Architecture Competition for SUNCHEON New City Hall, S.
Korea
ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION for
SUNCHEON NEW CITY HALL
PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT
1. Title of the Competition
§ Architecture Competition for SUNCHEON New City Hall, S.Korea
2. Objectives
§ This competition reflects the status of Suncheon City - the ecological capital and
deviates from the existing unified public government building, and intends to
select a creative design suggestion for the construction of an innovative
Suncheon city hall office. The goal is to lead the sustainable development of
Suncheon for the next hundred years, to promote openness to citizens, to
revitalize the old city center, and to establish a new city hall with innovative
office space.
3. Brief Description
§ Type of Competition : Architecture Design Competition for all licensed architects
§ Host(Ordering Organiztion) : SUNCHEON City
§ Site Location : around 30, Jangmyeong-ro, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do(New City
Hall) / 38, Jangcheon 2-gil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do(Culture Station)
§ Site Size : 31,783㎡(New City Hall 26,758㎡ / Culture Station 5,025㎡)
§ Total Floor Area : 58,995㎡(New City Hall 47,000㎡ / Culture Station 11,995㎡)
§ Estimated Construction Fee : KRW 138.176 billion (VAT included)
§ Estimated Design Fee : KRW 7,553.4 million (including VAT, all certification and
liability insurance)
§ Design Period : 360days from the commencement date(including holidays &
building permission period)
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4. Site
§ Google map link → https://goo.gl/maps/Xi9fQC32FYQGGbKd8
5. Schedules
§ Preliminary Announcement : Aug.20,2020(Thu.)
§ Official Announcement : Sep.01,2020(Tue.)
§ Registration : Sep.01,2020(Tue.) ~ Sep.29,2020(Tue.), 17:00(UTC+09) / official
competition website
§ On-Site briefing : Sep.11,2020(Fri.) / City hall of Suncheon City(provisionally)
§ Questions : Sep.14,2020(Mon.) ~ Sep.18,2020(Fri.), 17:00(UTC+09) / via E-mail
§ Answers : Sep.25,2020(Fri.) / official competition website
§ Submission : Dec.4,2020(Fri.), 17:00(UTC+09) / The place of submission will be
announced later on the official competition website.
§ Technical Review : Dec.7,2020(Mon.) ~ Dec.8,2020(Tue.)
§ 1st Main Review : Dec.9,2020(Wed.)
§ 2nd Main Review : Dec.14,2020(Mon.) / open presentation
§ Announcement of the Winners : Dec.15,2020(Tue.)
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6. QUALIFICATION for PARTICIPATION
1) In the case of a Korean architect, a person who has opened and reported an
architect's office pursuant to Article 23-1 of the Building Act of the Republic of
Korea as of the date of public announcement shall be an individual that has no
grounds for disqualification in the relevant statutes.
2) When a foreign architect intends to participate, someone must participate jointly
with a person qualified under paragraph 1), and the representative shall be the
qualified person under paragraph 1).
3) The number of participants in the joint participation (consortium) shall be allowed
to register for not more than three joint applications (office) by combining
individuals and firms, and one person under paragraph 1) above shall be
designated as a representative. (One person is also needed to designate for
co-representatives in the same architect's office.)
4) The representative must become the representative of the joint participants and
play the role of coordinating the entire design works, and the legal rights,
responsibilities and obligations accompanying the public offering belong to the
representative.
7. Reward
§ 1st Prize : preferred priority on basic design and implementation design
§ 2nd Prize : KRW 60 million
§ 3rd Prize : KRW 45 million
§ 4th Prize : KRW 30 million
§ 5th Prize : KRW 15 million
※ including TAX
8. Contact
§ Competition Administrator : Korean Institute of Architects
§ Competition Website : www.scnewcityhall-compe.org
§ Tel : +82-2-743-8672
