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International Competition for Library; SONGDO International City, S. Korea
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Overview
This design competition aims to obtain creative and sophisticated design works with an international sense to establish the library as an intellectual and cultural symbol of the Songdo citizens for progressing as an international city.
| Category | Project Competition / Competition Result |
| Type | International, Project, Architects, Single-Stage, Anonymous |
| Genre | Library |
| Country | Incheon, Korea |
| RegDeadline | 31 December 2020 GoogleCal iCal |
| 22 February 2021 (via Online) GoogleCal | |
| Eligibility | Foreign architects shall be a qualified architect according to the laws of their countries by the time of the announcement date, and if winning, they will be able to conclude a service contract only if they have formed a joint body with a qualified Korean |
Description
This design competition aims to obtain creative and sophisticated design works with an international sense to establish 「The Library of SONGDO International City」 as an intellectual and cultural symbol of the Songdo citizens for progressing as an international city.
The purpose is to re-organize to be an sustainable culture space with publicity as well as a local identification, and not just an independent structure, that is based on creative ideas for a spatial challenge as its location feature and as a library through understanding the urban and architectural context of IFEZ(Incheon Free Economic Zone) Songdo International City.
1)The target is this design competition 「The Library of SONGDO International City」 is a key indicator to carry out the purpose of Incheon-city which orients 'An International City of Northeast Asia to the World' and is an important challenge to expand the cultural infrastructure of the local residents.
2) Incheon Metropolitan City is the purpose of the 「Happy & Plentiful Culture Incheon with Citizens」 that orients 'the city close to culture spaces' through boosting culture spaces, for this, a public library is an essential tool to tighten the culture approach of citizens as the key infrastructure facilities of a living SOC which the government is promoting.
3)This library has upgraded its role as the place of information communication for the citizens and has the publicity as a central library of Incheon that orients the public platform for the people-focused community based on culture and art functions.
Jury
John Enright, USA, Griffin Enright Architects / Principal SCI-Arc / Vice Director
Louis Becker Denmark Henning Larsen / Partner & Design Principal
Robert Greenwood, UK, Snohetta / Partner
Lim, Jae Y., Korea, OCA (Office of Contemporary Architecture)/ Principal
Lee, Eun-Seok, Korea, Kyunghee University / Professor
Lim, Jong Yup (Preliminary Jury), Korea, Inha University / Professor
Prize
1st Place Winner (1 entry): Award and the priority negotiation rights for the basic and working design
2nd Place Winner (1 entry): Award and KRW 50 million in prize money
3rd Place Winner (1 entry): Award and KRW 30 million in prize money
4th Place Winner (2 entries): Award and KRW 10 million in prize money
Runner-up Winner (within 10 entries): Awards
Entry Fee
None
Timetable
Technical Review: 24 Feb 2021
Main Review: 26 Feb 2021- 27 Feb 2021
Result Announcement: 2 March 2021
Organizer
The initiative of Yeonsu-gu