KOTRA, 2025 Osaka Expo Korea Pavilion Design Competition Briefing Session

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Sun-mi] KOTRA announced on the 28th that it will hold an architectural design competition briefing session for the creation of the Korean Pavilion at the '2025 Osaka Expo' at its headquarters IKP in Yeomgok-dong, Seoul, on the 29th.

The '2025 Osaka Expo' will be held from April to October 2025 at Osaka Yumeshima under the theme "Designing Future Society for Our Lives."

In addition to the main theme, the expo presents three sub-themes: ▲Saving Lives ▲Empowering Life ▲Connecting Life. Among these, the Korean Pavilion has selected "Connecting Life" and plans to express Korea's industrial technology and cultural competitiveness from a new perspective. The Korean Pavilion site is a large site with a land area of 3,501.82㎡ and will consist of major facilities such as exhibition space, commercial space, and management space.

The design competition is open to anyone registered as a Korean architectural office and willing to cooperate with a Japanese architectural office. Registration for participation will be conducted via the official email until the 23rd of next month, and submissions can be made by October 5th at the KOTRA headquarters on-site, by mail, or email. The evaluation will be conducted through a first round of document review and technical examination, followed by a second round of presentation review, and the results will be posted on the website in mid-October. The winner will be granted the right to detailed design.

Ryu Jae-won, head of KOTRA's Trade and Investment Data Division, said, "We expect to widely promote Korea's national brand through the expo and freely express competitiveness in industries and culture," adding, "This architectural design competition will be an important starting point and signal in that regard, and we hope a design plan befitting Korea's national dignity will be selected."

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