Pyeongtaek City Holds International Design Competition for New City Hall

November Winning Entries Selected... Construction Scheduled for 2025
346.2 Billion KRW Invested to Build a 50,000㎡ Total Floor Area Facility

An international design competition for the construction of the new Pyeongtaek City Hall, to be located in the Godeok Internationalization Planning District (Godeok New Town) in Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, is set to begin.

Pyeongtaek City announced on the 12th that it will conduct the international design competition for the new city hall starting from the 16th.

A panoramic view of Pyeongtaek City Hall. Pyeongtaek City is launching an international design competition to build a new city hall to replace the existing building, which is over 30 years old.
[Photo by Pyeongtaek City]

The new Pyeongtaek City Hall, which will replace the aging city hall in Bijeon-dong, will be built on a site of 88,521㎡ in the Godeok New Town Business District 6 area, with a total floor area of 50,528㎡. The project, with a total investment of 346.2 billion KRW, will house both the city hall and the city council.

Through the construction of the new city hall, the city expects to resolve issues related to aging facilities and lack of space, as well as to promote regional integration and balanced development. To this end, the city plans to secure office space to accommodate a population of one million and create various communication spaces for citizens.

The city explained that the design competition will be conducted as an international bidding process open to all architects domestically and internationally, to ensure that the new city hall becomes a landmark.

The final winning design will be selected on November 28. Afterwards, the city will begin the design phase and start construction within next year. However, the city plans to continue using the existing city hall as a secondary office even after the new city hall is completed.

Jung Jang-seon, Mayor of Pyeongtaek, said, "Through this international design competition, we expect the new city hall to embody Pyeongtaek’s future vision while innovatively realizing urban space," adding, "We will spare no administrative support to ensure the smooth construction of the new city hall."

Meanwhile, the current Pyeongtaek City Hall was built in 1993 and used as the city hall before the integration of three cities and counties. After the integration of Pyeongtaek City, Pyeongtaek County, and Songtan City in 1995, an annex building was added and has been used as the city hall to this day.

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