Poro City Deseño de Exposicións by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Poro City Deseño de Exposicións by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Ferro in Deseño de Espazos Interiores e de Exposición Competition Category.

FerroInteriorismo· 2022

Poro City Deseño de Exposicións

by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Client: Architecture for community Los Angeles

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Interiorismo Category

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The Design

About Poro City Deseño de Exposicións

Poro City é un deseño de exposición construído a partir de caixas de leite. As caixas forman un sistema semellante a un muro de tixolos que non é nin transparente nin sólido, sostendo a exposición sen un límite ríxido. Paredes porosas e onduladas enmarcan as vistas e evocan as superficies de bloques de formigón perforado (breeze blocks) atopadas en Los Ángeles. O kit modular de pezas é rápido de montar e pode adaptarse a diferentes espazos interiores e exteriores. A instalación emprega 1100 caixas de 33 cm por 33 cm por 28 cm nunha galería de 200 metros cadrados. As cores vivas transforman un obxecto utilitario familiar nun espazo acolledor.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Poro City Deseño de Exposicións gañou o A' Design Award de Ferro, un recoñecemento prestixioso outorgado a bos deseños que cumpren os requisitos profesionais e industriais esperados de creacións ben deseñadas. Os gañadores Ferro demostran a gran habilidade, a alta especialización, a comprensión experta e a capacidade creativa dos seus creadores. Espérase que Poro City Deseño de Exposicións sexa unha creación moi apreciada, admirada e querida que é práctica e innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as mellores prácticas do sector e ten características técnicas competentes ligadas ao saber facer e ao talento. Poro City Deseño de Exposicións é respectado pola súa minuciosidade e está deseñado para proporcionar melloras na calidade de vida que axudan a facer do mundo un lugar mellor.

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