Yeouido Mokhwa Apartment to Become 49-Story, 416-Unit Complex; Passes Integrated Review

Aerial rendering of the Mokhwa Apartment reconstruction project in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul (Source: Seoul Metropolitan Government)

The Mokhwa Apartment reconstruction project in Yeouido, Seoul, has passed the Seoul Metropolitan Government's integrated review for maintenance projects. The complex is set to be transformed into a 49-story mixed-use development with 416 units.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on November 6 that the 22nd Integrated Deliberation Committee for Maintenance Projects, held on November 5, conditionally approved an integrated review covering six areas—architecture, landscape, education, transportation, disaster prevention and fire safety—for the Mokhwa Apartment reconstruction project around 30 Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu.

Completed in 1977, Mokhwa Apartment consists of 312 units in a 12-story building and is located right next to Yeouinaru Station. Yeouido Hangang Park is in front of the complex. The reconstruction will provide a total of 416 units, including 76 public units, in three apartment buildings rising 49 stories above ground.

Public rental office facilities and a public dormitory will also be built, creating a mixed-use space that brings together housing, workplaces and retail.

An entrance to Yeouinaru Station on Subway Line 5 will be relocated and directly connected to the complex, with a pleasant pedestrian environment created underground. A multilevel pedestrian route linking the complex to the riverside will improve access between the subway station and Hangang Park.

Public pedestrian passageways and publicly accessible open spaces will provide open walking areas within the complex. The passageways will serve as routes to nearby elementary, middle and high schools in Yeouido, as well as neighborhood streets. Open community facilities will be arranged alongside green spaces and rest areas to create a pleasant and safe pedestrian environment.

Centered on the pedestrian axis along Yeouinaru-ro, the plan will organically connect spaces inside and outside the complex, linking the subway station and the riverside through the development. Shaded pedestrian routes along the main walking paths will strengthen the pedestrian network in the Yeouido area.

The lower floors of the complex will house public rental office facilities, a public dormitory and neighborhood amenities. Linked to Yeouido's financial district, the development is expected to offer a new residential complex where young people and single-person households can live and work in the same area.

In its integrated review, the Seoul Metropolitan Government called for improved safety at the subway entrance and in the facilities connected to it.

Myeong Nojun, head of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Housing Office, said, "Mokhwa Apartment in Yeouido will be transformed into a mixed-use residential complex offering a balanced mix of housing, jobs and public services." He added, "We will provide fair support for follow-up procedures, including approval of the project implementation plan, and focus on supplying new housing."

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