Traditional building technique has been used as the main technology in the field of architectural heritage conservation in South Korea. It has remained this way with very little resistance until now. But the time has come to question the appropriateness of traditional technique as conservation technique. In this paper a study was done on the properties of the traditional technique and the architectural heritage conservation technique in order to define the appropriateness between the two techniques. As a result the traditional technique was found to be unfit for conservation technique. The reasons are as follows. First, there is a time gap between the traditional technique and the time when the heritage was first built. Second, conservation work is about retaining the values of being a heritage while the traditional technique is about safeness and practicality. Third, the use of traditional technique comes with using the tools of its time which cannot ensure the safety of the heritage. The traditional technique must be looked upon as one of an option in the field of conservation. We must develop a better conservation technology by finding balance between the traditional technique and modern science. And further more an aggressive investment must be made in order to realize this objective.

Abstract
1. 서 론
1-1. 문화재 보존과 전통기술
2. 국내의 문화재 수리 환경
    2-1. 문화재 개념과 관련 법령 제정의 초기 현황
    2-2. 법령에서 보이는 전통기술 사용 관련 문구
3. 건조물 문화재 수리 기술의 속성
    3-1. 건조물 문화재의 가치
    3-2. 건조물 문화재 수리의 목적
4. 전통기술의 속성
    4-1. 당대의 기술이었던 전통기술
    4-2. ‘실용성’과 ‘안정성’을 중시하는 전통기술
    4-3. 전통기술과 연장의 사용 문제
    4-4. 시간과 전통기술의 관계
5. 전통기술과 현대기술의 접목
    5-1. 문화재 수리 시 전통기술의 한계
    5-2. 현대기술의 활용 현황의 문제점
    5-3. 전통기술과 현대기술의 접목 방안 제안
6. 결 론
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• 오규성(공학박사) | Oh Kyusung Corresponding Author