As you just saw in the drama , a girl named Gae In, who lives in a house called ‘Sang Go Jae’ falls in love with an architect named Jin Ho. The Sang Go Jae is not a real house, but it is a recreation of a type of house in Seoul Hanok Village in Bukchon. Of course, the filming took place on a set. If you have seen the drama, you will know that the Sang Go Jae is built with care by an architect and will be able to see that the tradition and the modern coexist in this dwelling. Like this place, many houses in Korea have both aspects of the tradition and the modern. The most noticeable characteristic is the Ondol. Most houses in Korea have Ondol in them. The traditional idea of the Ondol has been placed into modern houses. Today, you are going to learn about Hanok, a type of traditional housing, as well as other types of modern houses in Korea. There is a saying that tells us to “Look at his/her friends to know the person,” but observing one’s houses is also an important part of knowing a person. In order to understand Korean society, it is important to understand what kind of