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

Poro City Utställningsdesign by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award i Järn in Interiör- och Utställningsdesign Competition Category.

JärnInteriör· 2022

Poro City Utställningsdesign

by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Client: Architecture for community Los Angeles

A' Design Award i Järn Winner in Interiör Category

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The Design

About Poro City Utställningsdesign

Poro City är en utställningsdesign byggd av mjölklådor. Lådorna bildar ett tegelliknande system som varken är transparent eller massivt, och som håller samman utställningen utan en rigid avgränsning. Böljande, porösa väggar ramar in vyer och påminner om de perforerade betongblocksytor som återfinns i Los Angeles. Det modulära byggsystemet är snabbt att montera och kan anpassas till olika inomhus- och utomhusmiljöer. Installationen använder 1100 lådor på 33 cm x 33 cm x 28 cm inom ett galleri på 200 kvadratmeter. Klara färger förvandlar ett välbekant, funktionellt föremål till en inbjudande plats.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Järn

Poro City Utställningsdesign är vinnare av A' Design Award i Järn, ett prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas bra designverk som uppfyller de professionella och industriella krav som förväntas av välgjorda skapelser. Järnvinnare visar stor skicklighet, hög specialisering, expertförståelse och skaparnas kreativa förmåga. Poro City Utställningsdesign förväntas vara en högt skattad, beundrad och älskad skapelse som är praktisk och innovativ. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Järn integrerar branschens bästa praxis och har kompetenta tekniska egenskaper kopplade till kunnande och talang. Poro City Utställningsdesign respekteras för sin grundlighet och är utformat för att åstadkomma förbättringar av livskvaliteten som hjälper till att göra världen till en bättre plats.

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