Title A Study on the Relationships between Human Dimensions and Interior Space of the Korean Traditional Residential Architecture
Authors 최상헌
Page pp.189-198
ISSN 12251674
Abstract In this study, the relationships between the interior space of the upper class residences of Korean late Chosun Dynasty and human dimensions based on their life styles of that era are analized.As a major object of the study, the interior space of Yunkeyungdang in Changduk Palace is selected and as the supplementary objects, four upper class residences are selected.The major analytical frame works of this study are: the analysis of Space-Human Body System, the analysis of Space-Objects-Human Body System, and the analysis of Space-Objects-Life Activities of Human body System:the comparative analysis of Yunkyungdang and four upper class residences of late Chosun Dynasty for verification of the limitations of peculiarity and generality of Yunkyungdang as a major object of this study.As a result, it was verified that there are certain quantitative relationships between the interior spaces of the residences and the human dimensions of Koreans lived up to their life styles and activities of Chosun Dynasty era, specialized as 'Confucian life style'.