In this essay, through the analysis of space boundary of Changdeokgung, the wall, hanggak and gate should’ve been considered on the characteristic of construction and design feature as construction elements composed of space boundary in traditional ...
In this essay, through the analysis of space boundary of Changdeokgung, the wall, hanggak and gate should’ve been considered on the characteristic of construction and design feature as construction elements composed of space boundary in traditional construction.
Changdeokgung as a representative example of Royal palace of Korea, it has distinctive area in which were made from various space according to geographical condition such as flatland, hill areas, etc.
The constitution of space in Changdeokgung, centrally put in the palaces, the territory were distinguished by wall and hanggak(行閣), then through the gate, this space were directly connected. The wall is general elements for composing boundaries, the hanggak act as a role in attached space needed in main building, it is composed with the surface of a wall and windows to the outside and used to be used as a composing elements of boundary with the walls.
The type of wall displayed in Changdeokgung is showed of hexahedral stone wall, hexahedral stone+brick walls, natural stone+ hexahedral stone wall, brick walls, flower wall, etc. And the hanggak is separately looks around as hanggak(行閣), hangrang(行廊), wollrang(月廊). The relationship of space character and the type of boundary elements is that If we look around by separating as the 『Central region of palace』area, 『Rear Garden』area, and 『Nakseonjae』area. The main palaces (Injeongjeon, Seonjeongjeon, Daejojeon, etc) of Royal palace is located, then at the spot of『central region of palace』, the boundary were separated by hanggak among the each palaces, the walls are mainly used of hexahedral stone+ brick walls. The backward of the palaces are composed of flower steps(花階) and stone steps(石階). The top of the flower steps and stone steps there is a flower walls. The pattern of flower walls, if the concerned space is king’s, there is pattern of the sun, the moon, and stars, then the flower steps of Daejojeon in which the space is concerned with queen, there is used in 文字紋 and 卍字紋.
The 『Rear Garden』of Changdeokgung , except for the Yeongyeongdang area, there isn’t shown of hanggak. Compare to the『Central region of palace』, there is displayed in various type of walls, and using a natural stone, so emphasis of Rear Garden’s character. Around the 『Rear Garden』area, there is shown of characteristic of wall in Buyoungji area, Aeryeonji area and Yeongyeongdang, but most of rear garden in Changdeokgung was constructed without boundary. From this we found out that these are pursued in harmony with nature.
The Nakseonjae, Sugangjae, Sukbokhun in 『Nakseonjae』area is prepared for the space of Younchim(燕寢) for the purpose of King, queen, the queen of great king. This is constituted of garden in which were practically used with flower steps around the palaces, and also shown the various type of flower walls and Junchuk gate.
The walls in which were displayed in Changdeokgung has shown in the peculiar design character according to the geographic feature. The characters of traditional walls concerned with the character of wall’s structure, the characteristic of material, the character of topography and space character in which the located of the wall.
The edge treatment technique in which was analysis as characteristic of wall is displayed feature not only wall but also the all around of traditional construction such as building and site. Together this, we could’ve categorized those of the treatment method of wall’s corner, T type connection part of wall, and end-cap shape by analyzing of its character. Consequently, as materialize the characteristic of traditional walls, it is considered as enough worth of used in modern ages.