Poro City Nchọpụta Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Nhazi Ihe Ngosi by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Poro City Nchọpụta Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Nhazi Ihe Ngosi by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ime Ụlọ na Ngosipụta Competition Category.

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Poro City Nchọpụta Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Nhazi Ihe Ngosi

by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Client: Architecture for community Los Angeles

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Ime Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Poro City Nchọpụta Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Nhazi Ihe Ngosi

Ederede Akwụkwọ: Poro City bụ nhazi ihe ngosi wuru site na igbe mmiri ara ehi. Igbe ndị a na-akpụkọta dị ka usoro brik nke na-abụghị nke a na-ahụ anya nke ọma ma ọ bụkwaghị nke siri ike kpọmkwem, na-ejide ihe ngosi ahụ n'agbanyeghị oke siri ike. Mgbidi ndị nwere oghere na-agba agba na-enye ihe ọhụụ ma na-echetara mmadụ mgbidi brik nwere oghere a na-ahụkarị na Los Angeles. Ngwakọta nke akụrụngwa ndị a dị mfe idozi ọnụ ma nwee ike ịdabara n'ọnọdụ dị iche iche, ma n'ime ụlọ ma n'èzí. Nhazi a ji igbe 1100 nke ọ bụla dị 33 cm site na 33 cm ruo 28 cm n'ime ụlọ ihe ngosi nke dị 200 mita kwuru mita. Agba mmasị mmasị na-agbanwe ihe a na-ahụkarị eji arụ ọrụ ka ọ bụrụ ohere nabata mmadụ nke ọma.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Poro City Nchọpụta Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Nhazi Ihe Ngosi meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Poro City Nchọpụta Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Nhazi Ihe Ngosi ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Poro City Nchọpụta Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Nhazi Ihe Ngosi maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

Behind the Design

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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