Daejeon City Urban Railway Line 1 Sikjangsan Station Architectural Design Competition

After 60-Day Design Competition, Construction Begins in 2025, Opening in 2026

Daejeon City is holding a design competition for Sikjangsan Station on Daejeon Urban Railway Line 1. / Daejeon City

Daejeon City announced that it will hold a design competition for the architectural design of Sikjangsan Station on Urban Railway Line 1, which will be constructed at the Panam Vehicle Depot in Dong-gu.

The competition focuses on the public value of Sikjangsan Station, planning spaces that are easily accessible and usable by station passengers, and creating an exterior space that serves as a landmark with excellent visibility and secured external views.

The architectural design must comply with relevant laws and standards, be a railway facility with a total floor area within 956㎡ and up to three stories above ground, and be designed appropriately for the facility's purpose.

The competition will be conducted as an open design contest. Eligibility requires holding an architect license under the Architect Act and registration of an architectural office, or holding a foreign architect license with a joint work contract with a domestic architectural office.

The city aims to carry out basic and detailed designs based on the winning entry selected through the 60-day design competition, start construction in 2025, and complete and open the station in 2026.

Sikjangsan Station will be the first newly added station since the full opening of Daejeon Urban Railway Line 1 in 2007, becoming the 23rd station. With the establishment of Sikjangsan Station, the travel distance from Panam Station to Sikjangsan Samgeori will be significantly reduced from 2.9 km and a walking time of 47 minutes to about 7 minutes.

A Daejeon city official stated, “Since the existing track will be utilized and the station will be newly constructed within the Panam depot, the construction will not take much time. We will shorten the time required for related administrative procedures as much as possible to ensure smooth progress without any setbacks.”

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