Poro City Desain Pameran by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Poro City Desain Pameran by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Besi in Desain Ruang Interior dan Pameran Competition Category.

BesiInterior· 2022

Poro City Desain Pameran

by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Client: Architecture for community Los Angeles

A' Design Award Besi Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Poro City Desain Pameran

Poro City adalah sebuah desain pameran yang dibangun dari krat susu. Krat-krat tersebut membentuk sistem serupa susunan bata yang tidak sepenuhnya transparan maupun masif, menaungi pameran tanpa batas yang kaku. Dinding berpori yang bergelombang membingkai pemandangan dan mengingatkan pada permukaan breeze block yang banyak ditemukan di Los Angeles. Perangkat komponen modular ini cepat dirakit dan dapat beradaptasi dengan berbagai lokasi, baik di dalam maupun di luar ruangan. Instalasi ini menggunakan 1100 krat berukuran 33 cm x 33 cm x 28 cm dalam galeri seluas 200 meter persegi. Warna-warna cerah mengubah objek utilitarian yang biasa dijumpai menjadi ruang yang mengundang.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Besi

Poro City Desain Pameran adalah pemenang A' Design Award Besi, pengakuan yang bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain yang baik yang memenuhi persyaratan profesional dan industri yang diharapkan dari kreasi yang dirancang dengan baik. Pemenang Besi menunjukkan keterampilan yang besar, spesialisasi yang tinggi, pemahaman ahli, dan kapasitas kreatif para penciptanya. Poro City Desain Pameran diharapkan menjadi kreasi yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi, dan dicintai yang praktis dan inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Besi ini mengintegrasikan praktik terbaik industri dan memiliki karakteristik teknis yang kompeten yang terkait dengan pengetahuan teknis dan bakat. Poro City Desain Pameran dihormati karena ketelitiannya dan dirancang untuk memberikan peningkatan kualitas hidup yang membantu menjadikan dunia tempat yang lebih baik.

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