Miryang Election Platform Umurimo w'Ibanze: Ibiro bya Leta by Junghee Lee

Miryang Election Platform Umurimo w'Ibanze: Ibiro bya Leta by Junghee Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Igishushanyo cy'Ubwubatsi Competition Category.

BuronzeUbwubatsi· 2026

Miryang Election Platform Umurimo w'Ibanze: Ibiro bya Leta

by Junghee Lee

Client: 2m2 Architects

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Ubwubatsi Category

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The Design

About Miryang Election Platform Umurimo w'Ibanze: Ibiro bya Leta

Umwandiko: Iyo urebye uva mu muhanda, Miryang Election Platform yerekana ituze ry'inzego binyuze mu bwubatsi bwitondeye, butagaragaza cyane. Uruhande rw'imbere rwubatswe mu marati y'amatafari, rwashyizweho mu buryo bugororotse busubiramo umuvuduko, biha inyubako imiterere ihamye ihuza neza n'imiterere y'umujyi uyikikije. Ku ruhande rw'ibumoso, ingazi zizengurutse zishyiraho urwego rwa kimwe cyerekana ubunini bw'ibiro bugororotse, bigatuma isura y'inyubako yoroha mu gihe zizana urumuri rw'izuba mu bibanza bisangiwe imbere. Uwo mugongo ukora nk'ikimenyetso cyihishe, wibutsa gukingurwa nta kubura ubutware. Iyi migendekere yose ihindura icyizere cya rubanda ikagishyira mu miterere yubatswe.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze

Miryang Election Platform Umurimo w'Ibanze: Ibiro bya Leta ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. Miryang Election Platform Umurimo w'Ibanze: Ibiro bya Leta biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. Miryang Election Platform Umurimo w'Ibanze: Ibiro bya Leta ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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