Garam Apartment in Ilwon-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, will be transformed into a complex with up to 25 floors and 818 households.
The Seoul city government said on the 25th that it approved with amendments the decision plan for the Ilwon-dong Garam Apartment reconstruction project at the 14th Urban Planning Committee's delegated subcommittee held on the 24th. Garam Apartment, an aging complex completed in 1993 on the slopes of Daemosan, will have its land-use zone changed to Type 2 general residential through this maintenance plan.
A Kids Land of about 3,000 square meters in total floor area will also be created within the complex. Kids Land will operate as a children's job-experience center where kids can experience various occupations such as doctors, police officers, and firefighters, and it will be open to all citizens as well as local residents. In addition, an escalator for local residents will be installed at Exit 5 of Ilwon Station, and a passageway will be built to connect Ilwon Station with the interior of the complex.
Garam Apartment, along with Sangroksu Apartment, is among the first to have its maintenance plan approved out of nine complexes pursuing reconstruction within the district-unit planning zone of the Suseo housing site development district.
Gwangjang Geukdong Apartment in Gwangjin District, Seoul, will be reborn as a complex with 2,049 households. Gwangjang Geukdong Apartment is pursuing an integrated reconstruction of Phase 1 (448 households), completed in 1985, and Phase 2 (896 households), completed in 1989.
Green space along Cheonho-daero will be reorganized, and the Gwangnaru Station subway entrance will be moved inside the complex to improve access and convenience. Within the complex, a home-based senior welfare center, a Seoul-style kids cafe, a community child care center, and a daycare center will be built.
Two plans titled "designation of maintenance zones and decision on maintenance plans for housing maintenance-type redevelopment projects" for the areas around 1036 Doksan-dong (Doksan Zone 1) and around 1072 Doksan-dong (Doksan Zone 2) were also approved with amendments. The two zones will simultaneously pursue the speedy integrated planning (SIP) to expand infrastructure. A 20-meter-wide, four-lane road connecting Siheung-daero and Doksan-ro will be newly built, and pedestrian convenience facilities will be installed in sections that were inconvenient due to slopes or level differences. The land-use zone will be raised from Type 2 to Type 3 to ease the permitted floor area ratio, and a business feasibility correction coefficient will be applied to enhance profitability. Up to 40 stories with a total of 4,143 households (including 713 rental households) will be built.
The plan titled "decision on the maintenance plan and designation of the maintenance zone for the Sadang Zone 17 housing maintenance-type redevelopment project" in Dongjak District was also approved with amendments, transforming the area into a residential complex with 856 households. It took 14 months from selection as an SIP candidate site to review by the Urban Planning Committee's delegated subcommittee, the fastest since SIP was introduced. With a floor area ratio of 249.79%, 856 multifamily dwellings (including 143 rental dwellings) will be supplied, and a skyline in harmony with nearby multifamily dwellings and Hyeonchung Neighborhood Park will be created with a maximum height of 23 floors (elevation 103 meters). Considering the area's steep slopes and large height differences, walkways will be connected with decks, and Dongjak-daero 35-gil and surrounding roads will be improved.