The Architectural Meaning of the Seductive Domestic Spaces Described in Narratives: Yi Sang′s The Wings (1936) and Inho Choe′s Another Man′s Room (1971)
This paper aims to uncover the architectural meaning1 of the domestic spaces portrayed in two Korean modern short stories, Yi Sang′s The Wings (1936) and Inho Choe′s Another Man′s Room (1971). By carefully describing Seoul′s unique domestic spaces during two different time periods, a gisaeng 2 house...
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| description | This paper aims to uncover the architectural meaning1 of the domestic spaces portrayed in two Korean modern short stories, Yi Sang′s The Wings (1936) and Inho Choe′s Another Man′s Room (1971). By carefully describing Seoul′s unique domestic spaces during two different time periods, a gisaeng 2 house from the 1930s and a modern apartment unit from the 1970s, the two narratives qualitatively represent unique architectural conditions. In particular, with their detailed descriptions of architectural, material and immaterial elements and how these relate to a woman′s body, the stories produce seductive atmospheres poetically. In this sense, The Wings and Another Man′s Room show significant architectural meaning, and architectural practitioners and scholars should consider their potential as architectural references. By criticizing the contemporary stylistic and formal obsession in architecture as well as design education, this paper intends to highlight the fundamental meaning of architecture as the creation of emotionally and intellectually charged communicative and harmonious environments, in other words, ″attuned settings for significant human action,″ as they engage narrative forms.3 |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbb6bc8db5b148338d18e66c64348fd02023-08-03T09:15:32ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering1347-28522018-05-0117225325910.3130/jaabe.17.25312029186The Architectural Meaning of the Seductive Domestic Spaces Described in Narratives: Yi Sang′s The Wings (1936) and Inho Choe′s Another Man′s Room (1971)Yoonchun Jung0Byoungwook Min1Kwangwoon UniversityKyung Hee UniversityThis paper aims to uncover the architectural meaning1 of the domestic spaces portrayed in two Korean modern short stories, Yi Sang′s The Wings (1936) and Inho Choe′s Another Man′s Room (1971). By carefully describing Seoul′s unique domestic spaces during two different time periods, a gisaeng 2 house from the 1930s and a modern apartment unit from the 1970s, the two narratives qualitatively represent unique architectural conditions. In particular, with their detailed descriptions of architectural, material and immaterial elements and how these relate to a woman′s body, the stories produce seductive atmospheres poetically. In this sense, The Wings and Another Man′s Room show significant architectural meaning, and architectural practitioners and scholars should consider their potential as architectural references. By criticizing the contemporary stylistic and formal obsession in architecture as well as design education, this paper intends to highlight the fundamental meaning of architecture as the creation of emotionally and intellectually charged communicative and harmonious environments, in other words, ″attuned settings for significant human action,″ as they engage narrative forms.3http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.17.253architectural meaningdomestic spaceshuman bodyseductive atmospheresnarrative forms |
| spellingShingle | Yoonchun Jung Byoungwook Min The Architectural Meaning of the Seductive Domestic Spaces Described in Narratives: Yi Sang′s The Wings (1936) and Inho Choe′s Another Man′s Room (1971) Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering architectural meaning domestic spaces human body seductive atmospheres narrative forms |
| title | The Architectural Meaning of the Seductive Domestic Spaces Described in Narratives: Yi Sang′s The Wings (1936) and Inho Choe′s Another Man′s Room (1971) |
| title_full | The Architectural Meaning of the Seductive Domestic Spaces Described in Narratives: Yi Sang′s The Wings (1936) and Inho Choe′s Another Man′s Room (1971) |
| title_fullStr | The Architectural Meaning of the Seductive Domestic Spaces Described in Narratives: Yi Sang′s The Wings (1936) and Inho Choe′s Another Man′s Room (1971) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Architectural Meaning of the Seductive Domestic Spaces Described in Narratives: Yi Sang′s The Wings (1936) and Inho Choe′s Another Man′s Room (1971) |
| title_short | The Architectural Meaning of the Seductive Domestic Spaces Described in Narratives: Yi Sang′s The Wings (1936) and Inho Choe′s Another Man′s Room (1971) |
| title_sort | architectural meaning of the seductive domestic spaces described in narratives yi sang s the wings 1936 and inho choe s another man s room 1971 |
| topic | architectural meaning domestic spaces human body seductive atmospheres narrative forms |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.17.253 |
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