RESEARCH ARTICLE

Intermediate space for housing design learned from tradition of Korean maru and Turkish sofa

  • JiaLu Gao 1 ,
  • In-Sung Kim , 2
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  • 1. College of Fine Arts, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China
  • 2. Yeungnam University, Daehak-ro, Gyeonbuk 38541, Republic of Korea
kiminsung@ynu.ac.kr

Received date: 07 Jan 2022

Revised date: 07 Nov 2022

Accepted date: 14 Dec 2022

Published date: 15 Apr 2023

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Abstract

The study examines traditional design approaches for intermediate spaces of residential buildings to support environmentally driven design strategies of current practices. For the evaluation of the potential of traditional design strategies, traditional houses of Korea and Turkey are explored by making a detailed comparison of maru and sofa according to theoretical considerations on intermediate spaces. After examining the concept of the intermediate space and the general characteristics of Korean and Turkish traditional housing, 10 cases from 17th to 19th centuries are selected and compared to clarify the features of maru and sofa as intermediate spaces. Based on the results, the arrangement of maru shows characteristics of contradiction between interior rooms and intermediate spaces in a monotonous structural repetition, while sofa presents an apparently hierarchical spatial composition. Sofa has the placeness quality, while maru has the quality of plurality, actively mixing both inside and outside environments. While maru allows various free access with clear spatial continuity, sofa produces a sequential spatial experience with the pleasure of different architectural qualities. Finally, the study suggests opened type and closed type of intermediate space as two possible strategies for modern houses based on the results of comparative analyses. Recent environmental studies in architecture should consider intermediate spaces of various traditional houses due to the insights and possibilities these spatial elements may potentially provide to both architectural practice and theory, especially in a pandemic era.

Cite this article

JiaLu Gao , In-Sung Kim . Intermediate space for housing design learned from tradition of Korean maru and Turkish sofa[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2023 , 12(2) : 277 -290 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2022.12.002

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