Posted on 04 Sep 2012
To widen understanding and interest in steel and find new ideas
utilizing steel materials, POSCO hosted the 2nd Annual POSCO Steel
Design Festa contest with the award ceremony held at the POSCO Center on
August 28th.
The event hosted by POSCO E&C, POSCO A&C, and other family
companies was a success with approximately 100 attendees including
family company employees and related personnel as well as the general
public.
The honorable grand prize was jointly awarded to `Hug Me` (above in
photo) by 5th year architecture majors Park Hyeontae and Lim Seonmin of
Hongik University, and `Space Terminal Hotel` (bottom of photo) by 4th
year architecture major Oh Jaehoon of Korea University, both receiving
CEO commendation and 7 million KRW. First prize went to `Homo Hundred
Rail` by Choi Seongshik and Park Hyeonuk, 4th year architecture majors
of Kookmin University, receiving commendation and 4 million KRW.
Under the theme of `Steel, Homo Hundred` and in light of a new era
where the average life span is beyond 100 years, this year?s contest
overcame the `cold and stiff` image of steel and showed the possibility
of steel being a ?light, soft, and warm material? which can be
associated with leisure and rest.
The `POSCO Festa Academy` training was hosted for participants to
heighten the understanding level of steel materials and structure
design, and strengthened the online popularity award criteria to
especially make this year`s contest more interesting than previous
years.
168 teams of various majors including architecture, urban
engineering, mechanical engineering, and cognitive science from 64
universities, 54 domestic and 10 abroad, participated in this year?s
contest.
Prize-winning works will be exhibited on the first floor lobby of
POSCO Center from September 6th through 12th, and on the POSCO A&C
office lobby from the 13th to 19th. The grand prize and first prize
winning works will be especially exhibited at the 2nd Annual POSCO
Global EVI Forum from October 16th to 18th at the Seoul Walker Hill
Hotel.
POSCO will continue to diversify the demand structure of steel
products and support various events such as the Steel Design Festa
Contest to proactively foster talent in the steel sector.
