GS Engineering & Construction Wins Main Prizes at Korea Landscape and Color Awards

[Financial News] GS Engineering & Construction’s Xi (XI) apartment brand won main prizes at the 2026 Korea Landscape Awards and Korea Color Awards. The Landscape Awards are jointly hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Environment and Landscape Architecture Foundation (ELAF). The Color Awards, organized by the Korea Society of Color Studies and sponsored by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, are Korea’s only specialized awards for color.
According to GS Engineering & Construction on the 13th, Elysian Forest won the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment Award at this year’s Landscape Awards, while Hwigyeong Xi Desencia won the Gwacheon Mayor’s Award.
Elysian Forest is a Xi garden created within Seoul Forest. Its concept is “a garden that embraces the passage of time in an old forest and brings deep respite to everyday city life.” It was highly praised as a space that harmonizes with nature while preserving the existing trees and forest structure as much as possible.
Hwigyeong Xi Desencia is a large apartment complex with 1,806 households in Hwigyeong-dong, Dongdaemun District, Seoul. Its theme is “a premium complex that expands the value of everyday life and place through the scenes of three gardens.” It was praised for turning the greenery within the complex into living spaces naturally connected to residents’ everyday lives.
GS Engineering & Construction also won awards at the Korea Color Awards, held earlier: “Bokdae Xi The Sky Flowing Space” received the Green Award, while “Eunpyeong Xi The Star Flex” received the President of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Design Promotion Agency Award.
Bokdae Xi The Sky Flowing Space was recognized for harmoniously arranging its entrance gateway and curved rooftop sculptures to suit the complex’s terrain, while Eunpyeong Xi The Star Flex was praised for harmonizing with the surrounding landscape and effectively conveying Xi’s distinctive brand identity and the quality of its residential spaces.
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