Assignment 6.0

This was our final assignment that consisted of the majority of the semester.

As a class we designed the building shell and the floor plan.

Then, we were split into small groups to design different areas of the interior spaces.

I was a part of the children's area with Lily Glover and Monique Farley.

Our concept was Organic Enlightenment.

The objective of Organic Enlightenment is to provide the children with an interactive journey that reinforces the idea of learning. As the user enters the space, the curving stacks take you on a journey that leads you on a path of education peaking at the stepped T.V area. Through the use of color and materials, the users will have a more hands on experience which will provide for a better learning environment.

These are a few precedents we looked at.

Our color Palette:

Products:

Final Renderings

Details

Reading Nook

Stacks

Computer Desk

Interior Elevations

Floor Plan

Models

Assignment 4.0

For this assignment we were split up in groups to to begin the study of the Vance H Chavis branch library in Greensbooro, NC.

Assignment 5.0

The class was split into groups to further study of the Vance Chavis branch library in Greensboro, NC

I chose to be in the site group along with Jessica Cruse and Christyn Dunning.

We designed the ampitheater, outside patio, and the parking lot.

Assignment 3.0

For this assignment we were to research and study a precedent library. I chose the Denver Public Library in Colorado.

I studied natural daylighting and how it effected the library.

The location of the Denver library is in central Denver, downtown.

I looked at the colors present and what they represented.

I looked at the overall shape and design of the exterior of the building and moments each block creates.

There wasn't much information I could find on the interior of the building except the few pictures I found.

Assignment 1.0

Each student shall identify a space in or around the Gatewood Studio Arts Building that will serve as the site for her/his design. The space shall be large enough to accommodate a space roughly around 10'x15' that will allow for a large enough reading area for 3-4 people. The "site" must have accessibility to faculty and students, at a minimum, but could also be accessible to guests.

Through both digital and physical media, students shall generate drawings, diagrams, models, photographs ti document their designs.

For my design I wanted something that was versatile, yet stationary. My project is on the glass art gallery wall in the Gatewood Studio Arts building. It consists of shelving and seating. Both are on the interior of the art gallery as well as the lobby side of the wall. The shelving slides up and down for convenient placement of items. The seating slides in and out so the user is able to sit on the lobby side, or the gallery side. Upon completion I was given ideas to better the design. For example, instead of putting slits in the glass for the seating, have the the glass stop where the seating starts and have them go across the whole panel, which would allow me to have a different material under the seating.

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Movement Diagram

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Layers

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