Tag: restoration

Restoring the Past

Mass-Producing Hanok Housing: Chapter 1. The Background of the Hanok in Gwangju

Gwangju News

Even among residents of Gwangju, most don’t know the fact that this city had actually been one of the biggest hanok cities in Korea. It’s estimated that in the 1980s, there were more than 100,000 hanok in Gwangju.

Lost in Gwangju/Honam

Making a House a Home With Hanok Restorer Kang Dongsu

Gwangju News

Just when you thought hanok architecture had been consigned to either moldering country homes or sterile boutique spaces, a lone hanok restorer in his mid-20s emerges with a vision to not only restore traditional houses in the present but also preserve their structural designs for posterity via 3D modeling.