Seoul approves reconstruction plan for Gaepo Woosung 7 with up to 39 floors and 1,134 homes

An apartment complex in Seoul’s Gangnam district is set to be rebuilt as a 39-story residential development with 1,134 homes. The plan for Gaepo Woosung 7 in Irwon-dong received conditional approval from the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s integrated urban-renewal review committee.

The redevelopment will cover five basement levels through 39 above-ground floors, with a total floor area of about 250,000 square meters. The plan also responds to repeated heat waves by creating an open layout linked to parks, green areas and pedestrian paths inside and outside the complex.

A 1,450.5-square-meter pocket park will be built along Gaepo-ro. On the western side, the project will secure a 10-meter-wide connected green corridor. Landscaping will create shaded walking routes along the main pedestrian streets.

The southern side will include amenities such as play and childcare facilities and a library. These facilities will connect to outside pedestrian paths so that nearby residents, as well as people living in the complex, can use them. The same review also conditionally approved reconstruction plans for Garak Samik Mansion in Songpa district, which is pursuing a residential complex of up to 29 floors and 1,485 homes. The existing Gaepo Woosung 7 complex was completed in 1984.