Busan Port Authority BPA, ‘Bukhang Waterfront Park’ ... Winner of the ‘2022 Korea Land Grand Prize’

A Busan Port Authority official is taking a group commemorative photo after receiving an award at the '2022 Korea Land Grand Prize'.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] The Bukhang Waterfront Park, created through the first phase of the Bukhang redevelopment project, won the Korean Landscape Society President's Award at the 2022 Korea Land Grand Prize.

The Korea Land Grand Prize is a prestigious competition in the fields of land, urban, and landscape in Korea, hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements, and the Architectural Space Research Institute. Since July, the winners were selected through a rigorous evaluation process including document screening, on-site evaluation, public participation review, and final judging.

Busan Port Authority (BPA) aimed to return the Busan Port Bukhang, which had been closed off due to port security facilities, to the citizens by transforming all the scenic waterways into waterfront parks and establishing an overall landscape plan linking the old downtown and the sea.

The waterfront park received high praise for reflecting an excellent park design through an international competition according to BPA's landscape plan, and for creating a waterfront park embodying Bukhang's identity by placing structures that highlight the history of Busan Port within the park.

Kang Jun-seok, President of BPA, said, “We are very honored to receive the 2022 Korea Land Grand Prize,” and added, “We will continue to do our best so that Bukhang can be reborn as a world-class beautiful port and a premium port.”

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