Title A Study on the Environmental Control Principles of Baesan-Imsu
Authors 손서후(Son, Seo-Hoo) ; 김환용(Kim, Hwan-Yong)
DOI https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2026.42.7.201
Page pp.201-212
ISSN 2733-6247
Keywords Baesanimsu; Jangpung-deuksu; Microclimate; Environment; Architecture
Abstract This study reinterprets Baesan-Imsu through the lens of environmental control principles rather than symbolic geomantic discourse. Focusing on solar heating, radiative cooling, and terrain-induced wind circulation, it explains how landform functions as a microclimatic circulation structure that regulates environmental conditions within settlements. During the daytime, topographic shielding and slope-induced airflow mitigate heat stagnation, while front water bodies moderate thermal accumulation through evaporative cooling. At night, reduced wind exposure and water-mediated thermal buffering alleviate rapid radiative cooling and cold-air drainage. Unlike contemporary urban-climatic strategies?such as wind corridors or radiative cooling mitigation?that optimize discrete environmental variables, the proposed framework conceptualizes site selection as an integrated environmental control structure. It coordinates topographic shielding, water-mediated thermal moderation, diurnal energy cycles, and seasonal wind regimes within a unified spatial logic. The study further translates these processes into evaluative criteria?including wind-buffering potential, thermal moderation capacity, solar-access balance, and internal air-circulation structure? thereby redefining Baesan-Imsu as a dynamic locational system. This perspective demonstrates its theoretical coherence and applicability within contemporary architectural and urban environmental research.