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 2012.
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 by 5th year architecture majors Mr Park Hyeontae and Ms Lim Seonmin of Hongik University, and Space Terminal Hotel by 4th year architecture major Mr Oh Jaehoon of Korea University, both receiving CEO commendation and KRW 7 million. First prize went to Homo Hundred Rail by Mr Choi Seongshik and Mr Park Hyeonuk, 4th year architecture majors of Kookmin University, receiving commendation and KRW 4 million.
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 2012 to October 18th 2012 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.
Source - POSCO
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