Miryang Election Platform Kantor Pamaréntahan by Junghee Lee

Miryang Election Platform Kantor Pamaréntahan by Junghee Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Perunggu in Arsitéktur Competition Category.

PerungguArsitéktur· 2026

Miryang Election Platform Kantor Pamaréntahan

by Junghee Lee

Client: 2m2 Architects

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Arsitéktur Category

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The Design

About Miryang Election Platform Kantor Pamaréntahan

Katingal ti jalan, Miryang Election Platform nepikeun katenangan institusional ngaliwatan arsitektur anu disiplin tur basajan. Fasad ubin bata, ditata dina pengulangan ritmis anu terukur, méré gedong éta ayana anu kuat tur cocog sacara alami dina jero tatanan kota sakurilingna. Di beulah kénca, volume tangga anu buleud nyaimbangkeun massa kantor anu siku-siku, ngalemeskeun élévasi bari ngagiringkeun cahaya beurang ka rohangan interior anu dipaké babarengan. Léngkungan éta jadi tanda anu halus, nuduhkeun katerbukaan tanpa kaleungitan wibawa. Babarengan, gerakan-gerakan ieu narjamahkeun kapercayaan sipil kana wangun anu kawangun.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

Miryang Election Platform Kantor Pamaréntahan mangrupa juara A' Design Award Perunggu, pangakuan anu pohara bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain unggul anu dicirikeun ku kréativitas, kacerdikan jeung kawaspadaan. Para juara Perunggu téh artéfak anu lobaan kaahlian jeung kréatif pisan anu ngabuktikeun pangalaman anu lega, imajinasi jeung kacerdasan para désainerna. Miryang Election Platform Kantor Pamaréntahan diharepkeun jadi objék anu dihargaan, dikagumi jeung dipikanyaah anu profésional jeung inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Perunggu ieu ngalebetkeun prakték pangalusna dina seni, élmu, desain jeung téknologi, sarta unggul dina perhatian kana détail. Miryang Election Platform Kantor Pamaréntahan minuhan kabutuhan kalayan éndah, nyentuh kahayang, nyenangkeun rasa, jeung narik rasa panasaran.

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