Poro City Hana Hoʻike Waihoʻike by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Poro City Hana Hoʻike Waihoʻike by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Loko Hale a me Hōʻike Competition Category.

HaoLoko Hale· 2022

Poro City Hana Hoʻike Waihoʻike

by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Client: Architecture for community Los Angeles

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Loko Hale Category

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The Design

About Poro City Hana Hoʻike Waihoʻike

He hoʻolālā hōʻikeʻike ʻo Poro City i kūkulu ʻia mai nā pahu waiū. Hana nā pahu i ʻōnaehana like me ka pōhaku pōhaku ʻaʻole ʻōaka a ʻaʻole paʻa loa, e paʻa ana i ka hōʻikeʻike me ka ʻole o kahi palena paʻa. ʻO nā paia puka lua e ʻāpiki ana e hoʻopaʻa ana i nā hiʻohiʻona nānā a hoʻomanaʻo hoʻi i nā ʻili pōhaku makani i loaʻa ma Los Angeles. Hiki ke hui koke ʻia ke kīʻaha modula o nā ʻāpana a hiki ke hoʻololi i nā kahua like ʻole ma loko a ma waho paha. Hoʻohana ka hoʻokomo ʻana i 1100 mau pahu he 33 kenimika ka lōʻihi, 33 kenimika ka laulā, a me 28 kenimika ke kiʻekiʻe, ma loko o kahi hale hōʻikeʻike he 200 mika huinahā. Hoʻololi nā kala ʻālohilohi i kahi mea maʻa mau no ka hana i kahi wahi ʻoluʻolu e hoʻokipa ai.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Poro City Hana Hoʻike Waihoʻike i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Poro City Hana Hoʻike Waihoʻike he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Poro City Hana Hoʻike Waihoʻike no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

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