Poro City ናይ ትርኢት ንድፊ by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Poro City ናይ ትርኢት ንድፊ by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ውሽጣዊ ቦታን ምርኢትን Competition Category.

ሓጺንውሽጣዊ· 2022

Poro City ናይ ትርኢት ንድፊ

by Chieh-Ting, Yushan Martha and Kyoung Eun

Client: Architecture for community Los Angeles

ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ውሽጣዊ Category

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The Design

About Poro City ናይ ትርኢት ንድፊ

ፖሮ ሲቲ ካብ ናይ ጸባ ሳጹናት ዝተሃንጸ ናይ ትርኢት ንድፊ እዩ። እዞም ሳጹናት ከምቲ ናይ ጡብ ስርዓት ዝመስል፣ ግን ዘይግሉጽ ወይ ጽኑዕ ዘይኮነ ስርዓት ፈጢሮም፣ ነቲ ትርኢት ብዘይ ጽኑዕ ደረት ይሕዝዎ። ዝልውሉ ቀዳዳት ዘለዎም መንደቓት ንትርኢት ይኸብቡ፣ ነቶም ኣብ ሎስ ኣንጀለስ ዝርከቡ ናይ ንፋስ-ብሎክ ንጣፋት ድማ የዘኻኽሩ። እዚ ብቁሩብ ክፋላት ዝቖመ ስርዓት ብቕልጡፍ ክእከብ ዝኽእል ኮይኑ፣ ምስ ዝተፈላለዩ ውሽጣውን ግዳማውን ቦታታት ክሰማማዕ ይኽእል። እቲ ጽገና 1100 ሳጹናት ብልክዕ 33 ሳ.ሜ x 33 ሳ.ሜ x 28 ሳ.ሜ ዝኾኑ ኣብ ውሽጢ 200 ትርብዒት ሜትሮ ጋለሪ ይጥቀም። ብሩኽ ሕብርታት ነቲ ልሙድ ተግባራዊ ነገር ናብ ኣቐባባሊ ቦታ ይልውጥዎ።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award

Poro City ናይ ትርኢት ንድፊ ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ካብ ጽቡቕ ዝተዳለዉ ፍጥረታት ዝጽበዩ ሞያውን ኢንዱስትሪኣውን ጠለባት ንዝመላኡ ጽቡቓት ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ሓጺን ዓቢ ክእለት፣ ልዑል ፍሉይነት፣ ክኢላዊ ርድኢትን ፈጠራዊ ዓቕምን ፈጣርዮም የርእዩ። Poro City ናይ ትርኢት ንድፊ ብብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን፣ ተግባራውን ሓድሽን ፍጥረት ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ንዝበለጹ ልምድታት ኢንዱስትሪ የጣምር፣ ምስ ፍልጠትን ተውህቦን ዝተኣሳሰሩ ብቑዓት ቴክኒካውያን ባህርያት ድማ ኣለዎ። Poro City ናይ ትርኢት ንድፊ ብጥንቃቐኡ ይኽበር፣ ንዓለም ዝሓሸ ቦታ ክትኸውን ዝሕግዙ ምምሕያሻት መዓርግ ህይወት ንምቕራብ ድማ ዝተዳለወ እዩ።

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