Draft: Office Space

This project was completed as part of a series contract for a national insurance company.  I assisted in all aspects of this 27,000 square foot project including client meetings, test fitting and program analysis, site selection, space planning, rent division analysis, construction documentation, construction administration and punch walk-through.  As part of the interior architecture team for the company’s West coast offices I worked closely with clients and developed multi-project relationships.  A full set of CDs can be requested for review.  I used AutoCAD and Excel for drafting and analysis.

Adapt: School

For this project I worked with a team of volunteers to create a school campus master plan. We traveled to Ethiopia to view and document the site and completed preliminary drawings while in country over two weeks.  I designed the administration building which will be the entry to the school campus.  I divided the structure into two buildings, one for private and one for public activities with a grand breeze-way leading to the main campus.  The ability to grow as capital is available is a key factor in the design because building is funded with donations.  I created dead-end hallways with windows that could later be removed to extend the building.  I used hand sketching while in country and AutoCAD to complete the project.

Articulate: Cafe

This deli needed to be updated to create cohesion between the existing appliances and storage racks and the building’s historical architecture.  I helped to develop a solution that was based in cost-effective finish updates. Our inspiration came from French cafes and the existing ornate ceiling work which had been left to fade.  I suggested durable wainscoting, chair rails, and matching covers for the existing salad bar and counters to create unity.  New historical replica light fixtures help to articulate the ceiling’s beauty.  I used AutoCAD to draft and Photoshop to render the floor plan, reflected ceiling plan and elevations.

Perceive: Orphanage

This project for an orphanage in Ukraine is in an existing basement building that holds both an office space and children’s multi-purpose room. The current layout does not allow for good circulation or multiple activities to be going on at once. My space planning solution breaks up the main space into three sections and the office space into two areas, each with a separate point of power. Incorporating bright colors helps to liven up a dark space so that it is welcoming to children. I used SketchUp to determine perspective for the rendering and AutoCAD to establish scale for the floor plan sketch.

Elevate: Work Station

The purpose of this piece is to illustrate to the client how their selected workstation layout in three dimensions.  The client was unable to visualize the finish types, heights and sizes of work surfaces and had difficulty understanding the types of work surface attachments available.  I was able to quickly elevate and render the selected workstation using Sketch-Up.  The points where the work surfaces are attached and the items underneath are displayed in the center transparent sketch.  A simple elevation of the arched windows in the client’s new space gave scale and individuality to the final rendering.

Illustrate: Lobby

    RENDERING

       ORIGINAL

This client was looking for a cost-effective update to the harsh black stone floor and out-dated wall mural.  I helped to develop a color scheme and materials list that would meet the strict budget and time constraints.  I created this rendering using Photoshop with specific materials as a reference.  The black stone floor will be removed and replaced with a tone on tone limestone cut to the existing grout lines.  Monochromatic tones of white back-painted glass would replace the wall treatment behind the reception and the same tone of wall panel fabric would wrap the lobby panel system.  The final rendering (at top) shows a lobby that appears much larger and more sophisticated.