Lotte Hotel & Resort, Lotte Hotel Jeju Outdoor Garden Wins Minister's Award at Good Design Awards

Eco-Friendly Space Recognized for Its Shared Value

Lotte Hotel & Resort announced on the 16th that the outdoor garden of Lotte Hotel Jeju received the Minister of SMEs and Startups Award (Silver Prize) at the 2023 Good Design Award.

The outdoor garden of Lotte Hotel Jeju was highly evaluated for practicing the value of coexistence through its eco-friendly space preserving Jeju's unique nature and characteristics, as well as participation in stone wall restoration.

Reopened in September last year after about a year of renewal, the outdoor garden of Lotte Hotel Jeju captures various forms of nature such as Jeju's terrain, paths, grasslands, stones, and coastline. In particular, it focused on Jeju's unique forest called 'Gotjawal.' Gotjawal is a native Jeju word combining 'Got,' meaning forest in Jeju dialect, and 'Jawal,' meaning thorny bushes, referring to a primeval forest where rocks and thorny bushes are intertwined.

Lotte Hotel Jeju Outdoor Garden View
[Photo by Lotte Hotel & Resorts]

During the renewal period, Lotte Hotel & Resort added more meaning to coexistence by exchanging with Dolbitna Art School and participating in stone wall restoration projects. Especially from the design stage, a stone wall was planned at the garden entrance, and employees collaborated with stone wall artisans to build the stone wall in the traditional way, fully capturing Jeju's unique atmosphere.

A representative of Lotte Hotel & Resort said, "We are very pleased that a space created by the beautiful harmony of Jeju's nature and unique characteristics has received such a meaningful award, and we also express our gratitude to BIOENC and Alive Earth who participated in the design. The outdoor garden will continue to offer more meaningful value by combining with various programs of nature and the hotel."

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