Design competitions to select an architect with residents' participation with an open jury process, composed of a Jury with expert committee and residents that have the opportunity to participate in each stage of the competition are analyzed. Three hundred thirteen applicants completed a questionnaire. 76.0% agreed that an open jury process can make sure of fairness and trustworthy of the competition. Citizens must be a member of the jury committee but they should have enough knowledge to judge. It can be concluded that this is an effective method that has a good possibility to be applied in general.