Homae-sil to Emerge as Central City of Western Suwon Region

Suwon City will pursue the Homae-sil residential development project with a vision of creating a "central city of the western Suwon region, water-friendly ecological city, and community city achieving social integration."

According to the city, the Homae-sil residential development will be carried out on a 313-square-kilometer site with an accommodation capacity of 46,516 people, comprising 15,744 units of multi-family housing (including 8,048 national rental housing units) and 296 detached houses.

The city plans to coordinate the Homae-sil site with Gwonseon Administrative Town to establish it as a regional commercial hub, expand knowledge-based support facilities such as software business and venture enterprise facilities, and enhance growth potential.

The city is also planning a transportation network connecting three east-west routes to the Western Bypass and National Route 42, and one north-south route accessible to National Route 43.

By designing such a wide-area access system, the city plans to nurture the Homae-sil residential district as a central hub city of the western Suwon living area.

The city plans to develop a forest connected to Chilbo Mountain as a park, drawing from the fact that the green axis extending from Gwanggyo Mountain to Chilbo Mountain and wind corridors pass through the Suwon area.

The city will preserve Geumgok Stream and Homae-sil Stream within the residential district, establish ecological parks in the surrounding areas, and create a waterfront green network by developing Hwanggoji Stream on the east side of the residential district into a park. The city plans to secure parks and green spaces at 30 percent of the total project area to pursue eco-friendly development.

Considering that national rental housing accounts for 51 percent of all multi-family housing units within the Homae-sil residential district, the city decided to induce social mix by mixing national rental housing and general sale housing to address divisions between classes and generations.