Ulju Nambu Integrated Health Center Installs Resident-Participatory EconoQuick Health Stairs

Ulsan Ulju-gun Southern Integrated Health Center has developed and installed the nation’s first ‘EconoQuick (Economic+Quick)’ health stairs.

Ulju-gun mandates the installation of health stairs as a condition for approving business plans for newly constructed apartments with over 100 households. However, existing apartments have found it difficult to gather residents’ opinions due to cost issues and a lack of perceived necessity for installation.

The EconoQuick health stairs were developed to address these issues, significantly reducing costs by purchasing custom-made products and installing them without additional construction work.

In particular, as a resident-led health stair project where residents participate directly from planning and design to installation, it enhances users’ sense of ownership and attachment, thereby increasing the utilization of the health stairs.

EconoQuick Health Stairs.

The EconoQuick health stairs have been pilot-installed at five passages across three locations, including the Southern Ulju-gun Korea Zinc company housing and Yeongwon Apartments. At the Korea Zinc company housing, residents’ ideas led to the creation of a health stair nameplate made of zinc plates featuring the company logo, which received a positive response.

A representative from the Southern Integrated Health Center said, “This resident-participation type EconoQuick health stair installation is expected to be a meaningful opportunity to increase the local residents’ practice rate of healthy living and satisfaction with health projects.”

For more details about the health stairs, please contact the fitness room at the Southern Integrated Health Center in Ulju-gun.

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