[Establishing a New Model for ‘Urban Campus’] Junglim Architecture Co., Ltd.
Designing Korea’s largest underground campus… Establishing a new model for ‘urban campuses’
Hongik University Innovation Growth Campus Total floor area: approx. 140,000㎡, Project cost: over 400 billion won
Significance lies in designing a new urban structure integrating education, industry, and society—not merely improving space
Design keyword: ‘Knowledge platform within the city’ Underground space development prioritizes safety above all
■ Interview: Dongsik Choi, Smart R&D BU Leader
The Hongik University project, which will create Korea’s largest underground campus, is drawing significant attention. It is not only technically significant as a large-scale underground complex educational facility but also represents a new type of urban experimental project blending education and industry, daily life and creativity. It embodies a new urban structural design that harmoniously integrates public benefits such as revitalizing the local community.
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Junglim Architecture’s design for the New Hongik Project aims to create an ‘urban knowledge platform’.
This signifies the evolution of modern cities beyond mere spaces for work and consumption into knowledge ecosystems where learning, creation, and exchange occur. Various entities—universities, corporations, research institutes, and citizens—will collectively drive this knowledge ecosystem within the unified space of New Hongik.
– Excerpt from the article
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