Pyongyang Blue Roofs

As hairdressers dozens of people mow scissors in their hands the lawn sometimes splitting roads from pedestrian ways.

Pyongyang blue roofs.

The north koreans say that after socialism the colour was used for the roofs of public buildings because it was the people that replaced the kings. Blue crow s pyongyang architectural guide pulls back the world s last iron curtain to reveal a snapshot of life in the hermit kingdom through iconic landmarks in the capital. They live all together under the blue roofs characterising the camps they built on. The wide avenues of pyongyang are home of other efforts towards a better image for a quite manhandled country on the international scene.

However the korean traditionalist wants wants wants a blue roof. E g note that the korean white house is blue. The blue roofs were popular aesthetically for a short period in the 1970s but you don t see new buildings these days with blue roofs. But the blue roof tile that the old wealthy koreans used indeed super wealthy weren t just blue roof tile they were greenish blue ceramic tiles.

The grand people s study house has greenish blue roofs because that was during monarchic times the colour of royal building roofs. The colorful roofs of songjeong dong an industrial district in busan south korea are seen in this overview. These were produced the same way as other ceramic ware and thus extremely expensive. Because blue roof tile used to be sign of wealth since the goryeo times.

The striking colors that you. Built from 1948 pyongyang has been closed to the world for 70 years and is a time capsule with an aesthetic like no other city on the planet. Yes park loved blue roof and that s why south korean presidential residence is called blue house or chong wa dae which literally means house with blue roof tiles the residence was built under his rule. North koreans paint the roof of a restaurant in downtown pyongyang oct.

Most now are grey but there are some that are orange. This imagery is also present in south korea. Traditionally the blue tile indicated high social status for that family. Now of course we re all yangban so it doesn t seem important to the outsider.

Insofar as someone can afford blue tiles they must be wealthy.