Design Portfolio A collection of my work from my second year in the School of Architecture + Design at V i r g i n i a Te c h Leigh Ann Soistmannn
Christiansburg Rescue Squad High Line Hotel Sketches
Christiansburg Rescue Squad The Christiansburg Rescue Squad consulted with Virginia Tech interior design students to address their needs to move the volunteer lounge space onto the second floor of the building as well as to refine the programs on their second floor as they become a regional training center.
Private Lounge Men’s Bunk
Women’s Bunk
Office
Kitchen
Meeting Rm
Conference Rm
EXIT
Office
Office
Dining
2
Public Lounge
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Second Floor Furniture Plan
EXIT
1 Coffee Bar
2 Dining space and extended hallway
The project brings together both the professional public appearance of the Christiansburg Rescue Squad building for the community and the comfortable collaborative lounging atmosphere for the volunteers.
North Wall Interior Elevation
The design team of Leanne Batten, Kela Boggard, Andrea Bonilla and myself worked together on the final floor plan, egress plan, schedules and material selections. The renderings and section shown were one of my contributions to the group.
3 Public Lounge
High Line Hotel
A hotel located on the High Line, a converted rail line turned into a public park in New York City. The third floor of the hotel opens onto the High Line and allows visitors to experience the history and culture of the park in an interpretive center. Ties to local art connect the outside to the interior. The glamour of the hotel contrasts the industrialized area surrounding the High Line.
Concept
handmade chandeliers made in New York City by Michael McHale Designs
This hotel aims to revitalize the industrial, urban, aesthetic surrounding the High Line by creating a contrast of glamour and elegance.
The River That Flows Both Ways by Spencer Finch
Water Feature
Inspired by Spencer Finch’s art installation, The River That Flows Both Ways, on the High Line in New York City, this water feature runs through three floors in the hotel’s central atrium. Glass panes reflect and illuminate the water that runs over top and creates elegance, a contrast to the industrial feel of the area beyond the hotel.
Partial Section through Atrium
Screen
Entrance to the High Line Hotel
4’4”
2’3”
screen
suspended ceiling
process sketches full scale
This elegant screen serves several purposes throughout the hotel. Upon entry, the traveler experiences the screen in the form of a suspended ceiling treatment immediately creating a compressed space. In the restaurant and bar the screen serves as a partition between the bar and restaurant seating. The shape of the screen is another contrast compared to the shaping of the water feature in the atrium of the hotel.
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1st Floor 1/16”= 1’ Scale
1 first floor lobby and restaurant entrance
Interior Elevation 1st Floor Bar and Restaurant 1/8�=1’ scale
3
2nd Floor 1/16”= 1’ Scale
3 second floor lounge
Interior Elevation 2nd Floor Lounge 1/8”=1’ scale
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4
3rd Floor 1/16”= 1’ Scale
4 third floor entrance from High Line
coffee kiosk
screening room exhibit panels
Interior Elevation HL Interactive Space 1/8”=1’ scale
2 first floor restaurant
5 third floor interpretive center
Process
Sketches