Hoam Art Hall Transforms into a World-Class Classical Music Venue

Seoul Station-Seodaemun 1st and 2nd Maintenance Plans Approved

The aging Hoam Art Hall in Jung-gu, Seoul, will be transformed into a large-scale classical music venue with world-class acoustic performance.

Hoam Art Hall Expansion and Renovation Example Diagram

On the 15th, Seoul City held an urban planning committee meeting and announced on the 16th that it had approved the amendment to the 'Seoul Station-Seodaemun 1 and 2 Urban Maintenance-type Redevelopment District 1 Zone Maintenance Plan.'

The site in question is Hoam Art Hall, located between Seosomun History Park and City Hall Station on Subway Line 2. Having been completed over 30 years ago, the performance hall's facilities have become outdated and unable to respond to changing performance culture, leading to the suspension of external rentals since 2017.

The maintenance plan includes creating an open green space covering 8,388.8㎡, which is 51.4% of the site, and introducing office facilities, cultural and assembly facilities, and retail facilities. Considering the terrain difference, retail facilities will be placed on the underground first floor to the second floor above ground, which are in contact with the ground.

The current multipurpose performance hall with 647 seats will be expanded into a 1,200-seat classical music-only hall. The performance hall will be suspended from the 4th to the 9th floors above ground, thereby securing additional external space on the lower floors to create a space that combines openness and public accessibility. Along with the performance hall, internal and external spaces where various cultures can be experienced are also planned.

In particular, this site is one of the priority projects in the Seosomun area to maximize the tangible effects of the green ecological urban regeneration strategy. Through integrated planning of open spaces with the surroundings, an open green space of 13,205㎡?similar in size to Seoul Plaza (13,207㎡)?will be created.

The city stated, "Although it is a major gateway on the west side of downtown Seoul, the existing building, which was inefficiently used, will be reborn as a landmark of the city center." It added, "By planning a large-scale open garden accessible to everyone and a classical music specialized performance hall, a new cultural and business complex space will be created in the heart of the city."

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