Walking Commutes Innovate Citizens' Lives... Busan City Promotes 'Busan Compact Town'

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Trainee Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] The workplace and home are in the same building or in the same complex.

To improve the quality of life for citizens, Busan City has embarked on an innovative project that combines residential and office facilities in one place.

On the 18th, Busan City announced that it will create the ‘Busan Compact Town’ integrating workplaces and residences to realize the core value of the ‘15-minute city Busan’ vision.

The Busan Compact Town aims to develop office and residential facilities so that jobs and housing are within a 15-minute daily living radius.

By 2030, Busan plans to divide the city into zones: ▲High Downtown Area ▲Nakdong River & Western Area ▲2nd Centum & East Busan Area ▲North Port & Dongcheon Area ▲Original Downtown Area, and establish at least one compact town in each zone, totaling more than five across the city.

The project will implement two types: a workplace-residence integrated building type where residential and office facilities coexist in a single building, and a workplace-residence integrated complex type where residential facilities form a complex of two or more buildings.

Candidate sites identified include the Hanjin CY site in Haeundae-gu, the Regional Land Management Office in Dong-gu, the Horticultural Experiment Station in Gangseo-gu, Samnak Middle School in Sasang-gu, the North Port redevelopment area, and the Yongdusan Public Parking Lot site promoted by Jung-gu.

Park Hyung-jun, Mayor of Busan, said, “By integrating workplaces and residences, we will support customized housing for each generation and class, creating a Busan where citizens’ quality of life is improved.”

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