AMELIA D INTERIOR
EWEY
DESIGNER PORTFOL IO
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TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT ME
AND RESU
ME
1. CHILDR E
N’S STEM
MUSEUM 2020
2. HYGIEN
E CENTER 2019
3. FOOD H
ALL 2019
4. AMBULA TORY SURG
ICAL CENT
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2018
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ABOUT ME
Amelia was born and raised in Westerville Ohio, just outside of Columbus, where she grew up with her parents and two older siblings. Her creativity started at a young age when she wanted a castle for her toys, but her parents wouldn’t purchase it for her. With her determination and imagination Amelia gather any piece of card board she could find to build and designed her own empire. It was from there that she wanted to be a chef but as she was dreaming, she soon realized she was more concerned with what the restaurant looked and felt like more than the actual menu. In high school, after completing a career project focused on interior design and a mentorship course where she was permitted leave school early to intern and
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shadow designers, she realized that interior design was what she wanted to pursue. While attending Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design she had been given the opportunity to grow herself as a dedicated hard worker and employee of the school. The interior design program also gave her the opportunity to study abroad for a semester in Florence Italy to expose her to other types of design and culture. Through her schooling and work experience Amelia is rapidly becoming a well established designer with experience in a variety of types of spaces. As she begins her career, she hopes to make a lasting and meaningful impact on the built environment in communities to enhance people’s ways of living.
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RESUME
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CONTACT INFO 614-499-4549 ameliaddewey@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Amelia Dewey Interior Designer WORK EXPERIENCE
Kent State University College of Architecture & Environmental Design 2015 – 2020 Major: Interior Design Minor: Marketing Cumulative GPA: 3.2
Assisted on projects, constructed detail drawings, designed Berardi office updates, completed finish schedules, selected materials and finishes for upcoming projects, created detailed material boards and books for job sites and office use, organized and updated materials library, scheduled meeting with manufacturer representatives.
Olentangy Orange High School 2011 – 2015
Lanza Designs Interior Design Intern May 2018 – August 2018
SPECIAL SKILLS Indesign Photoshop Illustrator Microsoft Office AutoCAD Revit
PERSONAL SKILLS Organization Time Management Motivated Passionate Go-getter
PERSONAL FACTS Raised approximately $12,000 for various causes by making scarves Studied abroad in Florence Italy in 2019
Berardi Partners Interior Design Intern May 2019 – January 2020
Worked on all phases of design process, assisted to manage a furniture installation in a large project, organized materials library, updated design books, designed custom window treatments, completed finish and furniture schedules.
Elm & Iron: Furniture and Home Decor Assitant Manager & Sales Associate August 2020 - Current After a few months of working as a sales associate, was promoted to assistant manger. Both roles included helping costumers with furniture and accessory purchases by demonstrating knowledge of design, products, vendors, and services. As a manager, it was required to ensure the store was presentable, trained new associates, followed up with associates and customers about orders or issues.
Kent State University’s College of Architecture & Environmental Design Student Office Assistant May 2017 – May 2020 While a student, was trusted by staff and faculty to represent school well, completed confidential tasks, offered assistance for college events for prospective students, lecturers, and donors, greeted visitors and students in the office, provided help to visitors and staff, and demonstrated knowledge of the college and design.
LEADERSHIP AND ACHIEVEMENTS First place in Midwest Region IDEC Student Design Competition March 2020
Was in a 2018 Superbowl Commercial
Along with two other group members, in the a three week time span, completed thorough research regarding homelessness and design standards related to hygienic centers. The team completed the entire design process with descriptive diagrams, floor plans, and renderings with special attention to fixtures and materials.
Served on a mission trip in El Salvador in 2014
Volunteer Young Life Leader and Team Leader March 2016 – June 2020
REFERENCES
While a full time student, was trusted by director to lead a team of people that ministers to high school students, conducted team meetings, confronted difficult situations and conversations, developed relationships with students and families through community involvement, planned weekly events for students.
Available upon request
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CHILDREN’S STEM MUSEUM
OH WOW!
Senior The
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Located in Downtown Youngstown, Ohio, Oh Wow! is an existing program and facility that focuses on educating students and families in the community about STEMbased content. This project looks into the education systems in Youngstown as well as recent design tactics and advancements in relation to educational facilities, specifically in relation to STEM. Additionally, this project
takes on the entire building to expand Oh Wow!’s range of education by incorporating a mentorship program with high school aged students as well as designated office space. Ultimately, the project focuses on updating and enhancing museum and exhibit spaces by connecting the content of the exhibits through out the floors and spaces.
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OH WOW! STEM RESEARCH Demographics
Education Experience
4 Private High Schools
7 Public High Schools
Over 4,000 high school aged students 41.3% High School Education 22.9% Some College Education 12.9% 9th - 12th Grades 8.6% Bachelors Degree 6.9% Associates Degree 3.8% Less than 9th Grade 3.6% Graduate Degree
Around 20 Programs for Elementary Aged Students
Approximately 5 Programs for High School Aged Students
Interviews Ralf Urbach is the Director of Education at Oh Wow! where he helps cast vision for the future of the museum, and conducts after school outreach programs. When asked about what the hope is of Oh Wow! Urbach said that he wishes “to continue to be a beacon of light” in the community by broadening their outreach so that people who haven’t been to Oh Wow! still have the ability to experience it. It was clear that Oh Wow! needs to be more universal to those to students who have sensory challenges, as well as different age groups. As far as high school students, Urbach’s hope for them is that they could be more involved by having mentorship programs where they get to be the ones learning and teaching. Students could be taught, have a place to learn, study, and grow, and a space where they feel wanted, needed, and valued which will hopefully result in a space where they can be told good job through finding success in failure. 10
Mazie Smith is a recent graduate of Youngstown State University with a degree in Business Administration and is a volunteer leader for a local Christian outreach program at Matthews High School. Smith and her siblings were mostly educated through homeschooling because her family valued experiential learning. Smith was given the ability to choose subjects that she was interested in and wanted to learn more about. Smith’s mother would take her to a variety of museums, parks, zoos, they would do at home experiments and projects related to real life problems. Because of her education, Smith was able to see more of what Youngstown has to offer. After her education and interning at Youngstown Business Incubator, it allowed her to realize how desperate people are to help their community and to offer their expertise in order to grow themselves and the livelihood of their city.
The ABCs of STEM Build Develop and Computational Enrich Literacy Strategic 25% Partnerships Engage 42% Students where Disciplines Converge 33%
In 2018, the Obama administration initiated a 5 year plan to help fund programs and schools to incorporate STEM education into their curriculum. The following diagrams depict the pathways and goals of how to achieve the main objective of STEM literacy implementation through The United States. The diagrams describe quantity of effort and importance of each pathways and how they intersect to achieve each goal.
Pathways
Everything is Connected
Anything is a teaching moment
Learning happens through doing
Gensler has done several STEM based schools, many of which were informed by their 2012 design of James Berry Elementary school in Houston, Texas. What they found was that it is important to have active classrooms that allow for dynamic gatherings, to visually connect spaces throughout the building, to use the building as a resource for teaching, and to provide space for experimentation and projects.
Learning that Sticks
In their design for Dwight-Englewood School HIjjar STEM Center, in Engel-wood New Jersey, the designers at Gensler’s motto was “everything should stick together” where they utilized glass walls and windows to be a “connective tissue” in order for there to be consistent in learning in a variety of ways. The designers and staff realized that students forget 90% of what they learn in school and the skills they need are “creativity, curiosity, and entrepreneurship” and the best way to enhance their learning is through experiential relevance to make knowledge stick. 11
SITE IN YOUNGSTOWN About OH Wow! Self-directed and staff guided “exploration opportunities” on site
Focused outreach programs off site
Restaurants
Entertainment
Government and Banks Business
Hotel and Apartments
The site is owned by the client but was occupying the first floor and basement for visitors and some of the second floor for offices. In this proposal Oh Wow! would occupy the entire building to make room for the needs and wants as well as to expand their business. 12
Professional development opportunities for area educators
DS Architecture’s Proposed new entrance facing town square with bus parking
Research opportunities for college faculty Volunteer and internship opportunities for high school and college students
The current entrance along Federal St. DS Architecture’s rendered facade for the new entrance
MATERIALS AND FURNITURE Flooring
All flooring selections needed to be durable, easy to clean, sustainable, and have sound absorptive qualities.
Daltile - Veranda - Sapphire
Daltile - Quarry Tile - Arid Gray
Milliken - Metro Park - Legacy
Milliken - Live Circuit - Strike
Milliken - Live Circuit - Energy
Milliken - Live Circuit - Electro
Roppe - Envire Rubber Tile Charcoal
Roppe - Envire Rubber Tile Deep Navy
Roppe - Envire Rubber Tile Snow
Roppe - Envire Rubber Tile Red
Roppe - Envire Rubber Tile Citrus
Roppe - Envire Rubber Tile Sunbeam
Ceiling
Considering that the space would be opened up to all of the floors and the noise that the space contained, acoustically rated materials was needed.
MDC - Zintra Grass
MDC - Zintra Cobalt
MDC - Zintra - Ocre
MDC - Zintra Mandarine
MDC - Zintra Sunshine
Acoustic Ceiling Grid
Furniture
All of the furntiure comes from Hightower, Steelcase, and Smith Systems to ensure quality and longevity.
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FIRST FLOOR - MAIN EXHIBIT SPACE 13
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4 Lactation Room
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5 Universal Restrooms 15 Cafe 2 1
6 Weather Exhibit
16 Men’s Restroom
7 Friction Exhibit
17 Women’s Restroom
8 Velocity Exhibit
18 Structure Exhibit
9 Aeronotics Exhibit
19 Lego Area
10 Control Tower
The first floor is the host of most of the major exhibits. It is meant to be fun and crazy for all of the loud interactive activities for children. Some of the exhibits were reused and updated from the original space whereas others were specially designed for the project. In conversation with Oh Wow! staff as well as classmates working on other projects for Youngstown, it seemed necessary to include a space to serve food as well as spaces for mothers to nurse infants and parents to change any diapers.
REFLECTED CEILING PLAN
After evaluating the original space, it was determined that a lot of thought would need to go into the acoustics. Therefore, placing acoustic drop down ceilings above the louder exhibits became not only a logical answer to the acoustical issue but a way to define space and a form of way finding through the forms and colors of the ceiling panels. 14
MAIN ENTRY The entry is an exciting sneak peak into what is ahead. Cutting through the entire facility, starting at the basement and leading to the 3rd floor, is a glass tube with a bottle launcher which people see as they arrive. Additionally, the 2nd and 3rd floors were cut into to have a visible connection between the different avenues of the facility.
EXHIBIT SPACE
Exhibits range in different types of interaction to encourage students to explore different types of creativity, problem solving, and experiential learning. For instance, the control tower was designed for students with sensory challenges and the water tables are for showing students how water can be a mode of transportation as well as a power source. 15
2ND FLOOR - HIGH SCHOOL SPACE
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The second floor is meant to host a mentorship program for high school aged students to be mentored and to mentor through their own experiential learning by having access to technology and resources to teach them skills that would be valuable to their futures. Additionally, there is room for touch down and group learning which all include writable surfaces and outlets.
LEARNING FLEX SPACE
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TOUCH DOWN WORK ZONE
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When researching the needs and wants of the current facility, there was desperate need for more efficient and effective office space. This space was designed to be flexible for any needs of staff complete with touch down areas for impromptu meetings, open offices, private offices, and a conference room that can be easily rearranged. All in all, the office space is meant to be professional yet keep the fun spirit of the rest of the facility.
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BASEMENT - ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS
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9 Storage and Mechanical
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The basement is an extension of the main floor with additional exhibits as well as rentable party spaces that have the ability to be opened up to join with other rooms. There is also space for visitors to create and make to apply knowledge that they have learned throughout the rest of the facility. The exhibits in the basement were designed for visitors who struggle with sensory stimuli as well as younger visitors who may want a more quiet experience and a break from the eccentric and loud floor above.
REFLECTED CEILING PLAN The ceiling was a crucial part of the design for the light hall and the giant garden not only to enhance the elements within each of the exhibits but to be a host for some of those elements. Additionally, it was important to design the elements to absorb whatever loud noises would come from children or parties happening in the basement.
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LIGHT HALLWAY In the Light Hall there are several features that visitors are able to interact with and engage in, all that play with light and color. The peg wall allows visitors to rearrange colors to make different pictures or patterns, the spot lights, bubble tubes, string lights, and glitter ceiling provide moments of fascination and wonder.
GIANT GARDEN
To go along with the sustainability garden on the second floor, younger students can learn about the life of plants, gardening, and sustainability by the scale of plants to be increased so that the students and visitors can get a close up look. 19
AKRON HYGIENE CENTER
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Homelessness is a world wide issue that has several meaning based on the culture. In some places there will be people who prefer to not have a home, in other places, people don’t have a home because of unfortunate circumstance they are in, or there are nomads, people who travel so much for work, it doesn’t make sense for them to have an actual home.
However, for all of the different types of homelessness, people are in desperate need for a place to take a shower and clean their clothes. As a part of a IDEC competition, this project was researched, imagined, and designed with two other group members in the matter of three weeks.
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DEMOGRAPHICS
RESEARCH ON HOMELESSNESS AND SITE AVERAGE INCOME: Overall: $30,113 Male: $34,097 Female: $26,294 POVERTY RATE: Overall: 24.05% Male: 21.99% Female: 25.94% POVERTY BY EMPLOYMENT AND SEX Female Unemployed: 55.65% Male Unemployed: 42.02% Female Employed: 14.66% Male Employed:8.69%
Inspiration was drawn from research of a documentary called Inside Akron’s Tent City produced by Pressure Life, a magazine based primarily in the greater Cleveland area. In the seven episode film, viewers are informed about this specific city of homeless people located in Downtown Akron located in the back of a private property of a resource center for the homeless owned by an active member of Akron’s community, Sage Lewis. Lewis opened the center as a way to provide general support for his friends that struggle with houselessness. People came to Lewis’s establishment to bathe, wash their clothes, get some food, and enjoy the company of others. One day in the backyard of his property Lewis noticed people setting up tents, he was pleased that they felt comfortable staying there. Soon enough Lewis’s yard was the home of 45 residents who had pitched their tents and began to make a community for themselves. As a response to this, all Lewis asked of them was to follow a few simple rules; to make it 22
a drug and alcohol free environment and that they would be respectful of themselves and the people surrounding them. It was clear, after watching the videos that the residents of Tent City went through was deeply saddening and troubling. They had worked hard not only to survive, but they had built friendships that were similar to a family, they contributed to the resource center, and were making their way to reestablishing their own lives. With this in mind, it inspired the intent of the making and designing of this facility. It was noticed that the public refuses to see houseless people, they are ignored and disrespected, and many people who are houseless have a hard time seeing the hope that they can have as a result of the hardships that they have been through. It was through this research and realization that the concept of “visible” was discovered.
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visiting the site, there were signs of people being houseless, plenty of places for people to get food and supplies, medical assistance, and potentially jobs. Within fifteen minutes, walking people can access all of these resources. One in particular that they can utilize was the Well CDC, a multipurpose nonprofit community development center that has a main focus in affordable housing in restoring homes in Middlebury and greater Akron and providing homes to people who don’t have one. Additionally the Well has a coffee shop, a kitchen for people to rent and use, and an event space, that all of the proceeds go to home restoration.
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AKRON, OHIO
Between researching the need for a hygiene center in communities nearby and conducting research on services for houseless people, it was clear that Akron was in need of a resource like this one. Akron has resources for houseless people to utilize but none that was apparent that was focused on hygiene and community development. There were several that provided food, clothing, beds, or guidance, but none that had the service of this project. Choosing a site was crucial, to ensure that it the facility was in a place that had a need for the services it would provide and that there were other establishments around the site that users could utilize and take advantage of. When
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FOOD CONVENIENCE STORES CHURCHES THE HOSPITAL
Newton St.
THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
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LOCATION: The corner of East Market Street and N. Case Avenue in Middlebury Akron, Ohio SITE DESCRIPTION: Bordered with hill of trees Along an old railroad No neighbors directly connected Closest neighbors are: Mike’s Towing Skios Trucking Machine Company Bus stops directly outside Within walking distance of many resources
NEARBY: Circle K Family Dollar Dominos Ralley’s Wendy’s McDonald’s Burger King Series of community churches The Well CDC CVS Community Health Center International Community Health Center Summa Health System 23
CONCEPT & PROCESS
THE GIVEN
AKRON HYGIENE CENTER
All across the United States people who are houseless live unnoticed by the majority of people on a daily basis. This notion has made people who are experiencing homelessness feel as though their lives are less valuable or that something has been taken from them due to a variety of causes. All humans, regardless of their economic or social standing, have the given right to be seen, known, and noticed. It is a basic need that people should have a sense of dignity through involvement in a community and obtaining security. In the Given, people experiencing homelessness are given the opportunity to be visible to one another and their communities by being provided with the resources to achieve these basic needs. Their right to have community, safety, and identity will be visible to every individual who enters the space with the addition of people will see an opportunity to give back to the center that gives so much to the users of the services offered.
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After determining the concept, space adjacencies needed to be determined for what is important to be close in proximity as well as the level of importance. Along side of that it was crucial to determine how users could be visible while respecting the luxury and necessity of privacy. The parti and massing to the right show that within the space it was a goal to make users visible to each other to create community as well as visible to the outside to be revealed to nature and society. Within the private zones users will be able to find solitude by having time to themselves to be rejuvenated by the services of the center.
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LIVING ROOM *Renderings done by Gillian Harnett
The goal of the Living Room was for users to come in to immediately feel a sense of community through the various seating arrangements and opportunity to interact with others or be by themselves. As they arrive, users will approach the welcome desk where they will put their name in to use the showers and/ or laundry and their name will be added to a cue that is displayed. Once they have signed in users can have the freedom to use the space as they please with areas for them to be entertained by books, television, games, with the ability to charge their device or devices from outlets all around the space.
Considering furniture was deeply important that called for a need to have a variety of chairs for different body types, ages, and situations. Additionally, during a lecture from Jill Pable, interior design professor at Florida State University and creator of Design Resources for Homelessness, stressed the importance of furniture, specifically, either the seat and back being one entity or being completely removable from each other for cleaning purposes. Pable also mentioned that all of the materials for furniture should be bleach cleanable and have a high double rub count as centers like this will most likely not change the upholstery for a long time, if at all. The furniture arrangement within the plan is strategic because it gives ample room for users to sit alone or with a group of people with space to bring in large items they may carry into the space. 26
SALON
To make users feel more dignified, a small salon was added to the program where hopefully, stylists from the neighboring hair salon would be volunteer at the center and give free haircuts to some of the users on specific days. This space is also flexible for any other events at the center where more space is required.
The goal here was that users could see the space and everything would be familiar, it would be clear and simple to the user. In her lecture, Pable mentioned that materials should be tactile, that users could not only see and know what the material is but they should be able to feel it and know what it is, hence why the brick, concrete, and light wood were selected. As for the wall covering, it was selected to give users something to see clearly but also be able to always find something they didn’t see before. Lastly, it was important that all materials were cleanable and durable in order to last a long time for the users. 27
SHOWER ROOM
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Before walking into the shower room, users will stop at shower support where they will be given any necessities required for showering as well as a place to drop off and bathe their pets, if they desire to. Within the showers there is plenty of room for users to bring any belongings that they may not feel comfortable leaving in the shower support or waiting areas as well as shelving units which cross partially over into the shower itself for wet items and dry items.
Within the showers there is plenty of room for users to bring any belongings that they may not feel comfortable leaving in the shower support or waiting areas as well as shelving units which cross partially over into the shower itself for wet items and dry items. 28
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FOOD HALL
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In the past couple of years cities all over the United States have wanted to improve their downtown areas in hopes of increasing revenue for the city. However, when this is done, the price of property tax goes up which forces locals to sell their businesses and move out of their homes. In Woodlawn Chicago, the YWCA has a mission to do
the opposite, to still improve the Woodlawn area but involve the community. This project is the YWCA’s first addition to a ten year plan to help the people in this community. Additionally, the site is a food desert in desperate need of nutritional, low cost food options, where people can gather peacefully.
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RESEARCH ON SITE
In the greater area of Woodlawn is the University of Chicago, the soon-to-be Obama Presidential Library, Jackson Park Golf Course, the headquarters of YWCA, and the proposed site.
On the North side of the site there are brand new apartment and business buildings, and on the south side, between the site and the YWCA there are several vacancies, run down buildings, and businesses
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CONCEPT INSPIRATION
The Maxwell Street Market was a farmers market in the south side of Chicago that hosted farmers, butchers, musicians, fisherman, and more. It brought together all different kinds of people of different ethnicities, social classes, occupations, and interests.
Inspired by the images of the Maxwell Street Market, this project is based on the common fact that all people eat, work, and wear clothes. The actions of working and eating result in the rippling, waving, and folding of clothing, specifically in elbows. Using the footprint of the building as if it were the elbow of someone, the geometries of the floor plan were all drawn off of how a shirt might fold and pinch at certain points. 33
FIRST FLOOR - FOOD STALLS AND DINING
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With the entry of the building being on the corner of a busy intersection and right next to the L-train, the facade was manipulated to replicate googie style architecture through the glazing fluctuating in and out. By doing this, it gives Vendors 3, 4, & 9 Eating Area people on the outside a place to have refuge while on the side walk. The elbow shape that the space had in place, the angles of the walls and kiosks mimic how fabric would fold and twist in the space by connecting the structural columns, building core, and exterior corners. The space allows optimal space for food vendors to prepare, cook, and serve in their stalls and/ or in the shared kitchen and room for people to sit and eat. 34
FOOD STALL DETAIL DRAWING Vendor 11 & 12 Eating Area
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The stalls were designed to be a fold where each piece is created for a specific purpose; name of stall, menus, cashier, and counter space. Menus and names would be adhered onto the stalls with a custom vinyl template.
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Detail of Food Stall Construction
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Being that the second floor is directly parallel with the L-train, it was important to consider what people on the train would see as they’re slowing to a stop. Therefore, the entrie second floor is all about community and people being together with the main eating area being several places to sit and eat and a bar that also opens up and serves a reservable space that people can use for large parties and gatherings.
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HEALTH CARE
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ICAL CENT
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Located in Downtown Kent Ohio, the surgical center serves as a place for specialty doctor appointments and minor surgeries. The project was done in partners incorporated custom built pieces. Inspiration was drawn through the location and its history. With heavy research into health care design and the city of Kent the design was taken from the
nature of the progression of water and how it flows from place to place, around and through things, and it is never in the same place twice. Several studies have shown that exposure to nature increases healing, sooths nerves, and alleviates stress. With this in mind, a space was designed that satisfies the needs of patients, caregivers, and staff.
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RESEARCH AND DIAGRAMMING The parti diagram is representing water that flows around stones to get to a destination. The goal was to use the interior structures as the stones and the users as the water around them.
The block diagram distinguishes surgical related space, examination space, and spaces that are related to both of the sides. By distinguishing three parts early on and associating color to them, helped solve spatial arrangements and accomplish a thought out design. SURGERY WAITING CONFERENCE ROOM AND ACCOUNTING SURGERY RECEPTION
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EXAM WAITING
NURSE’S STATION
EXAM RECEPTION
OPERATION ROOM
EXAM ROOMS
NURSE’S STATION
STAFF LOUNGE AND LOCKERS ROOM
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Focus: Place to come together to bring information and knowledge
Connect: Zone of bringing people together for unexpected community and Conversation
Discover: Area of bringing and imagining new ideas, information, and ways of thinking.
Along with associating color to space, there was a need to show the general flow and traffic of the areas as well as designating what type of action would be occurring. The darker areas show mainly how much the nurses and doctors travel in and out of nurses stations to check on patients and complete tasks.
Restore: Place to restore, recharge, and relax, it could be active or passive, mental or physical
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RESEARCH AND DIAGRAMMING
SURGERY RECEPTION AND WAITING
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There are two main entrances surgery and examination where patients come in and immediately see the receptionist desk and have a variety of waiting options. Once patients are called in for their appointments, both sides have a specific circulation that tells them how to come in and go out. Early on in research, it was clear that a lot of the health care environment is relied on the role of nurses and their responsibilities. With that and the 42
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inspiration of Standing Rock, the two main “rocks” or places where problems are solved, decisions are made, and work circulates around is the nurse’s stations in both sides, surgery and examination. Along with that there is a flow of the space that tells staff how to get around and what spaces are for them verses what is for patients or caretakers.
SURGERY RECEPTION AND WAITING
Bla Station Pucca
Carolina Rein Lounge Chair
Wallcovering Maharam Debut Parlor
Upholstery Maharam Cursive Jetstream
Flooring Armstrong Luxury Flooring Barnside Beach Blonde
Upholstery DesignTex Silicone Element Forge
The surgery waiting and reception area is where people will stay the longest while waiting for family or friends to finish in surgery. Therefore, it was important to incorporate a lot of exposure to the outside, multiple types of places to sit, and ways to be entertained. There are essentially two different areas; interactive and private. The interactive side has a contained fire place for comfort with a television and opportunity to get to know other people in that area. The private area, has place for people to do work or to charge electronics as well as space to sit on pebble-like seats. The receptionist desk features a custom piece with an ADA accessible heights. Behind the desk is an etched glass that allows patients to move in and out of the operation room in private. 43
PRE AND POST OPERATION
Wallcovering Knoll Textiles Shortwave Wireless
Flooring Roppe Vinyl Tile Snowfall
Flooring Roppe Vinyl Tile Cool Breeze
Paint PPG Cave Pearl St Steelcase Amia Task Chair
The post and pre operation is set up a little differently from a standard facility with the slanted rooms. It was designed for this reason to go along with the concept of progressing water but more importantly to make it easier to wheel in and out beds of the rooms and into surgery. Both sides are interchangeable so each side could be used for either post or pre operation. To utilize every bit of space there is custom cabinetry which the beds are able to slide in and out of that also holds the necessary medical devices to check vitals and any personal items patients brought. The nurse’s station is very flexible as nurses move around a lot to check on patients with the movable carts and to converse with other doctors and nurses. 44
DETAIL OF CUSTOM CABINET The construction of the cabinet is joined with the wall structure. Gypsum board will be a part of the wall and an additional layer of gypsum will be added for support of the shelving units. As for the irregular angles of the walls, there will have to be added joists to support and distribute the weight of the wall. This will be done with the usual nails and screws as well as custom brackets for more strength. Additionally, there the cabinet is equipped with several outlets for any attachments for the bed and monitor.
PPG Babbling Brook
Focus Light Hero
Cybernet Monitor
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EXAMINATION NURSE’S STATION
Steelcase Amia Task Chair
Flooring Interface Level Set Polished Cement
Paint PPG Zebra Grass
Wallcovering Maharam Bonded Stripe Paul Smith
This nurse’s station is set up to provide any assistance needed to patients and caretakers. It was understood that there are times when people may have additional question of initial conversations with doctors or the need to pick up or drop off information, or make a future appointment after an examination. Within this station there is additional storage and space for medical supplies and to have private conversation between staff members.
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*This rendering was completed by a partner but ideation was completed together
STAFF LOUNGE
Upholstery DesignTex Glean Robin’s Egg
Upholstery DesignTex Shibori Stripe Waterfall
Flooring Interface Level Set Washed Wheat
Paint PPG Green Granite
Steelcase Move 490
Steelcase Thoughtful Lounge Chair
The staff lounge needed to a place where staff could come, relax, eat, and have a break from a busy day. Attached to the staff lounge is a men’s and women’s locker rooms complete with ADA bathrooms, showers, and private lockers. In the lounge, there was a need to provide spaces for a variety of uses. For instance, along the curved wall there is a bar height counter where people can be alone while on break but it could also be used to display food for any staff events. Additionally, there are space for people to socialize with others in comfortable, yet cleanable furniture. The lounge is a more quiet place so it features a custom acoustic panel at the entry to absorb any sound within the space or sound that may come from outside of it 47
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