오늘날 국제양식을 긍정하면서도 도리어 국가적 고유성, 전통이라는 요소가 디자인에서 국제 경쟁력에서 중요한 요소로 인정받으며, 전통성에 대한 논의가 디자인계에서 무성하다. [국가적 고유성], [전통]이란 개념은 오랜 세월을 거쳐서 오늘날까지 전해 내려오는 원형적 요소로, 현재에 결부될 때 그 의의가 증대해진다. 그런 의미에서 600년에 이르는 ‘시간성’과 함께, 현재 실제 거주지로서 ‘동시성’을 지닌 북촌한옥마을은 한국적 도시디자인 개발에 있어 중요한 디자인 자산이 될 것이다. 이에 북촌한옥 마을의 디자인적, 조형적 가치를 연구하였다. 북촌한옥마을과 한옥은 한양시기, 경성시기, 서울시기를 거치며 그 시대문화와 사상을 반영하며 발전하여왔으며, 특히 튼 ㅁ자형 한옥은 경기형 한옥이 도시라는 공간에 들어오면서 북촌만의 특성을 지닌 도시형한옥으로 발전한 모습이다. 오늘날 북촌한옥은 더욱 현대적으로 개량화 된 주거용 한옥과, 상업시설로 전용(轉用)되고 있다. 개별 한옥은 생활 철학과 자연 및 시대정신에 입각한 사고에 영향을 받아 특성있는 공간, 형태, 색채, 문양(장식)을 이루었다. 또한 북촌한옥마을의 심미적 가치는 한옥의 조형성뿐 아니라 개별 한옥의 전통적인 요소들이 확장됨으로써 이루고 있는 가로경관, 도시 경관에서도 찾아볼 수 있다. 즉 지역적 미의식으로는 지붕의 중첩 등 집단적 도시경관이 이루는 집합적 미의식, 채의 나눔과 각 채의 구성형식으로 이루어지는 형식적 미의식, 마루공간의 확장인 마당과 뜰에서 느껴지는 접지적 미의식, 한옥의 장식적 요소로 느껴지는 의장적 미의식, 물길 따라 생성된 골목길의 구불구불한 유기적 미의식이 형성되었다. 북촌한옥은 유교문화의 시각화, 생산지로서, 또한 오랜 세월에 걸쳐서 수많은 서울시민의 미의식에 의해, 형성된 서울의 디자인자산이다.
These days, we affirm the international style, yet a design element, tradition which is the national characteristic has been recognized as the significant factor in terms of the international competitiveness that led to the discussion on tradition in the design field. The concept, [national characteristic], [tradition], is the original element that went through long years, coming down to us and when it is combined to the present, it becomes more meaningful. From this perspective, Bukchon Hanok Village that has both ‘time-variant’ of 600 years and ‘synchronism’ as an actual, current residence will be a significant design asset for the development of Korean urban design. So, the design and formative values of Bukchon Hanok Village were studied. Bukchon Hanok Village and Hanok(tradtional Korean-style house) went through the periods of Hanyang, Gyeongseong and Seoul and were developed, reflecting the culture and ideology of those periods. Especially, Geonggi province type Hanok, an open ㅁ-shaped Hanok was introduced to the urban space and developed into an urban type Hanok, the characteristic of Bukchon. Today, Bukchon Hanok is used as more modernized and improved residential Hanok and commercial facilities. An individual Hanok was influenced by the thought based on the philosophy of life, nature and spirits of the time to form a unique space, shape, color and pattern(decoration). In addition, an aesthetic value of Bukchon Hanok Village expanded the formative value of Hanok as well as the traditional elements of individual Hanok which can be seen in the street landscape and urban landscape. That is, the piled up roof represents the regional aesthetic sense, the community that forms the urban landscape shows the collective aesthetic sense, sharing of house and composition of house refers to the formal aesthetic sense, the yard and garden which are the extension of wooden floor space represents the connecting aesthetic sense, the decorative features reflect the design sense and the winding alley that is formed creates the intimate, aesthetic sense. Bukchon Hanok visually presents the Confucian culture and it is a design asset of Seoul built based on the aesthetic sense of many Seoul citizens for many years. on comes not only from the individualHanok, but also from the unique urban landscape generated by the elements of Hanok stretched out to the street; local aesthetics of Bukchon emerges when the roofs of individual Hanok facing each others and the walls shared by neighbors. Therefore, there exist various aesthetic consciousnesses concerning Bukchon: the collective aesthetics of its urban landscape generated by piled-up view of roofs and shared walls the constructive aesthetics of Hanok’s individual rooms and the arrangement of them; the correlational aesthetics found in front yard and garden as an extension of the communal floor; the decorative aesthetics of unique patters found in Hanok; and the organic aesthetics of curved streets formed along the waterways.