Poro City پورو سٹی by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Poro City پورو سٹی by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award آسنین انعام in انٹیریئر اسپیس ءِ ایگزیبیشن ڈیزائن Competition Category.

آسنانٹیریئر· 2022

Poro City پورو سٹی

by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Client: Architecture for community Los Angeles

A' Design Award آسنین انعام Winner in انٹیریئر Category

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The Design

About Poro City پورو سٹی

پورو سٹی یک نمائشی ڈیزائن ئے کہ شیر دان (milk crates) ءَ چہ جوڑ بوتگ۔ ایں کریٹاں یک اِٹ-مانگ سسٹم جوڑ کننت کہ نہ شفاف اَنت و نہ ئے مکمل ٹُک، و نمائش ئے بدون کدام سخت حد و مرزءَ نگہ داریت۔ موج مانگیں سوراخیں دیوالاں منظرانی قاب بندی کننت و لاس اینجلس ءِ بریز بلاک سطحانی یاد ءَ راودارینت۔ ایں ماڈیولر پارٹاں ئے کِٹ زوت جوڑ بیت و مختلف دورانی و برانی جاگہاں ءَ آدابت (adapt) بہ کننت۔ ایں تنصیب ءِ منجاہ ۲۰۰ چوکور میٹرین گیلری ءِ اندرا ۱۱۰۰ کریٹ کہ ہر یک ۳۳ سانتی میٹر ×۳۳ سانتی میٹر × ۲۸ سانتی میٹرا اَنت، بہ کار برت بوتگ۔ روشناں رنگ یک عامیں کاراموزیں شے ءَ یک خوش آمدیدیں جاگہ ءَ بدل کننت۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award آسنین انعام

Poro City پورو سٹی A' Design Award آسنین انعام ءِ ورگ آ انت، معزز اعتراف کہ آ جوانیں ڈیزائناں دیگ بیت کہ جوانیں ڈولا ڈیزائن کنگ بوتگیں تخلیقاں چہ متوقع پیشہ ورانہ ءُ صنعتی ضرورتاں پورا کننت۔ آسن ءِ ورگ آ وتی خالقاں ءِ مزن مہارت، اعلیٰ ماہری، ماہرانہ سمجھ ءُ تخلیقی صلاحیت پیش کننت۔ Poro City پورو سٹی چہ امید کنگ بیت کہ آ یک باز قدر کنگ بوتگیں، ساراہگ بوتگیں ءُ پیارکنگ بوتگیں تخلیق بیت کہ عملی ءُ جدت ءِ انت۔ ای ڈیزائن کہ A' Design Award آسنین انعام ءَ برتگ، صنعت ءِ بہترین طریقہ یکجا کنت ءُ علم ءُ صلاحیت گوں جوڑ بوتگیں قابل تکنیکی خصوصیتاں دار انت۔ Poro City پورو سٹی ءِ سنجیدگی ءِ سببا عزت کنگ بیت ءُ آ زندگی ءِ معیار ءَ بہتری آرگ ءِ پہ جوڑ کنگ بوتگ کہ جہان ءَ جوانتر جاگہ جوڑ کنگ ءَ مدد کنت۔

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Poro City proposes a dialogue with the many communities of Los Angeles. Milk crates function as a brick system that is neither transparent nor solid, housing the exhibition without imposing a rigid boundary. The milk crate's flexibility allows for various design options that can adapt to different spaces. Moreover, its immediately familiar iconography makes it approachable to a wide range of audiences.
Dimensions & Packaging: It is constructed with 1100 counts of 33 cm x 33 cm x 28 cm milk crates and distributed in a 200 square meters gallery.
Tags: exhibition design, reuse, second life,
Production Technology: Our modular crate system was designed to be easy and fast to assemble. With the help of volunteers, we were able to construct all of the walls in less than a day. COVID has kept many of us indoors, so it was great to get together at Helms Bakery for the exhibition.
Design Challenge: Due to the viral milk-crate challenge from Tik Tok, and to discourage climbing on the walls, we also made the decision to treat seating as a separate element rather than integrating it with the exhibition walls.
Research: We were inspired by the project brief, which called for a design that could be distributed at indoor and outdoor sites throughout Los Angeles. We wanted our design to be recognizable regardless of its location, and to create a space while connecting to each unique neighborhood. We settled on a kit-of-parts construction using milk crates as our primary building material due to their adaptability and recognizability. Assembled as undulating porous walls, crates frame views and emphasize the experiential relationship between exhibition and site. The stacked brick pattern recalls the textures of breeze block walls, iconic surfaces of the LA landscape. The final result is a welcoming and vibrant exhibition in an array of vivid colors.
Inspiration: Packaging is often a means to an end. We receive a good, unwrap it, and discard the container. However, some forms of packaging, like shipping crates and pallets, are designed for durability and reuse. These sturdy qualities often inspire more robust modes of use than initially intended. The same is true for the milk crate.
Project Duration: It is located at Culver City, California. It starts construction on October and stand in the gallery from November to December.
Operation Flow: Our vision for this exhibition was to exemplify the ability of people to create the extraordinary from the mundane. Showcasing milk crates, which by their nature are utilitarian objects, celebrates this resourcefulness. The bright and unexpected colors further elevate and transform the material and show it in a new way.
Team Members: Chieh-Ting Chuang
Martha Kriley
Yushan Men.
Image Credits: Photo credit: Dylan Corr, Kyoung Eun Park
Video Credit: Martha Kriley. Gary Doran
Graphic Credit: Nick Imbriale, Christopher Manzano, Philana Kim