LH Holds Awards Ceremony for the 27th LH University Student Housing Architecture Competition

Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) announced on the 5th that it held the award ceremony for the "27th LH University Student Housing Architecture Competition" at its headquarters in Jinju on the 4th.

LH held the award ceremony for the "27th LH University Student Housing Architecture Competition" on the 4th. Lee Han-jun, President of LH (sixth from the right in the front row), and the winners of the Housing Architecture Competition are taking a commemorative photo.
[Photo by LH]

The LH University Student Housing Architecture Competition, the largest contest in the multi-family housing sector since 1995, was held this year under the theme "COMMUNITY CARE HOUSING: Childcare-Friendly Mixed Housing."

A total of 274 teams from 72 universities nationwide participated, and through the final judging, 20 works were selected as winners, including one Grand Prize winner, one Excellence Award winner, three Outstanding Award winners, and fifteen Encouragement Award winners.

The Grand Prize-winning project, "O(One)NE(Neighbor): Han Iut" by Kim Dong-young and Jang Bo-seung from Gachon University, proposed a safe childcare space with natural surveillance through a circular arrangement of housing around a plaza. They also addressed noise and lighting issues?key considerations in childcare?by adjusting building heights and using dynamic forms.

The Excellence Award was awarded to "Pum, Our Village Embracing Children" by Ahn Yoo-jin and Ham Yoon-sik from Hongik University, which opened the lower floors of the housing to create a small village connected to the city. They provided in-depth structural proposals for this design and embodied it in architectural space.

The winning teams received certificates, plaques, and prize money. Teams awarded the Outstanding Award or higher are granted domestic and international architectural study tours and preferential treatment in hiring, such as document exemption when applying for employment at LH.

Lee Han-jun, President of LH, said, "Through this competition, we were able to discover innovative combinations of multi-family housing and childcare. LH will continue to support the growth of outstanding talents in the future architecture field through the University Student Housing Architecture Competition."

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