Selected Works (updated portfolio)

KU School of Interior Architecture

Selected Works

Interior Architecture Portfolio

welcome,

I am a driven and enthusiastic person who enjoys connecting with those around me. I love animals (particularly dogs), spending time outdoors, and expressing myself creatively.

My relationship with art and design started at a very young age. I would spend hours drawing, playing with legos, or creating dollhouses out of scrap wood and cardboard. By the time I started using power tools to build very structurally unstable dog houses for my pets, I realized that I wanted to pursue a career that involved designing spaces for other people.

Architecture allows me to put myself into my art. Art is no longer this abstract world but something that I can bring to life in ways that positively impacts people. I feel lucky to pursue a career where I can continue my relationship with art and do what I love. Here is a collection of some of my favorite projects so far.

a little bit about me

01 EDUCATION

University of Ka nsas

Interior Architecture

2019-present

Saint Thomas Aquinas High School

2015-2019

Cumulative GPA: 4.179

02 SKILLS

ADOBE suite

Revit

Enscape

Sketch Book

Fresco

Dialux

Lumion

03 INVOLVEMENT

Peer Mentor IA

Spring 2021 - Present

Mentoring a first year studio, helping with questions, advice, and providing critiques

Women in Design Member

Spring 2020-present

IIDA Member

fall 2019-present

IIDA is an interior architecture program that connects students to career opportunities through networking and events

Peer mentoring senior year

Mentored a group of freshman once a month to guide them through their first year of high school

Senior outreach

Volunteered as a teacher assistant at a grade school second semester senior year

04 EXPERIENCE

Interior Design Intern

Eflux Barcelona

May-July 2022

CEA abroad internship program

Interior Design Intern, August-September 2022

A21, Denver CO

Hospitality, server + hostess

paros Estiatorio, Milton’s, Spin Pizza

2016-2022

05 SERVICE

Lawrence Humane Society

Weekly volunteer at local animal shelter

Sorority Philanthropy Involvment

2019-present

Involved in various philanthropic events that benifit Read Lead and Acheive

KC Art Angels

2019

Helped disabled adults express themselves through art

National Relief Network 2019

Mission trip to Florida

Helped with hurricane relief efforts

Pi Beta Phi Sorority

Fall 2019- present

Varsity Tennis Team

2015-2019 KCAI

SUMMER 2019

take a peek ...

This memory care home project brings together the nature of bee hives and the importance of socialization among the elderly.

A school for the blind that explores design principles beyond sight.

IA 509 | Prof. Nisha Fernando | Lily Wilkerson,

Marvin Hall is an iconic historical building on campus and home to architecture and design students on campus. Recharge explores creative solutions to make tight space stretch for all it’s users.

Reverie

How can culture and history affect present day architecture?

A collection of multimedia drawings.

The final project of my furniture design studio features a multi-use bench pod.

REVERIE

a wonderland for the senses

Creating a school for the blind challenged me to think of design in more than a visual way. Instead of thinking about Reverie by the way that it looks, I considered traffic patterns, tactile elements, auditory experience, views as a thermal component, and how all these things help create a special world designed for the blind.

schematics

Greenspaces

Classroom & Offices

Extracurricular & Caferteria

The schematics were born from an idea to incorporate racetrack traffic patterns and enclosed greenspaces. The slight curve helps students to calibrate themselves when navigating the building.

Railing that mimics the elevation of the stairs

Coded Material Plan

F1 Summertime Luxury Vinyl Tile by Eon + Amalgam

F2 Amber Flat Grain by Ply Boo

W1 Verdigris by Behr

F3 Bleached Hexagon Tile by Shaw

W2 Haku by Alotian

M1 Burrard by Design Tex

M2 Majorca by ARC Com

M3 Svelte by Bolyu

M4 Blocks by Maharam

M5 Hemingway by Shaw

M6 Strandtec by ASI

M7 Celadon by Design Tex

Renderings + Furniture

Armstrong Ceilings EMEA Optima

NERD CHAIR DAVID GECKELER

Hexagon Table Hexagon Table. by SB Office

Shapes Series II Vinyl Soft Seating

Caliber LED Indoor / Outdoor Pendant Light

Armstrong Ceilings EMEA Optima Baffles Curves - Small

kaiak lounge spin chair

Intertwine

For our first semester of our 3rd year studio we were given a preexisting memory care facility located in Chicago. This project was completed in pairs and me and my partner Elizabeth came up with a concept centering of a network of interconnecting spaces creating a community based on the individuals needs and interests. It is inspired by the operations and designs of a beehive, in which everyone has independence yet lives as a community with others. I will be showcasing one of the material specifications of the 3 rooms I designed, as well as the schematics, floor, and ceiling plans curated with the help of my partner

By organizing our spaces in a radial design, it will allow for easier wayfinding for patients. The rooms are set up in a “race track” formation, making it impossible for a patient to get lost. This formation also allows for visual clearance while still maintaining physically separate rooms.

concept

Staying true to our concept, the layout of this building is a network of rooms. Each room’s location was chosen by: function, sound, light, views, circulation, and atmosphere. The rooms flow from one to the other, linking uses and aesthetics.

Floor Plan

The first floor is designed to create a village or city like feel. The second floor is oriented around a tighter community feel.

Wellness Center Gym

Community Room

Mini-Movie Theater

Spa and Salon

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Plan

GHER - Round Top

Hello Raye

Wheelchair accessible, low carbon

ZENITH LARGE Tech Lighting

Kwalu

Emaresa Sofa

Commercial Grade Upholstery

Designed for Senior living, Indoor

Advantage Gold Certified

KIA 1

PENDANT Tech Lighting

Kwalu

Emaresa Chair

Commercial Grade Upholstery

Designed for Senior living, Indoor Advantage

Gold Certified

Flex Neon LRF5 Pure Edge

Cafe Furniture Plan

Cafe Ceiling

LARGE PENDANT

Cafe Material Plan

Paint Finish

P-1

BEHR Kangaroo Tan Durable, long lasting paint

Ceiling Finish

C-2

Armstrong ULTIMA Sustainable, sound absorbant

Surface Finish

S-1

Crossville Porcelain

LEED V.4, Green Square, Declare Labels, Petal Certified

Wall Finish

W-1

Grasscloth Textured

Wallpaper

Seamless, Firerated, Minimum carbon footprint

KEY

Floor Finish

Paint Finish

Surface Finish

Wall Finish

Ceiling Finish

Floor Finish

F-1

Cali El Natural Cork Flooring

Cushioned for quieter, more comfortable rooms. Naturally antimicrobial

F-1

S-1

Resturaunt

Essense Linear Suspension

LED technology

Dining room table light

Hello Raye Las Ondas By Martin

Brattrud

Maharam 022 Bask Leather Greenguard and Greenguard

Gold Certified and Healthier Hospitals Compliant

Mid Century Upholstered Dining Chair

Accessible seating height, sustainably sourced

Community Room

Tech Lighting Burk Head

Wall Application

Illuminate Paintings

old to new

This mini-project is to design the interior of the first floor of Marvin Hall at the University of Kansas. The goal is to create a state-of-the art, technology and production-based studio suite. Focusing on the re-configuration of these spaces, we are to create a new type of studio suite that incorporates a variety of audio-visual technology and to create a new student oriented production/maker space.

“The mission of recharge is to revitalize students by offering a new approach to the average studio. By clear organization and separation of spaces, students are able to take time for themselves and collaboration becomes more efficient than before. Through this design approach, the space will rejuvenate students and professors alike.”

IA 509 | Prof. Nisha Fernando | Lily Wilkerson, Peyton Pearson, Abby Brown, Lauren

focus studio video conference

approach, rejuvenate professors

approach, the space will rejuvenate students and professors alike.”

creation space office

flex space media room (VR) collaborate studio

loft space

No.DescriptionDate

designed for rejuvenation + relaxation studios

designed for rejuvenation + relaxation

creating connection + collaboration

designed for rejuvenation + relaxation studios

creating connection + collaboration

Bench Pod

In order to create a versatile bench I created sleek, simple modules that can be arranged in many different ways for various uses. Each chair is constructed using 5 types of pieces, joined together by miter joints and secured with splines.

Process Work

3 glue frame step insert 01

step 1. plane wood

step 1. plane wood

Plane wood

02

step 2

03

cut out parts step

step 2

step 2

step 3

cut out parts

Cut out parts

cut out parts step 3

glue frame

Construct frame

glue frame

frame

step 4 insert slats

04 Insert slats

frame step 4 insert slats

frame step 4 insert slats

step 5 cut mitter joints to add splines

05 Cut miter joints and add splines

step 5 cut mitter joints to add splines

step 5 cut mitter joints

drafts

Each module is made up of 4 components to aid in construction. They are connected using miter joints, solidified with splines.

drafts

Each module is made up of 4 components to aid in construction. They are connected using miter joints, solidified with splines.

Harmony

This project explored the process of taking figurative elements of a culture and expressing them architecturally. The end result is a space for contemplation that represented a chosen religion. Mine was the Belief System of the Cherokee Indian Tribe.

Process work

Our process work included six abstract watercolors and four made of objects from around our homes. The images behind the items reflect the landscapes of the areas this tribe inhibits, the stones and leaves represent connection with nature, the feathers and earrings represent traditional clothing, while the two strings portray harmony.

Sections + Elevations

The shape and colors used in this model all have symbolic meanings. The red spokes represent fire, which represents an earthly version of the sun and purity. The journey the user takes represents the journey of life and the focal point wall at the end translates to the transition to the afterlife. After the viewer takes time to contemplate, they head back the same way they came, representing their beliefs on how their ancestors stay with them even after death.

Object studies

To draw an object is to sit with it and come to understand it fully.