The Nation's First Cultural Complex 'Incheon Museum Park' Accelerates... Design to Begin in January Next Year

Equipped with Art Museum, Museum, and Art Park, Opening in May 2027

Incheon Museum Park International Design Competition Winning Entry 'Memory of the Landscape' [Provided by Incheon City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City has selected the winning design for the international design competition of 'Incheon Museum Park,' the country's first cultural complex facility, and is expected to begin design work in January next year, accelerating the project.

The city announced on the 21st that the winning entry for the Incheon Museum Park international design competition, which will build a complex cultural facility including an art museum, museum, and art park, was "Memories of Landscape" by the consortium led by Tomoon Architects.

The competition attracted 82 firms from 17 countries, with 37 entries reviewed during two rounds of judging held on the 12th and 16th. Notably, the second round was broadcast live online to ensure a fair and transparent evaluation process.

"Memories of Landscape" was praised for its clear concept encompassing not only the transformation process of the Incheon Museum Park site but also the original terrain. It carefully planned various boundaries such as water and land, past and future, city and architecture, and expressed the value of Incheon through a layout that divided the space into multiple buildings while maintaining a sense of continuity.

The second place was awarded to the consortium led by POSCO A&C Architects, and third place went to the consortium led by Geonchuk Workshop Architects. The city plans to exhibit the winning and awarded works in the main lobby of City Hall for one week starting January 5 next year.

An Incheon city official stated, "Many architects from home and abroad participated in this international design competition for Incheon Museum Park," adding, "We will design and construct it to become the best cultural space in Incheon."

Incheon Museum Park will be built within the Yonghyeon-Hakik 1 Block Urban Development Project area in Hakik-dong, Michuhol-gu, with a total investment of 201.4 billion KRW and a total floor area of 41,812 square meters. It will house an art museum, museum, and art park. The city plans to relocate and expand the current municipal museum, now located in Okryeon-dong, Yeonsu-gu, to a new building within the Museum Park.

The winner of the international design competition will begin basic and detailed design work from January next year, with construction starting in 2024 and the opening scheduled for May 2027. The Museum Park was originally planned to open in 2025, but the opening was postponed by two years considering the international design competition and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's second round of local finance central investment review schedules.

Incheon opened and operated the Incheon Municipal Art Hall, the first local city art museum, in 1946, but it has not operated a municipal art museum since it was closed during the post-liberation turmoil.

Among special and metropolitan cities such as Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Daejeon, and Ulsan, Incheon is the only city without a municipal art museum.

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