AnneMarie Morman
interior design portfolio
AnneMarie Morman
CONTACT ME morman.annie@gmail.com https://issuu.com/annemariemorman 513.716.2682
EDUCATION
Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design Oxford, Ohio May 2020
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design First in Class | Magna Cum Laude | 3.84/4.0 GPA
Special Concentration in Disability Studies
Includes upper-division coursework on the study of the historical, social, artistic, and political framing of disability.
EXPERIENCE Design Consultant | GO Logic Belfast, Maine November 2020- Present
Working on multiple passive house projects coordinating with clients and engineers to prepare construction documentation and consulting in the design development process.
Shop Assistant/Apprentice | Phil’s Fine Woodworking Loveland, Ohio November 2020- Present
Assisting experienced craftsman with his custom built furniture and finish carpentry both on-site and in the shop. Meeting with clients and helping with furniture designs and shop drawings.
Studio Assistant | You’re Fired Oxford, Ohio October 2016- May 2020
Cashier position requiring multitasking by assisting customers with their pottery painting, glazing and firing the finished pieces.
Interior Design Intern | VSWC Architects Mason, Ohio May 2019- August 2019
Worked directly with Project Managers both in office and on site for many K-12 education projects. Gained extensive knowledge on building and zoning permits, punch lists, construction documentation and specifications.
SOFTWARE Revit AutoCAD Adobe Suite Google Sketchup Microsoft Office Lumion Twinmotion Rhino
CERTIFICATIONS WELL Accredited Professional
International WELL Building Institute Issued: August 03, 2020
ACCOLADES
John Weigand Founder’s Scholarship in Interior Design May 2019
Selected by Miami University faculty and staff and awarded to one student on academic and artistic merit.
The Dean’s Commendation for Outstanding Academic Performance & Contribution to the MUDEC Community December 2018
Awarded by MUDEC faculty and staff in recognition of an inspiring combination of good spirits and academic engagement.
Fred Whitcomb Scholarship in Interior Design May 2018
Selected by Miami University faculty and staff and awarded to one student based on merit and potential.
PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS Alpha Rho Chi | Professional Architecture Fraternity April 2016 - May 2020
Past Positions: President, Recruitment Chair, New Member Education, and Fundraising Chair
American Institute of Architecture Students August 2017-May 2020
Past Positions: Design Chair
REFERENCES Gulen Chevik - Professor 513. 205. 4388 chevikg@miamioh.edu
Jim Voorhis - President of VSWC Architects 513. 383. 1911 j im @ vswc. co m
Lisa Leishman - Owner of You’re Fired 513. 255. 6342 yourefiredoxford@gmail.com
I am looking for a community of designers that shares the belief that the built environment has a direct affect on mental and physical wellbeing and seeks to create spaces that foster healthy and enjoyable lifestyles for all.
About Me
I graduated with honors in May from Miami University at the top of my class in Interior Design. At Miami, I developed a passion for empathetic art and design and I became increasingly mindful of how each person may experience a space differently. Outside of my design classes I studied Disability Studies courses and psychology to better understand the impact of design on people of different abilities and backgrounds. In my designs, I work to create inclusive, individualistic spaces that appreciate human differences. I am also highly interested in the wellbeing of humans. I believe design must do its part in encouraging healthier environments and communities. For this reason, I recently became a WELL Accredited Professional.
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South Bend Market Lots Year 4/S2 - Capstone Studio Mixed Use
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ESC. Luxembourg Year 3/S1 - Luxembourg Campus Government
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Encircled in Creativity Year 2/S2 Public Youth Library
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Bean to Bar Year 2/S1 Retail
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Terrace Farms Year 3/S2 -Interdisciplinary Studio Adaptive Re-use
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Open to Individuality Year 4/S1 - Office Space Studio Design Office
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Hard at (Wood) Work Year 2/S2 -Furniture Class Furniture Design/Build
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South Bend Market Lots
In order to address growing urban inequality and the dominance of the parking lot in downtown South Bend, we propose a plan to pair new construction with partial re-purposing of parking lots to serve as dynamic and flexible venues for commerce, leisure, and events. Each transformed parking lot can be infused with a unique identity, thus creating a place where before there was none. Development in this manner is meant to allow growth to different parking lots throughout the city and adapt quickly to changing demands. While the parking lots provide constantly morphing venues, the building provides a more permanent venue, creating a spectrum of possibilities that allows people of all backgrounds to take part. Teammate: James Mustillo- Architecture Student Year of Completion: Project Type: Location:
Spring Senior Year Mixed Use South Bend, Indiana
Concept
B I LOIS SMARKE . for the locals by the locals .
The South Bend Market Lots is the first step toward redeveloping South Bend in a healthy manner that provides spaces for the existing communities and emerging ones in commerce, business, and housing.
This map shows the relationship between parking and buildings in the City of South Bend, IN. Parking lots gutted the city after the industrial decline and leave a skeleton waiting to be filled in.
The Market Spectrum Permanent Temporary
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Residential Business Market Lots
Commercial
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Community Hubs
First Floor Plan
Market Lots
The Atrium The interior materials in the atrium were chosen to invoke the felling of strolling along a boardwalk with wood planks underfoot and umbrellas to rest under.
Pop-Up Cafe
The Hallway The hallway serves as a connector between the outdoor Market Lots and the central atrium. The outdoor canopy transforms and leads visitors through the hallway to the rest of the programming.
Atrium
Retail Semi-permanent, semi-seasonal, the Grab and Go Market is a grocer style market store selling local fresh foods, baked goods and healthy fast meals.
Grab and Go Market
Pop-Up Shops
Retail Stores
The first floor, east side of the building houses several pop-up shops that are able to change seasonly and allow small local businesses to share the rent of one large indoor space much like the outdoor Market lots.
The second floor houses two full size retailers for a more permanent businesses to rent with prominent street and atrium frontage.
Second Floor Plan
East Elevation and Retail Floors
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Veggies & Vino
The first floor of the two-story bar and restaurant is a sit-down dinning area while the second floor is a more causal bar atmosphere. Each connect directly to outdoor dining areas that overlook the Market Lots.
First Floor Bar
Veggies and Vino Coasters
Wine Bar and Plant-Based Restaurant Veggies and Vino is designed based off the ideals of Blue Zones. Blue Zones are communities in the world that have been found to live long healthy lives. In these blue zones plant-based diets and a glass of wine a day are important parts of a healthy lifestyle
Veggies and Vino Section
West Elevation- Outdoor Seating
Co-Housing and Micro-Apartments
Fifth Floor Plan
Shared Kitchen,
Co-living areas and gy soc
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such as a kitchen, study spaces ym, encourage community and cial interactions as well as allow tenants to expand out of their small apartment spaces.
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Micro-Apartments Apartment type A is 300sf and designed to maximize efficient use of space. Each piece of furniture has multiple uses and is highly flexible. Ex. The kitchen table is at counter height and can slide out to expand the kitchen work surface or slide back for dining or studying.
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ESC. Luxembourg
While studying abroad in Differdange, Luxembourg I broke out of my conventional ideals of design and found a new perspective on architecture. In order to conceive of a new language for the future Space Center, I spent much of the semester studying and diagramming a Science Fiction city to inform my understanding of Luxembourg and inform my final design. The European Space Center is designed to get the public involved on Luxembourg’s efforts in the space race, while creating a hub for space resource research. Influenced by the science fiction city of Wakanda, the center is split into three main program areas; public, congressional and technological. Not only does it draw from the organization of Wakanda, ESC Lux also pulls from the local surroundings to create a building that breaks from the typical while responding to its location. Year of Completion: Project Type: Location:
Fall Junior Year Government Kirchberg, Luxembourg
Research/Diagramming
Process of Wakanda Studies
1 A set of morphological rules emerged from diagrammatic interpretations of Wakanda.
These rules were used as the basis of designing for Esc. Lux. The process can be seen in the 7 surrounding diagrams.
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2 The rules found in Wakanda were applied then to the Luxembourgish district of Kirchberg. This can be seen in the diagram above and below.
3 The final Wakanda diagram used to design the building can be seen directly below. Final Diagram
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Study of Kirchberg, Luxembourg
Design Process TECHNOLOGY
I first created the footprint of the building from the shape of the Wakanda study. The footprint was designed to have three distinct pieces for the programing to be organized in.
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The Original footprint was then reshaped based of the surrounding buildings, to create the final footprint.
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From the Site
- Independent of its surroundings - Fragmented - Layered
The congressional zone is built from the brutalist facade of the building originally on the site, the Schuman Building.
Schuman Building
- Diverts when met with its surroundings - Mimics language of surroundings - Fills space given to it.
The technology section of the building grows organically west into the valley similarly to the MUDAM (behind the site) and is also surrounded by window geometries taken from its design. MUDAM
- Interrupted by it's surroundings - Grows long when given the space - Grows in two main directions
The iconic public portion makes reference to the famous red bridge of Luxembourg.
The Red Bridge
ESC. LUX PHILHARMONIE
Museum Design
Lobby
One enters into the public sector of the building through the central lobby which opens to each of the exhibit rooms. The layouts Andon of the surrounding rooms and exhibits were informed through the use of lines and form of the Wakanda diagram. tiles to
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nized aluminum panels contrast natural stone o represent the Space Cener; where space meets Earth.
Space Mining Exhibits The focus of the museum is on space exploration and space mining research. It features 5 exhibits that are both inclusive and interactive.
Museum Design Section A
Bridge to Congress Center Elevator to Party Room
Entrance Space Race Classroom
Fixed Exhibit: Space Mining
Rotating Exhibits on Space Studies
Lobby
Storage
Reception Media Room
Moon Exportation Station
Museum Floor Plan
Wakanda Diagram to Floor Plans
Ambiance and Inspiration Lighting The museum’s lighting and materiality were designed to give the visitor the illusion of standing in a vast, dark unknown world like that of space. The ceilings angle up from 8‘ to 48’ high with most of the room’s lighting coming from the glowing central lobby and the spotlit displays of the exhibits.
Museum plan informed by Wakanda Diagram
“The Universe”Science Museum in Wuhan, China: Inspiration for exhibit areas. Creating feelings of a vast space-like autmosphere. Wakanda Diagram with plan layover
Section A
Museum of Zhang Zhidong: Inspiration for the glowing central lobby. The lobby is intended to feel like a seperate space sitting inside of the rest of the museum.
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Encircled in Creativity
An artistic and inclusive young adult library located in Clifton, an urban Cincinnati neighborhood, designed to draw in the community and engage them in reading, research and the arts. The Clifton area is filled with public art; examples include murals on buildings, sculptures, paintings in windows, etc. It is an area that places art within the reach of all people. This creativity-inspiring young adult library is designed to convey the artistic quality of the Clifton area and attract students through the use of public art. To do so the library was designed to work as its own piece of public art with its false facade, sculpture-like book shelves, and ever-changing exterior digital mural. It also allows visitors to add to its art work both inside and out. Year of Completion: Project Type: Location:
Spring Sophomore Year Community Clifton, Ohio
Concept
Clifton Public Young AdultLibrary The wests end of the building is completely open with apertures rather than doors or windows to draw people in and give them glances of the hidden stacked building inside. Once inside the stacked building one can see the massive sculpture of books breaking through to each floor of the building and allowing for unique programing within the book shelves.
OLED Screens
South Elevation
The South facade allows the glass building inside to pop out of the brick and features OLED Screens located in the second floor windows. OLEDs are semitransparent screens. Here an ever changing digital mural is displayed that will also interact with the interior library. The screens are tilted to be at the best angle of sight as pedestrians get closer to the building.
Final Design
Second Floor
First Floor Handsketches of Unique Program Spaces
The book stacks of the library are the center piece of the building as they extend upward in a circle through all four floors. The exterior ring of the book core is a glass flooring so the vast number of books appears to break through the entire building. One enters the building through the open false facade into a four story cafe with a view of the hidden facade.
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Bean to Bar
A welcoming and active chocolate shop for a now corporate brand of artisan chocolates that has never had it’s own shop before. Scharffen Berger enters a once abandoned store and revives the progressive city street, in the North Side of Cincinnati, with a cheerful and community centered chocolate shop attached to a trendy and cozy bar. Playing off Scharffen Berger’s focus on "bean to bar" chocolates, as well as the brands focus on chocolate and drink pairings, a bar is the perfect addition to Scharffen Berger’s first store. Year of Completion: Project Type: Location:
Fall Sophomore Year Retail Northern Cincinnati, Ohio
Concept This Cincinnati shop steps back to the origins of the now corporate brand and allows the customer to enter a social, warm, bar-like atmosphere filled with incredible chocolates.
Founded in San Fransisco by a wine maker and chocolate connoisseur, Scharffen Berger prides themselves on pairing their honest chocolates with the perfect wines and other drinks.
North Elevation
Space Planning
The site was an vacant lot with only a few standing walls in North Side Cincinnati - an Original Plan area with a high concentrations of college students, artists, and young professionals.
Bar/Second Floor Plan
Chocolate Shop/Ground Floor Plan
Final Design
Steinberg Bar
The bar's name was derived from Robert Steinberg the chocolatier that co-founded the chocolate shop. Steinberg was a physician who was diagnosed with lymphoma and decided he needed to change how he was living his life as his health declined and became a chocolatier. The company itself was named after John Scharffenberger, the second partner and the wine maker. Scharffen Berger was the first American company in 50 years to make bean to bar chocolates and not use large scale manufacturing. This part of the company's history is why the bar is decorated with pop art, due to this art movement’s commentary on mass production.
Scharffen Berger Chocolate Shop
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Terrace Farms
Rooted in urban innovation, Terrace Farms is contributing to the future of urban agriculture through the adaptive reuse of the historically innovative Terrace Plaza Hotel. By engaging the community with living, learning and working opportunities, Terrace Farms promotes the well-being of Cincinnati while responding to growing needs of urban populations. Teammates: Jenna Drago, Alex Kelley, Meaghan Fitzgerald, and Jessie Leisinger. Contribution: Sole interior designer- I designed the reception desk and entry details as well as the apartment example. I also built the entire Revit model, rendered all major images and contributed to overall design concepts. Year of Completion: Project Type: Location:
Spring Junior Year Adaptive Re-Use Cincinnati, Ohio
The Site SITE PLAN 100 FT
Terrace Plaza, opening in 1948, accomplished many firsts. For one thing, it was one of the first high-rise projects to be constructed in the US after World War II. It was also one of the first building designed mostly by a woman, Natalie de Blois. Lastly, the building was high tech, featuring the first fully automated elevators and television sets in every guest room.
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Terrace Plaza Today
APPROACH DIAGRAM Approach
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SITE PLAN 100 FT
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Symbol Key Recessed Lights Hanging Pendant Lights Cove Light Strips
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“ The Terrace Plaza
demonstrated in a concrete way that Cincinnati could be modern, progressive, and innovative. “ ~ Beth Sullebarger, local historic preservationist
The Terrace Farms strives to continue the legacy of innovation and progress for the city of Cincinnati by celebrating the history of the site and creating a program unlike any other in the city. A Terrace Farms will attract all kinds of audiences with many different purposes. From businessmen and woman grabbing lunch to a family going grocery shopping to children exploring the vertical farming museum. The space is one for living, learning and working.
Tower Plans
Tower 5 Floor: Fitwell Workout Center
Tower 4 Floor: Fitwell Workout Center
The upper tower of Terrace Farms contains apartments on the West end, and different interactive programs on the East with the green, urban farming core surrounding a completely glass elevator in the center. Users are able to ride up to the interactive programs in this elevator directly through the fully visible farms.
Tower 3 Floor: Kid Zone Playscape
Tower 2 Floor: Apothecary
Tower 1 Floor: Tea Room
Apartment Design
Apartment RCP There are three Apartment types designed for the Terrace Plaza, here can be seen Apartment B. A small yet accessible two bedroom apartment.
Rendered Apartment Axon
ADA Apartment Plan
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Tea Room
The first interactive programing of the tower, the tea room uses and sells tea leaves
and herbs grown in the urban farm.
Branding Misson Statement
Alternate Logo
Terrace Farms is contributing to the future of urban agriculture through the adaptive re-use of the historically innovative Terrace Plaza Hotel. By engaging the community with living, learning, and working opportunities, Terrace Farms promotes the well-being of Cincinnati while responding to growing needs of urban populations.
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In our branding phase we chose colorful and earthy tones, organic forms and plant graphics to create a brand that spoke to the innovative goals of Terrace Farms. Each icon was designed to help with wayfinding throughout the building and therefore has a connection to each of the tower floors’ separate programming. We also chose products that fit with the goals of Terrace Farms such as reusable bags and water bottles as well as biodegradable paper products.
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Open to Individuality
This satellite office in Cincinnati, Ohio was designed for the architecture and interior design firm Bergmeyer, originally from Boston, Massachusetts. The firm focuses on enhancing the everyday by their designs. They encourage active, hardworking, and health focused lifestyles. This office uses the same tenets to provide an office focused on wellbeing. In order for each employee to succeed, the office is designed for free address seating to alow individuals to choose from works zones based on focusing, colaborating and resting as needed. Whether an employee prefers perfect silence or the white noise of the office, a rigid seat verse a more comfortable lounge seat, or a warmer part of the office or cooler. This Cincinnati office caters to the different and changing needs of it's employees and clients. Year of Completion: Kind of Project: Location:
Fall Senior Year Office Place Cincinnati, Ohio
Research Their aproach to design: “We design for our clients’ clients, the people whose lives are most impacted by our work. Through an open and engaging design approach, we turn brand values into physical experiences.” What they design: Places to... Shop, Learn, Work, Eat, Live, Stay! Where: Boston, Massachusetts And Los Angeles, California Focus: Enhancing the everyday.
Driving Principals: Open Collaborative Curious Green Individualized
Programming
Designated Programing Zones
Spatial Organization
Individualization 1. Each worker, each client, each design is unique and different. 2. Difference makes each valuable. 3. The goal is to draw out uniqueness and realize how others think and are motivated.
Floor Plan 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
Open Focus Space Huddle/Team Room Focus Room Small Conference Room Technology Lab Presentation/Education Room Reception Cafe/Lounge Outdoor Cafe/Meeting Area Waiting Area Bike Storage Work Room Pin-Up/ Town Hall Space Large Conference Room Accounting and Marketing Executives Open Assigned Work Spaces Materials Library Conversation Pits Locker Room Workout Room
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Hard at (Wood) Work
Furnitures is both a classroom and wood-shop based class to research, design and build furniture of our own. Throughout the semester we grew our knowledge of joints, shop tools, pieces of furniture and types of wood in order to design a final project of our own choosing.
The wood-shop portion of the class began with building a small wooden box to get comfortable with shop. Following was a coffee table in which we were taught to use the CNC for the table top. Lastly, I chose to build a side table that made use of interesting angles and proportions. Year of Completion: Project Type: Discipline:
Spring Sophomore Year Furniture, Design/ Build Wood working
Wooden Box
The first project of the semester; a small wooden box.
Coffee Table Design Build
Made from White Oak wood, this coffee table was a soft start into bigger build projects. I laminated 4 pieces of wood which were then planed before being placed in a CNC to cut the overall form of the top piece of the table. Each leg was cut into mortise and tenon joints. Then, all the wood was finished and the legs were glued Sketchup Mock-ups into place. The table is designed to be wide enough for a plate on oneside and a mug on the other, to eat at or surround with friends and drinks. The center divot can be used for succulents or small necessities such as a tissue box, or coaster set.
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