Moa Town Project Near Seoksu Station in Seoul Passes Integrated Review...586-Unit Residential Complex

Concurrent Establishment of Management and Architectural Plans
18-Month Reduction From Site Selection to Integrated Review
Three Zones to Be Combined Into a Single Complex
Through Designation as a Special Architectural Zone

The Moa Town project in the area around Seoksu Station, 972 Sihung 3-dong, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul is set to be developed in earnest as a residential complex comprising up to 20 stories, 11 buildings, and 586 units (including 118 public rental units).

Perspective view of Moa Town in the area around Seoksu Station, 972, Sihung 3-dong, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul. City of Seoul

On September 11, Seoul City announced that at the second Small-Scale Housing Renewal Integrated Review Main Committee, two items were addressed: the Moa Town management plan for the area around 972 Sihung 3-dong, Geumcheon-gu was approved with amendments, and the project implementation plans for Moa Housing Zones 1 through 3 were conditionally approved.

Moa Housing is a small-scale renewal initiative in aging low-rise residential areas where block-unit landowners combine their plots to build quality multi-family housing. Moa Town is a systematically managed zone where multiple Moa Housing areas are brought together and equipped with infrastructure such as roads, parking lots, and parks, enabling the area to function as a single large complex apartment community.

This project is the first pilot site of the Moa Town activation policy, which aims to shorten project timelines by establishing the management plan and architectural plan concurrently. From the selection of the Moa Town site to the integrated review of the project implementation plan, the process took only 18 months, reducing the standard processing period by 1.5 years.

The project is set to supply a total of 586 units, an increase of 275 units from the original 311, by easing restrictions within the secondary general residential area, relaxing floor area ratio (FAR) requirements due to rental housing construction, relaxing FAR requirements for the installation of renewal infrastructure, and easing building height limits.

In addition, by designating the site as a special architectural zone, the three Moa Housing sites will be linked as a single complex in terms of design, including integrated underground parking and coordinated art installations, with organically connected outdoor spaces to create a unified site plan.

The previously poor pedestrian environment—which did not distinguish between roadways and sidewalks—will be improved, and shared-use facilities will be connected to the nearby Jungang Steel Wholesale Market renewal project, raising expectations for street revitalization. Plans are also being reviewed to ensure safe school routes to the elementary school to the north of the site and to shape the land in harmony with the surrounding terrain.

Myung Nojun, head of the Housing Policy Division of Seoul City, stated, "With this review, the intent of the Moa Town system—to integrate individual Moa Housing projects into a single complex—can now be realized by comprehensively renewing the three zones. We will actively support the Moa Housing projects to proceed quickly to ground-breaking."

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