Seodaemun-gu Upgrades 'Construction Site Temporary Fences' to Enhance Urban Aesthetics

Six Winning Designs Selected Through Competition
Guidelines Established for Application at Construction Sites

Seongheon Lee, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu (center), is taking a commemorative photo with the awardees after the 'Construction Site Temporary Fence Public Design Contest' award ceremony. Provided by Seodaemun-gu.

Seodaemun-gu, Seoul (Mayor Lee Seong-heon) recently held a 'Temporary Construction Fence Public Design Contest' and announced the winners on the 3rd. They also established guidelines to be applied to construction sites within the district. This initiative aims to enhance the urban aesthetics and maintain a consistent landscape.

Among the 26 submissions, six works were selected through internal evaluations and external reviews by public design experts, based on creativity and aesthetics, regional harmony, usability, and public value.

The grand prize went to Lee Seung-hoon's "Past, Present, and Future Found in Seodaemun," while the top excellence awards were given to Cha Jun-yeop's "Happy 100% Seodaemun with History and Culture" and Choi Jeong-hyun's "Seodaemun Full of Happiness and Vision." Excellence awards were presented to Moon Hong-hyun's "NEW Seodaemun-gu," Jeong Woo-yong's "Happy 100% Seodaemun!," and Kim Jin-hwan and Kwon Soon-pyo's "Seodaemun Gu Travel Route."

The grand prize received 5 million won, each top excellence award received 3 million won, and each excellence award received 1 million won. Based on these works, Seodaemun-gu plans to establish the "Seodaemun-gu Temporary Construction Fence Guidelines" and actively apply them to construction sites starting this year.

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