The Emerald Court Under Heaven

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Divine Inspiration (pt. 3)

July 6, 2023

Going from the matsuri idea of an actual gate made me consider the overall size of the platform carried by the dokkaebi.

With some digging into imagery and Wikipedia I found hyanggyo (향교) , government-run provincial schools, and seowon (서원), private prepatory schools that also acted as Confucian shrines, which were chronologically appropriate and scale better for my mental build.

Understanding the weight of resin, and considering the general material fragility, I begrudgingly give Lloyd a nod on scale as I think more on this engineering problem.

Inspired by the torii gate of Japan, I dug a bit more and found the hongsalmun (홍살문) of Korean Confuciunism which are gates believed to be entrances into a sacred place. Adding one of these would give more support to the underside of the “mobile” pavillion while having the least footprint for the model.

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