In the UK, you can find many examples of Tudor houses built this way. Many are noticeably twisted but the builders knew that would happen with green oak. Been around for hundreds of years.
@@terencejay8845 Not only in England. Also in Germany or Austria. And carpenters knew about what wood will do when - warping-. So they used no FRESH wood.But beams that were at least 10 years ago cut down, and let dry. ALSO between the wood and the clay the builders made with their trowels or just the back end of a knife a -cut - between the wood and the clay. So when the wood was --working-, the clay would not crack or break away. This is a new way where buildings for individual home owners are being built once more. Or old buildings are being restored. it is in German langauge, so maybe my wording is not all that correct. But there is an episode how it is being done these days on youtube.
@@scottpelletier7095 it’s gravity that holds it in place the weight of the building itself keeps it in place these people are not stupid look at the workmanship they have our buildings are made from 2/4 s big difference they have been building for three thousand years and some are still standing that’s their testament to time
Cause almost everything is. Also, Seoul is right next to the border, which caused the entire city's construction to be done with defense in mind. Its actually fascinating to research. One in ten buildings have nuclear bunkers large enough and supplied for the expected occupants plus some. One in twenty have anti-air/missile defenses on the roofs that are regularly maintained. And all government buildings are designed for a war to take place within them and are built to favor the defenders, which will be supplied by the military grade armories inside. Each adult male is drafted for two years, making S.Korea a nation of trained soldiers, typically of lower quality, but they all know their stuff regardless. It has been speculated by several countries, including the US, that S.Korea has numerous undercover squads living standard life, but maintain their mission to protect their country. S.Korea is quite possibly the only country that has been built for defense. During the Korean war, it was pretty much decimated, similar to Japan during WW2, which allowed them to quite easily rebuild with modernity and defense in mind.
We still have them, they're just too expensive for most people to afford. Similar to the house in this video, that isn't a regular person house. That's one expensive ass house.
Yep, do that, it is possible. Find someone who will take you on as an employee. Learn some Korean, learn all the house-building words. Learn simple phrases and you can work the house-building words into the phrase and be understood and understand when spoken to. You could go there first, find someone who will take you on then go back later with the correct visa and go to work. Be formal about how you approach it applying for a visa, don't try to just go there and get a job. Go for 3 months in summer, winter gets bitterly cold.
The Amish do a similar style as well for their own homes and barns. They don't like using nails to secure wood because nails rust and ruins the structural integrity over time. They prefer joints because it is cheaper and lasts longer. Amish carpenters make the joints very strategically. Each Amish community makes it Slightly differently but but each home and barn are almost always made completely the same way.
I was in South Korea during the 80’s… they either had money or they didn’t and the homes I seen were mostly shacks… the wealthy had nice homes like these
I work as an electrician in las vegas. We got people living in this country in a 700sq ft concrete shack in the desert with no A/C. This stuff is always for the rich.
You can do it, that's how traditional log cabin homes are made still in some areas but they cost much more than an equivalent sized standard built house due to the labor and special skills
It looks extremely beautiful. Unfortunately, I can't build a house here in Northeastern Ontario where the yearly range of temperatures goes from +40 degrees Celsius to -50 degrees Celsius. People would freeze in it but I'm sure you can use some methods showed here to the inside walls.
Much respect! Love how they use great craftsmanship, traditional skills, locally available resources combined with hard work to produce a fine and desirable product that will become a family's dream home!
...for the rich. The middle class is living in apartment complexes, or moving into old homes. Seriously, google map anywhere in south korea...its a zillion high rises...EVERYWHERE...oh, and tons of golf courses EVERYWHERE.
@@USA-freedom Exactly. Thank you. That is exactly my point. The short makes it seem like "Koreans" can afford this...but by the numbers the VAST majority of them can not. To use old world terms, its as if we are watching the house being built for a Duke or a Barron and being told any of citizens can have this house built as well. The video, in my eyes, would have been "more" correct by stating this is how homes are built for some rich people in Korea.
People may worry that wooden joints will collapse, but they are much safer than nailing them together. During the Imjin War, the Joseon Navy built ships with wooden joints without nails, while the Japanese made them with iron nails. As the wood absorbed water and expanded, the joints became tighter, but the Japanese iron nails rusted due to water. This is why Yi Sun-sin was able to strategically ram his ships into Japanese ships. Additionally, Joseon ships at the time were equipped with large cannons, but although Japan had cannon technology, their ships did not have cannons because their ships could not withstand the recoil of cannons.
These days standing up to cannon fire is less important than protecting against, say, earthquakes, storms, etc. Balloon frame, webbing with OSB is WAY more resistant/ flexible/ safe than timber framing- Except against cannon fire, I suppose. and like 1/4 the cost! (ask an actuary if you doubt it!) Traditional work is all well and good, and looks cool, I suppose, but, based on $/saftey- NO.
We don't use iron nails, nor are we shooting houses with cannons, nor are we speaking of ships. This entire post is three red herrings in one, and you should be ashamed of yourself.
Different weather conditions Different timber pricing Different building codes/standards Different country Beautiful craftsmanship Take all of this into consideration.
I lived in new build house in the UK. I watched other houses being built around us. Modern construction here is basically like a Lego kit using dozens of different materials. It may function as a house but the motivation is to build as cheaply and as quickly as possible to maximise profit. This is all worked out in advance with a % contingency for unknown circumstances. Style, beauty, and longevity are the last consideration. I hope this changes for the better for future generations.
I think the real difference is, people who live in a one family house like this are a tiny minority. Most live in apartment buildings or multiplexes. Of you can afford the land, you can afford to build an expensive house. Here in america we unfortunately tend to want bigger rather than better.
Timber is usually only expensive if you buy it as a citizen. Buy it as a company and its way cheaper, but yeah building codes are definitely different. That's the biggest takeaway from this.
@@spacemeter3001 Traditional Korean houses have Ondol, heated floors where a furnace forces hot air underneath the floors of each room and/or living space. That increases the temperature inside the house. But of course, it isn't as efficient as modern central heating.
Its the clay, or as my parents would say, tierra. Keeps the house cool, but mine only talked about using soil for the roof. Kept the harsh heat out, but seeped in the rain. The clay probably doesn't have this much of an issue as it's mostly impermeable from what I remember
That'll be a long lasting house, cool in the summer, warm in the winter, light incase of an earthquake, still tough to withstand nature, very modular & easier to repair. Just a wonder craftsmanship.
Traditional hanok houses have been used for hundreds of years as very old houses. They are built using only natural materials without nails. They are built using stones, soil, wood, fire, water, and other materials. Their ancient ships were built without a hitch, too. In particular, anyone who saw the architecture of old temples with their own eyes might have seen the precision of wooden structures. The direction of sunlight rising and the characteristics of each season and region arrive. And the ondol system of ventilation, heating, functionality, and heating. The roof tiles on the house are also made from grilling soil, and wooden pillars on top of the stone can withstand the heavy weight of the ceiling. They are similar in Japan, Korea, and China, but their environments and architecture are different. The difference between Western European ancient structures and European structures is that European structures use or pile of rubble and stones. The wall is not applied with cement, but with very fine red soil in the mountains. For example, lime is used, but charcoal and salt are used as well.
Not a fan of wooden houses. The joints make a cracking sound when the sun shines on it due to thermal expansion. You'd never hear this from concrete houses.
Yes our old English cottages here in the U.K. were built like that with mortice and tenon joints and the wooden beams were secured with plugs made from sticks 600 years later they are still standing strong and worth a fortune.
The early American Colonial houses, and for some time after independence, wooden pegs would be used because nails were in short supply, and the few available were reserved for securing horse shoes.
@@dongwooyi2868they built castles, homes that looked like castles, and built massive barns (that look like the building in this video) for their livestock. But a people's architecture doesn't define who they are.... Some still live in small huts made of sticks and dung, and I'm sure they're wonderful people.
@@hercules3782 The original video is from a South Korean Channel, this is a South Korean house. Type in "Process of Making Beautiful Korean-Style House" on youtube and you will see.
This is actually a Chinese technique that passed to the Japanese and Korean around 1000 years ago. It’s called sun mao and it’s been a housing technique in China more than 5000 years.
The precision in those joints is Insane! I have truly fallen in love with Japanese and Korean wood joinery and the kicker most of it isnt even able to be seen
It's pretty easy to do with a CNC saw. In the 1990's I went on a school trip to a lumber merchant who was proud of the new CNC lumber cutting equipment, and they could make wood beams like this out of the logs they got delivered. The workers would mark out what they could get out of each part of the log then program the machine and it cut it up, then they'd feed it into the finishing machine to cut it like that. Didn't take more than a few hours to process a log into all the pieces they needed.
@kaymish6178 it can be done just as well with some jigs…. just saying it’s possible for anyone to do without investing in expensive CNC equipment, that is only for mass production
The proper name for the locked (pegged) joint technique is called mortise and tenon. This technique applies not only to houses or furniture but also to shipbuilding. In the Chinese Palace the Forbidden City in Beijing, the entire 9999 rooms were built by mortise and tenon techniques. Archaeological evidence from Chinese sites shows that by the end of the Neolithic, mortise and tenon joinery was employed in Chinese construction.
@@kaymish6178 I would be willing to get none of this is done with Cnc. Traditional hand tools and some power tools. You can achieve a much tighter joint with hand tools than any power tool out there
It looks amazing. If the wood is 100% dried out I don’t think it would move. In Australia they build with timber that are still drying it’s horrible everything twists
@MaxPower1000. What makes you think that? Most buildings in England are made with a clay mix called cob. SK and England have well below freezing temps and indoor plumbing...
So similar to old traditional half-timbered houses (Fachwerkhaus) here in Germany. Wooden beams filled with straw and clay. The roof is covered with straw or roof tiles out of clay. Modern roof tiles are often made of concrete.
@@haruyanto8085Not in colder climates. For example, it didn't take long for North American settlers to discover that the winters were too harsh to support wattle and daub. The next closest thing available were Swedish-style cabins with just a little bit of mud between each log.
It's not only the wood... but the roof top tiles. They last forever (centuries-old archeological discoveries) and gets used again and again, even when a wooden house is burnt!
@@Noonel-_-1 It’s a very common misunderstanding; but wood actually barely burns and if it burns it can actually last for 1-2 hrs. Just try to set a log of wood on fire with a lighter. It won’t work that easy.
Just the first one is the bitch, after that you have all your placement holes. This isn't like american building where you get 5 different house models when erecting a neighborhood. It's cool stuff!
So neat, so clean, so seamless. Everything about this is impressive you have to think that joining wood can be done in a lot of ways but the way they’ve done it here is so complex and yet so simple in some ways it seems they made the process easier by minimizing the intensity of labor. Frankly incredible
The clay is not reinforcement. It is just the finished surface on the inside and out. If there is some straw or other binder is added to the mix that is troweled over the bamboo strips on the outside, it will be less likely to crack and also have a little insulation value.
As a 65 year old retired home remodeling carpenter following a near death work related injury after 43 years in the business, I appreciate it too! Most of my work was in the northern VA area not far from Washington DC. How about you?
전통가옥의 경우만 나무로 합니다. 일반적으로는 철근 콘크리트 구조를 사용합니다. 한국의 집 구조의 초점은 열을 얼마나 차폐하냐에 맞춰져 있습니다. 지붕은 여름의 열을 얼마나 막느냐에 목적이 있고, 겨울에는 벽에서 열이 빠져나가지 않게 하는 목적이 크게 작용합니다. 따라서 내열제를 사용하기 좋은 철근 콘크리트 집이 유용합니다. 많은 한국인들이 전원주택을 꿈꾸지만 한국의 지리적, 사회적, 경제적인 이유로 아파트를 선호합니다. 영상에 나오는 집들은 도시화된 지역에서는 찾기 힘들며 한옥마을 이라는 이름으로 따로 관리됩니다.
These korean and Japanese houses are an engineering marvel. How they came up with these brilliant ideas hundreds of years ago without the use of any technology is just brilliant. ❤️❤️❤️
Europe, Japan, Korea and China all used a very similar joinery method for over the last 1000 years. They all have buildings that are still standing a 1000 years later.
"Without any use of technology" is a bit much, especially in their use within modern times. But even back then, technology existed. Sure, not modern electrical technology, but various simple and mechanical tools would've existed. Other than that, it's a mix of relatively simpler engineering techniques, hardwork, patience, trial and error, plus professional craftsmanship, I guess...
It’s interesting to see how each region of the world uses the resources they have in construction. I think when it comes to simple construction I think everyone gets it right based on their location.
Yeah it's called timber framing. It's done a little differently from one part of the world to another and different times in history but the same basic concept. Nothing groundbreaking or new. And I admit I don't know this for an fact but I'd be very surprised if this is the norm for new home construction in South Korea in this day and age. If so then that is impressive but due to time and cost constraints unlikely.
If done correctly, wood joint structure can last over 1000 year. However just need to avoid coast area, when humid and salt water will destroy wood integrity
@@patrickgallegos113 2 second internet search result... What natural disaster is South Korea at risk for? Located at the circum-Pacific seismic belt, Korea is prone to earthquakes.
@@damonhicks969 The strongest earthquake in Korean history was 5.8 on September 12, 2016. The second strongest was 5.4 on 2017. Just recently Korean government started an earthquake reinforcement program on public buildings due to be completed on 2030. Korea is not prepared for a strong earthquake, and the recent earthquakes was a wake up call for the government to be more prepared.
@@patrickgallegos113 So what is your profession? Are you an engineer or building code enforcer? You seem to have a vested interest in spreading misinformation on the web, normally people that do that, make a living or have stock in companies that rely on controlling the narrative of what people are allowed to do.
Gorgeous. Looks strong and lightweight, relatively speaking - and I like the various clay used and those roof tiles are genius. Great look at this house - thanks!
Well people, at least in the U.S. used to do a similar technique. When resources were hard to come by, like metal for nails, they would just chip away at the wood and slide them together like what's in the video.
@@mef12727 I imagine there's many different ways to add them in via walls, flooring or ceiling, depending on the area you live in. Where I live there's strict rules to how your electric and plumbing is set up. The level of control here is getting insane. :(
Living in Korea, you will see a new building that started construction. You walk by for a couple weeks and see no progress. After about a month the building is magically finished over night.
@@Damian-Church-NZ 안녕하세요. 저는 한국인 입니다. 한국 클럽에서 인도 남성들이 성범죄와 싸움, 결제거부, 영업 방해 하는 사건들이 자주 발생 했고, 그 때문에 인도 남성들 입장 막은 사건이 있었습니다. 이 사건을 한국이 인도인을 피부색으로 차별 했다며 거짓말을 하고 있는 겁니다.
The technique used to join the woods without a nail is called 卯榫结构in China, it has been a long time technology in Asia, let’s just appreciate how smart and clever the people in the past were. ❤
Beautiful! They remind me of the oak beams and cob houses constructed during the tutor period. Amazing how many of those buildings are still standing today, considering they’re made from mud.
@@davidtyler-ul9vwWWII rushed in production building, which focused on cost of construction, where pre-war houses were far more tailored. Second, the lack of stronger old growth lumber and in the reduction of masonry and it's increased cost because there are less brick masons.
That's cause all the houses built here are done by unskilled illegals. Same with the roads. They have rebuilt this one road in my town 8 times in 3 yrs. It keeps sinking a cpl weeks after they build it till a car get damaged then the dig up the sinking part back fill it then grade the road and recover then it happened all over again in a different spot.
Nope. Termites eat thru the wood like crazy. My grandfather's house is a traditional wooden chinese house. Mind you these old houses uses iron wood like cengal, meranti, nyatuh, not cheap pine or other softwood. There are holes in the walls now as termites ate thru it, the pillars are safe though cause they soak the pillars in tar
@@OrtragonThe one in Germany is a half-timbered home. The first storey is stone and the second storey is timber. As for the Austrian house, I found no such thing.
@@josephstalin4202Not sure about that cuz during Tang dynasty, Chinese and Korean at war against each others for tens of years. Plus Chinese houses are much different in design. Chinese use more stone in building their house except the poor where as even the royal and noble class of Korean uses wood mostly.
Knowing how wood twists and turns, shrinks and expands, the joinery is masterful.
wonder how that will look like after 20x rain,sun,heat and cold. I have seen the whole episode. And found at least 10 mistakes...
I wood like a home like this ngl
@@benediktmorak4409 Nihon-go SHabanai!
In the UK, you can find many examples of Tudor houses built this way. Many are noticeably twisted but the builders knew that would happen with green oak. Been around for hundreds of years.
@@terencejay8845 Not only in England. Also in Germany or Austria. And carpenters knew about what wood will do when - warping-. So they used no FRESH wood.But beams that were at least 10 years ago cut down, and let dry. ALSO between the wood and the clay the builders made with their trowels or just the back end of a knife a -cut - between the wood and the clay. So when the wood was --working-, the clay would not crack or break away.
This is a new way where buildings for individual home owners are being built once more. Or old buildings are being restored. it is in German langauge, so maybe my wording is not all that correct. But there is an episode how it is being done these days on youtube.
These craftsmen never cease to amaze me brilliant workmanship
Great planning
I don't think that's a typical South Korean abode.
the video skips how they secure the frame to the foundation. It just says "hoisting on to the foundation".
@@scottpelletier7095 it’s gravity that holds it in place the weight of the building itself keeps it in place these people are not stupid look at the workmanship they have our buildings are made from 2/4 s big difference they have been building for three thousand years and some are still standing that’s their testament to time
한옥은 오랜 역사가 있습니다.지금은 역사속의
가옥을 흉내만 내는 수준입니다.
한옥은 역사를 거슬러 올라가면 고급의 집으로 부자들만의 집입니다.
현대에도 한옥집은 일반 집보다도 건설 비용이 높습니다.
숨쉬는 집 이런 집에 사는건 건강에도 좋은영향을 얻습니다.
Lived in South Korea for two years never once seen a house constructed this way. Everything I seen was building with concrete
Cause almost everything is. Also, Seoul is right next to the border, which caused the entire city's construction to be done with defense in mind.
Its actually fascinating to research. One in ten buildings have nuclear bunkers large enough and supplied for the expected occupants plus some.
One in twenty have anti-air/missile defenses on the roofs that are regularly maintained. And all government buildings are designed for a war to take place within them and are built to favor the defenders, which will be supplied by the military grade armories inside.
Each adult male is drafted for two years, making S.Korea a nation of trained soldiers, typically of lower quality, but they all know their stuff regardless.
It has been speculated by several countries, including the US, that S.Korea has numerous undercover squads living standard life, but maintain their mission to protect their country.
S.Korea is quite possibly the only country that has been built for defense. During the Korean war, it was pretty much decimated, similar to Japan during WW2, which allowed them to quite easily rebuild with modernity and defense in mind.
@@silverrealm2945man just info dumped and dispelled most MANHUA with it!
이젠 시골이나 일부 지역에서나 볼수 있어요. 참 안타깝습니다.
Wood is much more expensive than concrete and harder to maintain
@@silverrealm2945 "S.korea is quite possibly the only country that has been built for defense" switzerland: " am i a joke to you?"
In the states we got rid of our house craftsmen about 60 plus years ago. It is very nice to see. Thanks for sharing.
And it's all designed around the 4x8 sheet of plywood so they staple together some ugly a homes.
We still have them, they're just too expensive for most people to afford. Similar to the house in this video, that isn't a regular person house. That's one expensive ass house.
How about the log house?
Couldn't agree more
@@jaalanodaicyr868 If you want to be a builder in Vermont you will be working on second and third homes for the very wealthy.
I would love to go over there and work with these guys for a year to learn their process thoroughly this looks so cool
Yep, do that, it is possible. Find someone who will take you on as an employee. Learn some Korean, learn all the house-building words. Learn simple phrases and you can work the house-building words into the phrase and be understood and understand when spoken to. You could go there first, find someone who will take you on then go back later with the correct visa and go to work. Be formal about how you approach it applying for a visa, don't try to just go there and get a job. Go for 3 months in summer, winter gets bitterly cold.
The Amish do a similar style as well for their own homes and barns. They don't like using nails to secure wood because nails rust and ruins the structural integrity over time. They prefer joints because it is cheaper and lasts longer. Amish carpenters make the joints very strategically. Each Amish community makes it Slightly differently but but each home and barn are almost always made completely the same way.
its expensive and stupid,save your ticket for a trip to the alps!
Call any post and beam builder.
In USA it's called POST AND BEAM type construction
Korean summer : 100F
Korean winter : -5F
Durability : Approved
대부분의 주택은 콘크리트 철골 로 지은 아파트가 주류입니다.
습도 150%. 내구성 - 좀 더 생각해 보겠습니다.😂😂
in the US midwest we get the same temp range...please come and teach us, it's beautiful.
-5 winter.....yeah you would freeze to death in a Canadian winter with this home...
@@Shifty51991 Sure beats a teepee lol
Not only do they look well constructed, but also well insulated. Very nice
Yea the celing maybe but those prefab walls had huge gaps around the outside edges
I was in South Korea during the 80’s… they either had money or they didn’t and the homes I seen were mostly shacks… the wealthy had nice homes like these
I work as an electrician in las vegas. We got people living in this country in a 700sq ft concrete shack in the desert with no A/C. This stuff is always for the rich.
I would love to learn from these guys for a few years. Come back and build houses this way in the US
Won’t pass our regulations
@@zachduncan6421
What regulations do these houses violate?
You would not be allowed to use those techniques because United States only allows house made to not hold up
@@liuj88 depends where you live regulations take seismic activity, wind, soil stability, and many other things
You can do it, that's how traditional log cabin homes are made still in some areas but they cost much more than an equivalent sized standard built house due to the labor and special skills
And those buildings are BEAUTIFUL!
These buildings last eons in the right environment, its truly an amazing piece of engineering and woodworking.
" in the right environment " yep
The right environment entails no bugs, no water, low humidity, no fire sources, etc 😂😂
@Saito23200no changing temperatures 😅😂
@@TheKingacevedo indoors in climate controlled space
It looks extremely beautiful. Unfortunately, I can't build a house here in Northeastern Ontario where the yearly range of temperatures goes from +40 degrees Celsius to -50 degrees Celsius. People would freeze in it but I'm sure you can use some methods showed here to the inside walls.
Much respect! Love how they use great craftsmanship, traditional skills, locally available resources combined with hard work to produce a fine and desirable product that will become a family's dream home!
...for the rich. The middle class is living in apartment complexes, or moving into old homes. Seriously, google map anywhere in south korea...its a zillion high rises...EVERYWHERE...oh, and tons of golf courses EVERYWHERE.
@@markstewart4501 You just described nearly every single large city in the world and how the middle class lives in all of them..
@@USA-freedom Exactly. Thank you. That is exactly my point. The short makes it seem like "Koreans" can afford this...but by the numbers the VAST majority of them can not.
To use old world terms, its as if we are watching the house being built for a Duke or a Barron and being told any of citizens can have this house built as well.
The video, in my eyes, would have been "more" correct by stating this is how homes are built for some rich people in Korea.
South Koreans build wooden house:🥹
Americans build wooden house:😠
there no way that would ever pass CODE in usa or europe
People may worry that wooden joints will collapse, but they are much safer than nailing them together. During the Imjin War, the Joseon Navy built ships with wooden joints without nails, while the Japanese made them with iron nails. As the wood absorbed water and expanded, the joints became tighter, but the Japanese iron nails rusted due to water. This is why Yi Sun-sin was able to strategically ram his ships into Japanese ships. Additionally, Joseon ships at the time were equipped with large cannons, but although Japan had cannon technology, their ships did not have cannons because their ships could not withstand the recoil of cannons.
Thanks for the historical info.
Wow!
Cool info
These days standing up to cannon fire is less important than protecting against, say, earthquakes, storms, etc. Balloon frame, webbing with OSB is WAY more resistant/ flexible/ safe than timber framing- Except against cannon fire, I suppose. and like 1/4 the cost! (ask an actuary if you doubt it!)
Traditional work is all well and good, and looks cool, I suppose, but, based on $/saftey- NO.
We don't use iron nails, nor are we shooting houses with cannons, nor are we speaking of ships.
This entire post is three red herrings in one, and you should be ashamed of yourself.
Beautiful and pure craftsmanship.
Different weather conditions
Different timber pricing
Different building codes/standards
Different country
Beautiful craftsmanship
Take all of this into consideration.
I lived in new build house in the UK. I watched other houses being built around us. Modern construction here is basically like a Lego kit using dozens of different materials. It may function as a house but the motivation is to build as cheaply and as quickly as possible to maximise profit. This is all worked out in advance with a % contingency for unknown circumstances. Style, beauty, and longevity are the last consideration. I hope this changes for the better for future generations.
We choose our homes and their styles, they currently reflect profit margins
Why not do it here,!!! Oh I forgot, building codes.!😮😊😅
I think the real difference is, people who live in a one family house like this are a tiny minority. Most live in apartment buildings or multiplexes.
Of you can afford the land, you can afford to build an expensive house.
Here in america we unfortunately tend to want bigger rather than better.
Timber is usually only expensive if you buy it as a citizen. Buy it as a company and its way cheaper, but yeah building codes are definitely different. That's the biggest takeaway from this.
I don’t know how but traditional Korean houses are pretty cool during summer with light breeze traveling through the entire house. It’s very pleasant.
What about winter then 💀
@@spacemeter3001 Traditional Korean houses have Ondol, heated floors where a furnace forces hot air underneath the floors of each room and/or living space. That increases the temperature inside the house. But of course, it isn't as efficient as modern central heating.
@@CurrentlyOnLV-426modern house heated flooring is much cheaper than running HVAC full time and it doesn’t dry me out.
The clay is also an excellent insulator keeping the cool in during summer and warm in during winter
Its the clay, or as my parents would say, tierra. Keeps the house cool, but mine only talked about using soil for the roof. Kept the harsh heat out, but seeped in the rain. The clay probably doesn't have this much of an issue as it's mostly impermeable from what I remember
That'll be a long lasting house, cool in the summer, warm in the winter, light incase of an earthquake, still tough to withstand nature, very modular & easier to repair. Just a wonder craftsmanship.
Wonder how itd deal with tornadoes
@@1993rnicholson who knows? there are no tornadoes in Korea.
@@kenmasters2025 true indeed
Only downside is that it’s a tinderbox waiting to catch on fire. Just ask the japs during the air raids of WW2.
Wonder how itd deal with fire
Traditional hanok houses have been used for hundreds of years as very old houses. They are built using only natural materials without nails. They are built using stones, soil, wood, fire, water, and other materials. Their ancient ships were built without a hitch, too. In particular, anyone who saw the architecture of old temples with their own eyes might have seen the precision of wooden structures. The direction of sunlight rising and the characteristics of each season and region arrive. And the ondol system of ventilation, heating, functionality, and heating. The roof tiles on the house are also made from grilling soil, and wooden pillars on top of the stone can withstand the heavy weight of the ceiling. They are similar in Japan, Korea, and China, but their environments and architecture are different. The difference between Western European ancient structures and European structures is that European structures use or pile of rubble and stones. The wall is not applied with cement, but with very fine red soil in the mountains. For example, lime is used, but charcoal and salt are used as well.
They use to be made without nails. You can clearly see in the video, a dude on the roof with a nail gun. But they are definitely master builders.
Not a fan of wooden houses. The joints make a cracking sound when the sun shines on it due to thermal expansion. You'd never hear this from concrete houses.
dang thats long
@@KS-tz9sg소금물에 3년이상 담근 목제는 그런현상이 없습니다
@@dongkeekang4433 That reminds me of ships that have sunk in the salty sea and are perfectly preserved because they’re in the salt water.
Beautiful house 🏠
Yes our old English cottages here in the U.K. were built like that with mortice and tenon joints and the wooden beams were secured with plugs made from sticks 600 years later they are still standing strong and worth a fortune.
The early American Colonial houses, and for some time after independence, wooden pegs would be used because nails were in short supply, and the few available were reserved for securing horse shoes.
@@jacqueslefave4296 Yes, the practice was probably brought over from the U.K. in the 1700s so it makes sense.
OMG...Koreans had building the houses since Shilla Dynasty 1500 years ago. What kind of the house English lived at that time¿ @Biketunerfy
@@dongwooyi2868they built castles, homes that looked like castles, and built massive barns (that look like the building in this video) for their livestock. But a people's architecture doesn't define who they are.... Some still live in small huts made of sticks and dung, and I'm sure they're wonderful people.
@@Biketunerfywrong the practice was from japanese. UK followed from the Japanese. This is thr truth that British always love to deny as always.
I would to have a home like this !!!!!!
@@hercules3782Japanese my ass. this is "traditional" Korean style house usually owned by nobles. Look up Hanok in wikipedia.
*Love ❤️
If you’re in the U.S., look into the Shelter Institute. They sell timber frame home kits.
I wood to also have this home !!!!!!
@@hercules3782 The original video is from a South Korean Channel, this is a South Korean house.
Type in "Process of Making Beautiful Korean-Style House" on youtube and you will see.
I would love a home like this with so much craftsmanship ❤❤❤❤
Lot of shared techniques between Japan and Korea. Absolutely some of the best design techniques for wood.
This is actually a Chinese technique that passed to the Japanese and Korean around 1000 years ago. It’s called sun mao and it’s been a housing technique in China more than 5000 years.
Yes, all rooted back from China.
The precision in those joints is Insane! I have truly fallen in love with Japanese and Korean wood joinery and the kicker most of it isnt even able to be seen
It's pretty easy to do with a CNC saw. In the 1990's I went on a school trip to a lumber merchant who was proud of the new CNC lumber cutting equipment, and they could make wood beams like this out of the logs they got delivered. The workers would mark out what they could get out of each part of the log then program the machine and it cut it up, then they'd feed it into the finishing machine to cut it like that. Didn't take more than a few hours to process a log into all the pieces they needed.
@kaymish6178 it can be done just as well with some jigs…. just saying it’s possible for anyone to do without investing in expensive CNC equipment, that is only for mass production
The proper name for the locked (pegged) joint technique is called mortise and tenon. This technique applies not only to houses or furniture but also to shipbuilding. In the Chinese Palace the Forbidden City in Beijing, the entire 9999 rooms were built by mortise and tenon techniques. Archaeological evidence from Chinese sites shows that by the end of the Neolithic, mortise and tenon joinery was employed in Chinese construction.
@@kaymish6178 I would be willing to get none of this is done with Cnc. Traditional hand tools and some power tools. You can achieve a much tighter joint with hand tools than any power tool out there
That’s a house!💕
Love that construction and the finished result is stunning
That's a great looking house. I'd live in it.
No you wouldn't because I would
@@silo3com 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
저런 집은 비싸요.
콘크리트 집 가격의 몇배입니다.
It looks amazing. If the wood is 100% dried out I don’t think it would move. In Australia they build with timber that are still drying it’s horrible everything twists
Yes needs to go down to 12% moisture at a minimum. Takes a few months in a drying room in Indonesia which is a tropical country.
I did stay in a traditional South Korean home 🏡 it was beautiful & wonderful ❤
Most phenomenal build! I love it!
Bet you that thing is solid too. That’s a well built home
Solid.as.Sears
May in California or south states, up north every water line would freeze.
@MaxPower1000. What makes you think that? Most buildings in England are made with a clay mix called cob. SK and England have well below freezing temps and indoor plumbing...
@joelcollins7969 well he dug in a pit of missknowledge to let everyone know he has no idea what's going on
@@MaxPower1000.That's completely irrelevant, considering these houses are on the other side of the Pacific Ocean
So similar to old traditional half-timbered houses (Fachwerkhaus) here in Germany. Wooden beams filled with straw and clay. The roof is covered with straw or roof tiles out of clay. Modern roof tiles are often made of concrete.
Fachwerk ❤
Yeah every culture has this technique
지붕에 왕겨로 만든 숯을 쓰면 단열효과가 있습니다.
@@haruyanto8085 *every advanced culture
@@haruyanto8085Not in colder climates. For example, it didn't take long for North American settlers to discover that the winters were too harsh to support wattle and daub. The next closest thing available were Swedish-style cabins with just a little bit of mud between each log.
This was one of the coolest videos I’ve seen in a while
It's not only the wood... but the roof top tiles. They last forever (centuries-old archeological discoveries) and gets used again and again, even when a wooden house is burnt!
That is genius and beautiful!
Beautiful work 👏🏻👏🏻 and very clean
Very good and beautiful.
Real workmanship.
Great culture with great architecture
Absolutely perfect, as an american homebuilder im blown away
Stunning and it looks eco friendly too 😊
Fun fact: houses done with wood joints (like in this video or Japanese style) have outstanding property’s in case of an earthquake
Its called Miyadaiku 😊
I've worked on a couple of Japanese built homes here in Australia and the tolerance for these builds is 4mm
What about fire
@@Noonel-_-1
It’s a very common misunderstanding; but wood actually barely burns and if it burns it can actually last for 1-2 hrs.
Just try to set a log of wood on fire with a lighter. It won’t work that easy.
all universe japan. hahahahaha
The amount of planning that had to take in order for every piece of wood to line up that perfectly probably was 80-90% of the whole damn build
Just the first one is the bitch, after that you have all your placement holes. This isn't like american building where you get 5 different house models when erecting a neighborhood. It's cool stuff!
That japan
and in the end they are still gonna use screws for security... the preshaped insulation modules are a neat idea tho..
@@samsibond4399the video is about korea silly
@@MrMCKlebeband wrote, _"they are still gonna use screws for security"_
Incorrect. Why don't you learn about something before you form an opinion?
Awesome technique❤
That's amazing. I'd love to have a house like that.
Gorgeous! What great quality design amd materials. I love this house!
I especially like the natural insulation.. no spraying of chemicals. All natural material wood and clay.
It looks like grey foam encased in bamboo. What is natural about that?
Didnt knew koreans using mostly natual ingredients to build a house! Thats amazing!
So neat, so clean, so seamless. Everything about this is impressive you have to think that joining wood can be done in a lot of ways but the way they’ve done it here is so complex and yet so simple in some ways it seems they made the process easier by minimizing the intensity of labor. Frankly incredible
This construction of a Korean house is beautiful ❤
Go fucking live there then
The clay is not reinforcement. It is just the finished surface on the inside and out. If there is some straw or other binder is added to the mix that is troweled over the bamboo strips on the outside, it will be less likely to crack and also have a little insulation value.
Beautiful carpentry! As an American Carpenter I can greatly appreciate this beautiful work.
As a 65 year old retired home remodeling carpenter following a near death work related injury after 43 years in the business, I appreciate it too! Most of my work was in the northern VA area not far from Washington DC. How about you?
Gorgeous genius craftsmanship
Didnt know korean houses were old school timber framed, thats incredible!
전통가옥의 경우만 나무로 합니다. 일반적으로는 철근 콘크리트 구조를 사용합니다. 한국의 집 구조의 초점은 열을 얼마나 차폐하냐에 맞춰져 있습니다. 지붕은 여름의 열을 얼마나 막느냐에 목적이 있고, 겨울에는 벽에서 열이 빠져나가지 않게 하는 목적이 크게 작용합니다. 따라서 내열제를 사용하기 좋은 철근 콘크리트 집이 유용합니다.
많은 한국인들이 전원주택을 꿈꾸지만 한국의 지리적, 사회적, 경제적인 이유로 아파트를 선호합니다.
영상에 나오는 집들은 도시화된 지역에서는 찾기 힘들며 한옥마을 이라는 이름으로 따로 관리됩니다.
Traditional 😂
These korean and Japanese houses are an engineering marvel.
How they came up with these brilliant ideas hundreds of years ago without the use of any technology is just brilliant.
❤️❤️❤️
Europe, Japan, Korea and China all used a very similar joinery method for over the last 1000 years. They all have buildings that are still standing a 1000 years later.
"Without any use of technology" is a bit much, especially in their use within modern times. But even back then, technology existed. Sure, not modern electrical technology, but various simple and mechanical tools would've existed. Other than that, it's a mix of relatively simpler engineering techniques, hardwork, patience, trial and error, plus professional craftsmanship, I guess...
Besides the technology of the architecture? The hat do you mean no tech, that is there tech
It's a bamboo clay shack.
This is a very condescending comment. One of the major problems with humanity.
It’s interesting to see how each region of the world uses the resources they have in construction. I think when it comes to simple construction I think everyone gets it right based on their location.
That’s actually so beautiful
I'm am a carpenter an can honestly say I would love to build this way! Pure carpentry.
Looks amazing
ordinary Japan
Beautiful ❤
Talk about expertise, my goodness! Respect, South Koreans!
Beautiful work 💯😅😅💯👍👍👍💯💯💯
Yeah it's called timber framing. It's done a little differently from one part of the world to another and different times in history but the same basic concept. Nothing groundbreaking or new. And I admit I don't know this for an fact but I'd be very surprised if this is the norm for new home construction in South Korea in this day and age. If so then that is impressive but due to time and cost constraints unlikely.
The origin of the technology is in Japan.
@@brianzomorodiReally? Nobody in Europe built houses this way? Where do the words "mortise" and "tenon" come from?
Termites will eat it up
@@damondiehl5637furniture?
@@brianzomorodi It was invented independently all over the world
Beautiful.
thats amazing beautiful house❤
I'd enjoy this house.
beautiful masterpiece
Too sad not much of our old architectures are left due to Korean war and going thrue period of upheaval.. thank you for sharing!
영어로 잘 써줘서 고맙습니다
Very nice. I lived in Korea for 2 years, beautiful country and people blessings
This is an art on master level.
A real timber framed home... exceptional work 👏 👌 🙌
Yep. I was in Korea for a while. I can attest to their quality. Impressive
I love those traditional methods of construction
If done correctly, wood joint structure can last over 1000 year. However just need to avoid coast area, when humid and salt water will destroy wood integrity
Awesome beautiful and probably better built than us homes love it
Way better,,,, massively greater strength than the usa
Don't compare this house to an earthquake proof house. Korea doesn't have earthquakes and this house won't stand one or a tornado.
@@patrickgallegos113 2 second internet search result...
What natural disaster is South Korea at risk for?
Located at the circum-Pacific seismic belt, Korea is prone to earthquakes.
@@damonhicks969 The strongest earthquake in Korean history was 5.8 on September 12, 2016. The second strongest was 5.4 on 2017. Just recently Korean government started an earthquake reinforcement program on public buildings due to be completed on 2030. Korea is not prepared for a strong earthquake, and the recent earthquakes was a wake up call for the government to be more prepared.
@@patrickgallegos113 So what is your profession? Are you an engineer or building code enforcer? You seem to have a vested interest in spreading misinformation on the web, normally people that do that, make a living or have stock in companies that rely on controlling the narrative of what people are allowed to do.
Gorgeous. Looks strong and lightweight, relatively speaking - and I like the various clay used and those roof tiles are genius. Great look at this house - thanks!
Its from the history traditional Korean architecture throughout thousands years
ホゾが２つあるのですね！
勉強になりました！
ありがとうございます
Wow... How beautiful! They should export this! People would love this all around the world.
They could, but would you pay for it?
Well people, at least in the U.S. used to do a similar technique. When resources were hard to come by, like metal for nails, they would just chip away at the wood and slide them together like what's in the video.
Agreed!
@@PrograErroryup I would. it would make a great airbnb in the states
Our ancestors built homes like these
In our Village all old buildings are like these
But we use concrete now🤗🤗
That was absolutely beautiful !
I love that!! So effective! And converting wherever using hemp products would be what I was on about too, great work.
I’m sure these homes are built well😊 and last forever !
That looks so wonderful. I wish they built houses like that here
They would get beaten by cheaper and crap alternatives. Quality work isn't always appreciated.
Is electric and plumbing an issue with these?
@@mef12727 I imagine there's many different ways to add them in via walls, flooring or ceiling, depending on the area you live in. Where I live there's strict rules to how your electric and plumbing is set up. The level of control here is getting insane. :(
this houses can life forever if you treat them well.
Amazing yet beautiful, indeed!
Living in Korea, you will see a new building that started construction. You walk by for a couple weeks and see no progress. After about a month the building is magically finished over night.
Looks beautiful ❤ id love to spend more time in Korea.. food was tasty and the people were very kind.
There is a caveat, however. You’ve got to be fair/light skinned, to be treated right 🤣
@@sumanamjs I doubt it.. I'm Maori and they were all very nice.
@@Damian-Church-NZ 안녕하세요. 저는 한국인 입니다.
한국 클럽에서 인도 남성들이 성범죄와 싸움, 결제거부, 영업 방해 하는 사건들이 자주 발생 했고, 그 때문에 인도 남성들 입장 막은 사건이 있었습니다.
이 사건을 한국이 인도인을 피부색으로 차별 했다며 거짓말을 하고 있는 겁니다.
@@Damian-Church-NZ 한국의 클럽에서 인도 남성들이 성범죄와 싸움 결제거부 같은 영업방해 문제가 자주 발생해서 입장 막은 사건이 있었고, 이 사건을 인도인들이 피부색으로 차별 받았다며 거짓말 하고 있는 겁니다.
@@Damian-Church-NZ 한국에서 법과 질서를 무시하는 행동을 하는 인도 남성들 사건이 있었습니다. 그 사건을 왜곡 선동해서 한국이 인종차별 했다고 거짓말을 하고 있는 겁니다.
Akan menjadi rumah yang menyejukkan
Hangat di musim dingin dan sejuk di musim panas
Looks great well done
Spectacular and Beautiful ...
The technique used to join the woods without a nail is called 卯榫结构in China, it has been a long time technology in Asia, let’s just appreciate how smart and clever the people in the past were. ❤
Beautiful! They remind me of the oak beams and cob houses constructed during the tutor period. Amazing how many of those buildings are still standing today, considering they’re made from mud.
Funny how OLDER houses still stand but newer houses just fall apart like common garbage!
@@davidtyler-ul9vwWWII rushed in production building, which focused on cost of construction, where pre-war houses were far more tailored. Second, the lack of stronger old growth lumber and in the reduction of masonry and it's increased cost because there are less brick masons.
I can't even imagine the cost of a home like that in the US, not to mention where you would find carpenters of that skill level?
The beams are most likely mass produced in factories rather than cut on site.
I have a timber-frame house that was built about 100 yrs ago. It's solid as a rock. Today's shoddy, stick-built homes won't last 50 yrs.
@@E3ECO Less time near a coast.
This is a house lego factory...the only skill is to put this together, but no carpentry genius here.
I would love to learn more about this process
Wow that joinery!!!❤️❤️❤️
Wow !! What a beautiful house !!
Guaranteed to last 100x longer than any house built in the US in the last 30 years
That's cause all the houses built here are done by unskilled illegals. Same with the roads. They have rebuilt this one road in my town 8 times in 3 yrs. It keeps sinking a cpl weeks after they build it till a car get damaged then the dig up the sinking part back fill it then grade the road and recover then it happened all over again in a different spot.
Wow ! Fabulous art .
This is usually for traditional korean architecture. We use concrete and steel for contemporary architecture as other countries do.
These traditional houses last for a thousand years. Respect.
Nope. Termites eat thru the wood like crazy. My grandfather's house is a traditional wooden chinese house. Mind you these old houses uses iron wood like cengal, meranti, nyatuh, not cheap pine or other softwood. There are holes in the walls now as termites ate thru it, the pillars are safe though cause they soak the pillars in tar
Average city dweller fetishizes wooden buildings
aint no wooden house last thousand yrs
@@nelaricayos1250Oldest wood house in germany is from 1266
Theres another in austria from 1175 😂
@@OrtragonThe one in Germany is a half-timbered home. The first storey is stone and the second storey is timber. As for the Austrian house, I found no such thing.
Both Japanese & Korean traditional house design are among the best 👍👍👍
China too
This was learned by the Korean from Chinese during tang and passed into Japan. Give real credit
@@josephstalin4202Not sure about that cuz during Tang dynasty, Chinese and Korean at war against each others for tens of years. Plus Chinese houses are much different in design. Chinese use more stone in building their house except the poor where as even the royal and noble class of Korean uses wood mostly.
@@rizalmiehishamabdrahim4369wtf are you smoking😅 Chinese houses are most wood based.
@@paulskiye6930 for the rich, stone are the favourite, internally woods are used. Korean & Japanese rich used high quality woods.
Excellent craftsmanship.
I would love one of these homes