Hanok, the traditional Korean house
"Hanok is a term to describe Korean traditional houses. Korean architecture lends consideration to the positioning of the house in relation to its surroundings, with thought given to the land and seasons. The interior structure of the house is also planned accordingly. This principle is also called Baesanimsu (Korean: 배산임수; Chinese: 背山臨水), literally meaning that the ideal house is built with a mountain in the back and a river in the front, with the ondol heated rock system for unique heating system of South Korea during cold winters and a wide daecheong (대청) front porch for keeping the house cool during hot summers.
Houses differ according to region. In the cold northern regions of Korea, houses are built in a closed square form to retain heat better. In the central regions, houses are 'L' shaped. Houses in the southernmost regions of Korea are built in an open 'I' form. Houses can also be classified according to class and social status."
(For more information, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanok)
<Namsangol Hanok Village>
"Namsangol Hanok Village is a collection of five hanoks (traditional Korean houses) from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), recovered from different parts of the city and relocated to the northern foot of Namsan mountain. The interiors of each of these five houses reflect owners from different walks of life, from the middle class to the yangban (who were mainly high government officials, noblemen and aristocrats).
At Namsangol Hanok Village, visitors can see the hanoks of important figures from the Joseon era including the house of Queen Yun's parents, who was the Queen Consort to King Sunjong, the 27th king of the Joseon Dynasty; the jaesil (study) of Yun Taekyeong, King Sunjong's father-in-law; the house of Park Yeonghyo, the son-in-law of King Cheoljong, the 25th king; the house of Lee Seungeop, who was in charge of constructing Gyeongbokgung (Palace) and the house of Kim Chunyeong, a military official of the Joseon Dynasty."
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(For more information, see http://www.visitseoul.net/en/article/article.do?_method=view&art_id=497&lang=en&m=0004003002009&p=03)
<Bukchon Hanok Village>
"Bukchon, the residential area for high circles constructed during the Joseon Dynasty which had not changed very much until the 1920s, changed its urban construction to the modern style in the 1930s. Housing operation companies bought large lots, forests and fields in Bukchon and constructed hanoks of medium and small scale in this place. All of the residential area of hanoks are located at 11, 31, 32 of Gahoe-dong, 35 Samcheong-dong, and 135 Gye-dong, where hanoks are standing closely together. Hanoks in Bukchon, which are called "reformed hanoks" since they are equipped with glass gates in daecheong (wooden-floored hall), have been equipped with new materials, such as shades of galvanized steel sheets on the eaves. Hanoks in Bukchon were built using standardized timers supplied by timber mills since they had to be constructed in large quantities.
There are two chief characteristics of hanoks in Bukchon: they employ the "evolved structuring method" and emphasis "the trend of decorative work." They do not have complete elegance since they have low mulmaes (the slope of the roof), guldoris (round beams) and gyeopcheomas (double eaves), and many partitions in the narrow space between pillars."
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(For more information, see http://bukchon.seoul.go.kr/eng/index.jsp and http://www.visitseoul.net/en/article/article.do?_method=view&m=0004003002009&p=en&art_id=684&lang=en)
<Home of Chusa>
"Chusa's old house is the structure in the middle of the 18th century built by Kim Hanshin, his great-grandfather and King Yeonjo's son-in-law, and it is a typical upper-class house then."
(For more information, see http://chusatotal.or.kr/eng/)
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