Isabel Huisman Interior Architecture Portfolio by Isabel Huisman

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moclewwelc Hello! I am Isabel Huisman, and I am drawn to interior architecture because of the great impact interior spaces can have on us. I am interested in materiality and engaging the sense of touch in interior spaces. I feel it is of utmost importance to design sustainably with efficient, innovative, and beautiful solutions that stand the test of time.

come Your turn! Each of my projects is designed with purpose, engagement, and functionality in mind. The one thread that ties each of these projects together is the element of interaction that occupants have with the space. And so I invite you to step into the shoes of a fictional you, experiencing my designs on the following pages.

colcclocking Fall 2019 IARC 371 3rd yr Studio Instructor: Rana Abudayyeh

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The concept of Cadence from phase one and two of this semester guided my design for this Amazon Prime Air office facility. I defined the drone space by a waffle structure which rises and falls through the existing grid, integrating drone and human spaces. The point of drone entry and exit is the pinnacle of the cadence concept in my design. The roof waffle structure rises over employee lounge and falls into building where drones enter and touch down on the third floor landing pads, are loaded with packages, and sent back up to deliver them, all viewable by visitors.

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View of third floor drone landing pads and visitor viewing area.

Site Analysis

Inspired by Kevin Lynch’s Image of the City essay, my site analysis studied sense of place. I considered how my intervention will become a new landmark amidst this newly accessible layer of air space, and incorporated charging pads on which drones would land to recharge.

Landmark of the Sky

Drone Charging Pod

The roof itself is performative on several levels, with the concept of cadence manifesting on multiple scales. It is made of steel bolted together in seven foot square by three feet high modules. These drone size pods are spanned with nanogel, which is a very lightweight clear glass with incredible thermal insulation. It rotates on a center axis, allowing the drones to land, recharge, and await their next deliver.

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Exploded Axon showing mechanics.

Concept Diagram representing the design process from simple form and base building grid to final design.

South Section, showing work flow and material differentiation.

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Vitra, Vlinder Sofa

Bene, Level Lift Pure

Vitra, .04 Office Chair

Arper, Cila Chair

Arcadia, Domo table

Arcadia, Uptown Social Benches

Arcadia, Achella Modular Collection

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Furniture Distribution strategy map.

Early iteration of facade study.

An opening in the building lets the drones fly from the fifth floor to the first floor for maintenance. The roof modules are rotated at ninety degrees and applied to the facade and pushed into the building to create office spaces, which include private, collaborative, and social spaces. Employees and visitors enter on the first floor and visitors have access to floors 1,2,3, and 5, while employees may access every floor.

Left: The fifth floor cafe and kitchen space allows for employees and visitors to interact as drones fly to and from the third floor. Below: Concept Diagram representing the design process from simple form and base building grid to final design.

The interior is a counterpoint and balance to the steel, brick, and glass facades, with tactile materials, smooth and curved forms to contrast the machine-like nature of the drones and provide a warm embrace to employees and visitors. Above: Fourth floor office space. This space provides centralized collaboration tables, with private desk work spaces nested in more intimate pods along the outer edge of the building. Right: Fifth floor employee lounge. This space has tables and couches for employees to relax and socialize. Based on studies, having a space specifically for employees to socialize, or feel welcome to socialize, creates a more healthy work environment and boosts efficiency during working hours.

Spring 2019 IARC 372 3rd yr Studio Instructor: Liz Teston In Collaboration with: Julie Lucas

We designed a four story Memory Care Facility on the 27th through 30th floors of the Bank of America Plaza Building in downtown Atlanta. We were challenged to think about the narrative of the world in 2070. We speculated that the world will be more technologically advanced, but that technology would become more integrated with nature. Technology will be designed based off nature’s forms and tasks. Robotic snails and bees will be designed to complete tasks similar to the natural creatures. Animals that face extinction will be replaced by robotic creatures.

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emories... Giraffe Hand Mixer 3D printed model actual scale.

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The 28th floor contains public space for the residents only, with a lounge and salon area. The 29th floor is where residents may harvest their own food if desired from the vertical farming pods, and cook it in the community kitchens. There is also a made-to-order kitchen if residents do not wish to cook, and a variety of seating scales for multiple dining experiences. The 30th floor is where the resident pods were outlines, to be designed individually in the second phase. OPEN TO BELOW

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Inspired by the French ideas of accepting the aging process as beautiful, we designed a form that mimicked a gracefully folded over study model. This form was placed within the building and used to program the space. The form was designed to be a 3D printed lattice-type structure which mycelium would grow on and between. The mycelium has air cleaning properties, and simulates the natural process of decay and growth. The mycelium allows for varied transparencies on the 3D printed form. This variation in transparency was inspired by the beautiful light emissive quality of the study model and the idea of aging skin.

The program situates the most public space on the 27th floor up to the most private space on the 30th floor. The 27th floor includes a series of libraries to draw in the public and the residents. The libraries include a resident library and reading stage to allow residents to interact with visitors about their past lives. Residents and visitors may also enjoy music, plant, and creatures libraries as well as a cat cafe.

Designing the residence for a single lady who has relatives who visit often, I provided multiple seating areas and a kitchenette. The program includes a circular walking track to accommodate Alzheimer’s disoriented walking patterns. The bathroom and raised garden bed area are on a one-foot high raised floor to include a slight incline within the walking track, incorporating gentle exercise in the daily rituals of life. Using the same design language as the public spaces, there is a 3D printed screen wall enclosing the bathroom with foliage cover rather than mycelium to incorporate greenery and filter light and visibility.

The walls and furniture are all custom and built-in to create an integrated and seamless space. The materials offer cozy tactility and visual interest to offset the offwhite stucco walls of the residence. The goal of this residence was to create a refuge of comfort while still energizing and offering meaning as the resident lives out the rest of their life.

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lpe x explore sp Spring 2021 IARC 476 4th yr Studio Instructor: Rana Abudayyeh In Collaboration with: Mackenzie Talbert and Liz Harrell

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This group project was located in the previous Exxon Mobile Headquarters Building in downtown Houston, TX. Set in the year 2050, this studio focused on creating a space that would benefit the community in the future. Keeping in mind global warming concerns and future of the oil industry, our solution was to create a community center. This center, named Skylab, provides naturaldisaster relief modular housing pods, and an observatory and space learning center.

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We used the imagery of part of my teammate Mackenzie’s lichen model within to create zones of different programming on this conceptual section. This also acts as a metaphor for how lichen works, there is a structure that holds everything together, and we are using this branching system to Velcro the different pockets of programs together. One of the first programs we decided on was the observatory, since Houston has such a strong cultural and geographic connection to outer spacewith the Mission Control Center so close by. We also knew we wanted to provide flood and other natural disaster relief housing pods. Based on our research of the other needs for the Houston community, we also included gardens, research centers, and library.

We kept the original materials of the building. It has steel construction, steel i-beams clad in concrete then clad in white marble for the columns. The smaller mullions are aluminum, and we kept the same language for the mullions of the observatory but painted black, and original aluminum for the shell. The satellite is also aluminum. The Gardens have concrete planters on the outside and glass partial barriers on the inside. The existing louvres are aluminum covered in porcelain enamel, on top is grey and underneath is white to help reflect or absorb light as needed. The existing walls are dolomite limestone, which has self-cleaning properties. The Floor plates are concrete, the pods have an aluminum shell The branching system will be steel coated in red iron oxide.

In 2007 Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, and the diagram below shows the impact that had on the city. The site is marked with the plus sign on all layers. The right side of the diagram shows the wards system which is how the neighborhoods of Houston used to be and still partially are divided up. Underneath that are the different districts in the city and under that are exit routes to outside the city. The left shows information about the flooding of hurricane Harvey and again where the wards are on the map in relation to that.

The pods will be made in three modules. The base pod is the bedroom, which will stay in place in the building at all times and can double as study corners when not inhabited. The other two pods to complete the temporary housing unit are the living room and bathroom. All the furniture is built-in or pull-out/fold-away. These pods were based on Hong Kong OPods, an affordable housing project by architect James Law. A perspective below on the right shows the pod from the entrance looking in, with the walls ghosted so you can see into each section when the unit has all three sections.

On the left side of the right spread is a two-part series thesis diagram. It shows future possibilities of Houston and our building within that reality.

Below is the entrance to the observatory on the top floor. We designed a catwalk-like entrance to simulate the catwalk astronauts use when boarding their spacecraft. Inside the observatory there is a giant telescope that projects around the room view of the stars. Staggered stage seating inside allows for presentations and a flexible space during the day.

This shows one of the gardens on the 28th floor. There is a moss patch on floor for texture and to bring the effects of the gardens further inside. We chose moss for its benefits compared to grass. Mosses do not require any soil supplements for growth, and they also don’t need any herbicides or pesticides that are harmful to the environment. They store a lot of carbon, deferring climate change and they can also absorb a lot of pollutants from runoff water and survive well. Any water that makes its way into the building will be absorbed by this moss. As mentioned before, the atmosphere created by the plant misting system makes its own air conditioning for the building in certain times. The original louvres were made to reduce the use of air conditioning, and this misting system adds on to the original intent.

I designed the entrance to provide a sense of change and emphasis when entering the restaurant. The ceiling above the entryway is lower than the rest of the restaurant to bring attention to the ceiling condition after passing under it. The existing trusses were left exposed and accented with wooden beams. The materiality of wood became a focal point on the facade and around the patio space.

Fall 2020 IARC 475 4th yr Studio Instructor: Ryann Aoukar

The project that I will be presenting is a boutique hotel in pigeon forge Tennessee inspired by the philosophy of religion in architecture. The overall intention of this project is to heighten ones awareness of oneself, others, and their surroundings. Within the very broad genre of religion, I started by seeking inspiration from the days of creation described in the Bible of the Christian Religion. Day one and four went together emphasizing the celebration of light. Day two and five inspired me to highlight elements of sky and water, which led to inspiration from the ritual of baptism. Day three and six inspired use of vegetation and the connections we can have with other humans which sparked the theme of communion which you will see in the restaurant space. Day seven inspired the creation of a meditation area.

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The entrance is located off pine mountain road where you enter through a corridor, check in at the reception screen, and make your way to the lobby and elevators up to your room above. The rest of this space contains the lounge as well as an open breakfast area and breakfast bar. Moving up past the restrooms, there is a meditation room which leads into the courtyard. The courtyard paths in plan are inspired by the Christian symbol of the cross. There is another meditation space here that overlooks a pool that is above a sub-terrenian passage which may be accessed through any of these three stair cases. The center pool is sunken three steps which you circulate around or besides to make your way to the series of three pools for swimming. Moving back inside, the restaurant can be accessed from these two places as well as another entrance from the exterior. As you enter you are greeted by a hostess who takes you to standard or bar seating area where your server then takes your order. The main space is designed on one long axis, with the bar as an extension of the pool in the lounge. RIGHT: The Entrance is designed inspired by the separation of light from darkness in day one. As you walk along the corridor you are cleansed from surface bacteria and viruses representing the dark with pure air flowing through the ceiling element representing light.

This is cut through the center axis of the courtyard and shows the levels within of the center sunken pool as well as the stair down into the sub passage way.

The bar table cuts across the restaurant, dipping to meet and change the floor material in these spots for circulation. The theme of communion informed the use of a regular height table for the bar, which allows for groups of two for a direct connection across from each other, inspired also by day six as a celebration of the creation of mankind and our relationship with one another. As a continuation of the celebration of life, there are Spanish moss covered wire half-globe ceiling elements as well as hay planters behind the booths and inside the columns. Inspired by the religious importance of water, the bathroom is designed around the focal point of this sink element that has a column of water streaming down into the basin for hand washing.

Looking across the opposite ends of the courtyard along the strong axis line you see the center pool and circulation as well as the triad of pools at one end inspired by the trinity in Christianity.

At night, the sub passage is lit with blue light to draw guests down and provide clear circulation signals. There is a wall with an opening across part of the three-foot pool at the end to complete the axis line.

In the meditation room, axis and symmetry guided the design of this space, allowing guests to achieve focus in a calm environment. The removable seating poufs provide a multi-purpose space.

Around the other side of the walls enclosing that are three stairways down to the sub passage. This was inspired by the ritual of baptism where one passes under water to be cleansed. The pool above contains small drains that lets water trickle down the walls to create a provocative sound and slight mist.

Digital Representation Fall 2017-present

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“The abstraction of representation as mere technique foregrounds the operations of architectural design, merging the real and the virtual and therefore expanding both. As a place of action, of dwelling and transcendence, drawing emerges from the post-functionalist cartographic practice as a space just as important as the built space of architecture. Function within drawing concerns not the utility of an external space, but the act of signification. This involves the ability of the architect to engage in an intertextual cohabitation of spaces, where meaning is derived from a collective subjectivity that is only possible through the transcendence into the virtuality of representation.” - Drawing the Digital: From ‘Virtual’ Experiences of Spaces to ‘Real’ Drawings, Sophia Banou

Analog Drawing and Model Building Fall 2017-present

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I am a very visual person, and do most of my thinking on paper. Furiously documenting and scribbling down my thoughts appears in all phases of the design process for me. Using a variety of techniques, including: laser cutting, 3D printing, wood working, vacuum forming, CNC milling, and water-jet cutting, I have crafted models every semester. During first year, we were introduced to hand drafting and watercolor painting as representation techniques. During a summer Industrial Design Studio, we created hand-drawn designs based on a brand, and a hand mixer based on an animal. The brand I chose was Tesla and the hand mixer was based on a giraffe.

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