Photographs of Bukchon taken from Anguk. Bukchon is often described as a "hanok village" yet arial views show it is more a small collection of increasingly isolated hanok islands that are being steadily encroached by new buildings in a miscellany of modern idioms. In 1983, most buildings in Bukchon were hanoks. Today (September 2010), the hanoks are only a small and declining minority of the buildings. Photographs © David Kilburn.
The tiled rooftops pf Kahoi-dong (Gahoe-dong), October 2011, Photographs © David Kilburn.
Many of Bukchon's hanoks have neighbours in more recent architectural designs. Photographs © David Kilburn 2011.
Photographs of David and Jade Kilburn at Kahoi-dong 31-79, taken by 안형준 (An Hyeong-Jun), ©, August 2010
Photographs of David Kilburn commissioned by the Los Angeles Times, taken by Matthew Douma ©, September 2010.
Photographs of David and Jade Kilburn taken by Jean Chung © (www.jeanchung.net) for the New York Times, November 4th 2010
The Courtyard of Kahoidong 31-79 at 8:00 am on September 30th 2010
Slideshow of pictures from the 2006 Kahoidong Festival at Kahoi-dong 31-79
Equipment is installed to pump more ready-mixed concrete into Kahoi-dong 31-119 on October 8th 2010. The pump and concrete supply are located in the "Hanwha Village" (formerly Kahoi-dong 1 district) with piping running through the streets to Kahoi-dong 31-119. Once upon a time, hanoks were built mainly of wood but today, Seoul's new "hanoks" come ready to be pumped out of concrete containers.
At night, Kahoi-dong 31 becomes a ghost town. The only lighting comes from the stars and the street lights. The "homes" are empty. Where once there was a community of people there are now just empty buildings. These pictures were taken between 11pm and midnight on October 8th 2010.
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