Busan City Selects 6 Works for 'Alley Regeneration Contest,' Calling Jipchangchon Wanwoldong 'Ujjako'?

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6 Outstanding Works Selected from 87 Entries, Citizen Participation Group Operating 'Living Lab Project'

The work that won the grand prize in the Wanwol-dong Regeneration Idea Contest.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] How can we transform Busan’s representative “red-light district,” Busan’s ‘Wanwol-dong’?

Busan City held the “Busan Wanwol-dong Area Alley Regeneration Citizen Idea Contest” and selected six outstanding works as the final winners.

The contest, themed on the “Wanwol-dong Area Alley Regeneration,” the last prostitution district in Busan with a history of over 100 years, was held from August 10 to 20. A total of 186 participants, including individuals and teams, submitted 87 works.

Through the first round of expert evaluation, 10 works were selected, and through the second round of presentation evaluation, six works were finally chosen, including the grand prize-winning work “Dungdung Platform, Illuminating with New Light” proposed by team 25184 (Bae Eun-jin, Park Jae-woo).

Busan City, together with Seo-gu Office, LH Busan-Ulsan Regional Headquarters (Head Kim Baek-yong), Busan Ilbo, and Busan Urban Regeneration Support Center, is operating the “Busan Wanwol-dong Area Alley Regeneration Living Lab Project” with citizens to bring about revolutionary changes in the Wanwol-dong area.

This project includes ▲ Wanwol-dong Citizen Participation Group (30 members, recruitment completed) activities ▲ Wanwol-dong Citizen Idea Contest.

The “Wanwol-dong Citizen Participation Group” has been identifying pilot projects for Wanwol-dong regeneration through on-site visits, studio classes, and team discussions from September 10 to 28.

Based on the ideas from the works selected in this contest, a broad plan for regional revitalization will be devised.

Byun Sung-wan, Acting Mayor of Busan, said, “Through the Alley Regeneration Living Lab Project, citizens will gather to directly identify local issues and promote citizen-centered urban regeneration by solving them.”

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