economy

In keeping with the period of comprehensive development of socialism, the Workers’ Party of Korea is dynamically pushing ahead with the unconditional and perfect implementation of the regional development policy in the new era.

In order to bring about an evident change in the development of the regional economy and the improvement of the people’s living standards, the Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the WPK officially included the construction of three essential projects—facilities for advanced healthcare, science, education and leisure, and grain storage—in the new regional development policy to be pushed additionally in parallel with the construction of regional-industry factories.

The decision was adopted not because the country has enough economic power to spare and the conditions are favourable.

As the ideal society of prosperity desired by the people should not remain a dream and it was an important state affair, which can no longer be overlooked and delayed, to realize the centuries-old desire of the regional people, the WPK made such a tough and bold decision in the difficult period.

In order to carry out this important task successfully, it is crucial to make good architectural designs, including the plans of formation, taking into account the sizes and characteristics of buildings according to the geographical conditions and populations.

The architecture of the DPRK is the one embodying the people-first principle. In order to reflect the people’s aspirations and demands in every dot and line of architectural designs, it is imperative to ensure functionality, convenience and diversity in architecture.

To this end, the functions of buildings must be selected correctly and all the architectural space and elements be arranged according to the functional requirements of the buildings.

For instance, in the construction of hospitals, the management of buildings and the arrangement of spaces and passages can be improved by placing rooms centring on the treatment function.

It is important to correctly select the functions that are well correlated and not conflicting to each other in the complex organization of various functions with different missions within one building.

It is also important to select the units of composition of architectural space and combine them properly.

To do so, we must find out different types of architectural components and combine them in various modes.

The officials in the field of architecture are very enthusiastic about successfully completing the construction of the three essential projects as intended by the Party.