Gwangju Dong-gu, Creation of Rooftop Garden at Miro Center

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 1st that it has completed the 'Miro Center Urban Three-Dimensional Green Space Creation Project,' which was promoted to actively respond to climate change such as mitigating the heat island effect and to provide residents with a comfortable resting place.

The target site, Gung-dong Miro Center, is a space that realizes 'urban regeneration through culture' and serves as an anchor facility supporting Gwangju's cultural and artistic services.

The Miro Center is especially located on Art Street, and it was named 'Miro,' meaning 'beautiful path,' and with this rooftop garden project, beauty has been added to an already beautiful place.

The urban three-dimensional green space creation project involved a total project cost of 200 million KRW, planting 135 trees of 9 species including Michelia, Round Pine, and Chinese Scholar Tree, and 2,790 herbaceous plants of 10 species including Gaura, Coreopsis, and Juniperus chinensis.

Additionally, resting facilities such as sitting walls, plants, and shade shelters were installed to create a comfortable resting area. Furthermore, solar-powered garden lights and solar in-ground lights were installed on the rooftop garden as night landscape lighting to produce a beautiful night view.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, "Following the Blue Village Community Center and Miro Center, we plan to create a rooftop garden at Chungjang 22 as well," and added, "We will establish a systematic 'Rooftop Greening Guideline' unique to Dong-gu to thoroughly manage rooftop greening projects and maintenance for public and private buildings in the future."

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