Daegu Gosan Public Library - UIA approved international architectural ideas competition

Result

1st prize
Gorka Blas, Gorka Blas Revilla, SPAIN

2nd prize
STUDIO SH, SEUNG-HYUN YUH, UK

3rd prize
JAJA ARCHITECTS APSJ, AN YOSHIYUKI TANAKA, DENMARK

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Overview

This competition is an architectural design competition for the realization of the Gosan Library in Suseong-gu, Daegu Metropolitan City Library which is expected to start construction in 2013.

Description
This competition is an architectural design competition for the realization of the Gosan Library in Suseong-gu, Daegu Metropolitan City Library which is expected to start construction in 2013. The purpose of the competition is to seek a wide range of ideas from experts from both Korea and overseas along with student groups in order to build a sustainable public library that can accommodate the recent changes in various knowledge transmission media as well as changes in library user demographics. This is in keeping with Daegu Metropolitan City's new policy direction, which the city is aiming toward, of becoming a knowledge based economy from its past as a distribution based city. We expect that it will develop the quality of the small-scale community for local residents who are based in the regional community of Daegu, and ultimately we hope that through this, prospective discussion on the nature of building local community public libraries in Korea will have the chance to grow.

Jury
Waro Kishi (Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)
Peter Berner (Managing Associate, ASTOC Architects & Planner, Germany)
Young Sub Kim (Professor, Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea)
Jeong Ho Lee (Professor, Kyeongbuk Univ., School of Architecture, Korea)
Kjetil Thorson (Partner, Snøhetta, Norway, UIA representative)

Prize
1st Place (1 person or team): USD $30,000 + plaque
2nd Place (1 person or team): USD $10,000 + plaque
3rd Place (1 person or team): USD $5,000 + plaque
Honorable mentions (10 person or teams): plaque
The winner can join the further design development of the library and the winning entry will not be used without the agreement of the author.

Entry Fee
USD $80 (KRW \90,000)

Entries
Exhibition panel: 3 panels of A1 size
Miniature panel: 3 panels of A3 size
Project description: about 2 pages (A4 size)

Submission Address
Daegu Architectural Culture Confederation (DACC)
1-8, Beomeo-dong, 3rd Floor
Suseong-gu, Daegu 706-816
Republic of Korea

Timetable
Jury: Sept 24-28, 2012
Announcement of results: Sept 29, 2012
Award ceremony: Oct 10, 2012
Exhibition: Oct 10-16, 2012

Organizer
Daegu Architectural Culture Confederation (DACC)

Official Website
http://www.dacb-competition.kr/