Pufferbelly Depot Apative-reuse Design

Final Boards:

Final Depot Model:

For the final sophomore project, I was asked to remodel the Pufferbelly depot that is currently located in Pullman, Washington. The project was remodeling the depot to a place that has gallery, studio, and residence for the certain artist that I chose. I designed for the casting glass artist, Henry Hillman Jr. who currently living in Portland, Oregon.
He requested me to create a gallery that the entire space is an art piece rather than a functional space for art. For the dramatic view, I added the second floor that has glass walls for his office. The general color schemes are from my concept model which was shades of orange and deep blue. The removed beams from the gallery are reused in the residence to keep some of historical aspects.
Compare to previous projects, my rendering skill improved because I made sure I have enough time to render all the perspective drawings. I am more confident to make model than I was before due to practice. Before I made the final model, I had three practice models with a roof. I noticed that adding more details like landscape, definitely attract the client.
The overall layout of the board was good. However, the layout of the materials take too much space on the board and made the overall board composition look busy. For the next project, I am planning to make separate material boards so, I would be able to emphasize my perspective renderings by itself and give a chance to client to feel the materials while I am presenting.

Poster

This is the church poster that I made for coming praise night!
I found pictures on the Internet, and put together in Adobe Photoshop.
The theme is 'salvation', which I interpreted by using the image of reaching hand.
For the visual interest, I added textured paper as a background!

Field Tirp to "Renaissance Fine Woodworking"

For the short field trip, Interior design students visited the 'Renaissance Fine Woodworking'. This firm is owned by Paul and Tom and they do custom-made furniture, cabinetry, and remodeling. I learned the ideal work ethics along with some design tips. Dealing with the clients can be serious work when money is involved. However, in this situation, it is important to enjoy the design process as well as working with other workers. Also, it is important to build good relationship with clients and workers because this is how you mostly get second opportunity.
Mainly, the designer is responsible for knowing the specific values that the client has in order to inform the builders and reduce the mistakes. Tom said, one time he talked with a client for several hours to find out her personal preference. The client appreciated this because it showed great attention to client and the project that he is working on. When you remodel space, it is important to think about plumbing and electricity ahead of time so, it would save more budgets.

You can check their awesome wood work, in here!
Renaissance Fine Woodworking
http://renfww.com/index.html

Some quick sketches of their studio!

3-D Concept Model

Inspired by the bench in train depot's masculine aspects with unexpected famine details created my 3D concept model. To emphasize the masculines, I used thin sheet of metal. I also used leather to represent femininity.The regional artist, 'Henry Hillman ,Jr.' was also the inspiration for my model.He does glass sculpture and entire of his glass collection has strong angular form however, he adds unexpected details and colors inside of the glass. By applying this in my model, I attached curved metal detail in inner part of my model as a representation of unexpected detail. The color scheme is from my textile design.

Key words for concept Model
:Famine, Masculine, connection, simplicity

2-D Sketch:

Study Models:

Final Concept Model:



(In the picture above, you can see the
famine and masculine aspects due to use of different materials )

Textile design

I submitted my pattern design to 'spoon flower', and this company printed out my textile design on linen-cotton fabric. I wish I would have been change the size of the pattern module. The color was different than what I expected. For future design work, I will order the sample fabirc first then, make my final decision on it.

Modules to Pattern

Module #1

Terad color scheme (Top Left)/ Analogous color scheme (Top Right)

Module#2

Split complementary color scheme (Top Left)/ Tetrad color scheme (Top Right)

Final Module

Split Complementary Color scheme

Abstraction to Modules

Inspiration:

The antique bench in train depot

Partis

Studio Reflection

On February 12th, the regional artist, Carrie Ville invited interior design students to her new studio that was located in Colfax. The studio was located a few hundred feet away from her house. Her original studio was located in a basement of the residence however; she was often distracted by house chores. This is the reason why she built her studio away from home. When I first stepped into her studio, my first impression was comforting like I usually felt when I visit a house. All the small art pieces and warm-yellow Halogen lighting had very dramatic effect. Also the windows brought natural light to the space which made studio feel more like home. The work space was limited but, if she makes more shelves, this problem can be solved. The furniture arrangement depending on her work preference pose was very impressing. One of the interesting aspects about this space was, it had several lightings for different tasks. She had halogen track lights to evoke dramatic effects when her clients visited the studio. She also had florescent lights for her art work during night time. I learned that the layout of the studio can vary depending on the artist. For my artist’s studio, I realized that I need to ask specific questions and really understand what process he goes through to create one fine art piece.

WSU Art Museum Reflection

“Pause Art & Architecture”

Different from the last time I visited the museum, the WSU Art Museum had a totally different theme and layout for the gallery. In order to set up a temporary gallery for the next coming up gallery by different artists, the interior walls were movable. The size of one partial wall was an ideal for only about one or two art pieces. In this gallery, all the partial walls were lined up together and the gaps between those were simply covered with a tape. This way, the gallery had more space to display art pieces. The color of the walls was white, which barely distracted the art pieces. I learned that if I am displaying 3-D art pieces in the gallery, I must consider the cretin angles. This way, it will evoke the curiosity and encourage viewers to explore deeper.

Vision Disability Workshop Reflection

Reflection Sketch:Crytal
Reflection Sketch: Starbucks Sign

I experienced vision disability by wearing sun glasses that was covered with Vaseline. The thin layer of Vaseline made my vision not completely blind, but offered the blurry vision to identify some objects. Not being able to see well, I realized that I am always exposed to hazardous situation. Finding the location of the stair was impossible unless my partner indicated the location for me. Going up and down the stairs felt very insecure despite of the rail on the side. With the glasses on, it was impossible to find the defined edges of the first and last steps of the stairs. I noticed that I can verify the object better under natural light instead of artificial lighting. I observed this from my partner, crystal. When she was exposed to daylight, she tended know where she was going without my help. However, when she was getting into the elevator or the restroom where the natural light was limited, it was hard for her to find where she wanted to go.
Using the ATM without any assistance required patience. If I am using the ATM for the first time I would have given up. WSU CU ATM has an audio set for assisting people who have impaired vision. In order to use this service, you need to plug your own headphone into the machine. With my glasses on, I did not even know they offered this service, and it was impossible to find hole to plug the headphones in. Luckily, I had a headphone, so we got to hear the instruction about how to use the ATM. Listening to the instruction took more than 5 minutes. During the instructions, you need to memorize where all things are located then, try it on your own. I know installing high tech- assistant system will cost more, but it would be fair for people who have vision impairment. I think this universal design needs to be applied throughout the entire building environment to meet the basic human rights.
In order to input the universal design aspects in the cub, this building needs to replace all the signs. The lettering size of the signs does not meet the standard size for people who have visual impairment. For example, the restroom sign is hard to distinguish by people even though they have normal vision. The artificial lighting in the building especially in the restroom and elevators also needs to change. It would be more helpful, if the restroom had more color contrasts between the wall and the stall.
This workshop, helped me to realize, how dangerous and uncomfortable it is to being blind. In order to design for those who have vision impairment, I learned that I need to put myself in her or his shoes first and look at how the environment is in different perspective view.