Portfolio2ndsemester

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

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2nd Floor 1/16”= 1’ Scale

3 second floor lounge

Interior Elevation 2nd Floor Lounge 1/8”=1’ scale

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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