✌: A tobacco-manufacturing plant in Daegu, Korea

⚠ Warning : I'm not good at English

DAEGU

(From: http://www.chpri.org/main.asp)

This isn't working, it closed in 1999 because of economic problems.

This area is about 45000㎡ and about 10000㎡ are given for City from KT&G, the only tobacco company of Korea.

It was an annex of the tobacco plant. Now it has been changed to
an art building in 2012.

Although it doesn't attract many people, trying to reuse the building is much better than tearing down and building a new building.

This is a main building of the plant.

Although small part of this building is given to the city, Daegu,

now it's just using as a warehouse.

I have called KT&G, the owner, and the city hall to ask what's the plan of that lot.

a man working in KT&G told me that they will build residential and commercial complex in there and a person working in the city hall told me they don't know anything.

the rumor of building residential and commercial complex have kept hearing from old times.

However, this place isn't so attractive place for people who want to live and run a normal store because it's suroudned by factories and a railway and hasn't good traffic facilities.

I think this has 3 features.

First it's located in not so far from the center of the city and therefore it has a good possibility to approach easily.

Second there's no like this scale of building especially in downtown.

Third it is surrounded by factories handle iron goods and stores selling tools for that reason this area is very silent in the evening and at weekend.

(From: http://www.daeguartfactory.kr/)

I think the reason why although this reusing building is a unique, nice and innovative structure , it doesn't attract many citizen and tourist is it's only for person who has a goal to visit this building or place.In other words most of people don't come to this place to just enjoy and look around. Because art isn't so familiar with citizen in Daegu and this place function just a exhibition, this means there's no reason to stay long.

If it want to be activated or hope to be like Tate modern or other successful reusing brownfield, it need to change the role and adapt the function that is the most suitable and can gather people equally.

(From: Wikipedia)

This is Chelsea Market in New-York.

I think, this way is the best way for the tobacco plant in Daegu because market, restaurants and stores is attractive functions for most people, not particular people. Anyone can take an interest in buying, eating something and looking around easily.

I just guess giving stores or places to Artists and designers who don't have enough opportunity to make their works and sell them and operating all of stores, restaurants and market with low prices to let all people in with a light heart can make this place more attractive and unique.