Hwaseong Special City Holds Public Design Contest for Construction Site Temporary Fencing

Hwaseong Special City (Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun) announced that it will hold the "2026 2nd Hwaseong City Public Design Contest" with the theme of "Construction Site Temporary Fencing (screening) where urban and rural areas harmonize in Hwaseong Special City."

The contest has been organized to increase public interest and participation in public design and to discover creative design ideas that reflect the future vision of Hwaseong Special City where everyone is happy.

The competition will be divided into three categories: general, secondary school, and elementary school. The general category is open to any Korean national aged 18 or older interested in public design, while the secondary school and elementary school categories are open to students currently enrolled in secondary schools, high schools, and elementary schools located in Hwaseong City, respectively. All categories are limited to individual entries only, and each person may submit one work.

The city plans to select a total of 20 winning works—8 from the general category, 6 from the secondary school category, and 6 from the elementary school category—and award them with certificates from the Mayor of Hwaseong Special City and prize money. The top prize money by category is 5 million won for the general category, 2 million won for the secondary school category, and 1 million won for the elementary school category.

Those wishing to apply should submit required documents, including application forms and work boards, from 9:00 a.m. on September 14 to 11:59 p.m. on October 16.

The general and secondary school categories will accept submissions via email, while the elementary school category will accept original submissions at the Public Design Team of the Urban Planning Permanent Planning Division on the first floor of the Hwaseong Special City Hall Main Building or at nearby eup, myeon, and dong administrative welfare centers.

Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun of Hwaseong Special City stated, "I hope this contest will incorporate citizens' diverse and distinctive ideas into public design and serve as an opportunity for citizens to become more familiar with public design. I expect many innovative works that can reflect the unique character and values of Hwaseong Special City to be proposed, even for temporary construction site fencing that citizens encounter easily in their daily lives."