Poro City Igikorwa cy'Ubwubatsi bw'Imurikagurisha by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Poro City Igikorwa cy'Ubwubatsi bw'Imurikagurisha by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma in Igishushanyo cy'Imbere y'Inyubako Competition Category.

IcyumaImbere y'Inyubako· 2022

Poro City Igikorwa cy'Ubwubatsi bw'Imurikagurisha

by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Client: Architecture for community Los Angeles

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma Winner in Imbere y'Inyubako Category

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The Design

About Poro City Igikorwa cy'Ubwubatsi bw'Imurikagurisha

Poro City ni umurimo w'ubwubatsi bw'imurikagurisha wubatswe hakoreshejwe udusanduku tw'amata. Udusanduku dukora uburyo busa n'amatafari, budasobanutse neza ariko na none butari ibisa cyane, dufata imurikagurisha nta mipaka ikomeye. Inkuta zifite uturyango tugenda tuzamuka kandi tumanuka zisobanura ibyerekezo kandi zikibutsa ubwoko bw'inkuta z'amatafari afite imyenge yo muri Los Angeles. Ibice by'igikoresho gikorwa mu buryo bworoshye kubaka byihuse kandi bishobora guhuzwa n'ahantu hatandukanye ho mu nzu no hanze. Iyi nyubako ikoresha udusanduku 1100 tugizwe n'ibipimo bya sentimetero 33 kuri 33 kuri 28, byashyizwe mu cyumba cy'imurikagurisha kingana na metero kare 200. Amabara ahumura ahindura igikoresho cyamenyerewe cyo gukoreshwa mu bikorwa bisanzwe, gihinduka ahantu hakira abantu neza.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma

Poro City Igikorwa cy'Ubwubatsi bw'Imurikagurisha ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma, ishimwe ry'agaciro ritangwa ku bishushanyo byiza bihuza ibyo umwuga n'inganda bikeneye ku bihangano byashushanyijwe neza. Abegukanye icyuma bagaragaza ubuhanga bukomeye, ubumenyi bwihariye, imyumvire y'inzobere n'ubushobozi bwo guhanga bw'ababikoze. Poro City Igikorwa cy'Ubwubatsi bw'Imurikagurisha biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifatika kandi gifite udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye icyuma gihuza uburyo bwiza bukoreshwa mu nganda kandi gifite ibiranga bya tekiniki bifite ubushobozi, bifatanye n'ubumenyi n'impano. Poro City Igikorwa cy'Ubwubatsi bw'Imurikagurisha yubahwa kubera gukora neza, kandi yashushanyijwe kugira ngo inoze ubuzima, ifashe gutuma isi iba nziza.

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