Friday 17 September 2010

Royal Palaces of Seoul

This amateur video again emphasises the importance of a connection to nature in Korean architecture, in this case, using the Royal Palace in Seoul as an example:



Talking to a Korean friend, even the slopes of the roofs and colours of the decoration symbolise certain things. Do the palaces therefore truly represent Korean culture, or has Seoul moved on from this traditional approach? From a colonised country, Seoul has grown into a global economy. What, if anything, has changed?

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