The local government of Dong-gu district in Daejeon, launch an international design competition for a National Memorial to honor the civil victims during the Korean War and the bereaved families.
The design challenge is to create an outstanding and sensitively-designed Park and a Memorial Hall that is spiritual while offering visitors an opportunity to deepen their understanding of Korea’s darkest hour. This competition seeks to identify the very best design talent to create Memorial Park as a national symbol and a home to the local community.
1. Eligibility
– Domestic and international professionals in the field of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and other relevant areas (In the case of a joint submission, a team can have up to a maximum of five participating members.)
2. Site
– Location: Nangwol-dong 12-2 and adjacent part of region, Dong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
– Site area: 98,601㎡ (Architecture floor area: 3,805㎡)
3. Schedule
(1) Registration: Sep.11(Fri)~Oct.23(Fri) 17:00 / website
(2) Questions submission: Oct.9(Fri)~16(Fri) 17:00 / website
(3) Answers to questions: Oct.23(Fri) / website
(4) Submission: Nov.30(Mon) 17:00 / website
(5) 1st design evaluation: Dec.3(Thu)~10(Thu) / online evaluation
(6) Technical review: Dec.11(Fri)
(7) 2nd design evaluation: Dec.17(Thu) / presentation by team
(8) Announcement: Dec.18(Fri) / website)
4. Submission Requirements
– Drawing panels (A1, four panels, JPEG, 50MB or less for each file)
– Design description (A4, no more than 20 sheets, PDF, less than 50MB)
– Documents (Application form, Architecture overview, etc.)
5. Jurors
– Charles Waldheim (Office of Charles Waldheim)
– Waro Kishi (Kyoto University)
– Francisco Sanin (Syracuse University)
– Andreas Fries (Herzog & de Meuron)
– Sung-kwan Lee (HANUL Architects & Engineers Inc)
– Jae-heon Jeong (Kyung Hee University)
– Yi-kyu Choe (Keimyung University)
6. Prize
– 1st prize (1): contract of architecture design development,
construction document, and landscape design development only
– 2nd prize(1): 15 million KRW
– 3rd prize(1): 10 million KRW
– 4th prize(1): 5 million KRW
7. Contact
T. +82.02.575.9751 / E. kia@kia2002.org
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