3.06 sq. km. covering Jungdong and Jwadong; study runs through June next year

Infrastructure, public spaces and streetscapes to be restructured in three dimensions

Busan City Hall [Provided by Busan]
Busan City Hall [Provided by Busan]

Busan has taken its first step toward a comprehensive redesign of the aging planned districts in Haeundae, which were developed more than 20 years ago. The city said Thursday it held a project launch briefing for the "Haeundae Aging Planned City Urban-Architecture Integrated Plan Strategy" that morning at a conference room on the eighth floor of City Hall.

The briefing was organized to gather expert input on the project's direction and detailed plans ahead of the full launch of the urban-architecture integrated planning study. City and city council officials, representatives from Haeundae-gu, and private-sector specialists recommended by architecture and urban planning associations attended.

The study builds on a basic renewal plan the city established in April and aims to develop a strategy for restructuring infrastructure, social overhead capital, public spaces and streetscapes in three dimensions, presenting the results as a spatially realized model based on three-dimensional modeling. The study area covers the Jungdong and Jwadong districts of Haeundae — the city's designated aging planned-city zone — spanning 3.06 square kilometers. The 12-month study runs from July this year through June next year and is being carried out by Site Planning Architecture Office.

The project is particularly significant because it marks the first time Busan has applied an integrated urban-architecture planning approach to review urban functions from a spatial perspective before proceeding with renewal work. The integrated approach examines urban planning and architectural planning together rather than separately, with the goal of enabling efficient use of space through organically connected urban functions.

The city also plans to visualize the integrated plan through three-dimensional modeling to help residents better understand the renewal project, and will develop a phased implementation strategy alongside it. However, the urban-architecture integrated plan will not carry legal binding force. To maximize the study's effectiveness and expertise, the city has assembled a separate advisory panel made up of a general coordinator, public architects and private-sector specialists in architecture and urban planning.

"We will draw up a three-dimensional and creative blueprint so that this urban-architecture integrated plan can become the standard model for renewing aging planned cities in Busan," said Min Sun-gi, director of the city's Future Space Strategy Bureau. "We will work with private-sector experts from diverse fields to complete a master plan that everyone can embrace."


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