I am an artist… Driven by passion, seized by obsession, delighted by creation, enthralled with expression, entranced by vision, diverted by daydreams, filled with emotions, fueled by compulsion, consumed with beauty, and blindsided by inspiration.
Ms. Muiño believes that design has the power to transform lives and improve communities and that the key to great design is capturing the spirit of the client and the essence of the spaces while respecting our environment by following the principles of sustainable and universal design. She also thinks that education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world. She believes that design and education are a beautiful combination. She started her practice as an architect before graduation in the Design Department at UCV. Her practice had
included collaborations on housing and private residences, small galleries, schools, and some planning and environmental projects. During her college years in 1991, with the help of a group of students, she founded “Entre Rayas” a magazine dedicated to architecture, planning, and interior design, which is currently over 28 years old! In 1992, she got married and moved to Florida. After 25 years of marriage and three wonderful, lovely and gorgeous daughters, she had raised a family. She dedicated those years to teaching her kids how to succeed in life, be happy and be good human beings. Now that they have the tools to survive, she is ready to start again.
The beginning wasn't easy. At her age, it is not common for people to be in college studying for a new degree. Society puts up barriers for people to succeed, and people make excuses not to go back, as we think it is too late. It’s never too late to pursue your education. It had been more than 20 years since her last formal schooling, but she had decades of life experience to draw on which provided her with a strong foundation for academic success. Her Master's degree in Interior Architecture invigorated her love for the practice and encouraged her to strive for excellence for the rest of her life. She held a 4.0 GPA, was on the Dean's list, and earned many awards that demonstrate her ability to design. Has it been challenging? Yes. Worthwhile? Hell yes. It helps that her personal standards are in sync with the university's high bar. She is living proof that it is never too late to effectively pursue your education.
Movement
The purpose of this project was to design a boutique hostel in the Freedom Tower located in downtown Miami. The idea was to create spaces with environments that reflect the idiosyncrasy of the area. Interior spaces of this boutique hotel are unique, combining historic details, art and sustainability with chic elegance. Raices is an extension of the unique personality of the Miami Beach area. Trees in nature are the simple producers of life. They harvest the energy of the sun, seize carbon, make oxygen and recover nutrients from water in constant movement. Roots covered with soil absorb the necessary moisture and nutrients. Birds nest and feed in the building’s green footprint. Briefly, they are a life support system in harmony with energy, human spirit and other live creatures. Just as with the trees, every space was designed to be in an infinite affinity with each other. The composition was developed with organic, biodegradable and green materials as the life cycle of the tree can be reused and recycled into new products. A healthful interior environment can even improve the outdoor environment. Art, history, and culture celebrate the diversity providing not just one design space but many. Natural colors and textures helped to enhance the beauty of the spaces. Like birds on a tree, spaces and people feed the life system maintaining the kinship of the building.
Integration
Symbiosis
Rejuvenation
Roots
Style Walking into a hotel lobby is like shaking the hand of someone you just met. It's all about the first impression. The Raices lobby creates a refuge for the tourist, for the business traveler, for the couple enjoying a weekend getaway. Raices blends the best of form and function - anticipates the needs of its guests and introduces a sense of style. Within moments of entering Raices Luxury Hostel, guests brand the hostel as trendy, chic, cheap, and luxurious.
Identity
As the popularity of using computers for everything continues to increase, people without their own computers, business travelers and those on vacations need to use computers more and more. An Internet cafĂŠ is a great solution for a hostel. Raices CafĂŠ is a wonderful combination of beautiful spaces where you can enjoy a good coffee in good company and at the same time establishing virtual communication. Raices CafĂŠ is a very comfortable space that can provide to the travelers a little taste of the traditions, culture and city colors of the historic heart of Miami.
Like most working hotel gardens, the Raices Rooftop Garden-in-the air is off-limits to guests. But you can see its progress daily – and nightly – on the rooftop webcam, which beams onto fruits, vegetables and herbs as they bloom on the hotel’s 3rd floor. The garden blossomed into 8 planter boxes and four big barrels, yielding eye-catching crops of arugula, lettuce, tomatoes, yellow squash, zucchini and peppers as well as herbs like basil, thyme, oregano, cilantro and mint. You can really taste the difference between tomatoes grown in a greenhouse and tomatoes grown up here. “You can’t get more local than this.”
If you want to see more about this project please visit : https://esperanzamuino.wordpress.com/grad-design-1-2/ & https://esperanzamuino.wordpress.com/3d-max-finalproject/
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Steelcase Coalesee Bob Table Occasional Round 24”
The purpose of this project was to provide the Tyson Foods Miami area with an efficient facility in which they can have a variety of workspaces that are suited to different work styles and tasks That is the key to ensuring that every employee can do his or her best. At the same time, the purpose was to have a facility designed with spaces where customers and new clients can test new products. This was enhanced with the materials and textures the business brand and core values.
Transparency
4 Steelcase Coalesee Davos Seating Beach
5 Steelcase Coalesee Davos Seating Chair
Pure space reflection... Spaces created by Marching Order, Frames, Slats, Articulation and Hierarchies. Spatial continuity between spaces will be created by piercing them with wide openings and brightness. At their interface, these spaces have a theatrical quality. As such, the viewer is allowed to ‘journey’ through the space creating a spatial continuum of the metallic layered planes-spaces. Floating spaces distinct in outline and detail are clearly defined. This reiterates the notion of transparency as a seeing- or passing-through, that is, a course, a penetration, or a passing through of the gaze.
6 Steelcase Coalesee Sebastopol Table 16”
Metallic Armstrong Optima Lay -in and Tegular acoustical drywall 2x 2 panels
Red Drywall Grid Systems by Armstrong
Yellow Granite Tiles
1 Building in Place, Steelcase– Universal System Worksurface in combination with Steel metal cast. (own Design)
7 Steelcase Coalesee Visalia Seating Lounge Single Seat
2 8 Steelcase– Seating Leap 462
Steelcase Coalesee Visalia Seating Lounge Sofa
2 Steelcase– Coalesse-EneaTable-Double Base Rectangular—42” H Laminate
Striated
3 Steelcase– Coalesse Switch Seating—Stool Without Arm Bar Trivalent Matte Chrome Leg
4 Steelcase– Coalesse Red Seating—Stool Without Arm Bar Matte Chrome Leg.
1 Armstrong Optima Lay-in and Tegular acoustical drywall 2x4 panels
Aluminum Glass Curtin Wall
Gray Granite Tiles
Steelcase– Media Scape-Meeting & conference. Table Chairs & Monitor
5 Simple Stain Steel Metal Kitchen Table
Floating
1 Steelcase Coalesse Bix Tables and Seats
2 Steelcase Coalesse Enea Lottus Table
Workstations: Steelcase Elective Element 6
3 Steelcase Coalesse Enea Lottus Seating
4 Steelcase Coalesse Enea Round Table
Armstrong Optima Lay-in and Tegular acoustical drywall 2x 2 panels
Calla Acoustical Clouds from Armstrong (Café Area)
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Steelcase Think V2 Chair
Workstations: Steelcase Frame One Bench
Steelcase– Coalesse Switch Seating—Stool Without Arm Bar Trivalent Matte Chrome Leg
Laminate Flooring Classic Cornsilk Bamboo Tiles (Café)
Steelcase Amia Chair
1 Steelcase Coalesse Host Rectangular Table
2 Steelcase Coalesse Bindu High Back Executive Chair
3 Steelcase Coalesse Bix Straight Section with Back Screen
4 Steelcase Coalesse Exponent Storage Credenza Armstrong Optima Lay-in and Tegular acoustical drywall 2x 4 panels
Armstrong Optima Lay-In and Tegular - 1400 Panel 6x48x1 Walls
Interface Red & Grey Carpet
If you want to see more about this project please visit : https://esperanzamuino.wordpress.com/final-project-spring-2015/
Create a place that would combine the educational with the entertainment objectives of the American Girl brand through experiences that celebrate girlhood, and enhance mother-daughter relationships. “It’s less about shopping than it is about having an interactive, meaningful experience.”
“A Place where Fantasy is timeless, Imagination has no age & Dreams are forever...”
If you want to see more about this project please visit : https://esperanzamuino.wordpress.com/final-project-4/
The mission is to create an optimal patient experience promoting the continuous interaction and integration of the healthcare providers and the patients in the Emergency Department. By using what we refer to as “TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE,” we illustrate the power of teamwork making the difference in every patient’s health. We aim to promote positive PERCEPTION, REACTION, ORGANIZATION & INTERACTION in a social exchange and among all users in this Emergency Department. “TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE” Based on the nursing theory from I.M King in order to achieve the optimal ED practice.
Alloy Rave Supplier: Herman Miller Textiles
Walls: Sherwin William Healthcare Paint Paint Shield Microbicidal Interior Latex Paint
Ceiling: Armstrong OPTIMA LAY-IN AND TEGULAR
SW 6752 Larchmere Interior Locator # 162-C4
SW 6750 Waterfall Interior Locator # 162-C1
SW 7566 Westhighland White Interior Locator # 162-C1
Flooring: Armstrong Marmoleum/ Luxury vinyl tile
M. Bohlke Veneer Corp. Millwork Finishes: Headwall, Countertop & Furnishing
Alloy Rave Supplier: Herman Miller Textiles
Alloy Rave Supplier: Herman Miller Textiles
Ceiling: Armstrong OPTIMA LAY-IN AND TEGULAR
Walls: Sherwin William Healthcare Paint Paint Shield Microbicidal Interior Latex Paint SW 6752 Larchmere Interior Locator # 162-C4
SW 6750 Waterfall Interior Locator # 162-C1
SW 7566 Westhighland White Interior Locator # 162-C1
Ceiling: Armstrong OPTIMA LAY-IN AND TEGULAR
Walls: Sherwin William Healthcare Paint Paint Shield Microbicidal Interior Latex Paint
SW 6752 Larchmere Interior Locator # 162-C4
SW 6750 Waterfall Interior Locator # 162-C1
Flooring: Armstrong Marmoleum/ Luxury vinyl tile
M. Bohlke Veneer Corp. Millwork Finishes: Headwall, Countertop & Furnishing
SW 7566 Westhighland White Interior Locator # 162-C1
Flooring: Armstrong Marmoleum/Luxury vinyl tile
If you want to see more about this project please visit : https://esperanzamuino.wordpress.com/grad-design-5/
A comfortable multi-use piece of furniture to sit, lay down and relax on in front of your pool, filling your patio with elegance and personality.
Inspired by the Egyptian pyramids that represent the sense of harmony and unity within ourselves and with the environment, this piece was created to make you feel as special, important and comfortable as a pharaoh.
A healthy home starts with a healthy environment. When it comes to eco-friendlier furnishings, we are integrating sustainable elements into this beautiful piece of outdoor furniture. We are using reclaimed/recycled timber that has been treated for outdoors for the frame, Canvas Fiber for the cushion and Drain Dry Outdoor Natural Latex Foam (sap of a rubber tree) for the cushion stuffing. The design of this beautiful piece is making it functional, affordable, beautiful and most importantly environmentally sustainable.
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Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.
Inspired by a designer and using his design philosophy, we had to create a birdhouse: a cute, decorative, whimsical creation that appeals to humans, and a functional nesting box that the birds will actually use.
In life, as in art, beauty moves in curves. Beauty is power and elegance, right action, form fitting function, intelligence and reasonability. And very often expressed in curves.
MORE THAN A SERVING CART Inspired by the project “A Modern & Organic Sun-room� I had to create a serving cart: a functional, efficient, safe and reliable cart, that appeals to users. And at the same time an attractive art piece to targeted consumers.
5 7/8”
10” 5”
6” 4” 2”
4 7/8”
5”
3”
Prof. Phil Abbott IND 5438 Lighting Design MARCH 16, 2015 Student: Esperanza Muino
METAL BOX
18” 14” 10”
4”
LIGHT LAMP WO CLEAR TRANSPARENT ACRYLIC
COLOR TRANSPARENT ACRYLIC
FRONT VIEW
The luminaire sconce goals will be to: Delineate and clarify room shape Emphasize the main circulation paths Guide de users throughout the space Provide spatial warmth by creating a pattern that will be related with the interior design elements. Create a Task & Focal point on areas like café and computer lobby. Provide a system efficiency
WOOD SHEET
2” 4” 6”
WALL SIDE SECTION
5”
Two LED Light Lamps soft white G16.5 medium base 7.5 Watts Dimmable
10”
WALL
3”
The Cree 9.5-Watt is one of the best LED light bulbs available. Shining at a comparable 60 watts and 800 lumens, this LED provides enough light to brighten up any room . It is Energy Star certified and does not contain any hazardous materials or mercury. This makes the Cree a safe choice for any project. The best LED bulbs are long lasting, and the Cree 9.5-Watt LED has a lifespan of up to 22.8 years, which is on the high end for LEDs.
METAL BOX 4”
TOP BOTTON SIDE
FLOOR PLAN
Direct = Upwards & Down wards Indirect = Front
Easy access to change the lamp up and downwards Indirect front light illuminance can be changed and controlled by changing the color of materials
Wood - Luminance structure box Clear transparent acrylic and blue & red transparent acrylic for front interchangeable window Screen clips for front window Screws Plastic junction box for wires Extension cord 2 Keyless phenolic socket 1/8-IP medium base Slide dimmer (dimmable LED/CFL and incandescent/halogen lamps) Zink-platted nipples Nuts and washers 1/8 T connector brass pipe
10"W X 16"H X 5" Extension
SECTION
art as life
Bauhaus Light fixture Inspiration
Paper folding exercise
László Moholy-Nagy’s
Josef Albers
Light Prop
Structural Constellation
Movement & Character Monkey Hugger
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Materials & Measurements
B A F
C
A
Quantity
Material
Description
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2
Wood lined with Metallic Film
Shape lined with adhesive foil film
B
2
Red Plexiglass
Red 1/8” plexiglass L Shape
C
2
Metallic Mesh
Aluminum decorative metal mesh
D
3
LED String Lights
Silver,15 ft. length, 60 warm lights
D
Metal and LED, Battery powered
C
4 hour timer E
8
Clear Plexiglass
1/8” clear plexiglass sticks
F
8
Glass
1/8” glass
B A 12”
E 3 1/2”
5”
F
D
To provide an unique experience by designing a sustainable Holistic Care Center inside of the existing hotel The Edition, located in Miami Beach, Florida, which will welcome local residents and guests from the hotel to be treated with relaxing and healing treatments that will allow them to relieve stress and enhance their quality of life. The Holistic Care Center will also give them a better understanding of a healthy lifestyle, and the importance of promoting sustainable practices.
“Being & Doing” Rational Versus Paradoxical Healing: Based on the “Doing” and “Being” Therapies from Holistic philosophy, theories, and ethics. Available at: http//www.dosseydossey.com/Barbara/pdf/DosseyIntegral_Nursing_HN_6th_ed.pdf. All healing experiences or activities can be arranged along a continuum from the rational domain to the paradoxical domain. The degree of doing and being involved determines these domains. Rational healing experiences include those therapies or events that make sense to our linear, intellectual thought processes, whereas paradoxical healing experiences include healing events that may seem absurd or contradictory but are, in fact, true.
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