Yeongju City Achieves Consecutive Selection for 'City Design Competition of the Year' for 2 Years

Grand Prize in Policy Category Last Year
Judges' Grand Prize Awarded This Year

Yeongju City in Gyeongbuk Province has been honored for being selected for the 'Urban Design Competition of the Year' for two consecutive years, hosted by JoongAng Ilbo S and sponsored by the Korean Institute of Urban Design, the Architectural Space Research Institute, and the Korea Construction Association.

Following last year's grand prize in the policy category, this year it received the judges' grand prize, demonstrating its leading capabilities in the field of urban architecture.

Park Nam-seo, Mayor of Yeongju City, is posing for a commemorative photo after receiving the grand prize in the urban design competition. Photo by Yeongju City

Yeongju City has utilized a non-statutory urban architecture master plan to shape the sense of place of major hubs within the city and realize strategic directions over the past 16 years, creating the current downtown area of Yeongju. This effort has been highly evaluated for laying the foundation for sustainable urban development and enhancing competitiveness.

In particular, Yeongju was the first in the nation to introduce a private expert system (Yeongju City Urban Architecture Management Group) and has continuously worked to integrate and coordinate various projects that were previously pursued individually. This systematic approach has led to selection in numerous central government competitions, including the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's New Village Competition, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' Saetteul Village Project, and the Gyeongsangbuk-do Regional Balanced Development Project.

Currently, Yeongju City is preparing a second urban architecture master plan to establish itself as a new model for small and medium-sized cities in the era of population decline. This master plan focuses on building an urban structure that links the functions of key hubs within the city and efficiently utilizes space, aiming for 'compact-network strengthening.'

Mayor Park Nam-seo stated, “We will do our best to ensure that Yeongju City can establish itself as a sustainable development model for small and medium-sized cities through this award,” adding, “Through this urban architecture strategy, we will create a city that Yeongju citizens can take pride in and further leap forward as a small and medium-sized city attracting nationwide attention.”

Yeongju City has been selected for the urban design competition project for two consecutive years this year and is taking a commemorative photo. Photo by Yeongju City

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