Versatile Movement - Final Design for Artist Studio

This is my final designs for the artist studio we had to design. The artist I chose is Joanna Eberts, a student at Rochester Institute of Technology. She does all sorts of art but focuses on illustration. The versatility that she has in her art style inspired me to create my final design around the concept of versatility. I incorporated a strong use of sliding glass panels that I had used in my original thoughts and designs. Because Joanna has such a broad style, using bright colors as well as gray scale in her artwork, I used this as inspiration for my color palette - shades of gray with a green accent color. The space is able to be completely opened up to circulate around the central port of the space - the bathroom. The bathroom walls are the only interior walls in the space. When the sliding glass doors are "closed" the space suddenly becomes more private because the glass is frosted to make it translucent and not completely see thru. I originally designed the sleeping area then modified it slightly after seeing Monticello and Thomas Jefferson's bed. It is designed so that the user can get out of bed on either side depending on what they want to do - slide the doors open on the left to enter the studio, or get out of bed on the right to go to the living, kitchen, or bathroom. The private entrance that I added is located in the bedroom, and is an exterior door.

This is my final board on presentation day.

My final model of the space, structurally.

Hand rendered perspective of lounge looking towards the studio, bathroom and exterior door.
Hand perspective of kitchen and lounge
Hand perspective from lounge looking towards the bathroom and studio through the glass panels
Sketchup perspective from studio looking towards bedroom and kitchen
Sketchup perspective from bedroom looking into studio with sliding doors open and view of ceiling installation

Sketchup perspective from exterior door/bedroom looking towards kitchen
Floor plan of proposed space

Materials: Stone flooring, and bamboo wood for ceiling installation
Precedent images

Me feeling great after presenting!

Artist Loft Process

For this project, we got assigned a space within the Gatewood Studio Arts Building to design an artist loft using the structure of that space. The idea was to include a studio space, sleeping area, kitchen and bathroom for a visiting artist for a period of time. I was given the administrative office as my space to design.

These are drawings of the original space.

Original Floorplan

North Elevation

East Elevation

South Elevation

West Elevation

While researching inspiration, I found some images and designs that really motivated me and got me excited for this project.

David Hotson - Soho Loft

Tang Kawasaki Studio - Morgan Residence

Nandinee Phookan Architects - 217 West 19th Street

I knew I wanted to incorporate sliding glass panels as a main part of my design. I have always thought of myself as a minimalist when it comes to design, so what is more minimalist than translucent glass panels being the key concept in a design?!

These are some of the original perspectives that I had drawn out during my process of designing the space.

Original model that I made.

Clue #5, 6, 7

For clue #5, we had to simply pick a vehicle and draw it in 2 point perspective. I picked a Porsche 911 Turbo. Then in clue #6 we had to redesign it so that the original car was morphed to something new. For clue #7 we had to render it using dots or strokes of color. I chose to bring back the classy "woody wagon" in my new design for the car. I put some wooden panels on the side and made the shape a little more square. I added a surf board and rack to the top along with a surfer and palm tree as my context. I thought this assignment was fun because it gave me more practice drawing cars, which is one thing i try to avoid drawing. Then we were able to play with are creativity some more by changing the design which i enjoyed!

Clue Four: Changing Colors

This time, we had to take the perspective from clue 3 and make three copies of it. Picking no more than 4 colors, we had to explore what happens when the colors are applied in different ways and amounts to each perspective. I chose complimentary colors, maroon (a shade of red) and two different shades of green, as well as black for a neutral.

CLue Three: Weaving it Together

For this clue, we needed to create a one-point perspective of a small reading area using 3 patterns from clue two. These patterns could be used as textiles, wall coverings, or architectural elements. I chose to use my patterns on the side of the chair I designed, the ceiling installation, and the simple design on the wall.

Clue Two: Processing Penatterns

For this clue, we were to pick an object and generate and distill 25 additional patterns from that one object. The object I chose was my Vera Bradley make up bag.

And from that, I got this...

I enjoy trying to be abstract and making patterns like these from other patterns. They usually end up looking pretty cool!

Clue One: Storytelling in Perspective

This is Addam's bookstore and art loft right next to campus. Any iarc student should be VERY familiar with this place. I go there at least once a week but lately it has felt like everyday. Needless to say, I think i have used up all my scholarship money plus some on art supplies there.

This is a little spot that a lot of people don't know of. Along the tennis courts are these concrete bleachers. I have spent time here since the first week of school to relax and do homework when its nice out. There are always people playing tennis which i think is really relaxing to listen to!

Trading Spaces

For this assignment we were given the dimensions of a 36'x12' room to design a space including kitchen, dining area, and living area. After our original design, we were to switch with another person's design and redo their space. We could alter it to our own personal taste but it still had to have the basic structure of our partners original design. This was my final design.

trip to Monticello and Fallingwater!

Last weekend, the first year group of IARC and few joiners, went to see Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. I enjoyed seeing both. They are each so different from eachother. I personally enjoyed Fallingwater more. I have been a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture for a while and it was truly amazing to visit the house. I can honestly say now that the photos i have seen do not do it justice. I was blown away as i walked through the house by how beautiful it really is in person.