Gwangju Dong-gu Appoints Professor Ko Jaemin as Chief Planner for Complex Public Library

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 21st that Professor Ko Jae-min of the Department of Interior Architecture and Design at Suwon Science College has been appointed as the general planner for the complex public library to be built in Naenam-dong.

The general planner is responsible for supervising and coordinating all processes of the project from the design competition to enhance the efficiency of the library space composition and to create an integrated design and complex cultural space.

Professor Ko Jae-min, who was selected this time, is an expert in cultural facility space composition and has given various lectures on the future vision of library spaces and library culture. He is especially recognized as an expert capable of efficiently arranging library spaces.

The public complex library, scheduled to open in December 2022, will be built on a 2,710㎡ site in Naenam-dong with a total project cost of 10.4 billion KRW and a three-story above-ground structure. Inside, it will house a comprehensive reference room, a book cafe, a reading room for infants and children, and other complex facilities combining the functions of a library and a care center.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, “With the appointment of a general planner with expertise, we plan to create the Naenam-dong public library as a future-oriented reading culture space,” adding, “Please look forward to the newly reborn public library as a complex cultural space accessible to residents of all classes.”

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