Reading Books While Enjoying Forest and Sea... Ulsan Office of Education Accelerates Construction of 'Children's Reading Experience Center' in Closed School

Ulsan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education is promoting the construction of a 'Children's Reading Experience Center' on the site of the closed Donghae Branch School, where forest and sea harmonize.

The Office of Education plans to build the Reading Experience Center as a nature-friendly play and reading space utilizing the sea view and forest.

The Reading Experience Center aims to open in March 2024, and design services are underway to reflect users' opinions collected through roundtable discussions and online surveys into the design of the center.

However, since the project site is within a development restriction zone, building reconstruction can only be done within the current total floor area, limiting its utilization.

The Office of Education is striving to diversify space utilization by applying complex and flexible spaces as much as possible to overcome this issue.

The Reading Experience Center will include a library, reading experience room, and book cafe in the main building, and an ecological forest, natural playground, and book camping bungalows outdoors.

Weekday and weekend programs focused on forest, play, and reading for elementary school students, as well as ongoing programs for the general public, are being prepared.

The book camping program allows students and families to camp in bungalows while experiencing reading.

An official from the Metropolitan Office of Education said, “We will create a space where children can comfortably read books, play to their heart's content, and heal in a natural environment where the sea and forest come together.”

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