Oral presentation 1

1. Name: Tan Jia Yi
Student ID: 0319476
Module: Effective Public Communication [COM 30103]
Assignment: Oral Presentation (Part 1)
Topic: Korean Traditional House
Session: September 2014

2. HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND OF
KOREA

3. King Tan-gun
established the first
kingdom named
Choson
Three Kingdoms,
Koguryo, Paekche and
Shilla had emerged on
the Korean Peninsula
Korea has maintained
its political
independence and
cultural identity
2333 B.C 57 B.C – A.D 935

4. Became the focus of
intense competition
among imperialist
nations such as China,
Russia or Japan.
Japan annexed Korea
and instituted colonial
rule, bringing the
Choson Dynasty to an
end
National liberation
occurred in 1945 but
was soon followed by
territorial division.
Late19th century Year 1945Year 1910

5. Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the North
 ruled by a Communist regime.
The Republic of Korea in the South
 democratic government

6. Korean Traditional House
Hanok

7. Structure & Layout
of Hanok House

8. The Layout of a Hanok
Northern Region
(square layout)
Central Region (L layout)
Southern Region
(straight-line layout)
 To enclose the central
living space
 Preventing the cold
wind from entering
the house
 To optimize airflow
 Many windows to let
in natural air
 combine the northern
and southern styles

9. Traditional Korean houses
consist of several stand-alone buildings.
To separate
 servants from owners
 men from women
 adults from children

10. Men’s Quarter
Inner Quarters
Ancestral Shrine
Open Pavilion
Yard

11. Structure of a Hanok
Platform
Hanok are built on a raised
platform, usually made by
piling rocks
- to avoid water splashing into the
house on rainy days
Cornerstones
natural stone blocks
with pillars hewn to fit
them
- to block the humidity from the
ground

12. Wooden Structures that Support the Roof
Crossbeam
placed perpendicularly
to the pillars to support
the load of the roof
Purlin
wood pieces that support a
rafter at a right angle from
the crossbeam
Rafter
thin and long wood pieces
which edges form the eaves
King Post
short post supporting the
ridgepole

13. Doors & Windows
Windows
Generally rectangular, made
of wooden frame lined with
a traditional paper lining
- natural air penetrate through
the windows
- natural light to enter the room
Doors
high roof, made with thick
wood board
- main gate was used only on
special occasions
- narrow side gate was used on
everyday basis

14. Ornamentation

15. Fence walls
engraved with the Chinese
characters for “long life
(su)” and “good fortune
(bok).”
symbolize people’s hopes and wishes for
the growth, joy and peace of their families
Wooden tracery in window
Door decoration
Knockers

16. Roofline

17. Gabled Roof
triangular lateral sides
Hipped Roof
has 4 slopes above
each of the 4 sides of
building
Hipped-and-gabled Roof
shape of a gabled roof
placed on top of hipped
roof
Pyramid Roof
4 slopes of this roof
terminate at a peak

18. Types of material used

19. Environmentally friendly
The stone, wood and paper which
make up the Hanok are obtained
directly from natural sources.

20. WOOD is used for pillars, rafters,
doors, windows, and flooring

21. PAPER (made from natural wood pulp) is
glued to the frame of the sliding doors and
the cross ribs of the windows

22. Hanok are built of various kind of woods but nails
are not used to join the materials.

23. Joining and connecting methods
Adjoining Connecting
DOVETAIL JOINT
consists of a series of
trapezoidal pins interlocking
with similarly-shaped tails.
formed by the insertion of
the tongue of one intersecting
wood piece into the groove of
the other

25. Reference
• Korea Tourism Organization. Hanok Traditional Houses. Retrieved
from http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/AC/AC_EN_4_5_2_1.jsp
• Asianinfo(2010). Korean History/Background. Retrieved from
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/pro-history.htm
• International Exposition Yeosu Korea(2012). Uniqueness of Korea.
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