Construction of 'Junggye Culture and Health Center,' a Culture + Health Complex SOC next to Nowon Culture and Arts Center

Utilizing the site next to Nowon Culture and Arts Center to systematically support the revitalization of 'living culture'
Creative rooms, band and dance practice rooms, community spaces, and more... Foundation for expanding cultural communities in daily life
Establishing Health Living Support Center and Dementia Safety Center together: Expanding 'Culture + Health Complex SOC'

Nowon-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Oh Seung-rok) announced that it will build the 'Junggye Culture and Health Center' to expand the foundation of sustainable living culture.

Living culture refers to the process in which ordinary people, not professional cultural artists, engage in cultural activities in their daily lives and become producers and subjects of culture and arts.

The district focused on the need for a space that can satisfy the demands of residents actively participating in cultural activities and decided to build the 'Junggye Culture and Health Center,' which will open in 2026.

The center will be constructed with a total floor area of 2,568㎡, consisting of one basement floor and four above-ground floors. Among these, spaces for living culture activities will be provided on the 3rd and 4th floors above ground.

Main facilities include ▲ five creative rooms ▲ two multipurpose rooms ▲ one music practice room and one dance practice room ▲ community rooms, among others.

Reflecting the diverse needs of residents, the purposes of each room are subdivided to accommodate various genres of creative activities such as music, dance, art, and crafts, and the spaces are arranged to enable natural community connections.

The center is planned to be located in the available space next to the Nowon Culture and Arts Center. The Nowon Culture and Arts Center houses the Nowon Cultural Foundation office, which is responsible for the district’s regional cultural promotion policies, as well as district-run art groups. Once the center is established, exchanges with residents engaged in living culture activities and high-quality education and linkage projects are expected to become more active.

The 1st and 2nd floors above ground will house the ▲ Health Living Support Center and ▲ Dementia Safety Center, also serving the function of promoting health for nearby residents.

Although the district operates four health branches, the most among Seoul’s autonomous districts besides the public health center, access to health facilities has been relatively insufficient in the Junggye and Hagye areas. By adding health functions to the center, the district plans to establish balanced lifelong health promotion infrastructure by region and, through the complexification of living SOC, secure 1.7 billion KRW in national subsidies to swiftly complete the center construction project within the scheduled period.

The Nowon Culture and Arts Center next to the planned site was built in 2004 and is a representative professional arts performance hall in the northeastern area of Seoul. Recently, it underwent remodeling to improve the large performance hall facilities and held the 'Sumi Jo & Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra Concert' on January 16. The exhibition hall 'Nowon Art Museum' was also established, currently exhibiting 'Masters of New York,' including works by Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, from January 10 to July 12.

District Mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “It was necessary to expand infrastructure that can simultaneously solve two tasks: enjoying culture and promoting health in daily life,” adding, “I hope that through the Junggye Culture and Health Center, the lives of a cultural city and a healthy city will come closer together.”

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