New Gwanghwamun Square , Seoul / Republik Korea

International Design Competition for the New Gwanghwamun Square

Organizer
Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korea
english.seoul.go.kr

The Competition
The Seoul Metropolitan Government, in an effort to overcome the current spatial and functional limits of Gwanghwamun Square and to restore historical and cultural symbolism of Gwanghwamun area, is opening this international design competition.

All experts or firms that are interested in this opportunity are strongly encouraged to register and submit a proposal.

Location: Sejongno 1-67 and 1-68, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Rep. of Korea

Eligibility
Either an individual or a group of expert from the relevant fields such as urban planning/design, architecture, landscape architecture, road engineering or transportation engineering

Schedule
Announcement: October 12 (Fri), 2018
Distribution of guidelines & materials: October 12 (Fri), 2018
Registration: October 12 (Fri), 2018~November 23 (Fri), 2018
Site briefing: October 29 (Mon), 2018
Submission: January 11 (Fri), 2019
1st Jury & 1st announcement of winners: January 15 (Tue), 2019
2nd Jury (presentation by the 1st winners): January 18 (Fri), 2019
Announcement of the final winners: January 21 (Mon), 2019

* All times indicated in the competition are based on the Korean standard time (UTC/GMT+9)

Prizes
1st prize (1 team): Contract Award for Design Development and
Construction documentation + Honorarium 30,000,000 KRW
2nd prize (1 team): 80,000,000 KRW + Honorarium 30,000,000 KRW
3rd prize (1 team): 60,000,000 KRW + Honorarium 30,000,000 KRW
4th prize (1 team): 40,000,000 KRW + Honorarium 30,000,000 KRW
5th prize (1 team): 20,000,000 KRW + Honorarium 30,000,000 KRW
Honorable mention (5 teams): Honorarium 30,000,000 KRW

For more information, please visit the official website:
project.seoul.go.kr