Hwaseong-si Holds Its First Public Design Contest

Under the Theme "Creating Street-White Hwaseong"
Applications Accepted from the 24th to the 28th of Next Month...
Grand Prize Winner to Receive 5 Million KRW

Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 21st that it will hold the "2025 Hwaseong City Public Design Contest" under the theme "Creating Street-White Hwaseong" from the 24th to the 28th of next month.

This contest is the city's first public design competition, established to discover public design ideas for creating a clean and distinctive Hwaseong City.

The contest categories are public space/environment design and public facility design. The public space/environment design category includes ▲environmental improvement space design such as streets, parks, and plazas in daily life within Hwaseong City ▲regionally and culturally specialized space design ▲space design incorporating public interest concepts such as universal design, crime prevention, and social problem-solving.

The public facility design category includes ▲facility designs that citizens can use safely and conveniently ▲public facility ideas considering eco-friendliness and sustainability.

Anyone in the nation can participate in the contest. Each individual may submit up to two works and can participate either individually or as a team. Winning entries will be selected through the Public Design Promotion Committee's review. After evaluation, the city plans to select ▲1 Grand Prize winner (prize money of 5 million KRW) ▲1 Gold Prize winner (prize money of 3 million KRW) ▲2 Silver Prize winners (prize money of 2 million KRW each) ▲5 Bronze Prize winners (prize money of 1 million KRW each) ▲and 10 Honorable Mentions.

Applicants wishing to enter should submit the required documents and their works via email from the 24th to the 28th of next month. Detailed information about submission documents can be found on the Hwaseong City website.

Kang Ki-cheol, head of Hwaseong City's Urban Planning Division, said, "We hope that this contest will discover public design ideas that can help create a clean and distinctive Hwaseong Special City."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.