Dongdaemun Design Plaza

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Dongdaemun Design Plaza
General information
Location	Dongdaemun, Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates	37°34′01″N 127°00′34″E / 37.5669°N 127.0094°E / 37.5669; 127.0094
Construction started	April 2009
Completed	November 2013[1]
Inaugurated	March 21, 2014
Cost	$451 million
Technical details
Floor area	86,574.7 m2 (931,882 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Zaha Hadid
Awards and prizes	SEGD Merit Award, 2015
Other information
Parking	Available

Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP; Korean: 동대문 디자인 플라자) is a major urban development landmark in Seoul, South Korea, designed by Zaha Hadid and Samoo, with a distinctively neofuturistic design characterized by the "powerful, curving forms of elongated structures." The landmark is the centerpiece of South Korea's fashion hub and popular tourist destination, Dongdaemun, featuring a walkable park on its roofs, large global exhibition spaces, futuristic retail stores, and restored parts of the Seoul fortress.

The DDP has been one of the main reasons for Seoul's designation as the World Design Capital in 2010. Construction started in 2009, and it was officially inaugurated on March 21, 2014.^[2] It is physically connected to Seoul Subway via Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station on Line 2, 4, and 5.