The urban renewal-type redevelopment project for the front area Zone 1 of the Yongsan Maintenance Depot in Seoul will get underway in earnest.
The Seoul city government said on the 19th that the 12th integrated redevelopment review committee, held on the 18th, conditionally approved an integrated review plan covering seven areas—architecture, landscape, traffic, education, environment, disaster, and parks—for the urban renewal-type redevelopment project for the front area Zone 1 of the Yongsan Maintenance Depot.
The site is around 40-641, Hangang-ro 3-ga, near Yongsan Station and Sinyongsan Station, and borders the Yongsan International Business District urban development zone.
The site, currently packed with aging low-rise buildings, will house 706 apartments up to 24 stories (including 114 rental units) and 624 officetel rooms. Retail will be placed on the first and second floors, and office space will be created near the Yongsan Station intersection, shaping a mixed residential-office complex.
Infrastructure expansion will proceed in tandem. Reflecting the metropolitan traffic improvement plan of the Yongsan International Business District urban development project, the width of Hangang-daero 21-gil will be expanded to 45–50 meters, and public open space and a cultural park will be provided.
A reconstruction project in an aging quasi-industrial area near Ttukseom Station in Seongdong District, Seoul, also passed the city's integrated review. The city conditionally approved an integrated review across five areas—architecture, landscape, traffic, education, and disaster—for the "Seongsu 1 dwellings reconstruction maintenance project" around 656-1267, Seongsu-dong 1-ga.
The Seongsu-dong 1-ga area was designated a maintenance zone in 2008 but stagnated for a long time due to poor business feasibility. Then last year, with eased floor area ratio rules for quasi-industrial areas and application of the legal maximum floor area ratio, the project secured feasibility and regained momentum.
The site will have three buildings up to 31 stories with 290 units (including 37 public rental units). The plan includes a communication plaza within the complex, community spaces using ground-level pilotis, and the installation of open public facilities.
The site was included in the "Seongsu IT Culture Content Industry and Distribution Development Promotion District." The city said, "A synergy effect is expected between local industry development and residential area maintenance."
Banpo Mido 1st Apartments in Seocho District, Seoul, passed the integrated review about eight months after winning approval to establish a cooperative in September last year. The city conditionally approved an integrated review plan across seven areas—architecture, landscape, education, traffic, disaster, environment, and parks—for the "Banpo Mido 1st Apartments reconstruction project" around 60-4, Banpo-dong, Seocho District.
The site is located by Express Bus Terminal Station on subway Lines 3, 7, and 9, south of the Seoul Express Bus Terminal, and east of Seoripul Park and the Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital. The site will be reborn as a residential complex up to 49 stories with 1,743 units.
Two public pedestrian passages linked to the entrance of the Seoripul Park walking trail will be built on the north side of the complex, and elevators will be installed. The public pedestrian passages will include open community facilities such as a small library, a senior center, and a residents' rest facility.