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Abby Latchford Interior Design Portfolio

CURRENT WORK -URBAN COMMUNITY CENTRE

Currently in the process of rendering my floor plans to a high quality on photoshop and incorporating my selected materials and colour scheme throughout

For our final third year Negotiated Major Project we where given the freedom to choose between several specified buildings within Manchester to create a feasibility study which would then inform our final concept and design outcome. My chosen building is 8, Great Marlborough Street found near the Deansgate area within Manchester. From multiple investigations such as demographics, history and surroundings of the building it was clear that this area needed a location for people to experience something different and be provided with an activity boost, aiming at users aged from 10-30+. I am currently a quarter way through this 15 week project and feel confident that I have produced a solid amount of work so far by keeping on track with design crits (presentations) every three weeks, showing my progression and development through sketches, floor plans and also using rendering to apply my chosen colour scheme and materials/finishes. For my concept I chose to go ahead with an ‘Urban Community Centre’ focusing on providing users with a great all-round experience within several different spaces. Equipped with climbing walls, training walls, squash courts, a double table tennis area and a mezzanine space for spectators, the ‘activity zones’ look to appeal to a wide age range and aim to encourage connectivity, activity and engaging with new people. The laid back, feel good café area has a comforting and modern atmosphere that everyone can enjoy from groups to families or individuals. To complete the Urban Community Centre, the basement floor contains the changing and shower facilities with lockers, accommodating for male, female, disabled and family use.

My mood board for the Urban Community Centre cafe area focusing on elements, colours and materials that influence well-being, communication and provide a sense of comfort within the space

More sketches I created focusing on the layout, atmosphere and colour scheme within the spaces

First initial sketches created with water colour, markers and black fine liner to add my thoughts onto paper and explore some look and feel ideas

Developed CAD plans for final layout to take into next stage, creating model in sketch up and rendering in photoshop

Installation 1 -Pathway with sections cut out to allow light to shine through as you walk past the engraved acrylic pieces (relating to the first use of acetate printed photos) added in to show images of historic Salford Museum and Art Gallery.

SALFORD MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY -A WALK THROUGH HISTORY

Salford Museum and Art Gallery is based in a building that has been extensively developed and modiﬁed over many years from the original Manor House that stood on the site around 1800. The brief was to create a new destination within Salford Museum and Art Gallery to attract a new younger target audience by utilising the current volume of space in a more effective and creative way. The building is Grade II listed but at this stage as a designer it should not let us restrict our creativity, as this was a conceptual proposal. I chose to identify the history of this significant building through installations that convey positive and negative lighting. This theme was inspired by the different areas of the building, from the bright, open space in the halls, to the dark, dreary walkway of Lark Hill Place. To link in with the positive and negative lighting, photography was incorporated through its own history and how it evolved through time. Within the Gallery there is a number of installations that lead you along a time line of the building’s past and how it developed to become what it is today. The series of installations range from engraved acrylic sheets to light boxes placed on the wall of a dark tunnel. One of the installations showcase the public and museum’s own work to emphasise the relationship between the viewers and the creators.

Final mood board

Rendered floor plan of final design layout for Salford Gallery and Museum project.

Installation 4 - Light boxes placed in a low, dark tunnel with several different creations showing the history and evolution of the construction and development of Salford Museum and Art Gallery.

The use of green and grey tones throughout the installations relate to the colour of the Salford Museum and Art Gallery logo. By implementing my own choices to add nature and use raw materials such as wood I aimed to complement the brick exterior and grey wooden flooring to create a balance and bring the neutral tones together.

Installation 2 - Photo booth style walkway with flashing spotlights to relate back to the first development of the flash camera, with a mirror and added props from that decade to have some fun and re-live history

CO-WORKING SPACE -THE MARK ADDY, MANCHESTER This brief was set to put our creative minds and up to date knowledge of the industry to the test, focusing on the refurbishment of an abandoned building in Manchester, The Mark Addy. The task was to redesign the interior and create a co-working space for freelancers or start-ups in the creative industries. Co-working spaces are the next big step to enhance productive learning, networking and collaborating opportunities and flexible spaces to either individuals or businesses. This was a key sector in which I found myself very interested in as it hugely focuses on the improvement of well-being, productivity increase and a better atmosphere in the workplace by incorporating elements through interior design.

Rendered long section of The Mark Addy Collective co-working space

The mood board I chose to create the look and feel for my co-working space, utilising natural materials, biophillia and neutral colours to enhance well-being and calmness. The logo shape including the hexagon is inspired by the Manchester Bee movement to convey the importance of community and feeling comfortable within the space

Rendered floor plan with added colour scheme, materials and biophillia

Main rendered visual for The Mark Addy co-working space, Collective. Created using Sketch Up and Photoshop

ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND SPACIAL DESIGN - BOX OFFICE FOR NEW ADELPHI THEATRE, SALFORD

Rendered visual created on photoshop of the New Adelphi building with the Box Office desk added into the scene

For this brief we were to design a free-standing box office in the atrium of New Adelphi building in Salford University. The box office needed to accommodate for a list of fixtures, fittings and features such as; workspace for two people with seating, phone and laptop, power and data, secure storage for cash, personal items storage, brochure space, production list and signage. A key factor to the design was to reference and comply with ergonomics and the Equality Act (previously DDA Disability Discrimination Act). The learning outcome aims for this project was to build our awareness of architectural technologies in current practices and develop an understanding of the processes involved in design development and production. Along with a visual for the final submission we were to produce a set of working drawings through Auto CAD on an A1 sheet, suitably detailed and dimensioned to accurately portray a portion of our design for costing and constructional purposes. The idea for this design was to utilise the workshop within university and emphasise the simplicity of working with materials such as timber and acrylic. Machinery such as laser cutting, wood work tools and adhesives can provide you with endless outcomes when designing and creating. The theme for this box office was a take on the historic box office theatre design by keeping the box style spaces for the sellers but having a modern twist on it by opening up the walls and using acrylic with LED lights to give it some eye catching aesthetics.

Final A1 sheet created on Auto CAD to specify fixtures, fittings and show clear sections and elevations of the desk with measurements

3D DESIGN PRINCIPLES -POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE LIGHTING INSTALLATION

Model mainly constructed of clear acrylic and added strips of black acrylic for the darker areas. I sanded down each individual piece to fit all the angles correctly and throughout the model I used clear adhesive glue to stick every piece together. The board used for the base was textured using spray paint with a terrazzo finish which gave the model some depth and texture which I felt worked well with the positive and negative theme

This was one of my first projects at university focusing on how we as designers create a space for people to experience and how can it can impact the user in various ways. The brief was to create an installation for an open public space in a city centre and incorporate the use of positive and negative lighting to control the space. Interior elements can have the biggest impact of all within a space and this project was to aim at how we can influence or stimulate human instincts, connections emotionally through topics such as fear and happiness or even the need to move differently through a space (crawling, walking side to side etc.)

3D printed â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;domeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; style area with fitted LED lights to create a bright atmosphere within the space. The lights can either flash or stay at normal dimmed brightness Images of the model in positive and negative lighting to provide a solid outcome to hit the brief expectations and requirements

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DRAFT PROJECT PLAN

28 29 30 10,11,12

Project Week

Week Comm

27-Jan

03-Feb

10-Feb

17-Feb

24-Feb

02-Mar

09-Mar

16-Mar

23-Mar

EASTER

20-Apr

27-Apr

04-May

11-May

Academic Week

Mo Activity

Module Launch Brief Research Building and Site Research Concept Research Free hand Sketches Accessibility and Circulation Structural Strategy/new insertions Concept plans/sketches Look and Feel/materials/colours Outline Proposal Crit Lighiting, natural and artificial Furniture/ Fittings/Equipment Materials 3D maquettes Sketch up plans Sketches developed for visuals Design Development Crit Creating final floor plan Section and elevations Technical details Visuals Client board for specific items 3D Physical Model - started Visuals starting to be rendered Technical Design Crit Final plan rendered Sections and elevations rendered Finishing 3D model Look and Feel board Final banner Physical materials board FF&E specification Branding and Logo

Submission Date 8 May 2020 Design Presentations & Crit

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Abby Latchford Level 6 Interior Design 3D Manifesto

I thought the shadowing on the canvas’s in this image gave them a new depth and added some more natural features on to the canvas’s.

When I first photographed my canvas’s inside my home it didn’t do them justice, so I decided to take them outside and find some natural scenes. Over all I am pleased with the outcome of the canvas’s and felt like I challenged myself to achieve the best I could when having the setback of not being able to create the original 3d model using the University facilities. It has given me a realisation of how creative I can really be when put to the test!

For each of my canvas’s I used acrylic paint and various natural materials to create texture and enhance the use of biophillic features and elements within my designs.

I chose to use the middle canvas to add text on to, it’s not the original phrases that are shown on my 2D manifesto but I tried to incorporate the text that I thought was the most important as using stencils was challenging.

I also used string, tissue paper and corrigated card to create more natural textures and depth on the canvas’s.