20/10/2023
[New Release] HOW DOES A CITY BECOME A BRAND?
Book Information:
Author: Kang Dea-hoon
Price: 20,000 KRW
Contact: Lee Yong-won ([email protected] / 010 6669 72
Excerpt
“Beijing did not place declining industries in the city center. I created the concept and planted the art. Like the Daehwa Industrial Complex in Daejeon, the lifespan of the factory area could have been extended by making some improvements, but it was creatively transformed by creating a new spatial concept. The power of art lies in seeing even poverty and deprivation as material for creation. Hip hop was born in the factory basements of Detroit, a decaying automobile factory city. Alternative music is also avant-garde music that originated in industrial complexes. Detroit is being revived from an industrial complex to a cultural complex and, with the momentum, to a venture complex. Beijing's 798 Art District has become another future where tradition and modernity coexist. Beijing is not only a political city where the National People's Congress is held. “It is a laboratory of the Chinese dream, filled with funky style workers, artists from overseas, the people of Beijing, and tourists.”
"If we design the concept of creating a hub city properly, the substructure strategy will undoubtedly be very strong. Yeongjongdo Airport City in Incheon Free Economic Zone, in order to turn the hotel itself into an entertainment hotel city, entertainment, and cultural complex, it attracts many global brand hotels into this area. Intercity, Ramada, Skypark, and Onoma Hotel, which are luxury hotels recently built in Daejeon, are one type of hotels that is without yards. These hotels do not have space for culture and leisure activity. When I was on my business trip, I realized the importance of hotel. A hotel is not just a place to sleep. The hotel itself is an attraction that induces tourism."
“Minato Mirai 21, which started in 1982, took a full 18 years from concept design to consultation with stakeholders. After the agreement, construction proceeded at a rapid speed, and urban regeneration was completed in just four years from 1991 to 1994. The implementing entities are the government, Yokohama City, and Pacifico Yokohama Corp, a private third sector company. Looking at Japan's decision-making process for urban development, the private sector, government, and officials create an 'executive committee' and start studying. When you go to Benkyokai, also as known as a study group, the enthusiasm for seeking knowledge is immense. Everyone, from young practitioners to gray-haired local officials and civil servants, study intensively like graduate students. This is different from the Korean practice of providing ‘services’ without learning anything when doing a development project. Through deliberation, this committee established the concept of ‘Creative City YOKOHAMA’, which aims to revitalize Yokohama from the perspective of culture, arts, and tourism.”