Miryang Election Platform Foncion Principala: Burèu Governamental by Junghee Lee

Miryang Election Platform Foncion Principala: Burèu Governamental by Junghee Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award de Bronze in Arquitectura Competition Category.

BronzeArquitectura· 2026

Miryang Election Platform Foncion Principala: Burèu Governamental

by Junghee Lee

Client: 2m2 Architects

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Arquitectura Category

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The Design

About Miryang Election Platform Foncion Principala: Burèu Governamental

Vist dempuèi la carrièra, la Plataforma Electorala de Miryang transmet una calma institucionala a travèrs una arquitectura disciplinada e discreta. Una faciada de teulas de briga, dispausada dins una repeticion ritmica mesurada, dona al bastiment una preséncia ancorada que s'inserís naturalament dins lo teissut urban circondant. A esquèrra, un volum d'escalièr arredonit compensa la massa rectilinèa dels burèus, adociguent l'elevacion tot en atirant la lutz del jorn dins los espacis interiors partejats. La corba fa d'una signatura discrèta, suggerissent la dobertura sens pèrdre l'autoritat. Amassa, aqueles gèstes revèrtan la fisança civica en forma bastida.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Miryang Election Platform Foncion Principala: Burèu Governamental a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze, una reconeissença plan prestigiosa acordada a de designs excellents que se destrian per la creativitat, l'engenh e la finessa. Los ganhaires del Bronze son d'artefactes largament abils e sorprenentament creatius que provan la vasta experiéncia, l'imaginacion e l'engenhositat de lors designers. S'espèra que Miryang Election Platform Foncion Principala: Burèu Governamental siá un objècte fòrça considerat, admirat e estimat, notablament professional e innovant. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze integra las melhoras practicas de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia e es excellent per son atencion al detalh. Miryang Election Platform Foncion Principala: Burèu Governamental satisfa esplendidament los besonhs, toca los desirs, encanta los sentiments e interèssa la curiositat.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: 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.
Dimensions & Packaging: 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.
Tags: Miryang Election Platform, liberal democratic society, election, 2m2 architects, DJ 2m2
Production Technology: 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.
Design Challenge: 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.
Research: 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.
Inspiration: 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.
Project Duration: This project began after winning a design competition in Korea in 2023, and it was completed in 2025.
Operation Flow: 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.
Image Credits: 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