A mixed-use office and culture complex up to 35 stories tall will be built in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said on the 11th that the 20th Urban and Architecture Joint Committee, held on the 10th, conditionally approved the "designation and plan for unit planning zone for lot 52 in Cheongdam-dong." The site is a commercial area along Dosan-daero within the international business core district of downtown Gangnam.
The project will be built with eight basement floors and 35 above-ground floors, with a total floor area of about 64,460.70 square meters, and will proceed as a mixed development that includes office facilities, neighborhood living facilities, and cultural and assembly facilities. A multipurpose hall to be used as a conference hall, exhibition hall, and small performance venue will be open to the public and created as a public space where various cultural and assembly activities are possible.
Along the section facing Dosan-daero (50 meters wide), a 451.9-square-meter public open space and a 280-square-meter outdoor open space will be created to provide an open resting space in the city center. In addition, a 3-meter-wide promenade-type open space is planned to improve pedestrian connectivity with Dosan-daero 94-gil (8 meters wide), a back road.
The city will go through permitting procedures, including a review by the architecture committee, start construction in the first half of next year, and aim to complete the project in 2029.
The city also approved with revisions: the decision (amendment) on the unit planning for the Konkuk University Station area; the decision (amendment) on the unit planning for the Sadang and Isu areas in Dongjak-gu; and the designation and plan decision for unit planning zones for the station areas around Gildong Station and two other stations.
The main points include transforming Rodeo Street near Konkuk University Station, where young people are actively moving in, into a youth-specialized street, and overhauling the incentive system for allowable floor area ratio to ensure a safe and distinctive pedestrian environment. In addition, the unit planning zone was expanded and plans such as the designation of a special planning area were established.
For the Sadang and Isu areas, the plan reflects a reorganization of the floor area ratio system for the unit planning (general commercial zone from 600% to 800%, semi-residential zone from 250% to 360%), an easing of the maximum height along Dongjak-daero (from 100 meters to 150 meters), improvements in the quality of the pedestrian environment through building setback lines and front open spaces, and easing of regulations in special planning zones, such as reducing the designation and recommendations for joint development.
A landscape plan to make Yangjae-daero a landmark street in Gangdong-gu was also reflected. It aims to strengthen local identity by encouraging creative architectural design, open urban spaces, landscape lighting, and facade design.
In addition, with the new designation of unit planning zones, the city will also pursue relaxations in the floor area ratio and height plans. If conditions such as distinctive architectural design, introduction of locally specialized uses, and creation of open spaces are met, up to 1.1 times the floor area ratio under the local government ordinance can be applied, and the maximum height will be eased by 5 to 10 meters compared with the existing standard, allowing higher-density, mixed-use development in station areas to proceed more flexibly.