Gwangju City "Submit Your Urban Regeneration Ideas"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Gwangju Metropolitan City is promoting an ‘Urban Regeneration Idea Contest.’

Gwangju City, together with the Gwangju Urban Regeneration Community Center, is holding a contest under the theme ‘Urban Regeneration Anchor Facility Operation Plan and Space Design Idea Contest,’ accepting submissions from the 18th of this month until the 15th of next month.

‘Urban Regeneration Anchor Facilities’ are necessary facilities within the area where urban regeneration project seed money is invested, allowing operating entities to plan and manage the space. In particular, it refers to resident-shared spaces such as playgrounds jointly used by residents, village halls, shared workshops, or shared lounges.

The contest scope covers urban regeneration revitalization areas, but additional points will be given for ideas supporting the operation plans and space designs of anchor facilities in areas currently undergoing the Urban Regeneration New Deal Project (17 areas, 54 anchor facilities). The results of the contest will also be supported for practical use on site.

The contest fields are ▲Anchor Facility Operation Plan and ▲Anchor Facility Space Design. The ‘Anchor Facility Operation Plan’ field seeks ideas for sustainable operation and management after the facility construction project is completed, while the ‘Anchor Facility Space Design’ field seeks master plan ideas for space design needed during site acquisition or facility remodeling processes.

The evaluation process includes a first round of screening, followed by a detailed consulting workshop for the selected teams, and then a second round of presentation evaluation.

The workshop consists of on-site consulting for the ideas, conducted in a way to discover ideas with enhanced practicality through specific advice.

Gwangju City and others will select a total of 10 works including grand prize, excellence awards, and merit awards from the submitted entries. The grand prize winner, selected as an excellent idea, will receive the Gwangju Metropolitan City Mayor’s Award along with a prize of 1.5 million KRW.

Son Ok-su, Director of the Urban Regeneration Policy Division, said, “We ask for much interest and participation so that the various excellent ideas discovered through this idea contest can be actively utilized in the operation and design of major anchor facilities in urban regeneration revitalization areas and Urban Regeneration New Deal projects.”

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