Few years ago, Korea is underdeveloped country because of the colonial era and the Second World War. But now, Korea joins the ranks of advanced countries and has many changes. Everything was changed in the Korea, including how to live, what to eat, what to wear. Because of the changing, the Korea traditional houses were changed, too.
The Korea traditional house built up use soils.
People made houses use red clays and woods without concretes and rebar. This was a Korea traditional method, and many people did it. On the loop, it was straws and it protected the winds, the rains, the sunshine, and the cold. In the kitchens,
people used fire pot to cooks, and it made warm in the houses using the heat. Here is a link; how to make Korea traditional house.
But now, many Korean lives in the apartments, has all of things, supermarkets, gyms, parks.
The apartments are made concretes and rebar. It has many floors, so many people can live together in a residential area, but they just live a small family. The apartments have automatically heating systems, so if people want to make warm in their houses, just one touch of button can make it. Many changes was happened in Korea living style, but until now some people like old style houses, so they make traditional design of the houses. It is the same way that structure of the apartments, but its inner designs are traditional design. For example, use woods, and use red clay partially as if real Korea traditional houses.
Everything was changed, but many people want to live house of the past style, so I think it is important that reinterpret how to lives from a modern viewpoint, because the Korean sprits never gone even if time past by.
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I remember my grandmother's house after reading your article. At that time I don't like that place. That house is quite old, so house's outlook was not good. however, nowadays sometimes i missed grandmother's house. Thank you for your aricle to remember my memory
답글삭제Yes, lots of people still have some nostalgia to the past. I have attendant a class about design, and I heard that Japan reconstructed their architectural style in order to fallow the modernization. But Korea couldn’t keep their tradition because of the colonial rule of Japan. It is really a sad story for us.
답글삭제In my case, I don't like the traditional house. The reason is only one, a toilet is in outside. Especially, in winter, it's like a nightmare to go to freezing outside to use the toilet. Of course, most people wouldn't want to use Yo-Gang, right?
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