SPACE May 2026 (No. 702)

©Song Youngjoon
The international competition for the National Museum Complex Masterplan of Sejong Administrative City was conducted in two stages to ensure an integrated vision. The first stage focused on the overall development of the 190,000m©÷ site, while the second stage evaluated detailed masterplans and the design of the first-phase facilities: the National Children¡¯s Museum, the Integrated Storage Facility, and the Integrated Operations Headquarters. Junglim Architecture, in collaboration with the Canadian firm Office OU, was selected as the winner for its entry, Sejong Museum Gardens.

Design process

©Junglim Archite...
Junglim Architecture (Jeong Yongkyo, Lee Myungjin) Junglim Architecture – Bae Moonki, Park Sun 130, Eoulluri-ro, Sejong-si, Korea cultural and assembly facility (exhibition hall) 75,402m©÷ masterplan sector 1 – 16,337m©÷ masterplan sector 1 – 104,201m©÷ B2, 5F 860 22m masterplan sector 1 – 22% masterplan sector 1 – 33.52% RC, steel frame Neo-Cross Structure Engineering Co., Ltd. SAHM-SHIN Engineers, INC. Hyeobin Electrical Design Kyeryong Construction Industrie 382 billion KRW National Agency for Administrative City Construct Haiin Land+Scape Design Sep. 2016 – Aug. 2017