some sketches at Ssamzigil building, Insa-dong, Seoul

 Ssamzigil building viewed from the court-yard, pen, 24.5 x 35cm

 another view of the Ssamzigil building, 21 x 29.5cm 

 another view of the Ssamzigil building, 21 x 29.5cm 

 Folk dancing musicians playing in front of the Ssamzigil building at the Insa street, 21 x 29.5cm

 a portrait of Mr.Lee Jeong-woo (florist), pen, 21 x 29.5cm 

 looking down the court-yard from the roof terrace, pen, 21 x 29.5cm

 neighboring buildings over Ssamjigil building, pencil, 21 x 29.5cm

The Central Temple of Chondokyo and Soowoon building viewed from the Insa Art Center located 

across the Ssamzigil, 21 x 29.5cm 

YMCA Building (completed in 1967) located on an approach to Insa-dong, 21 x 29.5cm

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Last Saturday, we Seoul sketchers visited to Ssamzigil in Insa-dong. The Ssamzigil is a square building, not a street. It has four floors and is consist of a Korean rice cake shop, a paper hanger, an antique shop and Korean restaurants, etc. It's a quite low rise structure made out of concrete, metal, glass and wood definitely feeling modern yet warm and approachable by having open ramp style passage ways with a very slight slope. It is seen as a Korean culture complex, what is more it's so unique and has set a sort of new direction for good old Insa-dong. 
The weather was so fine and we amused ourselves by looking on the variegated sceneries and sketching here and there in the fantastic building. Welcome to join the USK Seoul, Bahk Joung-yeon and Han Jeong-seon!