Busan Urban Corporation Hosts Smart BOOK Morning on 'Path to Future Cities'

Exploring the Path to Busan as a Future City with 7C

Busan Metropolitan Corporation (BMC, President Shin Changho) held the 27th meeting of 'Smart BOOKmorning' on the 26th.

Busan Urban Corporation is holding a Smart BOOK Morning event themed "The Road to the Future City" and taking a commemorative photo. Photo by Busan Urban Corporation

Smart BOOKmorning is an ongoing activity aimed at strengthening organizational agility and enhancing capabilities as a public developer. The latest event was held under the theme "The Road to Future Cities (Rainbow 7C & Future City)" by Professor Choi Yeol of the Department of Urban Engineering at Pusan National University.

In his lecture, Professor Choi explained the direction of future city development based on seven rainbow-like C concepts (Cyber, Cubic, Color, CPTED, Carbon Free, Culture, Creative), introducing global city cases that have applied each element.

For the Cyber city (Cyber) concept, he presented One-North in Singapore, a city focused on bio and IT industries. For Cubic city (Cubic), which emphasizes the active adoption of three-dimensional urban planning, he introduced the Roppongi Hills development case in Japan, the use of air rights in the United States, and underwater cities being conceptualized in various countries.

He suggested adopting urban environment color (Color) policies, as seen in London, UK, and Berlin, Germany, to create environments that are both attractive and easily recognizable to citizens. He also proposed implementing CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design) to build a safer city image.

Additionally, he emphasized the need to review the BedZED case in London, UK, as a direction for Busan’s future redevelopment projects in line with achieving carbon zero (Carbon Free). He predicted that enhancing urban design, linking with cultural projects (Culture), and advancing toward a creative city (Creative) with talent, technology, and tolerance would be the way for Busan to become a future city.

Professor Choi particularly stressed that for Busan to grow into a global city, it should actively adopt these 7C elements while prioritizing the formation of residential communities and comprehensive urban planning beyond simple physical environment improvements. He requested that the corporation play a leading and central role in this process.

Members who participated in the event discussed ways to address the corporation’s current challenges and move toward making Busan a global hub city, based on Professor Choi’s lecture.

Shin Changho, President of Busan Metropolitan Corporation, stated, "We will innovate our existing business methods in line with changing trends in future cities and seek new approaches to enhance the residential value for citizens," adding, "All executives and employees will do their utmost to keep pace with the changing times."

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