Gloria Refrigeri | Interior Designer portfolio

GLORIA

SELECTED WORKS REFRIGERI

PRATT INSTITUTE

MFA Interior Design 2023

“EINSTEIN’S DREAMS” BY GLORIA REFRIGERI

Throughout my academic and professional careers, I have been searching for ways to make my creativity and strategic thinking collide. I highly value learning from others and often find myself connecting with people over our shared emotional relationships to space. I excel at planning and implementing projects with a great attention to detail while never losing sight of my conceptual and artistic intentions. I am interested in all the possible intersections between sustainability and interior design, in particular the instances in which social justice plays a role in the merging of these concepts. As someone who is extremely passionate about interior architecture and design in all its forms, I am eager to meet my next project.

GLORIA REFRIGERI

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DIFFUSE LIGHTNESS

SAZEN TEA HOUSE

3 EXCEEDING BOUNDARIES THROUGH LIGHT

INDRE BY

SUSTAINABLE FLUCTUATION GOING TO SOPHIA CIDA EXHIBITION 2023

TYPE OF PROJECT:

Residential

YEAR : 2021

LOCATION: New York

DIFFUSE LIGHTNESS

Located in the Gramercy area in Manhattan, between 2nd Avenue and Gramercy Park, the given space is a pre-war building with a very distinctive brownstone look. Two families are trying to re-think the residential

paradigm of apartment living vs. private housing, and have determined that they cannot afford to buy a single-family residence in the current NYC market, so they have decided to pool their resources and buy a property together.

LIGHTNESS

THE QUALITY OR STATE OF BEING ILLUMINATED

LIGHTNESS AS CENTER

SHARED CENTER CANALIZE LIGHT DIFFUSE LIGHT

Increase connectivity with natural enviroment

EXPAND NATURAL ENVIROMENT

THE QUALITY OR STATE OF BEING LIGHT EXPECIALLY IN WEIGHT

LIGHTNESS AS SUBTRACTION OF VOLUMES

LIGHTNESS AS SUSTAINABILITY

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

• NATURAL VENTILATION

• INDOOR AIR QUALITY

• SOLAR ELECTRIC SYSTEM

• ROOFTOP FARM

The design approach for the interior, is to fill the space with light canalized from a central internal courtyard, and diffuse it through a series of openings, glasses and reflective and translucent surfaces that allow light to flow freely horizontally and vertically throughout the entire levels of structure, from out to inside.

PROGRAMMING

STUDY

ROSARIA + TREVOR + MICHAEL 1900 SF / 176 M2

DESIGN STRATEGY

The design approach for the interior, is to fill the space with light canalized from a central internal courtyard, and diffuse it through a series of openings, glasses and reflective and translucent surfaces that allow light to flow freely horizontally

and vertically throughout the entire levels of structure, from out to inside. The aim is to generate lightness, create a meditative quality shared focal point, that functions not only as light source but also able to connect people and nature.

DRAWINGS

BASEMENT

GROUND FLOOR

TRANSVERSAL SECTION 1/8” - 1’-0”

Rendered by Gloria Refrigeri with the help of Revit and Enscape

MUSIC ROOM | FAMILY A | GLASS ON

SECOND FLOOR

THIRD FLOOR

There are very few interior walls, painted in bright colors, which can be seen through the enclosing transparent and translucent glass partitions which incorporate 2 different levels of transparency ranging from clear to opaque.

MUSIC ROOM | FAMILY A | GLASS OFF

Rendered by Gloria Refrigeri with the help of Revit and Enscape

Rendered

The amount of privacy/space seen from the outside-inside is dependent on the level of transparency chosen by the dwellers, which adds visual interest and depth.

COURTYARD | FAMILY A AND B

COURTYARD | FAMILY A AND B

TYPE OF PROJECT: Retail

YEAR : 2021

LOCATION: Kyoto, Japan

COLLABORATOR: Nathalie Elzayn

Sazen is a Kyoto-based company providing tea and teaware around the world. Due to its great selection, Sazen is among the best places in Kyoto to buy green tea.The store is incredibly atmospheric and samples are available for tasting.

The commercial activities consist of distributing teas and tea making accessories, while representing quality and reliability.

USER GROUP: The tea distribution office serves mainly an international and local upper class restaurant owners

PROGRAM: Reception area | lounge area | kitchen | tea ceremony area | product display | 2 restrooms

2 SAZEN TEA HOUSE

Rendered by Gloria Refrigeri with the help of Revit and Photoshop

LIGHTING STRATEGY

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

A subtle, soft, diffuse omnidirectional glow will remain dim enough for accent lighting to stand out.

Strong constrast accent lighting will be used to highlight natural materials surfaces

A ceiling based lighting system that has a sparkle effect intends to give the space an ethereal atmosphere.

EDWARD HOPPER

A WOMAN IN THE SUN | 1961 SURFACE

DIRECTIONAL LIGHTING

MAGIC CUBE

ACCENT LIGHTING

MOOD BOARD

MATERIALS

LIGHT STUDY

WARM GRAZE COOL GRAZE

Rendered by Gloria Refrigeri with the help of Revit and Photoshop

LIGHTING STRATEGY

FURNITURE

Rendered by Gloria Refrigeri with the help of Revit and Photoshop

TYPE OF PROJECT: Retail

YEAR : 2020

LOCATION: New York

3 EXCEEDING BOUNDARIES THROUGH LIGHT

Noguchi studio is conceived as an integral part of the museum experience, where both identities are determined by the sensorial contact with the artwork displayed and the nature. “Harmonic Contrast” and “Directional Angles”, derived from the study of Noguchi’ssculptures, conceptually inform the design of the display system, while the spatial strategy focuses on flexibility, multifunctionality, and coexistence of multiple programs.

Akari light sculptures guide the visitors through the space. The distinction between retail, art exhibition, and theatrical performance is blurred as well as the concepts of inside and outside.

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

Noguchi has long shuttled both physically and philosophically between the Orient and the West. Directionality in angles is explored using 30, 45 and 90 degree and he use of light.

“To break away is very important to me; I shift very rapidly because that is the only way I can get away from myself. You have to escape that trap which limits your life”.

Isamu Noguchi

AKARI LIGHT SCULPTURES TAXONOMY

Akari light sculptures are designed by Isamu Noguchi and handmade by the original manufacturer in Gifu, Japan. They are a harmonious blend of Japanese handcraft and modernist form.

GEOMETRY AND PROPORTION

DISPLAY UNIT

Rendered by Gloria Refrigeri with the help of a physical model and photoshop

FEXIBLE CONFIGURATION

CONFIGURATION 1 | SHOW ROOM

ELEVATION A - SCALE 1/4”=12-0”

Rendered by Gloria Refrigeri with the help of a physical model and Photoshop

FIRST AND SECOND BAY

CAFE AND OUTDOOR

ELEVATION D - SCALE 1/4”=12-0”

ELEVATION B - SCALE 1/4”=12-0”

TYPE OF PROJECT: Community Cente

YEAR: 2022

LOCATION: Copenhagen, Denmark

4 KULTURHUSET INDRE BY

PROJECT 100% HANDMADE

The culture house concept is deeply rooted in Danish community and can be described as Citizen’s House that is available to a city or local population that offers cultural, association and leisure facilities. Established by the municipality of Copenhagen in an old tramcar barn from 1923, “Kulturhuset “is a food culture house in Indre By (Inner City). This project aims to create a social space that can construct bridges between people and different food cultures. The interior architecture elements such as the roof garden, the vertical farm connected to the stairs and the kitchens, become the support for a livable flow of movement and deeper human relationships. LONGITUDINAL

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

The dramatic inclination of the roof and vertical dwelling encourage people to make an effort on climbing the stairs, farming and actively participate in the architecture. Inspired by Alvaro Alto work, the lightwell designed on the thicker inclined roof side, induce the light to expand to the inside, before casting on the stairs and bouncing from the opposite wall.

Oblique funtion = fluidity of movement. Deeper human relationship. People activily partecipate in the architecture fluidity and migration = Open the boundaries.

SKETCH OF THE EXISTING SITE

GEOMETRY OF THE SITE

ADAPTIVE RE-USE

Kulturhuset is an example of adaptive reuse. The new structure of the food culture house is found in an old tramcar barn in the heart of Copenhagen. The relationship between the old and new structure follows the principle of superimposition.

SUPERIMPOSITION AND PARASITISM RELATIONS between old and new

VISION, CENTRALITY OF THE VERTICAL FARM

LIGHT STRATEGY

LIGHT STUDY

STUDY MODEL

TYPE OF PROJECT: Office

YEAR : 2021

LOCATION: New York

The sculptural character of the interior gives the office a modern and contemporary aesthetic. The active, open space solution is suitable for a fluid program and offers recreational opportunities as well as an invitation to collaborate or be utilized as an event space.

The use of uniform material enforces the perception of a continuous ensemble. There are a few indoor gardens to improve employee health by helping them de-stress and by providing healthier air to breath.

5 SUSTAINABLE FLUCTUATION

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

RESILIENT LANDSCAPE

urban costal areas are increasily subject to extreme weather. flooding and sea level rise. working with nature to create multi-layered defenses provides several co-benefits.

Resilient = able to recoil, spring back into shape (flexible) = able to withstand, to recover quickly from difficult conditions (strong)

PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABLE FLUCTUATION SKETCH

NATURAL ELEMENTS AND HEAT-STRENGTHENED GLASSES

NATURAL LIGHT

LEVER HOUSE AND FLUCTUATION

TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION CHANGE IN WEATHER CONDITION

STRUCTURAL OSCILLATION

The sculptural character of the interior gives the office a modern and contemporary aesthetic.

The active, open space solution is suitable for a fluid program and offers recreational opportunities as well as an invitation to collaborate or be utilized as an event space. The use of uniform material enforces the perception of a continuous ensemble.There are a few indoor gardens to improve employee health by helping them de-stress and by providing healthier air to breath.

Rendered by Gloria Refrigeri with the help of Revit and Enscape

DRAWINGS

SECTION A

SECTION B

Rendered by Gloria Refrigeri with the help of Revit and Enscape