Residents Push for Larger Apartment Buildings in Seoul

GIKorea | November 23, 2022 | Seoul | 1 Comment

You would think higher apartment buildings with more apartments in them would help with the affordable housing issues in Seoul:

Sibeom Apartments, the oldest apartment complex in Yeouido, western Seoul, will be demolished and rebuilt, with a 65-story tower rising on the site. The photo shows a bird's-eye view of the Sibeom Apartments in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Nov. 7. [YONHAP] — Sibeom Apartments, the oldest apartment complex in Yeouido, western Seoul, will be demolished and rebuilt, with a 65-story tower rising on the site. The photo shows a bird’s-eye view of the Sibeom Apartments in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Nov. 7. [YONHAP]

Seoul’s skyline is set to rise higher as residents push to have their buildings demolished and taller buildings put in their place.

A union representing owners of Sinbanpo 2-cha apartment complex in Jamwon-dong, southern Seoul, wants to raze the existing 12-story apartments and have 49-story structures built.

The apartment complex, completed in 1978, is one of the oldest in Seoul.
Joong Ang Ilbo

You can read more at the link, but buildings on the Han River are currently capped at 15 floors and other buildings in Seoul are capped at 35 floors with two exceptions for the 56-story high Raemian Caelitus in Ichon-dong, Yongsan and the 47-story Seoul Forest Trimage in Seongsu-dong.