An AI-Based 'Children's Play Area' to Open in Gwangju

A Multi-Cultural Complex for Sensory Stimulation Play, Education, and Experience... Construction Starts in 2023, Opening Scheduled for 2025

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] A children-only play space based on artificial intelligence (AI) will be created in Gwangju Metropolitan City.

Gwangju City announced on the 29th that it held a 'Feasibility Study and Basic Plan Establishment Service Kick-off Meeting' for the construction of the 'AI-based Children's Imagination Playground (tentative name),' a children-only space where kids can freely run and nurture their dreams.

So far, as a UNICEF Child-Friendly City, the city has been focusing on expanding the insufficient children-only play spaces while implementing various childbirth promotion policies to create a 'Mom-friendly Gwangju, good for raising children.'

The Children's Imagination Playground will be a complex cultural space for children, combining AI technology and play content that stimulates the five senses, including play, experience, education, performance, exchange spaces, and convenience facilities.

At the meeting, participants including Deputy Mayor Kim Jonghyo listened to the task objectives, directions, execution plans, and schedules from the service performing organization, followed by a Q&A and opinion gathering session.

Starting with the kick-off meeting, Gwangju City plans to establish a basic plan by May next year, including basic data investigation, construction site, feasibility and project scale, and space composition and operation plans considering developmental characteristics by age group (infants, lower elementary, upper elementary).

Subsequently, after basic and detailed design and administrative procedures, construction is scheduled to begin in 2023 and the facility is expected to open around 2025.

Deputy Mayor Kim Jonghyo said, "Play is one of the basic rights that all children should naturally enjoy," and added, "I hope the children of Gwangju grow into future generations by playing freely in a complex space where they can encounter the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technology."

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