Seoul to bring redevelopment planning exhibitions to neighborhood district offices

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will launch a traveling exhibition series for the first time, giving residents a firsthand look at the future of neighborhoods designated under its Fast-Track Integrated Planning system. The exhibitions will open first in Dobong-gu, followed sequentially by Dongjak-gu and Eunpyeong-gu.

The city said the exhibition series, titled "Fast-Track Integrated Planning on the Road," opens Monday in the lobby of the Dobong-gu district office. The exhibitions are designed to display planning details, architectural models and videos for Fast-Track Integrated Planning sites in spaces close to where residents live, so they can see how their neighborhoods will change after redevelopment without visiting a dedicated exhibition venue.

Visitors can view architectural models and visual materials showing how building layouts, heights, roads, parks and pedestrian networks will be transformed. Architectural models previously used at zone-by-zone resident briefings will be put on public display for a set period, allowing more residents to engage with the redevelopment plans.

The first exhibition in Dobong-gu runs through Sept. 30. It will be followed by an exhibition in Dongjak-gu from Oct. 19 to Oct. 30, and one in Eunpyeong-gu from Nov. 16 to Nov. 27, each held in the respective district office lobby. The exhibitions will present the progress of Fast-Track Integrated Planning sites in each district, along with key zone-by-zone plans, models and videos.

Fast-Track Integrated Planning is a public support system in which residents, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, district offices and experts work together from the earliest stages of redevelopment and reconstruction projects to set the direction of planning. There are currently 314 Fast-Track Integrated Planning sites across Seoul, of which 200 have completed the planning process.

Residents in areas not included in the traveling exhibition series can access Fast-Track Integrated Planning information through the "Fast-Track Integrated Planning Archive" on the Seoul Metropolitan Government's website. The city plans to expand the scope and format of future exhibitions based on this year's results and visitor feedback.

"Redevelopment plans involve a great deal of technical content, making it difficult for residents to get a real sense of how their neighborhood will change just from drawings and documents," said Kim Chang-gyu, head of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Urban Space Bureau. "We hope this traveling exhibition will give residents an easier and more accessible way to encounter the plans and envision the future, and serve as an opportunity to deepen understanding of and build consensus around Fast-Track Integrated Planning."