The Busan International Architectural Culture Festival (BIACF) is hosting the Busan Architectural Tour every Saturday and Sunday from September 3 to November 27, 2022. The architectural tours in the first half of the year have successfully finished.
The tour aims to promote Busan’s outstanding urban architecture to Korean and foreign tourists and local residents.
The guided tour will be provided in Korean and has four courses - Architecture Tour in Centum City, Culture Belt, Old Town and History and Tradition.
Centum City Architecture Tour
Busan Museum of Art, BEXCO, Garden in Shinsegae Centum City Mall, Busan Cinema Center
Culture Belt Architecture Tour
Busan Cultural Center, UN Memorial Cemetery, National Memorial Museum of Forced Mobilization under Japanese Occupation, United Nations Peace Memorial Hall
Old Town Architecture Tour
Hansung 1918, Baeksan Memorial Hall, Busan Provincial Meteorological Administration, Bokbyeongsan Mountain Reservoir, Busan Cathedral of the Anglican Church of Korea
History and Tradition Architecture Tour
Dongnaeeupseong Imjinwaeran Museum, Janggwancheong (Office of Military Affairs), Dongnae-bu Magistrate's Office, Dongnaehyanggyo Local Confucian School, Site of Dongnaeeupseong Walled Town
The tour begins at 2:00 p.m. every Saturday and 10:00 a.m. every Sunday from September 3 to November 27, 2022 and takes about two hours and thirty minutes to complete. Online registration is required at www.biacf.or.kr. (Korean) The tour requires at least three attendees to register the day before the tour.
The tour costs 5,000 won per person and souvenirs will be provided to participants.
Please contact BIACF at (051)744-7728 for more information.
Website: http://www.biacf.org/?d=news&f=notice&page=1&sfield=&sstring=&mode=view&b_idx=198 (Korean)
The Busan International Architectural Culture Festival (BAF) is an open and public organization that has been hosting a variety of events since 2001, including international design competitions, academic conferences and lectures, workshops, exhibitions, events, and research service projects in order to seek and implement ways to develop the architecture and city environment of Busan with the participation of architects and interested citizens.