Seoul City to Launch Service Contracts Worth 11.7 Billion KRW in Urban Regeneration and Architecture This Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Onyu Lim] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 15th that it plans to commission a total of 53 service projects worth 11.7 billion KRW this year in the fields of urban regeneration and architecture.

The projects include services from six offices, bureaus, and headquarters: the Urban Regeneration Office, Urban Planning Bureau, Housing and Architecture Headquarters, Regional Development Headquarters, Public Development Planning Team, and Urban Space Improvement Team. Detailed information will be compiled in a service project booklet and released on the Urban Regeneration Portal on the same day.

The Urban Regeneration Office will commission 13 projects, including the creation of the Independence Memorial Road on Hyochangwon-ro; the Urban Planning Bureau will commission 15 projects, including the reestablishment of landscape planning; and the Housing and Architecture Headquarters will commission 9 projects, including the revision of the basic plan for remodeling apartment complexes.

The Regional Development Headquarters will commission 10 projects, including the establishment of a three-dimensional urban space plan to enhance the role of the northeastern metropolitan hub; the Public Development Planning Team and Urban Space Improvement Team will commission 6 projects, including the establishment of utilization plans for pilot projects of three-dimensional complex cities.

The scale of service projects in the urban regeneration and architecture fields this year has decreased by about 40% in terms of amount compared to last year’s 73 projects worth 19.4 billion KRW, due to the impact of COVID-19 and other factors.

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