Dongdaemun-gu Holds Symposium on Railway Undergrounding and Complex Development

On the 13th, experts attended a presentation and discussion at the district office 2nd floor auditorium
Vision discussion on complex development related to railway undergrounding and spatial innovation zones

Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor Ilpyeong Lee) announced that it will hold the "Railroad Undergrounding and Complex Development Symposium" on the 13th at the auditorium on the 2nd floor of the district office.

This symposium is organized as part of the creation of the spatial innovation zone in Dongdaemun-gu and the railroad undergrounding project, aiming to explore future-oriented urban development directions.

At the event, three experts including Jonghyun Park, CEO of 2GOOD, Seungjoo Kim, Ph.D. at SH Urban Research Institute, and Seongchang Lee, Director of the Seoul Public Investment Management Center at Seoul Institute, will present on various topics.

The presentation topics include ▲ Successful cases and implications of Japan's railroad TOD three-dimensional complex development ▲ Urban management plans for integrated development of station areas ▲ Plans for integrated complex development of aging railroads and surrounding urban spaces.

After the presentations, Professor Jahoon Koo of Hanyang University will serve as the chairperson, leading a discussion involving related agency officials and experts.

The discussion will feature experts from various fields such as Byunghyun Yang, Director of Urban Space Strategy at Seoul City, Seunghyun Min, Senior Research Fellow at Seoul Institute, Hwangyoung Cho, Secretary General of the Northeast Asia Cooperation Infrastructure Institute, Dongsu Kim, Executive Director at Samil Accounting Corporation, Dongjoo Park, Professor at University of Seoul, and Seongwoo Nam, Director of the Smart Architecture and Urban Research Center at the Architectural Space Research Institute, who will deeply discuss the vision and strategies for railroad undergrounding and station area development.

This symposium is open to all citizens, including residents of Dongdaemun-gu, who can attend freely without prior registration.

Ilpyeong Lee, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, said, "This symposium will be a meaningful occasion to review how railroad undergrounding and complex development can positively impact residents' quality of life and to propose innovative development directions. We will do our best to ensure the successful realization of the railroad undergrounding project through customized strategies reflecting the characteristics of Dongdaemun-gu."

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