North Korea Blue Roofs

As part of this the government mass purchased construction supplies to be used across the country.

North korea blue roofs.

According to this post during the 1970 s north korea s government had a modernization effort. Their head of state lives in the blue house which also has these blue tiles. 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. South korea s presidential home is the blue house named for the hue of its roof tile some redditors speculate that.

This imagery is also present in south korea. The blue house is the most protected official residence in asia. The country op is talking about is north korea. There are a few reddit threads devoted to the number of blue roofs in korea.

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

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. Insofar as someone can afford blue tiles they must be wealthy. Colour comes from the standard rubbery cheap waterproofing material that is also used to coat high school lab floors and basketball courts in korea. That being said most actually blue roofs are from industrial places where they use corrugated steel roofs or similar or aquariums with blue roofs.

Most now are grey but there are some that are orange.