Kelly Galway Inte ri or Desig n Port fo l io 2022
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K’e Textile Store + Private Residence | Aurora, CO
02 The Lick Coworking Office | Roanoke, VA
03 The Gallery Satellite Zoom Office | Washington, D.C.
03 Marker Renderings Interior Design Graphic Communication
K’e
Artisan Navajo Textiles Textile Store + Private Residence | Aurora, CO
The Navajo word, k’é, refers to affective action and solidarity, including such concepts as love, compassion, kindness, friendliness, generosity, and peacefulness. It encompasses all the connections and relationships we have with one another, both within our families or “clans” and also our communities. This design aims to introduce the concept of k’é into the space through demonstrating connections, intimacy, and incorporating elements of the Navajo culture to remind people of their roots. The objective of the project was to design a textile store and a private residence for its owners, one of whom is a Navajo textile artist and the other a photographer. The structure is composed of three shipping containers, two of them 40 feet long, and the other 54 feet. We decided to offset and rotate the retail portion of the building to create a work/life separation and to draw customers in from both sides of the building. One-way circulation through the retail space promotes precautionary health measures, while strategic landscaping is used to further draw users into the space from the outside. IDEC Group Competition* In Collaboration with Abbey Showalter, Erin Regan, and Cora Embree *My role included research on weaving and the Navajo culture, concept development, arranging the floor plan, modeling the design in Revit, and overseeing presentation graphics.
The Site • • • • • • •
Corner lot in a mixed-use zone Sustainable Cleaned Brownfield Near public transportation Near grocery stores Neighborhood community Walk score 86, good transit, and bikeable area
Exterior Perspective
1 - Maker’s Space 2 - Showroom 3 - Cash Wrap 4 - Office 5 - Flex Space 6 - Living Room 7 - Dining Room 8 - Kitchen 9 - Primary Bedroom 10 - Primary Bathroom 11 - Guest Bedroom 12 - Guest Bathroom
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Floor Plan
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Retail Space
Maker’s Space
Dining Perspective - Day
Dining Perspective - Night
Flex Space The flex space provides a functional transition between private and public spaces. It can easily switch between a photography room for commercial use and a movie room for residential use. French doors can be closed to create privacy, or opened to extend the living room and allow for social distancing during larger gatherings.
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Connections Connection with nature is an integral part of Navajo culture. Folding glass doors create a fluid threshold between the interior and exterior living spaces. This element also allows for larger gatherings, greater air flow, and natural lighting to open up the narrow space.
Color Scheme The color scheme is drawn from four cultural Navajo colors and the desert landscape. The four colors portray the mountains in each cardinal direction; black represents Northern nights, white displays dawn in the East, blue alludes to the day in South, and yellow illustrates Western dusk. Secondary colors were drawn from elements important to the client and their culture.
West Section
Materiality + Sustainability Clay tile is used in the residential side for its heating qualities and sustainability. The large south facing windows allow an abundance of sunlight to wash over the tiles, contributing to passive heating and creating warmth in the space. Quartz countertops were chosen for both the residential and retail space for its durability and antimicrobial qualities. Deciduous trees are strategically placed to provide shade in the summer, while allowing sunlight to filter in during the winter.
North Section
The Gallery Zoom Satellite Office Satellite office | Washington, D.C.
The Gallery, its name inflenced by the “Gallery View” in Zoom meetings, is a satellite office for Zoom located in Washington, D.C. The primary design challenge was to encourage employees to come back into the office after the COVID-19 pandemic, despite having the technology and skills to work from home. The concept, therefore, looked at creating a home away from home; a place that offered the warmth and comfort of a home, but with fewer distractions and more collaboration.
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Level 1 | NTS
1 - Reception 2 - Lobby 3 - Kitchen
4 - Workstations 5 - Storage 6 - Restroom
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7 - Touchdowns 8 - Zoom Rooms 9 - Conference Rooms
10 - Wellness Room 11 - IT Room 12 - Restroom
Interface - Aerial Ink carper tile Herman Miller - Glacier Cosm chair
Custom casework forms a series of rectilinear pockets throughout the design, alluding to the Zoom grid.
Front Desk + Collaboration Stairs
Plants are incorporated throughout the design to promote the wellbeing of the users as well as to evoke feelings of home. Warm wood and shades of red further the comforting atmosphere of the space.
Workstations
The strong gridlines throughout the space also allude to the surrounding Brutalist architecture in D.C., such as this example from the D.C. Metro designed by architect Harry Weese.
The Lick
Coworking Office Benching, Private Offices, Tech Startup | Roanoke, VA
The Lick, a coworking office located in the heart of downtown Roanoke, is inspried by the natural salt licks the Roanoke (then called the “Big Lick”) was established on. Salt is an essential source of nutrients for the health and wellness of animals, essential for growth and for a healthy, properly functioning body. Because all animals need salt, the existing salt licks in nature are like popular animal gathering spots. In Roanoke, those salt licks had been a gathering place for buffalo, elk and deer, as well as for the Native Americans who hunted them for generations. Research also shows that gathering together in community is an essential part of our health and wellness. This space aims to provide that essential nutrient in the human life by providing spaces for networking, collaborating, and growing together.
Communal Kitchen
Above: The color pallete of the design is inspired by five different colors of salt found within nature. Below: The space takes inspiration from the geometric form of salt crystals, explorong how rotating a square 45° can evoke a more crystalline and organic pattern.
Welcome Desk
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Welcome Desk 04 Kitchen 05 Lounge 06
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Conference Room 10 Business Center Benching 11 Tech Startup Phone Booths
Private Offices Section
Lounge + Business Center
The conference rooms are designed with a high amount of flexibility and adaptaptability. As shown to the left, they can be transformed into a yoga studio to comply with WELL standards.
Drop-In Benching
Two phone booths allow for hybrid collaboration, giving users of the space a quiet place to join a zoom call. The salt shaker wallpaper design adds a fun nod to the design concept.
Marker Renderings Through the professional elective Interior Design Graphic Communications, I learned how to successfully communicate ideas through mixed media, primarily pens and markers.
T h a n k Yo u ! Please feel free to message me with any questions, inquiries, or feedback. kgalway@vt.edu