School Building of Former Mining Engineering Department of Engineering College, Seoul National University

Built in 1942, the building is centred on a main hall, with a dance hall and an auditorium (now used as laboratories and research rooms) arranged around it. During the Japanese colonial period it housed the Department of Mining Engineering of Gyeongseong Imperial University, and after liberation it served as the Engineering College of Seoul National University until 1980; it is now used by Seoul National University of Science and Technology (formerly Seoul National University of Technology). The design follows a modernist style, yet the overall layout shows a classical framework, with a tower set prominently high at the centre of the main hall to visually express its authority, clearly revealing the character of a higher-education facility of the Japanese colonial period.

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Where it is

Region

Nowon-gu, Seoul

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산