Gwangmyeong City to Build Integrated Cultural Facility

[Suwon Ilbo=Yu Je-seong reporter] Gwangmyeong City is creating an integrated space encompassing culture, arts, and learning, enabling citizens to enjoy a more enriched quality of life through spatial welfare initiatives.

On the 29th, the city held a final report meeting on the ‘Basic and Detailed Design Project for the Construction of Iljik-dong Cultural Arts Complex Center and Public Library’ at the City Hall Conference Room, finalizing design direction and spatial composition plans.

The ‘Cultural Arts Complex Center’ and ‘Public Library’ will be constructed within the Gwangmyeong Cultural Park site (528-1, Iljik-dong), each with one basement level and four above-ground floors.

The Cultural Arts Complex Center will have a total floor area of 4,985 square meters, and the Public Library will have a total floor area of 3,694 square meters. Both facilities are scheduled to begin construction in February next year and target completion in January 2028.

The Cultural Arts Complex Center will house △performance venue △open gallery △community culture center △community lounge, while the Public Library will feature △tiered bookshelves △children's resource room △specialized resource room △general resource room and more.

In particular, while preserving each facility's unique function, the two facilities will be designed with organically connected internal and external circulation patterns and design, creating an open integrated space where citizens can freely move about and utilize. The facilities are expected to enrich the region's cultural foundation by creating a unified space where culture, arts, and education blend harmoniously.

Additionally, since the facilities will be situated within park grounds, folding glass doors will be installed on the lower level to remove barriers between indoor and outdoor spaces and enhance openness, allowing citizens to enjoy rest and leisure in nature.

The performance venue of the Cultural Arts Complex Center will showcase diverse seasonal cultural and arts performances in connection with an outdoor stage, while the tiered bookshelves in the Public Library will provide a comfortable reading space where patrons can enjoy sunlight and greenery.

The city plans to complete basic and detailed design by December and will entrust the construction to Gwangmyeong City Development Corporation.

Mayor Park Seung-won stated, “This integrated facility will be an open space where arts and learning naturally permeate citizens’ daily lives,” and added, “We will expand cultural infrastructure to enhance quality of life and build a city where people and culture grow together.”