In all three of the above pictures you can see many systems of wooden arms under the roof which bend at 90 degree angles on 4 sides.
Why are there so many blue roofs in asia.
Residents said they built attics to store things and to keep rain from leaking into their homes.
Cheng wen for china daily.
But the chinese roof sits on the timber frame and this distributes the stress evenly there s no need to pre plan a system of inner walls to support the roof.
E g note that the korean white house is blue.
The blue tin roofs can be seen on almost all buildings making the area look like some shantytowns.
The term blue roof may also be used to indicate roofs that are blue in color.
Well a blue roof makes use of a specially engineered outlet.
China has many blue roofs because the government controls all construction projects.
However this myth couldn t be further from the truth.
However the korean traditionalist wants wants wants a blue roof.
It is just more simple to have one roofing supplier that makes a uniform colored prouct than many suppliers who have different products that are differently priced and have varying quality.
Traditionally the blue tile indicated high social status for that family.
There are a few reddit threads devoted to the number of blue roofs in korea.
So how exactly does a blue roof control the release of water.
This is designed to restrict the release of rainwater to a pre calculated and pre designed flow rate.
Contrary to popular belief they are not curved so that evil spirits could be warded off.
Blue roofs can provide a number of benefits depending on design.
Now of course we re all yangban so it doesn t seem important to the outsider.
For those of you who don t know legend has it that because these evil spirits could only move in straight lines the roof was intentionally curved so they could not walk on it and enter the house.
So instead of water gushing off your roof onto the impervious concrete below the flow of water.