LAUREN AEHEE HIGDON / P O R T F O L I O
CONTENTS 5
RESUME
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THE SENSORIUM
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THE LATH
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FOX RESIDENCY
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RAIN WALL
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MULTIMEDIA
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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
E D U CA T I O N
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE - KNOXVILLE, TN
EXPECTED MAY 2018
BS INTERIOR DESIGN DESIGN GPA | 3.70 / 4.00
MICROSOFT SKETCHUP AUTOCAD
INVOLVEMENT
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERIOR DESIGN | ASID
APRIL 2016 - PRESENT
STUDENT MEMBER
3D RHINO
INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN ASSOCIATION | IIDA
REVIT
JANUARY 2017 - PRESENT
STUDENT MEMBER
VRAY
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE WOMEN’S ROWING TEAM
PHOTOSHOP
AUGUST 2014 - PRESENT
ROWER
ILLUSTRATOR
KNOXVILLE DOWNTOWN EXHIBITION
INDESIGN PREMIOR PRO CC
OCTOBER 2016
Part of a team of six that designed the concept and model for Knoxville’s downtown gallery exhibit. Purpose was to promote and inform UTK’s Interior Design Program to the public.
AWARDS
STUDENT-ATHLETE ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE AWARD
MAY 2016
To qualify, student-athletes must maintain above a 3.00 GPA cumulatively or for the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of their team’s scheduled contests.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
SEPTEMBER 2015 - OCTOBER 2016
Built a home from the ground up for a single mom with one child with the Rowing Team. Learned valuable hands-on building and construction skills through a community of volunteers, homeowners, donors, and leadership.
LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE
KOREAN Read, speak, and write
CHINESE Read and write
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THE SENSORIUM
Once formerly known as the Whitney Art Museum, is now a Botanical Research Center that includes private offices, labs, collaborative workspaces, and five biomes - Each biome respresenting the five human senses. We gather information about our surrounding world through our senses. All of this information helps us to have more complicated processes like perception and recognition. Through these experiences, visitors’ senses are stimulated so that they can see and feel forms and shapes, allowing deeper connection than just embodiment in each space.
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SIGHT BIOME
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TACTILITY BIOME
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COLLAB. WORKSPACE
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EXTERIOR EXHIBIT
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INTERIOR EXHIBIT + COLLAB. WORKSPACE
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PRIVATE OFFICE
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LOUNGE
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SOUND BIOME
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COLLAB. WORKSPACE
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OLFACTION BIOME
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TASTE BIOME
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BARCELONA CHAIR USED FOR SEATING IN EACH BIOME SPACE FOR EXPERIENCE AND ENGAGEMENT.
SIGHT BIOME
BY KNOLL - KNOLL.COM
TACTILITY BIOME
JAMAICA STOOLS
WORKSPACE
CAN SPIN 360 DEGREES AND USED FOR HIGH TOP TABLES WITHIN THE COLLABORATIVE WORK SPACE
EXTERIOR EXHIBIT
BY KNOLL - KNOLL.COM
BERTOIA DIAMOND CHAIR
CORE
SEATING USED THROUGHOUT THE EXTERIOR EXHIBIT AND THE SOUND BIOME ON THE TERRACES
PRIVATE OFFICES
BY KNOLL - KNOLL.COM
THE COVE WORKSPACE
SOUND BIOME
COMPACT SPACE WITH PROXIMITY TO INDIVIDUAL WORK POINTS ENABLING ENGAGEMENT FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME.
TASTE BIOME
BY HERMAN MILLER
LOUNGE
THE HIVE WORKSPACE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF CO-LOCATION TO HELP DRIVE WORK FORWARD. THE SETTING OFFERS GROUPING OF INDIVIDUAL WORK POINTS AND ERGONOMIC SEATING. BY HERMAN MILLER
OLFACTION BIOME
LIGHTING SYSTEM
STRUCTURE
PROGRAM
FURNITURE
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THE LATH Inspired by everyday recyclable kitchen plastic bottles, the design of the space is to create openness and enclosure. Openness is the view, the light, and the feeling of being exposed. Enclosure describes division, privacy, and warmth. They contrast with each other, however, communicate simultaneously in the same space to evoke feelings of openness and enclosure. This affect is achieved by placing subdivided vertical panels to divide and create a “screen� within the space, yet allowing a person to still see the overall openness through the gaps of the panels.
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STORAGE OFFICE
STORAGE & DISHWASHING
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FOX RESIDENCY
This home is specifically designed to accommodate for David Fox and his sixteen year old son. The concept for this project is influenced by a combination of Fox’s interests and personality. Fox is described by three architectural words; Those three words are sustainability, elevation, and openness. To create an elevation, the plan is stacked on top of each other creating two floors. Elevation is also achieved by creating an open ceiling in the living room so the second floor can communicate with the first floor. To create more openness and view, the top of the plan is shifted horizontally and the space is surrounded by glass windows. For sustainability, the top plan is placed above the bottom floor plan with the rooms and plumbing concentrated on one side of the house.
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Based off of the interview with David Fox, the interior spaces are conceptually designed and inspired by three of Fox’s interests; Coffee, modernism, and sustainability. A coffee atmosphere is achieved by using warmer tones of color and materials. Sustainability is reflected through the use of materiality such as bamboo, wool, and cork. Found in David Fox’s interest in Ikea and Alto furniture, modernism is designed through the use of Scandinavian style furnishings.
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RAIN WALL
A wall system made of three main parts is designed to react to moisutre and water. The three parts include an aluminum frame membrane, hydromorphic polymer cubes, and ceramic modules. When the hydromorphic polymer sponge is in contact with water or moisture, it expands through the aluminum frames, and pushes the ceramic tiles outwards. Vise versa, when dry, the sponge contracts into its original form, pulling the tiles inwards.
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1/4” Aluminum lock nugget
10” x 10” Ceramic Square Tile (Porcelain) Screwed onto the telescoping rod
Aluminum Telescoping Connector (1/4”) Connected to the aluminum tub
Aluminum Tube built into the skeletal grid structure
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AVERAGE RAINFALL IN KNOXVILLE
ROTATION 1
ROTATION 2
ROTATION 3
ROTATION 4
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
M AY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
OCTOBER
AXONOMETRIC VIEW
SEPTEMBER
MODULE SYSTEM
SPONGE IN CONTACT WITH WATER
SPONGE (10” X 20”)
ALUMINUM SKELETAL FRAME
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MULTIMEDIA
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