INSPIRATION & DESIGN ERIKA AVERY UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANNA LAFAYETTE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Treehouse project 04- 09 Alape bathroom 10- 15 light fixture
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redesign shipping container
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TREEHOUSE PROJECT accomodation
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for visiting hikers in Cascades Kauri Park in the Waitakere ranges.
BRIeF Design a tree house that provides the basic utilities of a house yet lets the user experience the natural environment.
PROCESS Develop a form that is inspired by geometric architecture yet compliments the organic environment.
OUTCOME Through design development the use of glass is effective at exposing user to nature.
TREEHOUSE PROJECT
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CONCEPT GENERATION & development
TREEHOUSE PROJECT
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TREEHOUSE PROJECT
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TREEHOUSE PROJECT
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ALAPE BATHROOM project
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Design a furniture piece that fits with the alape bathroom range
BRieF To create a bathroom feature that serves multiple functions and fits in with the Alape bathroom range.
PROCESS Through ideation, I moved away from a bulky aesthetic to something sleek and clean to adapt to the Alape style.
OUTCOME Created a towel rail that acts as both a counter top.
ALAPE BATHROOM PROJECT
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Ideation Inspired Alape’s minimal design feautures, color blocking and sleek edges.
ALAPE BATHROOM PROJECT
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form development Refining the form so it is sleek and slender
ALAPE BATHROOM FEATURE
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DRAWN TO SCALE & RENDERED 2D Drawing 3D Renders Orthographic projection to explore dimension and solidwork rendering to show material.
ALAPE BATHROOM PROJECT
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light fixture Project
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Ambient sculpture light for hotel lobby
BRIeF A light that acts a centrepiece in a hotel lobby.
PROCESS Ideation influenced by the structure of a double helix
OUTCOME A hanging light act has both a sculptural element and can provide a source of light.
LIGHT FIXTURE PROJECT
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Ideation & CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Concepts are inspired by the structure, pattern and cotinual overlapping of the double helix.
LIGHT FIXTURE PROJECT
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LIGHT FIXTURE PROJECT
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material and model making Material research and protoype
LIGHT FIXTURE PROJECT
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LIGHT FIXTURE PROJECT
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SHIPPING CONTAINER REDESIGN
Create a pop up cafe from a shipping container
BRieF The structure should fit inside a shipping container and be built from it so it can be transported easily.
PROCESS Incorporate Le Corbusier design elements of pilotti, ribbon windows, panels and elevation and seperation
OUTCOME A cafe that can travel around to convenient locations and provide people with coffee to go.
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ideation & Development
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