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Miryang Election Platform Esasy wezipe: Hökümet edarasy by Junghee Lee

Miryang Election Platform Esasy wezipe: Hökümet edarasy by Junghee Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Bürünç Baýragy in Binagärlik, Bina we Desga Dizaýny Competition Category.


BürünçBinagärlik· 2026

Miryang Election Platform Esasy wezipe: Hökümet edarasy

by Junghee Lee

Client: 2m2 Architects

A' Design Award Bürünç Baýragy Winner in Binagärlik Category

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The Design

About Miryang Election Platform Esasy wezipe: Hökümet edarasy

Köçeden seredilende, Miryang saýlaw meýdançasy tertipli, sada arhitektura arkaly edara köşeşligini beýan edýär. Ölçegli ritmik gaýtalanyşda goýlan kerpiç plitka fasady, jaýa daş-töweregindäki şäher dokumasyna tebigy laýyk gelýän berk barlyk berýär. Çep tarapda, togalak basgançak göwrümi göni burçly edara köpçüligini deňagramlaşdyrýar, beýikligi ýumşadýar we paýlaşylýan içerki giňişliklere gündiz yşygyny çekýär. Egri çyzyk näzik gol çekme hökmünde hereket edip, ygtyýary ýitirmän açyklygy aňladýar. Bu hereketler bilelikde raýat ynamyny gurlan görnüşe öwürýär.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Bürünç Baýragy

Miryang Election Platform Esasy wezipe: Hökümet edarasy A' Design Award Bürünç Baýragynyň ýeňijisidir; bu döredijilik, ussatlyk we ýiti akyl bilen tapawutlanýan tapawutly dizaýnlara berilýän aşa abraýly ykrarnamadyr. Bürünç ýeňijileri dizaýnerleriniň giň tejribesini, hyýalyny we tapawutlylygyny tassyklaýan örän ussat we geň galdyryjy derejede döredijilikli eserlerdir. Miryang Election Platform Esasy wezipe: Hökümet edarasy uly baha berilýän, haýran galynýan we söýülýän, üns çekiji derejede hünärmenlikli we täzelikçi zat bolmagy garaşylýar. A' Design Award Bürünç Baýragyny gazanan bu dizaýn sungatda, ylymda, dizaýnda we tehnologiýada iň oňat tejribeleri öz içine alýar we jikme-jiklige edýän üni bilen ajaýypdyr. Miryang Election Platform Esasy wezipe: Hökümet edarasy zerurlyklary ajaýyp derejede kanagatlandyrýar, isleglere degýär, duýgulary özüne çekýär we gyzyklanmany çekýär.

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

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