::interior architecture::: 2008

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Final Project--Center for New North Carolinians

Conference Room Perspective

Conference Room Section

Conference Room Axon

The Conference Room has horizontal banded windows that start small and grow bigger as you go up the wall. Our space's concept was about layering, growth, and beginnings. Though it was hard for us to put into words our exact concept, we showed the techniques we used and the thought process we had in each room. Technically, growth and beginnings could be another way of describing how "layers" work.

Final Project--Center for New North Carolinians

Private Office Perspective

Private Office Section

Private Office Axon

The Private Office stands out the most from the other spaces. We thought that was okay because we wanted for the private and public spaces to be distinguished. In order to avoid a barrier between the person working in the office and a client, we designed a desk that had an opening towards the seating. This draws the client in instead of blocking them out. We dropped down a block of ceiling for a more personal feel, but left room around the edges so that when the light on top of the ceiling is on, you can still see the trusses above. We didn't want to eliminate the trusses all-together.

Final Project--Center for New North Carolinians

Training Room Perspective

Training Room Section

Training Room Axon

The training room has offset walls, windows that grow with increasing verticality, and dropped down panes of glass with lighting attached. All of this relates to the concept of layers and growth from new beginnings.

Final Project--Center for New North Carolinians

This is a look at the presentation on the wall.

This is a rendered Floor Plan of the whole building. Walnut Bamboo flooring that contrasts the pastel walls and vibrant chair colors. This all represents the new beginnings associated with springtime and with the clients.

This is a representation of the logo we came up with for CNNC. We wanted to show diversity and the coming together of people while also portraying the new beginnings they share. They're depths vary to reinforce the idea of layers. The springtime colors are what represent our beginning.

This is a model of our Reception Desk. The explanation is with the Perspective.

Final Project--Center for New North Carolinians

This is showing where the drywall in the Training Room would meet one of the trusses on the ceiling. Basically, it would just be cut around the truss... like the walls in the Materials Library.

This shows the molding and the window near the floor in the Conference Room. The same molding is used throughout the building.

This is a perspective of our seemingly theoretical Reception Desk. Acting more as a Reception Sculpture, our intent was to be outside the box of a regular "desk"... however it got poor reviews. More thought should have been taken into the actual use for this center. Also, people and props would have been more useful if we wanted to really argue our position. Time strikes again! :-(

This is our "Title" on our board. It is inspired from our logo. Complete with Braggadocio font that was supposed to sort of carry the rays from the sun. Not too obviously.

Our materials board better resembles the color palette used in this project. Having experimented with a new media, getting the right colors on our rendered Perspectives, Sections, and Axonometric Drawings was surprisingly difficult.

Final Project--Center for New North Carolinians

We used the windows in this model of the Conference Room to emphasis the building of layers. Also, we wanted to create light near the floor, so we placed the thin strip close to the ground.

Here's another view of the Conference Room.

This model shows the Private Office. I believe it would have been beneficial to carry our layering to the exterior of the building instead of shying away from the concept in order to not disrupt the exterior facade.

This is another view of the Private Office.

This is the model of the Training Room. We offset the walls, which evidently reinforced our concept of building upon layers. The bands of windows thin out at about 7' above the floor. Lighting was placed on the small surface where the top part shifts over from the bottom.