Changwon Special City Hosts Jinhae Modern Urban Architecture International Forum Both Online and Offline Simultaneously

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam held an international forum both online and offline simultaneously at the Citizen Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Song Jong-gu] On the 14th, Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam held an international forum both online and offline simultaneously at the City Hall Citizen Hall under the theme "The Flow of Jinhae Modern Urban Architecture According to the Axis of Time: Recording the Past, Establishing the Value of the Present, and Presenting Future Directions."

The original downtown area of Jinhae was recognized for its value as Korea's first modern planned city, with a concentrated preservation of urban landscapes and modern architectural assets, and was designated as a spatial unit cultural heritage in November last year.

The 2022 Jinhae Modern Urban Architecture International Forum was organized to reexamine the concepts of modern cities and modern architecture, focusing on the architecture, history, and culture of East Asian military and port cities during the modern period, and to suggest directions for the preservation and utilization of Jinhae's modern historical and cultural spaces with citizen participation.

The forum began with a keynote presentation titled "Directions for Jinhae Modern Historical and Cultural Spaces" by Professor Park Jin-seok (Department of Architecture, Gyeongnam National University), followed by thematic presentations including "Japan's Colonial Town Development Using Military Sites ? Focusing on Yongsan, Seoul Around 1900" by Dr. Nam Yong-hyeop (Researcher at Nagoya University), "On-site Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage" by Kanehiro Akira (USC Architectural Design Office, Yokohama), and "Japanese Houses in Various Countries" by Yusu Kamata (Tokyo Arts and Space, TOKAS).

Jo Myeong-rae, the second vice mayor, stated, "I hope that through this international forum, various academic contents will be shared, serving as an opportunity to further promote the value of Jinhae's modern historical and cultural spaces as cultural heritage," and added, "We will create modern historical and cultural spaces that can develop the urban identity of Jinhae's original downtown area so that it can be utilized as a representative historical and cultural tourism resource of Changwon in the future."

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