North Korea Blue Roofs

This imagery is also present in south korea.

North korea blue roofs.

The small town was oriented and positioned such that the bright blue roofs and white side walls of the various residential buildings built next to the massive pole flying the north korean flag would be particularly distinguishing features when viewed from the southern side across the border the dmz between the two koreas. Cheongwadae also known as the blue house informally is the executive office and official residence of the republic of korea s head of state the president of the republic of korea located in jongno gu of the capital seoul. There are a few reddit threads devoted to the number of blue roofs in korea. Insofar as someone can afford blue tiles they must be wealthy.

Most now are grey but there are some that are orange. South korea s presidential home is the blue house named for the hue of its roof tile some redditors speculate that. Built upon the site of the royal gard. 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.

As part of this the government mass purchased construction supplies to be used across the country. The blue house is the most protected official residence in asia. It s durable cheap and green. Authorities in north korea have ordered residents to modernize the roofs of all buildings in a bid to dupe the international community into thinking economic sanctions have had no effect on the.

Their head of state lives in the blue house which also has these blue tiles. What you re quoting is about south korea. 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. That being said most actually blue roofs are from industrial places where they use corrugated steel roofs or similar or aquariums with blue roofs.

Cheongwadae is in fact a complex of multiple buildings built largely in the traditional korean architectural style with some modern architectural elements and facilities.