Users' Perceptions and Attitudes Regarding Use of Korean Traditional Elements in Contemporary Spaces: Focused on the Article Contents of Professional Design Magazines
Department of Housing & Interior Design, Kunsan National University
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Min-Ah Lee ,Tel: +82-63-469-4625, Fax: +82-63-469-4621, Email: leema@kunsan.ac.kr
Received: May 2, 2010; Revised: May 7, 2010 Accepted: June 15, 2010.
ABSTRACT
This study investigated users' perceptions and attitudes toward Korean traditional elements in contemporary spaces. We collected and analyzed the article contents of two design magazines, from their issues of January 2000 through December 2009, for a total of 87 cases. The results were as follows. First, the important motives for applying traditional elements to current living spaces were individual tastes, preference for a secluded life, and the users' childhood memories. Second, the most frequently used traditional element was traditional structure. Others were traditional spatial compositions and the use of natural materials. The two main purposes for renovating a space or constructing a building were to preserve traditional ambience or to add convenience and practical use to it. Third, the most frequently mentioned advantages of traditional elements were their environment-friendly characteristics, such as connecting to nature and using natural materials. Fourth, the users preferred, in order, Ma-dang, natural environments, doors/windows of various types and multiple functions, Toet-maru, Dae-cheong, and Nu-maru.
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