Janganpyeong Used Car Market Center to Become Up to 36-Story Residential and Commercial Complex

Janganpyeong Used Car Market in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, the first used car market in Korea, will be reborn as a complex commercial facility including an officetel building with up to 36 floors.

Perspective view of the complex commercial facility to be built at Jang-anpyeong Used Car Market Center. (Provided by Seoul Metropolitan Government)

On the 24th, Seoul City held the 20th Architecture Committee meeting and announced on the 25th that the architectural review agenda for the 'Janganpyeong Used Car Market Urban Maintenance-type Redevelopment Project' was approved.

The site near Janganpyeong Station on Subway Line 5 will be transformed into a building with 8 basement floors and up to 36 floors above ground, featuring 527 officetel units, automobile-related facilities, public contribution facilities, sales facilities, and neighborhood living facilities following the approval.

The Architecture Committee minimized the sense of disconnection caused by the building through a design that conveys openness, and enhanced the urban landscape with a harmonious facade design between the lower and upper floors. Rest areas within the building are planned as publicly accessible spaces such as ecological forests, grass yards, and water features, as well as a central plaza-type resting area located in easily accessible places along the roadside for local residents to use together.

Han Byung-yong, Director of the Housing Office of Seoul City, said, "We will actively strive to create buildings that enhance the urban landscape through architectural designs harmonious with the surrounding environment and increase public value through open space plans that citizens can enjoy."

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