One Bedroom and Common Space Assignment

Our final project for the semester was a one bedroom apartment and common space at the St. Elmo's Hotel. Our final  project had to show two floor plans, eight elevations, four perspectives, a section, and materials. The apartment space given had very few windows and since the building was on the historic registry the exterior could not be changes, so there couldnt be any change to the windows. so to bring in more light into the room i lowered the interior walls to eight feet from ten hoping the light will travel. Also the client wanted use of glass blocks so with the bathroom walls the covered the last two feet with glass blocks. I went with an analogous color scheme of greens and yellows with neautral accent colors. I incorperated my concept statment of memories being layers with modular shelving not only are they usefull for storage but they also add a creative design esthetic. The overall project was a lot of work and inclued countless hours. compared to my other past projects i have seen a huge growth in my design, sketching, and drafting. Since there was so much space to work with in this final project it was difficult to make sure everything worked well with each other. You can never tell if things work until you see them in a perspective or a colored model. Below is images of my colored model. This way you can see how all the colors and materials relate to each other.

over all of the apartment

living room

kitchen

bedroom

bathroom

Habitat for Humanity

We had the opportunity to work with the habitat for humanity house in Union Town Washington. As a large group we cleaned up, put up dry wall, painted doors and the garage door as well. A few girl and i worked mostly on the dry wall and it was a lot of work but it was something that we were pretty excited about doing. When we were done for the day the garage was done. It was so much fun bonding with all my class mate and of course it always feels great giving back to the community.

Client Brief

This semester we met up with our client Seth owner of the st. Elmo's hotel in Palouse WA. His goal is to renovate the hotel into apartments and spa. His goal was to keep the original building as much as possible and keep the building as eco-friendly as possible. There were several complications with the building but there came to be solutions with every problem through out the project. One material that Seth could not go without was glass blocks. At first I thought it would be complicated to get that into a mondern comtempuary deign but as always we figure out away. In our client brief its is noticable that there were complications and goals that every client has, and as an Interior Designer it is your job to solve it.

Project Feedback

Over this past Thanksgiving Break I had the opportunity to get positive and critical feedback on my current one-bedroom apartment project. I met up with Interior Designer Sarah McGroven from Milieu Design downtown Spokane Washington. McGroven gave me several tips on my floor plan and helped me strengthen my creativity on how to bring in more natural light into a space that doesn't have much flexibility. She also gave me more ideas on how to show off my concept in my design of the one-bedroom apartment. It was an educational experience to learn from her in our meeting but it was also a valuable experience to see the day and the life of an Interior Designer. McGroven took me to her studio and a few of her co-workers studios and I had the opportunity to look at some of her current projects. It was so nice to get advice from a professional Interior Designer. This opportunity also made me realize that there is no right or wrong answer to Design it just on how you see it and creating something that you think will please others. Sarah McGroven helped me so much in my project, I'm excited to see the out come. :)

St. Elmos Bathroom Design

For the Past two weeks we have been working on a bathroom design for the St. Elmo's 2 bedroom apartments. For this design I stuck with my concept model of diagonal lines, layers, and natural hues. I also brought in a little inspiration from the paint "The Birth of Venus" with it's sweet natural color hues. I found some parts of this project difficult because it was focusing on ADA design and making it wheel chair accessible. To make it wheel chair accessible there is front and side access to the toleit, five foot turn around, large shower, grab-bars, three foot door entry, and front access to the sink. I found it challenging to find the right tiles but i enjoyed it. I wanted to go for the natural stones and not have it feel so cold. I picked an Italian mosaic tile that captures the light. I also brought in a artistic pendent light that i enjoy that resembles the "Birth of Venus" well I believe. I am pleased with the outcome of my design and ideas.

Sketch Crawl With The Urban Sketchers

We went to the Seattle Sculpture Park and had a great time sketching. It was a beautiful day to just get out and draw what was in front of us. I have never gone out with a large group before to just do some sketching and share our work after, for it being my first time I really enjoyed it. One of the things that made this experience even better was that the Urban Sketchers joined us and they are a group of extreme talent, they shared their work with us and one lady gave me some useful pointers. A pointer that I will take from is this that to bring your eye to only one area and just make that part shine that other area of it is just the frame. After looking at her work I feel like that is advice to take. It was a great time and I just simply enjoyed it. :)

With Pastels 

Flare and Color Pencils 

Habitat For Humanity Home of the Future

Habitat for Humanity was having a display in Seattle by the Space Needle of the home of the Future. It was mainly focused on susantable materials and energy saving. Ways they came up for energy saving was the wetbox. They had all their appliances all connected to each other, this includes sinks, dish washer, washer, toilets, and water heater. This way there would be only one water line. It doesn't just save on cost but it make the building process a lot faster. They also did double wall insulation and double windows to keep the heat in the home. Another idea was that they used large windows to the home seem larger and to bring in more natural light. I thought that the home layout was interesting and it was a great opportunity to learn about the habitat for humanity organization.

Quick Sketch of the Home