Miryang Election Platform Officium Publicum ab Junghee Lee

Opus Miryang Election Platform Officium Publicum a designatore Junghee Lee est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2026 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Categoria Certaminis Architectura.

AesArchitectura· 2026

Miryang Election Platform Officium Publicum

a Junghee Lee

Cliens: 2m2 Architects

Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Categoria Architectura

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Designum

De Miryang Election Platform Officium Publicum

E via prospecta, Suggestus Electionis Miryangensis tranquillitatem institutionalem per architecturam disciplinatam et modestam significat. Frons ex tegulis latericiis, mensurato rhythmo repetito disposita, aedificio praesentiam solidam tribuit quae naturaliter intra circumiacentem texturam urbanam convenit. A sinistra, moles scalae rotundata molem officii rectilineam compensat, elevationem molliens dum lucem diurnam in spatia interiora communia inducit. Curva veluti signum discretum agit, apertionem suggerens sine auctoritate amissa. Coniuncta, hi motus fidem civilem in formam aedificatam transferunt.

Agnitio

De Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Miryang Election Platform Officium Publicum victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Miryang Election Platform Officium Publicum rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Miryang Election Platform Officium Publicum necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

Post Designum

Fasciculus Nuntii

Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.

Proprietates Singulares: The building’s calm materials and restrained composition reinforce its institutional identity. A brick tile facade, defined by rhythmic repetition, creates a grounded presence that blends with the surrounding urban fabric. On the left, a rounded stair volume contrasts the rectilinear office mass, adding balance while drawing daylight into shared interiors as a subtle signature. These calibrated gestures turn the office into a symbol of civic trust.
Dimensiones et Involucrum: The facility is organized over three floors to match the Election Office's workflow the first floor provides parking and election material storage as the logistical base the second floor contains the main offices, committee rooms, and a highly secured ballot box vault built with reinforced walls for maximum protection and the third floor serves election integrity operations, with a multipurpose meeting room, Fair Election Support Team offices, and investigation rooms.
Notulae: Miryang Election Platform, liberal democratic society, election, 2m2 architects, DJ 2m2
Technologia Productionis: By delicately balancing security and openness, public and private functions, the project embodies the design ethos essential to contemporary public architecture. Ultimately, this building is more than an administrative structure it is a civic infrastructure supporting local democracy and a lasting architectural symbol of fair elections for generations to come.
Provocatio Designandi: In Korea, public architecture is often compromised as the initial design gets diluted by excessive client intervention. After winning the design competition, it took the architect’s persistent effort and continuous coordination to carry the original concept through to construction. It was not an easy journey, but we were able to align all parties and bring the project to a successful close.
Investigatio: In a liberal democracy, elections are the practical expression of popular sovereignty, and the trust they create depends on fairness and transparency. Local election commissions apply national rules on the ground, running the process close to citizens and sustaining democracy in daily community life. The Miryang Election Platform translates this role into architecture a composed, secure setting for impartial procedures that strengthens public confidence through restraint and clarity, not overt symbolism.
Inspiratio: In a liberal democracy, elections are the practical exercise of popular sovereignty, and the trust they create depends on fairness and transparency. Local election commissions bring national rules to on-site reality, running the process close to citizens and sustaining democracy in community life. The Miryang Election Platform translates this role into architecture a composed place that supports impartial procedures, strengthens public confidence, and favors restraint over symbolism.
Duratio Operis: This project began after winning a design competition in Korea in 2023, and it was completed in 2025.
Cursus Operationis: This vertical zoning expresses not only functional order but also the democratic values of fairness and protection. Externally, calm materials and a controlled composition reinforce the building’s institutional character, while a brick tile facade uses rhythmic repetition to convey discipline and a grounded presence that blends with the surrounding urban fabric.
Agnitiones Imaginum: Image #1: Photographer Kyungsub Shin, 2025
Image #2, Photographer Kyungsub Shin, 2025
Image #3, Photographer Kyungsub Shin, 2025
Image #4, Photographer Kyungsub Shin, 2025
Image #5. Photographer Kyungsub Shin, 2025
Video Credits: 2m2 architects