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Government Complex
Gwacheon

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The Government Complex Gwacheon was built to address the shortage of government buildings and population concentration in the metropolitan area and to improve administrative efficiency and public administrative services. With the rapid development of the national economy in the 1970s resulting in the growth of administrative scale and function, the General Government Building -- currently the Government Complex Seoul -- alone was not able to meet the demand for office space. The space became so scarce that the government leased a total of 62,150㎡ offices and planned to build the second Government Building (currently the Government Complex Gwacheon). In accordance with the policy of dispersing the population and the metropolitan area, the government building site was confirmed in January 1978 as the area of Munwon-ri, Gwacheon, and the first-phase construction was commenced in April 1979 and was completed in December 1982. The construction of the second government building was divided into three stages, with the second phase begun in 1983 and completed in December 1985. Sequentially, the third phase was started in December 1990 and completed in December 1993.

Overview

Location
47, Gwanmun-ro, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
Site area
369,991㎡
Building size
5-building Complex (1 basement level and 8 ground levels), Welfare Center, Welcome Center
Floor area
158,174㎡
Structure
Reinforced concrete and steel
Construction period
April 10, 1979 to December 15, 1993 (3 Stages)
Total cost
137.9 billion won

Facility Features

  • Eco-friendly office buildings and energy saving through ESCO projects
  • Structural reinforcement (bldg. 3&4) and modernization of major facilities (bldg. 1&2)
  • Energy saving by introducing new and renewable energy such as solar power

Features of Government Complex Gwacheon

Building layout that goes well with nature and traditional elements

A distributed low-rise arrangement is selected taking into account the surrounding environment and rear high mountains, with a Sunken* Garden -- a buffer zone -- placed at the center of the site.

Sunken: A dugout that induces natural light underground

Pedestrian-centered traffic plan

Traffic flow and pedestrian flow are completely separated, and parking lots are built adjacent to buildings to separate vehicles and pedestrians.

Space for employees to relax and to be more productive

Various welfare facilities include green trails with pine trees and other landscape trees (83 types and 109,670 trees in all), large tennis courts, soccer fields, and indoor gyms.

Special space designed to facilitate national administration

Facilities such as underground meeting room, underground pass and heliport are built in case of emergency.