the world of lucas and kyungsil

since going to korea a few years ago, i've had a total fascination for korean architecture, in particular the hanok. they're an amazing building and the interiors are just so beautiful they make your mouth water. recently, i've been considering what kind of house we would build, and i just can't my mind off building something that resembles a traditional hanok.

what i especially love about the more traditional style is the almost pod-like nature. how you have many rooms built around a kind of enclosed courtyard. i love that style, and would like to spread it out a little more to really split up the rooms from them so you get a distinct separation between spaces, yet draw them all back together by shared exteriors. kind of like this picture with the delightful snow in it. Though it's an old building, that wall kind of connects two separate "containers" and i like that. though, it doesn't really show you how warm korean architecture looks.





i love, also, the relationship between the wood and the stone, bound together by white-painted clay. it really pulls everything together in a way that you see in modern buildings. of course, the roofs are prone to mold and whatnot so really need a modernised approach, but the concept of the hanok is absolutely brilliant. you have one central living space and a few podded secondary spaces. and you just can't get better than that. you really can't.