Architecture Organizations, "National Architecture Policy Committee Should Remain Under the President"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Seoyul] More than 30 architectural organizations have issued a joint statement urging the National Architecture Policy Committee to remain under the President's jurisdiction.

According to the Korea Institute of Registered Architects on the 24th, over 30 architecture-related organizations, including the Korea Federation of Architectural Organizations, announced a joint statement at the Architecture Society Hall the previous day, calling for the National Architecture Policy Committee to remain under the President.

The joint statement announcement was led by the Korea Federation of Architectural Organizations (Korea Institute of Registered Architects, Korea Institute of Architects, Architectural Institute of Korea), with participation from the Korean Women Architects Association, the Korean Architectural Policy Society, and 30 other broad architectural sectors including landscape architecture, history, education, and urban planning.

The National Architecture Policy Committee was established under the President in December 2008 and has provided a roadmap for architectural development based on the Framework Act on Architecture. However, recently, as the government plans to consolidate 246 out of 636 government committees, the National Architecture Policy Committee is expected to be transferred from the President's jurisdiction to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

In response, architecture-related organizations argue that this change could lead to a loss of integration and coordination capabilities in national architectural policy and expressed concerns about the current government's architectural policy direction. The joint statement includes demands for ▲ cross-ministerial architectural policy review and coordination ▲ expansion of the architectural policy control tower role ▲ continued existence of the National Architecture Policy Committee under the President.

Seok Jeong-hoon, President of the Korea Federation of Architectural Organizations, emphasized, “For the safety of the people, the development of architectural culture comparable to advanced countries, and the success of K-Architecture, it is essential to realize unified policies and have an independent specialized institution capable of integrating and coordinating architecture-related policies at the cross-ministerial level.”

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