Competition for Suncheon New City Hall, S. Korea

BRIEF DESCRIPTION :

-Announcement Method      Architecture Design Competition (open to public)

-Site Location                     Jeollanam-do, Suncheon-si, Jangmyeong-ro 30

-Site Size                           31,783㎡(New Cityhall 26,758㎡, Culture station 5,025 ㎡)

-Total Floor Area                 New Cityhall 47,000㎡, Culture station 11,995 ㎡

-Local District(Land Use)       General Commercial Area, Fire Prevention Zone

-Design Fee (Estimated)        7,553.4 million KRW

(Including VAT, all certifications and liability insurance)

-Construction Fee (Estimated) 138.176 billion KRW(Including VAT):

(New Cityhall 114.676 billion KRW, Culture station 23.5 billion KRW)

GENERAL DIRECTIONS :

1. City hall for Publicness : An open government building that communicates with citizens, public officials, and anyone who comes to the cityhall and shares the culture and life of Suncheon City.

2. City hall for Eco-environments : A Cityhall that reflects Suncheon City’s status as an ecological capital city and harmonizes nature, people, and building to serve as a standard for the spread of ecological culture.

3. City hall for Smart-Technology Office : A Cityhall that shows workspace layout with efficiency and innovations, represents smart building technologies responding to technological changes in the 4^th revolution.

4. City hall for Sustainability : A sustainable cityhall that reflects the history and identity of the city and will keep value over time.

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 cityhall office. The goal is to lead the sustainable development of Suncheon for the next hundred years, to promote openness to citizens, to revitalize the original city center, and to establish a new cityhall with innovative office space.

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 an individual or office with 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.

    

   SCHEDULES :

   -Preliminary Announcement                            on August 20(Thu), 2020

   -Official Announcement & Registration              From September 1(Tues), 2020 to September 29(Tues), 2020 (by 17:00(UTC+09) on official Competition Website

   -Site Visit                                                      At 14:00 September 11(Fri), 2020, Cityhall of Suncheon City (Provisionally)

   -Question                                                      From September 14(Mon), 2020 to September 18(Fri), 2020, 17:00(UTU+09) through official E-mail

   -Answer                                                        September 25(Fri), 2020 on Competition Website

   -Submission                                                  by 17:00(UTC +09) December 4(Fri), 2020

   -Main Review(First)                                         December 9(Wed), 2020

   -Main Review(Second)                                     December 14(Mon), 2020   

   - Announcement of the Winners                       December 16(Wed), 2020

    

   AWARD (Including TAX) :

   -1^st Prize (1work)                 Priority negotiation rights for working design and construction documents

   -2^nd Prize (1work)                60 million KRW

   -3^rd Prize (1work)                45 million KRW

   -4^th Prize (1work)                30 million KRW

   -5^th Prize (1work)                15 million KRW

    

   ORGANISED By : Korea Institute of Architects

   CONTACT DETAILS :

   - OFFICIAL E-mail : sc@sccompe.org

   - COMPETITION WEBSITE : http://www.scnewcityhall-compe.org