| Title |
A Comparative Study on the Organic Traits of Korean Traditional Architecture and Occidental Architecture |
| Abstract |
The stepping stone of the study is provided through understanding the transformation of the cultural value with the paradigm shift at the turning point of late 20th century and examining the cultural relationaship between the East and the West. By researching the oriental and occidental culture in terms of the origin, formation, relation and differences which should be divided into broad branches, that is natural , ideological, formative and spatial aspects and so forth. This paper makes it possible to understand the fundamental differences and relativities between two divergent cultures by way of analizing the architecture in plastic and cognitive aspects to residential space. This study intends to elucidate common traits of Korean traditional architecture and that of the Occident and the discrepancies of their attitudes toward nature and space.In Western civilization they used to consider architecture as a physical organization while the oriental people consider it a object what is so of itself. The former concentrated on the functional rationality of scientific technology with the uncontextual propensity which does not consider natural environment, the latter could reach the naturalness more harmonious to environment.What counts in the upcoming age of coexistence of Globalism that emphasizes the world universality and Nationalism that sticks to local cultural characteristics is to establish the new value system and identity based upon natural order and organic quality. As a result, we could recognize the organic quality as a cosmic order could be a valid means to achieve the globalization of our culture through the compatibility between gap and common ground of both cultural sphere. |