From January to March, 2020.JOA team participated in“International Competition for Cheongju New Cityhall” in South Korean. The project is named "City Projection”and inspired by the memory of the urban fabric and public urban life. It will generate a new urban context.

A.（Projection of Memory ）

A1.The new footprint: The current footprint of existing buildings is part of the memory of urban fabric, which creates a harmonious atmosphere in scale fitting for the large urban context. The new footprint is not only the replica of the status quo, but also is to read as new representation, which is given to urban context with new social interaction. The interaction includes open outdoor theatre, sculpture art garden, basketball field, skateboard sphere, and etc. The Scenario is given back to the public and it will be redefined by the public.

A2.The old Cheongju City Hall: It becomes the node of a new meeting place, between civil servants and the local citizens. It keeps the four sides of the facade but is infilled by an open large meeting hall (460m2) with four floors height. At the top, we set up a coffee lounge for both civil servants and citizens.

B.（Projection of Urban Life）

B3.Diversity: As Richard Sennett mentioned, “The City is the place where the strange meet”. Urban Life should be inclusive with friends and strangers. “By the 18th Century, when people spoke of the world as a theatre, they began to imagine a new audience for their posturing - each other, the divine anguish giving way to the sense of an audience willing to enjoy, if somewhat cynically, the play acting and pretence of everyday life.” The city is the stage, and the citizen is the actor. The positive urban space is packed with spontaneous urban activities and they are intertwined as a holistic form. Diversity shows the expression of the city. It is not only an entire activity park, but also need be a performance from individuality. The platform with 28,459 m2 is all activated and finally, it will become the source of urban vitality.

C.（Projection of Citizenship）

C4.Citizenship: A citizen is a member of a political community who enjoys the rights and assumes the duties of membership. Citizenship is also a reflection on the level of participation among the citizen. The platform is not only the place to behave, but also the place to participate. The place accommodates the requirement of events, organised and controlled by the authority, but it is operating together. Meanwhile, the voice of the citizen could be heard loudly, but it is also supervised by the authority. The diversity place of the enclave is much more defined by the requirement of a local citizen. It is the adaptable place instead of the fixed emptiness. The interior of the meeting room, it also organised by different classes or parties, aiming to approach the issue from different directions. The old city hall what we keep could be observed as the intersection between authority and citizenship.

D.（Projection of Public）

D5.100% Public: It is the 28459m2 public platform which arranged by the citizen. Public life has become a matter of formal obligation. Most citizens approach their dealings with the state in a spirit of resigned acquiescence, but this public enervation is in its scope much broader than political affairs.  

D6.Connection: In the micro-scope of the urban context, it is multi-connected with context, the accessibility is a reflection on the different direction road from the surrounding. The rooftop is also the platform to be public, open for 24 hours events, and absorbing the people flowing from multi-direction. Meanwhile, it also set up by a diagonal strip, connecting with the North and the south of the site and penetrating the existing city hall, which also open for public meeting space.

E.（Projection of Together）

E7.Urban Agglomeration: Society is living with people who differ racially, ethnically, religiously, or economically is the most urgent challenge facing civil society today. The new platform is agglomeration.

E8.Site Agglomeration: The integrated Cheongju City, working as a whole, need to present the smooth working cooperation and efficient communication, The first integration is to condense the 9,220m2 workplace into a tower. Its composition reflects the most efficient working flow, connecting with 6 fast lifts and integrated staircases, in order to achieve the most efficient working mode in-between the different bureaus. The openness in the tower accommodates the 4,700m2 affiliated space and common use space. It includes resting space, Gym, computer room, document library and etc, exploding to the ground floor public, and even further urban context.

F.（Projection of knowledge ）

F9.Intellectual Society: As an intellectual society, the idea is the public resources need to be shared. For the educated person of society, participating in the public sphere — the political affairs of the city-state—is a civic responsibility. According to the adjacent urban context, there has a lot of education facilities, such as Cheongju university, Cheongju Sangdang municipal library, Chungbuk Career education institute and etc. The platform has been a knowledgable place for students to attend, according to different education events and social public lectures or presentations. Meanwhile, when the decision-making by the authority, the advanced knowledge platform become the “City Think Tank” organised by the specialist from the university, government, and local representation.  

Project Name:Cheongju New Cityhall, "City Projection"

Project Type: Competition

Project location: Cheongju, South Korea

Design company : JOA

Design team: Kai Wang, Guang Ruey Tan, Jiayun Xu ,Jiarong Yao, Jingyuan Zheng

Design time: 2020

Land area: 28459㎡

Ground floor area: 10547㎡

Total building area: 54978㎡

Underground floor area: 24397㎡

Building coverage: 0.37

Green coverage rate: 0.63 Total

Building floors: 19 floors Total

Building height: 80.6m

Parking lot area: 23318㎡

Total parking number: 801