Suncheon National University Department of Architecture Produces 11 Award-Winning Entries in National Competitions This Year

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon National University (President Ko Young-jin) announced on the 30th that despite the difficulties in conducting normal education due to COVID-19, students from the Department of Architecture at Suncheon National University produced 11 award-winning works in nationwide student competitions this year.

Starting with winning 3 special selections and 4 honorable mentions in the architecture category at the Jeonnam Art Exhibition in July, they also received an encouragement award at the Gwangju Architecture Exhibition, an honorable mention at the Korea Architecture Exhibition, gold and silver awards at the Jeollanam-do Eco-friendly Design Awards, and an encouragement award at the Gangdong-gu Urban Landscape Design Competition.

The detailed list of awards includes ▲Jeonnam Art Exhibition Special Selection (4th year Jo Dong-geun, "Capturing the Daily Life of Okcheon-dong," 4th year Han Byeol, "Sharing the Bridge - Community Housing," 3rd year Jang Gi-won, "Reflecting Back") and Honorable Mentions (5th year Yoo Min-hee, "Reborn-Ribbon," 5th year Hyun Chae-eun, "Glory Day," 4th year Kim Young-hwan, "連,空,觀 Yeongonggwan Art Museum: Viewing Connected Spaces," 3rd year Park Joon-sung, "Children Dreaming at Home"), ▲Gwangju Architecture Exhibition Encouragement Award (5th year Yoo Min-hee, "Hyper Lung"), ▲Korea Architecture Exhibition Honorable Mention (Alumnus Moon Jae-won, "Multidimensional"), ▲Jeollanam-do Eco-friendly Design Awards Gold (5th year Jo Hye-bin, "Neoul-gil (Surfing Mall)"), Silver (4th year Jang Jeong-hoon, "回來 (Hoerae)"), ▲Gangdong-gu Urban Landscape Design Competition Encouragement Award (5th year Kim Min-cheol, Lee Chae-yeon, 3rd year Jo Hyo-min, 2nd year Kim Se-jin, "FUN FUN Street").

Professor Lee Jae-hong, head of the Department of Architecture, said, "Despite the difficult conditions caused by COVID-19, the students have achieved many awards in competitions, and their passion for architecture is reflected in the high employment rates (94% in 2019, and a provisional 89.5% in 2020 according to the university's data). I want to give great encouragement to the students of the Department of Architecture at Suncheon National University."

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