A Study on the Layout of Gyeonghuigung Palace : Topography and Architectural Norm of Palace

경사지형 활용의 관점에서 살펴본 경희궁의 배치에 관한 연구

The purpose of this study was to interpret the architectural layout of Gyeonghuigung Palace, considering the relations with topography and a norm. The Palaces in Eastern Asia have been sharing architectural norms such as straight axis, symmetry and 'Jomun-je(朝門制, the classical palatial system of the courts and gates)', which all premising an architectural activities on flat grounds in general. The importance of studying the placement of Gyeonghuigung Palace on slop grounds is that this may be expected to help to explain how the gap between sliding ground and the East Asian Architectural norm was adjusted and, in doing so, to investigate the locality of Korean traditional architectural layout. The Gyeonghuigung was proposed to be built as a Byeolgung originally, therefore the place selected in a small area located in skirt of Inwang Mountain. he ground was characterized by steep slope, small portion of level ground, which are improper to build a Palace, imposing the challenge to find a method to overcome unfavorable ground conditions and to arrange structures reasonably. It is concluded that despite the Gyeonghuigung Palace had disadvantages in applying norm of building palace because of sliding ground condition, the topographies are actively utilized by matching the condition to norms reasonably, using three-dimensional prospective and placing each structures considering the characteristics even in narrow spaces.