Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Conducts 'Public Housing Preference' Survey for Citizens

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 2nd that it will conduct a ‘Public Housing Preference Survey’ in which the public directly selects excellent designs among the winning works of the 3rd Korea Public Housing Design Competition for innovation in public housing design.

This survey will be conducted through an online public vote from the 9th to the 13th.

Now in its third year, this design competition presented future models of public housing under the theme ‘A New Normal. H.O.U.S.E. You Want to Stay,’ reflecting the changing residential culture in the COVID-19 era along with design innovation.

It embodies meanings such as Health Care (medical and health management), One Point (specialization by complex), Upgrade Value (upgrading residential value), Smart Home (activation of smart home), and Eco Village (creation of eco-friendly villages).

Since the competition began in June, a total of 56 works were submitted across 16 districts. After technical evaluation and first and second rounds of expert review, excellent works were selected by district, and through the final stage of public preference survey by architects, the ‘Best of the Best’ will be chosen.

Highly preferred excellent works will be awarded separate certificates and exhibited in a dedicated space to be directly presented to the public. They are also planned to be actively utilized as future public housing design models.

This public preference survey will be conducted 100% online without the previous offline method of exhibiting works and voting at places such as KTX stations, in order to practice social distancing due to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Kim Gyu-cheol, head of the Public Housing Promotion Team, said, “The Korea Public Housing Design Competition will be a starting point to enhance the value of public housing, which is a universal residential space for the public, and to create lifelong homes that are pleasant to live in.” He added, “Since this preference survey is a great opportunity to directly see the attractive aspects of changing public housing, we ask for active participation.”

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