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Onjium Presents Hanok as the House of Today
Hanok is a house built with the wisdom of ancestors,
accumulated over many years of living experience.
But in today’s predominantly urban environment, is it still an ideal home?
The new book showcases the work of the Onjium Housing Studio,
which studies the original hanok and implements it with the wisdom of today.
[Book Overview]
“A house is more than just a structure; it is a vessel for life. Building a home is not merely an act of assembling materials into a physical form; it’s about designing the life that will be lived within it. This also holds true for today’s hanok houses crafted by Onjium Housing Studio. Perhaps that’s why these houses don’t hesitate to embrace today’s life, even when built in the form of an old house.”
- An excerption from Forward “Hanok, the Traditional House of Today”
Onjium Housing Studio is part of the Onjium - Research Institute for Korean Cultural Heritage, which is a community of creative artisans who are committed to the proper inheritance and modernization of Korea’s traditional culture, making it the heritage of tomorrow. Led by Bong Ryol Kim, the Housing Studio have explored the essence of Korean residential culture through their research on traditional hanok and have been working on projects to build a variety of spaces to meet the changing needs of modern life. 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Studio and the retirement of its founder, Bong Ryol Kim, from the Korea National University of Arts, where he has worked for many years. Hanok: Where Today Lives was conceived to commemorate the retirement of Kim, an architect and scholar who theorized traditional Korean architecture and exemplified the hanok of our time.
1. Hanok: Where Today Lives selects thirteen projects from Onjium Housing Studio’s major works that demonstrate the diverse possibilities of hanok. In each case, the book takes readers on a journey to remedy hanok’s limitations and maximize its advantages. The Housing Studio has been presenting the function and design of hanok through the specialized design based on the technical and engineering understanding of hanok. These houses represent not just a cultural heritage to be preserved or an old house to be experienced once in a while, but a dignified residential culture as part of a rigorous contemporary architectural form. The book is richly illustrated with photographs and drawings of the passage of the seasons, providing a vivid picture of the challenges in each project.
2. “Building a House in Words” is a chapter within a chapter, guided by Bong Ryol Kim, the master of the Studio. He thoroughly examines the entire process of building a hanok, from choosing the land to installing giwa, the roofing tile of hanok. Through this, it examines the essence of hanok and the universal meaning of hanok in the category of modern architecture.
3. The book generously shares the techniques accumulated over the past decade in by the Onjium Housing Studio. The Studio is conducting independent research and development to compensate for the shortcomings of traditional hanok and to create a better culture of modern hanok housing. The technologies and know-how developed are applied to each and every hanok built by the Studio. They present the ‘hanok of today’ with improved convenience, safety, aesthetics, and comfort while maintaining the unique beauty of traditional hanok.
accumulated over many years of living experience.
But in today’s predominantly urban environment, is it still an ideal home?
The new book showcases the work of the Onjium Housing Studio,
which studies the original hanok and implements it with the wisdom of today.
[Book Overview]
“A house is more than just a structure; it is a vessel for life. Building a home is not merely an act of assembling materials into a physical form; it’s about designing the life that will be lived within it. This also holds true for today’s hanok houses crafted by Onjium Housing Studio. Perhaps that’s why these houses don’t hesitate to embrace today’s life, even when built in the form of an old house.”
- An excerption from Forward “Hanok, the Traditional House of Today”
Onjium Housing Studio is part of the Onjium - Research Institute for Korean Cultural Heritage, which is a community of creative artisans who are committed to the proper inheritance and modernization of Korea’s traditional culture, making it the heritage of tomorrow. Led by Bong Ryol Kim, the Housing Studio have explored the essence of Korean residential culture through their research on traditional hanok and have been working on projects to build a variety of spaces to meet the changing needs of modern life. 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Studio and the retirement of its founder, Bong Ryol Kim, from the Korea National University of Arts, where he has worked for many years. Hanok: Where Today Lives was conceived to commemorate the retirement of Kim, an architect and scholar who theorized traditional Korean architecture and exemplified the hanok of our time.
1. Hanok: Where Today Lives selects thirteen projects from Onjium Housing Studio’s major works that demonstrate the diverse possibilities of hanok. In each case, the book takes readers on a journey to remedy hanok’s limitations and maximize its advantages. The Housing Studio has been presenting the function and design of hanok through the specialized design based on the technical and engineering understanding of hanok. These houses represent not just a cultural heritage to be preserved or an old house to be experienced once in a while, but a dignified residential culture as part of a rigorous contemporary architectural form. The book is richly illustrated with photographs and drawings of the passage of the seasons, providing a vivid picture of the challenges in each project.
2. “Building a House in Words” is a chapter within a chapter, guided by Bong Ryol Kim, the master of the Studio. He thoroughly examines the entire process of building a hanok, from choosing the land to installing giwa, the roofing tile of hanok. Through this, it examines the essence of hanok and the universal meaning of hanok in the category of modern architecture.
3. The book generously shares the techniques accumulated over the past decade in by the Onjium Housing Studio. The Studio is conducting independent research and development to compensate for the shortcomings of traditional hanok and to create a better culture of modern hanok housing. The technologies and know-how developed are applied to each and every hanok built by the Studio. They present the ‘hanok of today’ with improved convenience, safety, aesthetics, and comfort while maintaining the unique beauty of traditional hanok.
Hanok: Where Today Lives
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