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Busan Metropolitan City Holds Kickoff Briefing for the “Strategic Plan for Integrated Urban and Architectural Planning for the Haeundae Aging Planned City”

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Mayor Chun Jae-soo, announced that it will hold a kickoff briefing at 10:00 a.m. today, August 27, in a conference room on the eighth floor of City Hall to facilitate the smooth implementation of the “Strategic Plan for Integrated Urban and Architectural Planning for the Haeundae Aging Planned City.”

The kickoff briefing has been organized to gather opinions from experts and other stakeholders before the full-scale launch of the project to prepare an integrated urban and architectural plan for the Haeundae aging planned city, which was developed more than 20 years ago.

Based on the Master Plan for the Redevelopment of Aging Planned Cities established this April, the project aims to develop strategies for three-dimensional restructuring of infrastructure, community social overhead capital facilities, public spaces, landscapes, and other urban elements, and to present a spatial implementation model based on three-dimensional modeling.

In particular, this project marks the first time Busan Metropolitan City has introduced an integrated urban and architectural planning approach, enabling a comprehensive review of urban functions from a spatial perspective prior to improvements to the aging planned city.

Integrated urban and architectural planning is an approach that reviews two-dimensional urban planning and three-dimensional architectural planning together rather than separately, with the aim of developing an efficient spatial utilization plan in which urban functions are organically interconnected.

The City also plans to use a visualized integrated plan based on three-dimensional modeling to improve residents’ understanding of redevelopment projects and establish phased implementation strategies.

However, because the integrated urban and architectural plan being developed through this project will not be legally binding, the City also plans to consult with relevant departments so that the project results can be reflected in future plans.

To maximize the effectiveness and professional quality of the project, the City has established a separate advisory group composed of the General Coordinator, Public Architects, and private-sector experts in architecture and urban planning.

Throughout the project, the advisory group will closely examine its feasibility and viability and play a central role in providing in-depth advice to ensure the smooth integration of urban planning and architectural planning.

Min Soon-ki, Director General of the Future Spatial Strategy Bureau, said, “We will develop a three-dimensional and creative blueprint so that this integrated urban and architectural plan can become a successful standard model for Busan’s approach to improving aging planned cities.”

He added, “Together with the advisory group and private-sector experts from a wide range of fields, we will bring our collective expertise together to complete a master plan that can earn broad public support.”