GH, Youth Contest for Spatial Welfare... Applications Open from June 3

Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation (GH) is holding the Spatial Welfare Youth Contest again this year, following last year.

On the 12th, GH announced that it held an explanatory session for the ‘2024 GH Spatial Welfare Youth Contest’ with a total prize of 35 million KRW at the auditorium of the Korea Institute of Architects in Seocho-gu, Seoul.

The GH Spatial Welfare Youth Contest was launched last year to discover young people’s creative ideas about spatial welfare.

This year’s contest theme is to bridge the gap and seek mutually beneficial development between aging planned cities and old downtown areas.

At the explanatory session, to aid understanding, Professor Kang Beom-jun from Seoul National University gave a special lecture on ‘The Urban Design Starting Point for the Redevelopment of Aging Planned Cities,’ and Professor Kim Chung-ho from the University of Seoul lectured on ‘Exploring Urban Design Plans for Aging Planned Cities.’

The contest is divided into a general contest category and a studio-linked category.

GH, Space Welfare Youth Contest Poster

The general contest category is open to any domestic university (graduate) students (regardless of major, including students on leave) and graduates within two years. A total of 18 teams will be awarded prizes: 1 grand prize of 10 million KRW, 2 gold prizes of 5 million KRW each, 5 silver prizes of 2 million KRW each, and 10 encouragement prizes of 500,000 KRW each. Applications will be accepted from June 3 to June 28.

The studio category received preliminary applications from January 18 to February 1 and signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with 10 universities (graduate schools), including Gangnam University, Konkuk University, Korea University, Dankook University, Yonsei University, Incheon National University, Inha University, Hannam University, Hanyang University, and Hongik University.

Kim Se-yong, president of GH, said, "I hope this will be an opportunity for young people to resolve spatial inequality through spatial welfare and seek ways for coexistence and development. Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation will do its best to make Gyeonggi-do a better place for all residents through spatial welfare."

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