Title A Study on the Area of Rear Garden and its Architectural Dimension at Gyeongbok Palace Constructed during King Gojong's Reign
Authors Kim, Seong-Do
DOI https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK_PD.2018.34.8.95
Page pp.95-104
ISSN 1226-9093
Keywords Rear garden of Gyeongbok Palace ; Area of Blue House ; Gojong Period ; Bukgyeol huwon dohyeong ; Bukgyeol dohyeong
Abstract This thesis aims to determine the size of the rear garden and its architectural dimension at Gyeongbok Palace constructed during King Gojong's reign by analyzing Bukgyeol dohyeong(Site plan of Gyeongbok Palace) and Bukgyeol huwon dohyeong(Site plan of Rear Garden of Gyeongbok Palace) applied of scale unit and made from 1905 untill 1909. The results of this study were as follows; With respect to its site, the maximum horizontal length is estimated to be around 448m, the maximum vertical length is around 544m, and the entire area is around 203,905㎡. Concerning the architecture, the total number of the buildings made up of one or more gan(間) is 32 and the total number of its gan is 292.5, etc.