Dongtan 2 New City to Develop Complex School Facilities

Hwaseong City, Hwaseong-Osan Office of Education, LH Corporation, and Gyeonggi Urban Corporation establish cooperative promotion body on the 7th

Hwaseong City is promoting a 'school facility multiplex project' that will install and operate not only educational facilities but also sports, culture, and welfare facilities needed for residents' daily lives, such as swimming pools, libraries, gymnasiums, and childcare facilities on school sites.

Hwaseong City divided Dongtan 2 New City into three district living zones and eight sub-living zones, and announced on the 7th that it plans to develop eight elementary schools into multiplex facilities with a total project cost of 120 billion won.

To this end, the city plans to expand the planned school site area of 12,000~13,000㎡ to 15,000~16,000㎡ within Dongtan 2 New City, and the expanded area will install playgrounds within schools in parks so that both students and residents can use them jointly.

A city official said, "We plan to expand the narrow school playgrounds in the new city, where even a 100-meter dash cannot be freely conducted, to a maximum of 7,000㎡ so that students can run and play freely, and the remaining area excluding school buildings and multiplex facilities will be developed into a school park where ecological learning is possible."

In particular, the city plans to build three elementary schools within the district living zones with a total floor area of 5,000㎡ on the basement 2nd floor and above ground 3rd floor, including a 25-meter 5-lane swimming pool, multipurpose rooms, gymnasiums, libraries, and municipal childcare centers in a complex manner. Five elementary schools in the sub-living zones are planned to have multiplex facilities with a total floor area of 4,400㎡ on the basement 1st floor and above ground 3rd floor, excluding swimming pools.

A city official stated, "The school facility multiplex project will allow the Office of Education to provide high-quality learning spaces to students with minimal financial burden, while reducing the financial burden on the city from land acquisition and providing residents with integrated sports, culture, and welfare services as desired."

On the 7th, the city established the 'Dongtan 2 New City School Facility Multiplex Promotion Cooperative Body' with the participation of the Hwaseong-Osan Office of Education, LH Corporation, and Gyeonggi Urban Corporation to promote the project.

The promotion cooperative body plans to proceed with mutual consultation on implementation plans to establish basic plans for school facility multiplexing, project promotion methods and cost sharing, ownership, operational methods, and operational cost sharing.