Competition Overview

◦ Competition name: New Gwanghwamun Square

◦ Location: 1-67, Seongsong-ro, 1-68, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea

◦ Scope: A range including roads and surrounding areas such as Gwanghwamun Square, Sejong Daero and Sajik-Yulgok

◦ Scheduled cost: about 60 billion won (including VAT)

◦ Design cost: about 2.8 billion won (including VAT)

Eligibility

◦ Experts in related fields such as city, architecture, landscape, road, traffic, etc.

Competition Schedule

◦ Announcement of public announcements and distribution of guidelines 2018. 10. 12. 10:00

◦ Registration will be made on October 10, 2018.

◦ On-site briefing session 2018. 10. 29. 14:00

◦ Reception of primary questions / responses 2018. 10. 29. 10:00 ~ 11. 2. 17:00 / 2018. 12. 12. 17:00

◦ Submission / response of the second question 2018. 11. 13. 10:00 ~ 11. 16. 17:00 / 2018. 11. 23. 17:00

◦ Submission of works

- Online Application 2019. 1. 2. 10.30 ~ 1. 11. 17.00

- On-site acceptance 2019. 1. 11. 10:00 to 17:00

judge 

◦ Technical review .

◦ Screening 2015. 1. 15. (1st screening) / 1. 18. (Second Screening)

◦ Announcement of the 1st prize .

◦ Composition of 7 judging committees (1 judge separately) (list: 'Design Seoul' (http://project.seoul.go.kr))

reward

DIC (1 team) Basic and Detailed Design Rights

2nd place (1 team) 80 million won

3rd place (1 team) 60 million won

4th place (1 team) 40 million won

5th place (1 team) 20 million won

Award (5 teams) -

※ Separate from the compensation fee, each additional 30,000 won will be paid to the 10 teams participating in the second round of examination. The number of awardees can be changed according to the result of the examination.

Contact Information 

◦ Seoul Metropolitan City Urban Renewal Headquarters Gwanghwamun Square Promotion Foundation ☎ 02) 2133-7739

◦ Design competition website: 'Designing Seoul' (http://project.seoul.go.kr)