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