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Amplification of Sensation Kev Zaum Rau Pej Xeem by Eun Whan Cho

Amplification of Sensation Kev Zaum Rau Pej Xeem by Eun Whan Cho is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Nyiaj in Tsim Rooj Tog Kev Competition Category.


NyiajRooj Tog Kev· 2022

Amplification of Sensation Kev Zaum Rau Pej Xeem

by Eun Whan Cho

Client: Seoul Metropolitan Government

A' Design Award Nyiaj Winner in Rooj Tog Kev Category

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The Design

About Amplification of Sensation Kev Zaum Rau Pej Xeem

Amplification of Sensation yog ib lub rooj zaum rau pej xeem uas ua los ntawm cov yasphaj pov tseg thiab tseem ua tau ib daim duab kos. Lub rooj zaum raug muab txhim tsa raws txoj kev mus kev los ntawm tus Dej Han hauv nroog Seoul. Cov yam ntxwv zoo li lub funnel puag nkaus tus neeg zaum thiab txhim kho lub suab ntawm cov ntoo thiab cov dej kom nrov ntxiv. Cov yam ntxwv kuj txhaws thaj tsam saib thiab tsom kev txhawj xeeb rau thaj chaw ib puag ncig. Cov khoom siv yog ua los ntawm kev tsoo cov yasphaj pov tseg ua tej daim me me thiab muab tsim ua lub rooj zaum. Qhov kev tsim no caw cov pej xeem kom so thiab xav txog cov teeb meem ib puag ncig.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Nyiaj

Amplification of Sensation Kev Zaum Rau Pej Xeem yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Nyiaj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev tshaj li qub uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib siab, zoo nkauj thiab ua rau neeg xav tsis thoob. Cov neeg yeej Nyiaj yog cov haujlwm ci ntsa iab heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas qhia txog kev paub, kev txawj ntse thiab kev ntse ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Amplification of Sensation Kev Zaum Rau Pej Xeem xav tias yuav yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus uas tsim rau qhia, tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab tob. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Nyiaj no yog ib qho khoom tsim uas pom tseeb heev thiab neeg qhuas uas pab tau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. Amplification of Sensation Kev Zaum Rau Pej Xeem yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg coob xav tau, uas ua rau xav, coj kev xav zoo thiab ua rau xav tsis thoob thiab xav paub.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
This chair is made of discarded plastic pieces and also serves as a public sculpture. The project was installed in the middle of Seoul, where garbage was poured out, and was named 'Amplification of Sensation' by designer. The designer wanted to encourage citizens to think about environmental issues through this chair, while also allowing them to focus on the sense of perception of the surrounding environment in the city.
Dimensions & Packaging
850 mm x 960 mm x 1950 mm
Tags
mootaa, street furnitrue, eunwhan cho, seoul,
Production Technology
The material of this chair is a piece obtained by pulverizing discarded plastic.
Design Challenge
In the process of making this chair, collecting materials and experimenting with materials were the most difficult parts. We collected and crushed discarded plastic waste, and conducted various experiments to mold this material back into a chair.
Research
These chairs look like funnels or megaphone. When we sit on these chairs, the sounds of trees and rivers are amplified. We can clearly hear not only the sound of nature, but also the sound of someone walking or running fast, sitting for a while and sighing, and bursting laughter out of conversation with friends. The scenery that seems trapped in a narrow field of vision reveals itself more precisely because of that. In this place, our view is transformed into the focused gaze, not a passing gaze. You can fully concentrate on your senses for a short time. And those senses extend outward. Sensory stimulation comes from the outside, something different from me, that is the difference. Our senses can be enhanced in a way of communication all the time. Even at the moment of deviation, we are destined to be connected somewhere continuously.

One more thing we can't miss is the use of recycled plastic chips. Although plastics have made our lives convenient, it is causing a lot of environmental problems. We often discuss plastics and marine pollution by it while drinking coffee in a plastic cup ironically. The sense that we are holding plastics in our hand is fading away. Sitting on a chair made of recycled plastics and contacting with it, we could amplify our senses as well as think about environmental issues for a while. Because we can only feel senses coming from the outside.
Inspiration
This chair was designed for urban environmental problems and citizens' rest. The Han River runs through the center of Seoul and is also a place loved by citizens. This river is one of the few places to feel nature in this polluted city. The Seoul Metropolitan Government requested a designer for a public installation for this important place, and Designer designed and installed these chairs.
Project Duration
This chair will be manufactured at the request of the Seoul Metropolitan Government in 2018 and then installed on the promenade around the Han River by 2026.
Operation Flow
Users can sit on funnel-shaped chairs and focus on the surrounding sounds and scenery. In addition, the user has the opportunity to think about environmental problems by checking the recycled chair materials with his eyes and hands.
Team Members
taiho shin
Image Credits
Images : Photographer mootaa, 2020

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