Busan Urban Corporation Announces Architectural Design Competition for 'Game Convergence Space'

Game Industry Infrastructure Development, Attracting Domestic and International Game Companies, and Creating Youth Jobs

Busan City and Busan Metropolitan Corporation (BMC) announced the "Game Convergence Space Construction Commissioned Development Project Design Competition" on the 28th.

The game convergence space construction project promoted by BMC is a commissioned development project by Busan City, implemented to establish game content infrastructure and build support facilities for the game industry in the region. The purpose is to strengthen the competitiveness of related industries and attract domestic and international game-related companies to Busan, providing quality jobs for local youth.

The project site is located in Centum City, where synergy effects are expected with numerous nearby knowledge industry centers and game culture industry-related institutions.

This project will select an architectural design plan through a general design competition. The design fee is approximately 3.1 billion KRW, and the construction scale is planned as a knowledge industry center and neighborhood living facilities with three basement floors and 18 above-ground floors, totaling a gross floor area of 26,658㎡.

BMC will start the design competition announcement on October 25, proceed with participant registration from November 5 to 7, and accept submissions on January 23, 2025, which is 90 days from the announcement date. After evaluation in February, the final winning design will be announced.

Detailed information about the competition can be found on the corporation’s website, Seumter, and Nara Marketplace. The selected company will be granted basic and detailed design rights, and prize money will be awarded differentially to winners.

To ensure a fair and smooth design competition, BMC will have a technical review committee composed of experts in the relevant fields review submissions for violations of related laws and competition guidelines, and select the final winning design through voting.

President Kim Yonghak said, “We hope that an excellent work reflecting design elements suitable for the advanced tech era will be selected through this design competition,” and added, “We hope the game convergence space project, which will be a core hub of Busan’s game culture industry, will invigorate the local economy.”

Busan Urban Corporation.

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