3rd Human City Design Award announces winners

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Published: 22 Mar. 2022, 15:35

3rd Human City Design Award announces winners

The winners of the 3rd Human City Design Award pose with committee members of the event on Monday evening. [SEOUL DESIGN FOUNDATION]

The 3rd Human City Design Award was given to “House of Dreams” along with a 50 million won ($40,900) grand prize and trophy on Monday evening.

The "House of Dreams" project built a village using the abandoned caves in Dengfeng, a county in South Central China. Insitu Project, a design group founded by Peter Hasdell and Kuo Jze Yi, led the project. By reusing waste, Insitu Project has constructed amenity spaces such as shared kitchens, dining rooms and exhibition rooms to bring the area back to life for villagers.

The award ceremony, hosted by the Seoul Design Foundation, was held at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Jung District, central Seoul, but was streamed live through YouTube.

A total of 10 teams out of some 100 submissions from 22 nations all over the world were chosen as honorable mentions. Their works aimed to propose new solutions to urban problems and pursue sustainability.

The overview of the ″House of Dreams″ project [SEOUL DESIGN FOUNDATION]

Newly-established special categories this year are the Safety & Security Award and Citizens’ Award. The latter is based on votes from citizens.

“Goyohan Taxi,” a local project to ensure taxi drivers with hearing impairments drive safely, won the Safety & Security Award. It was led by social mobility platform Co:actus and SK Telecom.

The Citizens’ Award was given to “Oozooro 1216,” an after-school hangout spot for tweens to use freely in Jeonju, North Jeolla.

Honorable mentions include “Cine Passeio,” a renovated military building that has been turned into a cultural space in Brazil, “Accessible Beaches,” a project that has turned a beach in Turkey into a barrier-free zone, and “Gardens in the Air – Neighborhood Lights,” which reuses water for gardens and feed birds in Spain.

BY SHIN MIN-HEE [shin.minhee@joongang.co.kr]