The aim of this paper is to identify repair of architectural members in Korean heritage, consider their historic development, and analyze repair and restoration cases. Data used for analysis are mainly reports and specification documents of heritage buildings' repair and restoration works, complemented by field surveys on repair work sites.
This study clarifies issues of traditional repair in Korean architectural heritage and analyzes the introduction of synthetic resins in repair as follows: the process of introduction of synthetic resins from Japan in 1978; the development of their use in conservation and repair work sites since then; and analysis of synthetic resins used for repairs, execution techniques and architectural members to which these application were applied.
Analysis results show that the application of synthetic resins in architectural repair in mostly limited to large section members and certain parts of members. Analysis results point out the issues and problems of repairs.
