"Creating an Emotional Seoul"... Seoul City Promotes 'Comprehensive Plan for the Next 100 Years'

Seoul City is promoting the establishment of the ‘Seoul 100-Year Future City and Architectural Space Master Plan’ for a sustainable future. The aim is to create an emotional-centered Seoul rather than a rational, reason-centered development plan.

Status-related data of the 'Seoul 100-Year Comprehensive Plan'
[Photo by Seoul City]

On the 13th, Seoul City announced that it will officially begin the ‘100-Year Seoul Urban Vision and Future Space Strategic Plan Establishment Project’ to lay the framework for this plan. The budget for this project is 700 million KRW, and the project period is 18 months from the start date.

The city stated, “In the past, Seoul created a rational city focused on functions through fill-oriented development and zoning with physical boundaries during the era of rapid economic growth and rapid urban expansion,” adding, “Through the ‘Seoul 100-Year Future City and Architectural Space Master Plan,’ we intend to present a new image of Seoul and directions for various statutory plans, and to induce urban space innovation and a major transformation for future Seoul.”

In particular, the plan is to connect waterways and forest paths centered around the Han River and redistribute Seoul’s development density considering this original terrain. Seoul is already promoting a transition to an ‘emotional city’ where natural boundaries formed by rivers and mountains are not just management targets but central spaces for citizens’ daily lives. The city is creating emotional urban spaces where citizens can experience nature and culture in their daily lives and enjoy leisurely contemplation.

The main tasks include ▲broad opinion gathering on future Seoul and domestic and international case studies ▲analysis of current urban space characteristics of Seoul ▲presentation of future Seoul’s urban vision and spatial strategy directions ▲basic surveys on Seoul’s original terrain and development status ▲formulation of basic principles for urban and architectural policies and the comprehensive spatial plan.

In the future, based on the future vision and spatial strategy established through this project, Seoul City plans to organically connect (complement each other) with the metropolitan area-wide plan including Seoul to complete the 100-year urban and architectural space master plan for the descendants 100 years from now.

Hong Seon-gi, Director of Future Space Planning at Seoul City, said, “We must gather the energy of hope from all of us to restore our bond with nature and create a sustainable Seoul,” adding, “The best gift for future generations will be clean air and water, natural and emotionally rich walking paths, and an increasingly attractive harmonious urban landscape.”

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