Plastic Box Lub Khw Muag Khoom by Juan David Martínez

Plastic Box Lub Khw Muag Khoom by Juan David Martínez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Nyiaj in Tsim Chav Sab Hauv thiab Kev Nthuav Qhia Competition Category.

NyiajSab Hauv· 2026

Plastic Box Lub Khw Muag Khoom

by Juan David Martínez

Client: Minimal Studio Projects SL

A' Design Award Nyiaj Winner in Sab Hauv Category

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The Design

About Plastic Box Lub Khw Muag Khoom

Txoj haujlwm no yog ib qho piv txwv ntawm cov kev ua kom yooj yim thiab muaj zog (minimalist brutalism). Lub chaw no rov txhais dua txoj kev yuav khoom los ntawm kev zoo nkauj txaus ntshai thiab kev ua haujlwm tshiab. Tau xav los ua ib lub plhaub concrete uas muaj cov kab ncaj thiab cov ntim khoom geometric, nws qhia txog kev muaj zog thiab kev nyob ruaj khov. Qhov tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws yog lub ru tsev, uas tsim los ntawm ntau dua ib txhiab lub thawv yas rov siv dua (recycled plastic crates) uas raug teem ua ib qho modular, raug txhais kom ncaj nraim.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Nyiaj

Plastic Box Lub Khw Muag Khoom 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. Plastic Box Lub Khw Muag Khoom 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. Plastic Box Lub Khw Muag Khoom 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

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Plastic Box is a minimalist brutalist project that transforms the shopping experience through a bold aesthetic and innovative functionality. Conceived as a concrete envelope with clean lines, it conveys strength and permanence. Its key element is a ceiling made of more than a thousand recycled plastic crates that filter light and integrate lighting, ventilation, and rainwater systems. Inside, steel and concrete reinforce a sober commercial language that redefines materials and their uses.
Dimensions & Packaging: The lighting was conceived in an indirect and highly controlled manner. Light passes through and reflects off the system of 1,200 reused plastic crates in the ceiling, creating diffuse illumination that eliminates the typical glare found in supermarkets. In this way, light does not merely illuminate the space; it builds atmosphere and reinforces its scenographic character, creating a connection between the space and the shadows it generates.
Tags: supermarket, Plastic Box, plastic, brutalism
Production Technology: The project is defined by a reduced and honest material palette: concrete, steel, and reused plastic. Concrete provides brutality and neutrality; steel resolves the furniture with industrial precision; and plastic, usually hidden, becomes the architectural protagonist through the reuse of more than 1,200 crates. The ceiling was the greatest technical challenge, developed without precedents at this scale and requiring extensive prototyping, testing, and on site adjustments to assemble more than 1,200 reused elements with absolute precision.
Design Challenge: The main objective was to transform an everyday, functional space into an architectural experience. The client required a fully operational and efficient supermarket with clear circulation, while also seeking a space with its own identity recognizable and memorable. The program was simple: a sales area, storage, fluid circulation, and a powerful image that breaks with convention.
Research: The space was already operating as a supermarket, but it was in a completely neutral state, lacking architectural character, with standard solutions and a flat spatial reading. It was a generic container with no spatial value, which allowed us to intervene with complete freedom, starting from an almost blank slate.
Inspiration: The project is inspired by the idea of turning a space of consumption into an almost ritual, artistic experience. A brutalist and reduced language is used, where a single gesture defines the entire identity. This concept takes shape in the ceiling, made from over 1200 reused plastic crates, creating a recognizable and hypnotic atmosphere. The space becomes a box within a box, where function and symbolism coexist.
Project Duration: Completed in 2024 in Port d Alcúdia, Mallorca.
Team Members: Joan David Martínez Jofre
Image Credits: Fotógrafo / Leonardo Cóndor