Seoul approves rebuilding of Sanggye Hanshin 1·2 into 1,140 homes, plus three other plans
In short
Seoul city said on 22 October that its planning committees approved, with amendments, a plan to rebuild the Sanggye Hanshin (상계한신) 1 and 2 apartment complexes in Nowon District as 1,140 households up to 35 floors. The same round of decisions covered redevelopment plans in Mia-dong and Suyu-dong in Gangbuk District and in Mapo District.
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Seoul city said on 22 October that its Urban Planning Committee approved, with amendments, the rebuilding zone designation and plan for the Sanggye Hanshin 1 and 2 apartment complexes in Nowon District. The decision was made on 21 October. The complexes will be rebuilt as 13 buildings of up to 35 floors with 1,140 households, 560 in complex 1 and 580 in complex 2. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
The complexes were completed more than 35 years ago; Maeil Business gave the years as 1987 for complex 1 and 1988 for complex 2. Seoul applied a business feasibility correction coefficient of 2.0, and Asia Economy and Maeil Business said it also relaxed the permitted floor-area ratio under the 2030 basic plan for urban and residential environment improvement. Yonhap said the planned floor-area ratio is 300% or less. Roads and sidewalks around the site will be improved, with added frontage space to ease access to elementary school routes, and building height will be coordinated with nearby projects, including Sanggye Hanshin 3 and Sanggye Boram Apartments. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Myung No-jun, Seoul's housing director, said the plan was expected to improve the aging residential environment as well as the urban setting and living conditions of the surrounding area. [ 1 , 3 ]
In Gangbuk District, a redevelopment at 75 Mia-dong near Miasageori Station on subway Line 4 was approved for up to 45 floors and 1,577 households, 312 of them public housing. The area still has low-rise housing from the 1960s. Yonhap and Asia Economy reported that it is the first housing redevelopment zone in the Gangbuk area to be raised to semi-residential use. A coefficient of 1.8 was applied, the permitted floor-area ratio rose from 210% to 246% according to Asia Economy, and the planned ratio is 346%. The plan also includes 15 household-separated units where parents and children can live independently under one roof. [ 1 , 2 ]
A redevelopment plan for 58-9 Suyu-dong, also in Gangbuk District, near Samyang and Hwagye stations on the Ui-Sinseol Line, was also approved with amendments. A 21,100.5 square-metre zone will hold up to 36 floors and 828 households: 527 private sale, 62 mandatory rental and 239 long-term jeonse. Half of the long-term jeonse homes are to go to newlyweds as 'Mirinae Home'. Yonhap said the complex will have six buildings. [ 1 , 2 ]
A revised plan for Mapo 4 District, Zone 9, at 106-9 Nogosan-dong near Sinchon Station in Mapo District, was also approved with amendments. It provides a 49-floor building with 383 households. Housing types are to include 59 and 84 square-metre units rather than only small units. About 7.3 billion won in public contribution is earmarked for improving the aging Sinchon station building. Yonhap added that a 1,662 square-metre youth counseling and welfare center is planned on the second and third floors. [ 1 , 2 ]
Why it matters
The decisions set the scale of several housing projects in Seoul, including 1,577 households planned in Mia-dong and 828 in Suyu-dong. The documents describe the approvals as plan decisions and give no construction schedule.
Key facts
- Seoul city said on 22 October that it approved with amendments, on 21 October, the rebuilding zone designation and plan for Sanggye Hanshin 1 and 2 in Nowon District. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The rebuilt Sanggye Hanshin complex is to have 13 buildings, up to 35 floors and 1,140 households: 560 in complex 1 and 580 in complex 2. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Seoul applied a business feasibility correction coefficient of 2.0 to Sanggye Hanshin 1 and 2. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- A redevelopment at 75 Mia-dong, Gangbuk District, was cleared for up to 45 floors and 1,577 households, 312 of them public housing, with the zone raised to semi-residential use. [ 1 , 2 ]
- A redevelopment at 58-9 Suyu-dong, Gangbuk District, is planned for up to 36 floors and 828 households, of which 239 are long-term jeonse homes. [ 1 , 2 ]
- A revised plan for Mapo 4 District, Zone 9, near Sinchon Station, calls for a 49-floor building with 383 households and about 7.3 billion won in public contribution. [ 1 , 2 ]
Confirmed by several sources
- Seoul announced on 22 October that the Sanggye Hanshin 1 and 2 rebuilding plan was approved with amendments on 21 October. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Sanggye Hanshin 1 and 2 will be rebuilt as 13 buildings with up to 35 floors and 1,140 households, 560 in complex 1 and 580 in complex 2. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The Mia-dong 75 redevelopment is planned at up to 45 floors and 1,577 households including 312 public housing units, with 15 household-separated units. [ 1 , 2 ]
- The Suyu-dong 58-9 plan covers 828 households: 527 private sale, 62 mandatory rental and 239 long-term jeonse, half of the jeonse homes going to newlyweds as 'Mirinae Home' (미리내집). [ 1 , 2 ]
- The revised Mapo 4 District Zone 9 plan provides 383 households in a 49-floor building and about 7.3 billion won in public contribution. [ 1 , 2 ]
Still unclear
- Which committee approved the Sanggye Hanshin plan. Documents 1 and 3 say the 12th Urban Planning Committee's redevelopment special subcommittee; document 2 says the 17th committee and the 12th committee's subcommittee together approved five items.
- The planned floor-area ratio for Sanggye Hanshin 1 and 2 (300% or less). Only Yonhap (document 2) gives this figure.
- The fifth item approved in the round. Document 2 says five items were approved with amendments but describes only four projects.
- When construction would start. None of the documents gives a schedule.