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The Effect of the Change of Living Space on the External Appearance in the Traditional Houses of Yangdong Village

Han Pilwon, Lee Juock / Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea, Vol.21 No.10, October 2005

 

ABSTRACT

The objective of the study is to analyze the changes over past 25 years in the main buildings (An-chae) of traditional houses at Yangdong Village, a representative Korean Folk Village. The consequences of the study are summarized as follows;

Both the spatial and external changes took place more at non-cultural property houses than at cultural property houses. However, the patterns of the change are clarified as similar in the two house types. In terms of a unit space (room), both the spatial and external changes took place dominantly at kitchen.

In general, about the half (45.8%) of spatial changes have caused external changes. The changes in 'the indoor-outdoor linkage' and 'the addition (of a new room)' are the factors that most frequently cause external changes. Almost all factors of the spatial change have partly caused external changes, which implies that a wide range of spatial changes can be accommodated in the traditional houses at the Folk Village without external changes.


Keywords:
Folk Village, Yangdong Village, Traditional House, Cultural Property Han-ok, Living Space, External Appearance, Spatial Change, Modification, Frequency of Change