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The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG), together with a private company, has completed the development of a platform where citizens can directly propose bicycle policies and will be operating the platform in full swing starting in October 2020. It is easy to use the platform. If you find inconveniences while cycling, such as disconnected and narrow...   Read more

The Gwanghwamun area will soon transform into a place for citizens to walk around and enjoy various activities. Gwanghwamun Square will become larger in space, expanding to the direction of Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, and have park-like features added to it. The east side of the road from Sejong-daero Junction to Gwanghwamun will...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will be installing smart poles, which combine complexly established facilities along roads, such as traffic lights and streetlamps, with ICT, including the public Wi-Fi, intelligent CCTV, and IoT. A smart pole will not only function as a road facility (with a traffic light, streetlamp, CCTV, and security light), but it also...   Read more

Creation of Dynamic “Pedestrian Forest Path” with Culture and Greenery Starting on July 22, Seoul will be reorganizing the 1.5-kilometer road in the center of Seoul from Sejong-daero intersection through Sungnyemun junction to Seoul Station junction. Through the Road Reorganization Project, the number or width of the lanes of major roads within four major gates...   Read more

Seoul holds “City as Verb,” an exhibition to reinterpret “2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism” for about 70 days from July 14 (Tues.) to September 20 (Sun.) at the Seoul Hall of Urbanism & Architecture. This exhibition is the sequel to “2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism.” Out of 80 cities that participated...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will be recruiting 2,500 individuals for the second time in 2020 under the “Deposit Support for House Rental.” The SMG will be offering support in the form of 30% of housing deposits (50% or KRW 45 million if the deposit is less than KRW 100 million) for the housing stability of...   Read more

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will be executing its “Train Station Vicinity Vitalization Project” in which it will turn the conveniently situated living-friendly areas near train stations into “compact cities” where residents’ houses and workplaces are placed in each other’s vicinity by employing customized high-density and mixed-use land development. The SMG announced its basic plan...   Read more

In May, the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will begin its road space reorganization project for the 1.5-km section from Sejong-daero Junction through Sungnyemun Junction to Seoul Station Junction, due to be completed by the end of 2020. A road space reorganization project is a project in which a car-centered traffic environment is transformed into a...   Read more

Seoul will shift Sewoon Plaza’s management directions, from “development and repair” to “preservation and regeneration.” The ultimate goal is to transform it into an urban manufacturing industry hub, where the preservation of the existing industrial ecosystem mingles with innovation. In line with the previous successful settlement of a portion of Sewoon Plaza (seven buildings including...   Read more

On January 7, 2020, a small but not insignificant donation ceremony was held in the Good Neighbors Hall. “Danji Story,” an aspiring social enterprise of Changsin-dong, the first village in Seoul that was transformed through the urban regeneration, donated KRW 500,000 to Good Neighbors, the prize money it received at the Seoul Urban Regeneration Film...   Read more

‘Youth housing in a station influence area’ of a scale of 379 households (90 public rental houses, 289 private rented houses) from five underground floors to twenty-two aboveground floors will be built in the vicinity of Yangjae Station where Subway Line 3 and the Shinbundang Line intersect. The houses will be provided at 30%-95% of...   Read more

On December 9, Seoul held the Seoul Upcycling Forum under the theme, “Upcycling City Made by the Citizens” together with upcycling experts, activists, and citizens at the Seoul Upcycling Plaza. The forum began with a keynote speech by Ralph Wiegmann, the CEO of iF International Forum Design, to explain the true meaning of the innovative...   Read more