Guri-si Introduces 'Universal Design' in Agricultural and Marine Products Wholesale Market

Promotion of Design Establishment Service
Creating a Space Convenient for Everyone
First to Be Selected Seven Times for the Gyeonggi-do Public Design Contest

Guri City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Baek Kyung-hyun) is promoting a 'Universal Design Project' to make the Guri Agricultural and Marine Products Wholesale Market a space that is convenient for everyone to use.

Status of Universal Design Projects for Transportation-Disadvantaged in 2025 (Guri Agricultural and Marine Products Wholesale Market, Fruit and Vegetable Building). Provided by Guri City

According to Guri City on the 18th, the access and movement space of the fruit and vegetable building at the Guri Agricultural and Marine Products Wholesale Market was selected as the target for the Gyeonggi-do Public Design (Universal Design) contest project. It has been selected for six consecutive years since 2017, and this is the seventh time.

Guri City has initiated a design establishment service to create a consistent space that is convenient for everyone to use in the fruit and vegetable building of the Guri Agricultural and Marine Products Wholesale Market, and appointed Professor Song Jae-hyuk of Yongin University of Science and Arts as the Master Planner (MP) for the project.

Subsequently, meetings were held with the City Hall Urban Planning Department's Urban Design Team, the Guri Agricultural and Marine Products Corporation's Facility Improvement Team, and a professional design service company to identify issues with access spaces and derive improvement results.

Guri City plans to complete the design establishment service in June after review by the Gyeonggi-do Public Design Promotion Committee through consultation with the Master Planner (MP). To ensure smooth project progress, meetings with related departments will be held regularly to establish effective universal design application improvement plans.

Mayor Baek Kyung-hyun of Guri City requested, “Please establish a differentiated design plan suitable for the Guri Agricultural and Marine Products Wholesale Market and settle the universal design project unique to Guri City so that it can grow into a truly universal design city.”

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