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Meaning of the Landscape Awards that Elevate the Urban Quality
Busan City announced four award-winning entries for the ‘Beautiful Landscape Awards’ in its 13th year. This contest was conducted with the goal of ‘A Happy Garden City of Busan Where Integrity Breathes,’ to discover excellent landscape works that enhance the quality of the city.
A total of 14 entries were submitted from the public and private sectors, garnering significant interest. The Landscape Award plays an important role in improving local scenery and creating a sustainable urban environment.
Submission and Evaluation Criteria
This submission was conducted from August 6 to September 12, and on November 18, a review was conducted by experts inside and outside of Busan City, resulting in a selection of four entries. This includes one main award, two excellence awards, and one superior award.
The evaluation was based on multiple criteria, including responsiveness to climate change, creativity, harmony with the surrounding environment, construction completeness, and integrity. Through this assessment, the environmental contributions such as urban heat island mitigation and the innovation of landscape design were comprehensively reviewed, which is significant for indicating the future direction of urban scenery.
Introduction of This Year's Award-Winning Entries
This year's main award was given to 'Cheonghak Healing' in Yeongdo-gu.
This project is a case of transforming an old reservoir into a garden-like resting place, creating exercise spaces through various walking paths and barefoot paths made of red clay. Additionally, it features a variety of plant species and showcases a high level of landscape design.
The park creation, reflecting the diverse lifestyles of urban residents such as exercise, rest, and contemplation, has been significantly recognized for its urban regeneration effects. This approach contributes to providing residents with a better quality of life.
Two locations were selected for the excellence award. The 'Jurye Open Library' located in Sasang-gu impresses with its harmonious design of architecture and landscaping. Moreover, 'Baeksok Changpa' by Busan Urban Corporation received high praise for its landscape design that utilizes coastal scenery.
The superior award went to 'Everyone's Garden' by Momos Coffee. This space was highly regarded for its value as a private garden easily experienced in everyday life and its completeness as a space.
Award Ceremony Schedule and Future Plans
The award ceremony will take place on December 10 at 5 PM in Room 1 on the 12th floor of Busan City Hall.
During this event, the Busan Mayor's Award will be given to the ordering party, designer, and constructor, and an award commemorative plaque will be attached to each landscaping site to enhance its prestige.
Busan City aims to continuously discover excellent landscaping examples, including award-winning works, to spread a garden culture that citizens can experience in their daily lives. In addition, efforts will be made to realize the goal of ‘Garden City Busan’ through the expansion of green infrastructure and the improvement of urban scenery.
Conclusion: Direction of Busan as a Garden City
With the holding of the 13th Beautiful Landscape Awards, it has been proven that the level of landscaping in Busan continues to improve.
The award-winning ‘Cheonghak Healing’ regenerates an old space into a resting place for local residents, while ‘Jurye Open Library’ and ‘Baeksok Changpa’ are noted as examples of harmoniously combining architecture, coastal scenery, and landscaping. Additionally, ‘Everyone's Garden’ presents new possibilities for private gardens and illustrates the meeting of city and landscaping well.
Based on these successful cases, Busan City plans to expand high-quality green spaces and gardens that citizens can feel throughout the city.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q. What does the Beautiful Landscape Award of Busan City signify?
The Beautiful Landscape Award of Busan City is an award that enhances urban quality and creates a sustainable environment.
The Beautiful Landscape Award of Busan City is a contest aimed at discovering excellent landscaping works that improve the city's scenery and raise the quality of life for citizens. This contest especially aims for ‘A Happy Garden City of Busan Where Integrity Breathes,’ focusing on environmental contributions and enhancing urban quality through landscaping. Through such awards, Busan City aims to create a sustainable urban environment and spread garden culture.
Q. How many works participated in this year's Busan Beautiful Landscape Award Contest, and what was the submission period?
This year, a total of 14 works were received, and submissions were accepted from August 6 to September 12.
A total of 14 works were submitted for the 13th Busan Beautiful Landscape Award contest from both public and private sectors. The submission period was from August 6 to September 12, and various landscaping works were presented, garnering high interest. Subsequently, on November 18, a selection process was held, leading to the determination of four award-winning works from the main award to the excellence awards.
Q. What criteria are included in the evaluation of the Busan Beautiful Landscape Award?
Criteria for evaluation include climate change response, creativity, harmony with the surrounding environment, construction completeness, and integrity.
The evaluation focuses on the ability to respond to climate change and creativity while assessing how harmoniously the works blend with the surrounding environment. Additionally, the completeness of construction and integrity are considered to select fair and well-completed landscaping works. These criteria reflect both environmental contributions, such as urban heat island mitigation, and design innovation, presenting the future direction for urban landscape.
Q. What characteristics does this year's main award-winning work 'Cheonghak Healing' have?
'Cheonghak Healing' is an outstanding landscaping project that regenerated an old reservoir into a resting and exercise space.
Located in Yeongdo-gu, ‘Cheonghak Healing’ has transformed an old reservoir into a park-like resting place, creating various walking paths and a barefoot trail made of red clay to secure an exercise space. It has planted various plant species and applied high-level landscape design, having a significant urban regeneration effect, reflecting diverse lifestyles of urban residents, such as exercise, rest, and contemplation. This project has been recognized as a landscaping work greatly contributing to improving the quality of life for urban residents.
Q. How are the award-winning works related to the development direction of Busan City?
The award-winning works contribute to the city's plans for garden city creation and green space expansion.
The works recognized at the 13th Beautiful Landscape Awards are evaluated as important examples for Busan City's path toward becoming a garden city. 'Cheonghak Healing,' 'Jurye Open Library,' and 'Baeksok Changpa' showcase harmony between urban regeneration, architecture, coastal scenery, and landscaping, while 'Everyone's Garden' suggests new possibilities for private gardens. Based on these excellent examples, Busan City plans to expand high-quality green spaces that citizens can feel throughout the city, fostering garden culture.