IAD Portfolio

interior architecture and design

Designer: Janice Liu

Instructor: Leonarda Tamayo

School: Academy of Art University

Date: Spring 2021

Photography: Janice Liu / Google / Pinterest

Font: Futura PT

Software: InDesign / Photoshop / Illustrator

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JANICE LIU

interior designer based in san francisco, ca

Phone: +1 (415) 530-6362 Email: janice.liu.55@gmail.com Web: www.issuu.com/janiceliuyz www.linkedin.com/in/janiceliuyz

Project Name: National Geographic Headquarters

Project Location: San Francisco, California

PROJECT OVERVIEW & CONCEPT

Project Info:

Headquarters

The project is located in an existing building in the historic Presidio district of San Francisco. It is to design a new West Coast headquarters for the National Geographic Society. The project includes an exhibition space, retail store, and cafe on the first level with private offices on the second level.

Client Profile: National Geographic Society

National Geographic is a global nonprofit organization committed to exploring and protecting our planet. It is based in Washington DC in 1888 as a small group of travelers and their patrons in the late Victorian Age. The Society started the magazine that covered a wide variety of world cultures and natural resources with a particular emphasis on maps and high-quality photography shortly after its founding. National Geographic currently has a little under 2000 employees in various offices.

Maze - A network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle through which one has to find a way.

Concept Statement:

The concept for this project is inspired by the mazes. Exhibitions in museums usually do not have clear wayfinding. Some visitors often have to go round and try a second way to exit, just like they are going through the mazes. A maze is about discovery, and the client, National Geographic, is all about exploration. Because of this simple relation between the concept idea and the client, visitors will feel like they are in a maze but with better wayfinding when entering the National Geographic Headquarters. By achieving the goal, one of the design features will include the connecting 90-degree line element.

material board

LEVEL ONE block diagram

floor plan

renderings

top left: lobby looking right bottom left: lobby looking left right: exhibition space

LEVEL TWO block diagram

floor plan

renderings

left: open workspace right: small meeting room

PROJECT OVERVIEW & CONCEPT

Client Profile: A Nonprofit Group

A nonprofit group that has purchased an existing two-story office building with 10,874 sq. ft. gross in Japan.

Project Info:

Senior Living Center

The senior living center is located in Toyama City, the Chubu region of Japan. It is a twostory building that contains a community area, library, gym, apartments, etc., as well as green and natural surroundings. Therefore, the living center is able to provide a quality environment for senior residents.

Project Requirements:

1st

Closet

Genki

- Origin of energy

Concept Statement:

The project’s concept is inspired by the Japanese phrase Genki. Since most Japanese elderly are positive towards their health and living, and the site location is in an environmentally friendly city, the senior living center will vibrantly reflect those characteristics through two types of energy - liveliness and warmness. The common areas will carry an engaging atmosphere, and the studio apartments will embrace the homelike feeling. The design will include both bright and warm colors, soft textures, and wood materials for the first and second levels to achieve the goal.

material board

design board

LEVEL ONE block diagram

floor plan

renderings

left: lobby seating area

top right: community and dining area

bottom right: another view of the community and dining area

LEVEL TWO block diagram

floor plan

renderings

top left: single apartment bedroom

top right: single apartment living and dining area

bottom left: couple apartment living and dining area

bottom right: couple apartment bedroom

Orizuru - paper crane, a symbol of hope and healing ...

It is believed that if one folded 1,000 origami cranes, one’s wish would come true. Therefore, Orizuru Senior Living Center wishes the elderly a healthy and long-living life.

Project Name: The Riviera’s Farm-to-table Restaurant

Project Location: San Francisco, California

PROJECT OVERVIEW & CONCEPT

Client Profile: Tony Riviera

Mr. Riviera is the owner of this newly open farmto-table restaurant. He also owns the famous hamburger restaurant called Tony’s Burger.

Project Info: Farm-to-table Restaurant

The project is located in the Mission Bay district of San Francisco. It is a newly open farm-totable restaurant own by our client, Tony Riviera. The restaurant has a rooftop garden that can provide fresh-grown food throughout the year. It does not offer only quality dishes but also provides educations on nutrition cookings and healthy lifestyles. The restaurant also holds events and activities with professional chefs and the community to explore urban farming and entrepreneurial gardening.

Woodland - Forest, green, a land covered with natural plants

Concept Statement:

The concept for this project is inspired by the woodland. Since a farm-to-table restaurant defines a healthy dining style and the client’s wish of having a warm and inviting space, audiences will have the feeling of surrounded by a woodland forest when they walk into the space. The design will include a neutral color palette with different material textures to present the concept idea.

material board

floor plan

RENDERINGS

lounge area

dining area

Project Name: The Mariotto’s Low-income Housing

Project Location: San Francisco, California

PROJECT OVERVIEW & CONCEPT

Client Profile: The Mariotto Family

Maria is a 45 years old single mother who lives with her 16 years old daughter and 75 years old father on the third condominium unit. She owns a home business and serves as the landlord of the other two condominium units for low-income tenants.

Project Info:

Low-income Housing

The three-story residential condominium building, located in the Laurel Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, is own by the Mariotto family since its construction in 1955. Each story contains a separate condominium unit. The Marriott’s occupy the 3rd-floor condominium. The 1st and 2ndfloor condominiums will be listed for rent to low-income tenants, which is also under a government-assisted rental housing program.

Project Requirements:

1st Level

Entry Closet

Kitchen

Dining Room

Living Room

Laundry Room

Linen Closet

Workspace 2nd Level

Entry Closet

Kitchen

Dining Room

Living Room

Laundry Room

Linen Closet

Workspace 3rd Level

Entry Closet

Master Bathroom

Second Bathroom

Kitchen

Dining Room

Living Room

Laundry Room

Linen Closet

Home Office

Lively - Full of life and energy; active and outgoing

Concept Statement:

The concept for this project is inspired by common families and households. Since all three levels of the building are lived by different residents, the designs for these spaces need to be flexible. Tenants will see bright, warm, and cozy arrangements when they enter the spaces. The designs will have a natural color palette with a touch of bold colors, wood materials, and soft textures to achieve this aesthetic.

material board

LEVEL ONE block diagram

floor plan

living area

LEVEL TWO block diagram

living area

LEVEL THREE block diagram

living area

inspired by the chapel at ronchamp

cafe triangel

inspired by the deconstructivism movement

seafood restaurant’s bar

inspired by the napa valley