ARCH I TEC TURE
ARCHITECTURE IMAN BBMITCHELL NELSON
PORTFOLIO
Crowne Plaza Hotel Renovation ST PAUL, MN
This 24-story Crowne Plaza Hotel overlooks the Mississippi River in St Paul. It began it’s story in 1966 and has charmed guests ever since. The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe recently purchased this property and have hired Graves Hospitality to provide management. Our design team was hired to completely renovate the hotel in order to rebrand it as an Intercontinental Hotel. Crowne Plaza now has a new midcentury modern feel for the guest rooms, ballrooms and lobby. A new upscale restaurant and bar are featured in the lobby. Introduction of this hotel as a Intercontinental Hotel will occur in September of 2015.
My role in this renovation was as Project Architect & designer. I attended the owner / architect / contractor meetings, designed the spaces througout, designed the restaurant and bar, specified materials throughout the project, and handled the construction administration.
CLUB INTERCONTINENTAL & BAR LOBBY
GIFT SHOP COFFEE SHOP
PRIVATE DINING EXISTING OFFICE
STOR.
CHECK-IN EXT. ELEC. PANEL ROOM
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CORRIDOR
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PRIVATE DINING / MEETING ROOM
LOBBY
LUGGAGE
CLUB IC
CONCIERGE
ENTRANCE VESTIBULE
Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront Renovation July 13, 2015
Club IC / Concierge Design Option - Floor Plan
RESTAURANT & BAR
GUEST ROOMS
GUEST CORRIDOR
Cavanagh & Schmidt Townhomes EXTERIOR COLOR I have been asked numerous times to “color the facade” or to “create color pallet options” for various projects. A former parter once said, “...dare I say, you have the best eye for color in the firm.”
* Showing Optional Red Inserts at Porches
Color Scheme Option 1
The Cavanagh and Schmidt Townhomes are just two of the buildings that I have had the opportunity to color.
Color Scheme Option 2
Color Scheme Option 3
Color Scheme Option 4
1A SW7026 GRIFFIN 1B
SW7068 GRIZZLE GRAY
SW6072 VERSATILE GRAY
SW7035 AESTHETIC WHITE
SW7017 DORIAN GRAY
SW7035 AESTHETIC WHITE Color Scheme Option 6
West Publishing ST PAUL, MN
The image shown is a hand drawn sketch of the Old West Publishing building before it was covered up with a new facade. The image was drawn in an effort to show the city how this historic building could return to its roots. It was presented 30�x42� to the mayor of St Paul.
Sound Study
Plato once asked, “What is chair?” He granted more significance to the idea than the object when he asked this. The goal with this project was to reject Plato’s theory of form by way of material research and hands-on building. The material does influence the design and A studyimportant of the phenomenological aspectitself. can be more than the object
This specific project dealt with the phenomenological aspect of sound. The goal was to create an apparatus that would reduce the noise pollution in a restaurant setting. This project began with a breadth of research then moved on to sketches of possible designs. After this I was able to create some noise diagrams showing the way that sound waves would bounce. My final, and tested, design is a piece that would hang in a restaurant setting and absorb noise through the tiny Helmholtz resonator-like slits.
EXPLORING SOUND WAVES
of sound. The goal was to create an apparatus that would reduce the noise Utilizingpollution one type lumber, in of a engineered restaurant setting. This light plywood in ceiling apparatus absorbed noise through this case, I was able to explore new methods of producthe tiny Helmholtz resonator-like slits.
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Material Limits: Wood
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