History - Traditional Korean Architecture

harmony with nature
Introduction of the Chinese culture- basic system of wooden building frames
- Oriental conceptual thoughts: yin and yang, interpretation of the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth), geomancy, Taoism and Confucianism, Buddhism,
-Unification of the Three Kingdoms (668)-Under the cultural influence of the Tang Dynasty of China - assimilate the influx of foreign culture with indigenous and innate aspirations.
-Koryo period, artistic expressions were characterized by "contemplative beauty," freed from man's limits imposed on form- internal mind and self control of Zen Buddhist thought.

Korean architecture practice now?
sensibility which has a distinct language, coupled with a sensitive reading of site and deconstruction of the urban.
design sensibility: Dutch in process, a little Swiss in lines and materiality (if these stereotypical categories hold true)