Seoul Subway Line 5 Yeongdeungpo Market Station Selected for Excellent Design (GD) Work

A 25-Year-Old Station Reborn as a Cultural and Artistic Hub Recognized for Design Excellence... Selected for Two Consecutive Years Following 2020's 'Sangdo Station Metro Farm' and 'Line 5 & 7 Train Design'

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seoul Metro (President Kim Sang-beom) announced on the 3rd that Yeongdeungpo Market Station on Line 5, created through the Seoul Culture and Arts Subway project, was selected as an Excellent Design (GD) product in the Space/Environment Design category at the 2021 Good Design Award.

Market Madang (B1)

The Excellent Design (GD) product selection is a system hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and organized by the Korea Institute of Design Promotion, which awards the government certification symbol GD (Good Design) to products with outstanding design.

The Excellent Design (GD) product selection has been conducted annually since 1985 under the Industrial Design Promotion Act, evaluating design products in a total of seven categories including product design, visual/information design, and space/environment design.

Yeongdeungpo Market Station, selected as a 2021 Excellent Design product, had been aging since its opening in 1996 for 25 years, but was reborn through the Seoul Culture and Arts Subway project aimed at improving citizens' quality of life and cultural level.

Lounge Sai (B2)

Currently, Yeongdeungpo Market Station is attracting attention as a cultural and artistic hub where market merchants, passengers, local artists, and citizens can all enjoy and interact, featuring a cafe, exhibition hall, and studio.

Yeongdeungpo Market Station is composed of various cultural and artistic spaces such as MARKET Madang, where offline markets and exhibitions take place; CREATIVE Lab, consisting of studios and exhibition spaces for creators; LOUNGE Sai, a space divided into a gallery, cafe, and community room; and STAIR Museum, which exhibits works by Yeongdeungpo-based artists on the stair sections.

The corporation achieved the great feat of being selected as an Excellent Design product for two consecutive years by being recognized in 2021 for the Seoul Culture and Arts Subway, following the ‘Sangdo Station Metro Farm’ and ‘Line 5 and 7 train design’ in 2020, showcasing the corporation’s spatial design capabilities to the fullest.

Shim Jae-chang, Head of the Technical Headquarters, said, “Urban railways are very everyday spaces and can easily become boring, but we tried to provide citizens with newer and more enjoyable experiences, which seems to have resulted in the excellent outcome of being selected as an Excellent Design work for two consecutive years. We will continue to do our best in spatial design to realize ‘a better life’ and ‘a better city.’”

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