Rethinking the conflicts and continuities between tradition and modernity in early Korean modern architecture focused on two architects: Gilryong Park and Dongjin Park

Figures & data

Figure 1. Gilryong Park’s photo.

Source: (G. Park 1931, 7)

Figure 2. Dongjin Park’s photo.

Source: (Yoon 1996, 80)

Figure 3. An exterior view of Gilryong Park’s architectural design office in the 1940s.

Source: Provided by Far East Architectural History Lab, Hanyang University, originally quoted in Daegyeng Urban General Survey.

Figure 4. Three-dimensional drawing of the new Bosung college Main Building to be built.

Source: (The Dong-A Ilbo 1933, 2)

Figure 5. Photos of Perkins library (Left) and Davidson building (Right) of Duke University by Horace Trumbauer, 1930s.

Source: (Kim 2016, 63)

Figure 6. Gilryong Park, a study of house layout.

Source: (G. Park 1933, image no. 1 & 2)

Figure 7. Gilryong Park, sketch of the centralized housing plan (Left) and the courtyard housing plan (Right).

Source: (G. Park, 1941b, 16)

Figure 8. Kitchen design in the Hamheung area.

Source: (G. Park 1932a, 4)

Figure 9. Traditional kitchen in the Gyeongseong area.

Source: (G. Park 1932b, 5)

Figure 10. Kitchen improvement plan by Gilryong Park.

Source: (G. Park 1932c, 5)

Figure 11. The perspective of improved kitchen by Gilryong Park.

Source: (G. Park 1932f, 5)

Figure 12. Christine Frederick’s initial diagram (Frederick 1913, 52) of the chain of steps involved in kitchen chores, presented in new housekeeping: efficiency studies in home management (Redrawing by author).

Source: (Frederick 1913, 52)

Figure 13. Gilryong Park, a sketch of the ondol system.

Source: (G. Park 1940, 17)

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