| Title |
An Analysis of the Modernity in Kim,Jung-up's Architecture based on Correlation between Material and Form |
| Authors |
Kim So-Young ; Yoon Chae-Shin |
| Keywords |
Kim ; Jung-Up ; Modernity ; Materials ; Exposed Concrete ; Brickwork ; Grass ; Atypical |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to re-interpretate the works of Kim Jung Up as modern architecture and to show that Korean modern architecture began from him in a certain sense. The western modern architecture based on the rationalism was a series of flows that produced suitable building shapes for the new materials such as iron, glass, and concrete, which had been mass-produced since the Industrial Revolution. In the past it was proportion, not the creativity of an architect, that acted a crucial role in architecture so that the role of architects could not be so important like in the present. It was only after the modern era that architects became form-givers who must have created new architectural types. However, the modern architecture in Korea was rather peculiar because of the colonization by Japan and Korean War. After having suffered these historic events in such a short period of time, the distorted modern architecture was transplanted from Japan preventing Korea from developing true modern architecture. Kim Jung Up opened his eyes to the trend of the modern architecture working in the office of Le Corbusier. One can say that it is Kim Jung Up who started the true Korean modern architecture as he began to create his own style, which was not the mere copy of the western architecture. If one defines a modern architect as one who creates new types based on the materials, Kim Jung Up can clearly be defined as one. He had his own distinct architectural language such as 'superposition of curves,' 'juxtaposition of circles,' and 'lines with acute angles.' His language was obtained by specific materials such as exposed concrete, brick, stone, glass, and wood. |