Peter Chung

Hi J,

Sorry for the late reply, for some reason I only saw your message today. I would love to show you the hanoks when you stop by Korea. I plan to stay here until March 2016 but will periodically visit Korea.

Even if I am in states at the time when you visit Korea, if my schedule allows it, I may take a trip at that time to Korea and show you the location and maybe we can collaborate on a future project regarding this property.

If you are interested in building or learning about hanok construction there is a small chance that I could put you i n contact with a hanok builder here in Korea. I love the history of hanoks but my one issue is that the walls are thin and they typically do not have good sound insulation. The wood framing provides the structural support of the house whereas the walls are fairly thin in traditional hanok building I think.

I would love to renovate/rebuild the existing hanok structures (in the above pictures) with thick walls. At this point, I feel that my options are open. I may actually decide to build a whole new adjacent structure instead and just renovate/restore the old hanoks.

The hanoks in the picture are located in Hadong which is Gyeongsamnamdo Province. It is the southern tip of Korea about an hour and 45 minutes from Busan. Hadong houses the oldest green tea plant in Korea and is known for its scenic beauty and is the backdrop of a very famous novel series in Korea called 'Toji.'

I appreciate being apart of this group with all the knowledge and skill floating around with all the members. I would love to hear more feedback regarding hanoks and other members ideas regarding this project.

Hi Bill, thanks for that link, I will check it out. I would love to learn about the craft of wood-working and natural building in the years to come...

Hello all, my name is Peter and this is the first time I'm on this site and I'm estatic that I stumbled on to it. I hope you guys don't mind me joining this conversation. Basically, I'm not a builder but I'm interested in doing a project down the road which involves a couple of hanoks on my dad's ancestral land. I would like to renovate these structures but instead of relatively thin walls I would like the walls to be thicker so as to be sound insulating as I would like them to have better solar passive qualities and to insulate them for sound as I would want them to be used as prayer rooms...I would love if this property can be eventually utilized as a prayer get away or a vacation home for missionaries on hiatus while retaining traditional Korean hanok feel. Do you guys think a hanok style timber frame could mate with thick cobb walls? Thanks in advance for your replies.