On the Side

Along with studio this semester, I am also taking a real estate finance and appraisal class.  As a group we were given an assignment to propose a new real estate development project in the area; We chose to open up a Smoke's poutinerie in Fayetteville in honor of my recent trip to Canada and new found obsession with poutine.

For those of you who aren't sure what poutine is, take a look....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlL1D2AKzTY

Do we need one of these if Fayetteville or what?!

The assignment involved completing all the financial documents and paperwork that would be involved in the opening of a new franchise including any demolition and construction... of course as a group with three interior design girls, we went a step further and decided to show what the inside of the building could potentially look like, Yay for using those new revit skills!

Original Site

Site with new building

 Exterior View of the Building

 Exterior View of the Building at night

 Interior Perspective

Interior Perspective

It was fun getting to follow through a project from start to finish in so much detail.  As the investors, we had a lot of information to make up in terms of our net worth individually, but I still learned a lot about how to fund a project and how to determine if something is a good investment or not... Yay for a lesson in budget!

Final Senior Project Presentation Boards

Welp, my very last studio project is finally done...... :) 

Here was the final product......

Circulation Perspective with Photoshop (Outside of Library)

I still need to figure out how to eliminate the original lights from Revit.

Computer Lab Final Perspective

Practice renderings

Library Perspective

I need to add more finishes and lights and tone down the outdoor lights, but all furniture, ceiling details, and columns are in place and ready to go!

Circulation Perspective (Outside of Library)

This one is pretty close to being done. I need to photoshop in the actual light fixtures, light the ceiling, and add accessories.

Computer Lab Perspective

This perspective needs quite a bit of work still.  More materials, lighting, and accessories, but it is coming along.

Charrette Series : #4 Library

Idea #1

Idea #2

                                                            Inspiration and Furniture

Charrette Series : #3 Cafe

Idea #1

In this layout, a large group area would be centered in the middle of the space with smaller group and individual seating around the perimeter.  

Seating along the windows would be low profile in order to maximize the view out the windows and use of natural lighting.

Idea #2

In this approach I kept the overall idea of a large group space in the middle with smaller arrangement to the perimeter, but I switched the banquet seating along the windows to tables and took out the circular element in the middle.  

Idea #3

In this final scheme I wanted to see what happens when I put the order counter in the middle. I think this would work well because the food served in this cafe would be prepackaged snacks in the display cases and bakery items such as bagels muffins.  Therefore they wouldn't need to be traveling between the kitchen and the order counter very often. 

Furniture Ideas

Comic Relief

Simply Amusing...

Charrette Series : #2 Circulation

Our second charrette focused on circulation in the building.

Idea #1

Inspiration

Idea #2

Inspiration

Charrette Series : #1 Arrival

We are beginning a series of charrettes in studio.  Each day we will focus on a different space designing what the space will look like and the furniture and finishes that will be present in that space.

Day one we focused on the arrival which is pictured below.

Inspirational Photos

Step 2: Block Plans

From the parti's I created, I began to block out space in order to get a feel for where major spaces will go and how circulation will react between those spaces. These Block Plans are shown below:

Block Plan 1 Floor 1

Block Plan 1 Floor 2

In this first attempt I decided to place the cafe right at the entrance because it will be the most used space by the different groups.  I want it to be easily accessible and inviting.  However, circulation was not very successful in this draft because when I stepped back to look at it I realized there were dead end corridors... no bueno.  Also, the circulation between floors does not match up very well which will make it difficult for users to find their way throughout the building.

Block Plan 2 Floor 1

Block Plan 2 Floor 2

I kept most of the spaces the same in this draft and worked on the circulation which came out better but still did match up vertically very well.

I found that the offices where blocking a lot of the natural light from curtain wall around the perimeter and chose to move these to the second floor as you can see in the following plans.

Block Plan 3 Floor 1

Block Plan 3 Floor 2

I placed the lecture hall in the middle so that the room can be dimmed for presentations and lectures without interference from light through windows.

Block Plan 4 Floor 1

Block Plan 4 Floor 2

In these last plan I discovered that I did not want the lounge and cafe to be so close because I want the lounge to be a separate space and not appear to be overflow for the cafe. So, I will move this to the second floor in my plan.  I also decided to keep the library on the first floor where the natural light can be taken advantage of to make the space really special.

And from these block plans I came up with this.....

......It is still in progress, but the ball is really rolling now!