Amplification of Sensation Ëffentlech Sëtzgeleeënheet by Eun Whan Cho

Amplification of Sensation Ëffentlech Sëtzgeleeënheet by Eun Whan Cho is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award an Sëlwer in Stroossmiwwelen Design Competition Category.

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Amplification of Sensation Ëffentlech Sëtzgeleeënheet

by Eun Whan Cho

Client: Seoul Metropolitan Government

A' Design Award an Sëlwer Winner in Stroossmiwwelen Category

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The Design

About Amplification of Sensation Ëffentlech Sëtzgeleeënheet

Amplification of Sensation ass en ëffentleche Still aus ewechgehäitem Plastik, deen och als Skulptur déngt. De Still ass laanscht d'Promenade um Han-Floss zu Seoul opgestallt. D'Trichterform ëmgëtt de sëtzende Benotzer an verstäerkt d'Geräischer vun de Beem an dem Waasser. D'Form rummt och d'Vue an a féiert d'Opmierksamkeet op déi ëmginn Landschaft. D'Material gëtt hiergestallt, andeems Plastiksoffall a kleng Stécker zerdréckt an an de Sëtz geformt gëtt. Den Design lued d'Bierger an, sech auszeroue an iwwer ëmweltbezunnen Themen nozedenken.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award an Sëlwer

Amplification of Sensation Ëffentlech Sëtzgeleeënheet ass e Gewënner vum A' Design Award an Sëlwer, enger aussergewéinlech prestigiéiser Unerkennung, déi un Designe vun der héchster Qualitéit, prächteg a beandrockend vergi gëtt. Sëlwer-Gewënner si bemierkenswäert brillant a ganz kreativ Wierker, déi d'erausragend Expertise, d'Talent an d'Schaarfsënnegkeet vun hire Designer weisen. Et gëtt erwaart, datt Amplification of Sensation Ëffentlech Sëtzgeleeënheet e wonnerbart, mustergëlteg, bemierkenswäert professionellt an déif innovatiivt Wierk ass. Dëst mam Sëlwer ausgezeechent Design ass eng bemierkenswäert, bewonnert Erfindung, déi dozou bäidréit, d'Grenze vun der Konscht, der Wëssenschaft, vum Design an der Technologie ze erweideren. Amplification of Sensation Ëffentlech Sëtzgeleeënheet ass eng Kreatioun, op déi vill neidesch sinn, déi Wënsch erweckt, positiv Gefiller bréngt an Erstaunen a Wonner erweckt.

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