Team of Architecture Students at Dongmyeong University Wins Excellence Award at LH University Student Housing Architecture Competition

A student team consisting of Min Tae Lee and Do Young Kim, third-year students in the Department of Architecture at Dongmyung University, won the Excellence Award at the 'LH University Student Housing Architecture Competition' held on the 20th.

This competition was conducted under the theme 'Community Care Housing: Childcare-Friendly Complex Housing,' calling for ideas such as 'living together in housing where exchange and communication thrive,' 'caring together as a community centered on children,' and 'restoring community in apartment housing to grow together.'

In response, the students proposed a variable space using modules that can be dismantled, assembled, and moved according to the family’s life cycle and circumstances.

The residential complex was designed so that nearby residents could naturally gather and communicate, and for childcare facilities, a sunken kindergarten was created in the center of the complex to facilitate natural visual communication between children and others. Additionally, to foster community, space was placed between corridors and elevators to encourage natural interaction.

An entry by the student team of Min Tae Lee and Do Young Kim from the Department of Architecture at Dongmyung University.

Students Min Tae Lee and Do Young Kim said, “We hope that the ideas we proposed, reflecting and developing the conceptual demand of caring and raising children together to respond to the low birthrate society, will contribute to the government’s housing policies.”

Hosted by Korea Land and Housing Corporation, the '27th LH University Student Housing Architecture Competition' offers incentives such as domestic and international architectural tours and exemption from document screening and additional points when applying for a position at the corporation for those who win the Excellence Award or higher.

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