The School of Architecture team, receives first prize in the ‘NYTC New York Theater City’ international architecture contest
Competing with about 300 university teams of the world including England and Spain, demonstrated the potential of 5 year School of Architecture
[August 9, 2011]

 
 The School of Architecture team of Yeungnam University was recognized for its ability internationally by placing the honorary 1st place at the ‘NYTC New York Theater City’ which was held targeting the students of Architecture throughout the world in Spain.

 ‘NYTC New York Theater City’ is the project name of the international architecture contest sponsored by Archmedium of Spain during the first half of this year and the students were given a mission to form a space where fresh and diverse performance can freely sprout at the Broadway of Manhattan which is the heart of world's performance culture industry. It was from the object of returning the Broadway as a city of culture where art and freedom are alive by reviving the experimental challenge of spirit from the 1980's after it has degenerated into a commercial business zone as the place became dominated by large scale performance culture where huge capital is invested.

 A total of 302 works have been released from all over the world in the contest held from January 15th to May 31st. The jury of five world famous architects have selected award winners based on publicness, harmony with surrounding environment, innovation with critical spirit of challenge, communication ability and novelty.

 As a result, the work of ‘PH4 Studio’ team (see photo) organized by Park, Jung-Ha/Park, Jun-Young/Kwon, Su-Hwan in fifth grade, Park, Chang-Beom in fourth grade and Han, Chang-Seok in third grade of Yeungnam University's School of Architecture called “What kind of performance do you want?" had received 'first prize' which is the first place. They also got hold of 2,500 euros in prize money (about 4 million won).

 The work was designed to naturally lead the footsteps of walking along the High Line Park to the performance hall as the place was made to open up a diversity of experimental performances by having the outer line of roof at the ring shaped building to give strong impression like colosseum of Rome meet at the edge of the High Line Park which is a new noted feature of New York and placing a small sized theater at the basement of gigantic round plaza formed at the inner building. High Line Park is a tourist attraction of New York that has revived the abandoned elevated railroad and was one of the surrounding environmental structures that must be considered in this mission.

 The jury has pointed out the fact that the work of these students has made the refined beauty of a city called New York stand out with a simple but impressive design, the fact that dead spaces between elevated railroad supports were illustrated to be recycled as a space of creative culture and the fact that urban integration was clearly shown with persuasive ability through round design, etc especially stand out.

 The second place went to the University of Westminster of England and third place went to the ETSAB team of Spain.

 Concerning this outstanding achievement, the team leader Park, Jong-Ha (25, fifth grade of Architecture) has expressed his aspirations by saying “I'm very delighted to have our ability recognized in the contest sponsored by Spain which is the home of architecture that has produced Gaudi” and “I want to contribute in telling people about the Korean beauty of architecture to the world by becoming an architect who has received international certificate in the future". The youngest team member Han, Chang-Seok (24) also expressed his determination by saying “It was a great fortune to work with talented mentors who had received several awards in international contests” and “I'll make effort to have more great results by sharing what I learned from mentors this time with my classmates or younger students”

 Meanwhile, Yeungnam University's School of Architecture has reorganized as five year School of Architecture since 2002 to be operating international architect certification training approved by WTO system while proving its potentials through many domestic and foreign contests.

 
 The First Prize Winning Work of 'PH4 Studio' Team