GH Dasan New Town, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award in Cultural Landscape Category

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation (GH) has received the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award by securing first place in the cultural landscape category at the '2021 Korea Land Grand Prize' for the Dasan New Town in Namyangju, which it solely developed.

The Korea Land Grand Prize is an event planned to discover excellent cases of domestic land landscapes and to spread them to local governments.

Dasan New Town is a public housing district in Dasan-dong, Namyangju, with 31,200 households moving in. It is a new town developed with 100% shares held by GH, following Gwanggyo New Town.

GH planned Dasan New Town under the slogan "Millennium City for the People," inspired by the philosophy of Dasan Jeong Yak-yong, who was born in Namyangju.

To realize the Millennium City for the People, meaning a city built for people with a vision spanning a hundred and a thousand years, GH introduced three urban development strategies based on Jeong Yak-yong's philosophy.

Reflecting the strategies of Cheontaek (retaining rainwater), Yangrim (embracing forests), and Chiro (managing roads), GH planned an ecological circulation-type city. The landscape was specialized by creating the "Dasan Eight Views," including Yeolsan Sangsu Waterfall, Seokcheon Stream, and Beodeuljigae Hill.

This urban landscape achievement is the result of GH's unique resident participation programs.

Since 2013, GH has conducted resident participation programs such as the Landscape Garden University to realize spaces desired by residents. GH stated that these achievements were possible through consultation with residents from the planning stage of the landscape.

Lee Heon-wook, President of GH, said, "Following Gwanggyo Lake Park, which won the Presidential Award in 2012, and Dongtan Lake Park, which received the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award in 2019, we are honored that our new town model has been recognized in the landscape field beyond just parks. We will continue to do our best to expand and apply GH's differentiated new town model to the 3rd phase new towns to create cities where people are happy."

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