Things Left Behind for the Places to Come
‘The operation program will be decided in light of the best proposal of operation planning, the building will be built in accordance with its motions, and the individual who proposed the plan will be put in charge of its operator.’
The above was the statement of intent delivered at the Nodeul Dream Island design competition ▼1 in June 2015. In January 2017, Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) acknowledged that this direction could not be realised, announcing that a party selected via Entrustment to Private Sector would be put in charge of its operation instead. It means that the winner of the competition had to give up the position of priority negotiator. With this, it seemed as though the dream of Nodeul Dream Island was going to end in failure. When Nodeul Island finally opened in September 2019, after four years of preparations, however, the operator was none other than that same winner of the competition. What kind of trials and tribulations did Nodeul Island have to undergo during the past four years, as it complied with the changes in the direction of the competition and in its development methods, seeking ‘operation planning and operation first,
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