413 Public Housing Units Including in Seocho 'Seongdwi Village' Supplied

[Asia Economy Reporter Onyu Lim] A total of 413 households, including public housing for young people, the elderly, and newlyweds, will be built in Seongdwi Village, the last shantytown in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Seongdwi Village is one of the public housing sites that the government has decided to develop to supply housing in the metropolitan area.

On the 21st, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it held the Public Housing Integrated Deliberation Committee on the 17th and conditionally approved the 'Seocho Seongdwi Village Public Housing (A1) Construction Architectural Plan' for 565-2 Bangbae-dong, Seocho-gu.

The site is a public housing district (A1) located within the Seongdwi Village district unit planning area at the foot of Umyeonsan Mountain. The main plan is to build 413 public housing units with 7 floors above ground and 1 basement floor. By detailed size, 308 public rental housing units (34㎡ and 39㎡) will be supplied for young workers, the elderly, and newlyweds, and 105 sale housing units (59㎡) will be provided.

The Seongdwi Village apartment complex will be constructed in a way that preserves the original terrain as much as possible, reflecting the characteristics of the sloped site at the foot of Umyeonsan Mountain. The lower parts of each building that meet the ground will be designed with a pilotis structure to strengthen the connection between buildings, and customized unit floor plans will be implemented for each resident.

Also, the corridors of the main buildings, which could be monotonous, will have varying widths (1.2 to 2.6 meters) to transform simple circulation spaces into shared 'living places' for residents. Shared spaces such as 6th-floor shared terraces and shared rooms in each building are planned to allow residents to meet and communicate, creating a shared village where the entire complex harmonizes with the surrounding natural environment.

Seongdwi Village was formed by migrants settling during the development of Gangnam in the 1960s and 1970s. Over decades of unregulated development, the surrounding landscape was damaged, and the area was exposed to risks such as fire and landslides, leading to continuous demands for systematic redevelopment of the region.

Kim Seongbo, Head of the Housing and Architecture Headquarters, stated, “Through the construction of public housing in Seongdwi Village, we aim to promote housing stability and improve living standards for ordinary citizens, and we expect to realize a shared residential space where culture, arts, education, and exchange environments coexist in daily life.”

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