Yongsan Park will be located in the Yongsang area, on the territory returned to the city by the American military base located there. The future green area with an area of 243 hectares is now a man-made landscape with various buildings.
The architects plan to return it to its "original", natural state, although no structures will be demolished, but will only adapt them to new needs. Foundations of already demolished buildings will be used for new buildings or turned into granite "plazas".
An artificial lake will appear in the park; the soil extracted from its foundation pit will be used to create a chain of hills around. Also planned are rivers, ponds, lotus pools, meadows. Yongsan's size and program is comparable to New York City's Central Park.
The implementation of the large-scale project will begin in 2017.
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