Melissa Briceño INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
About Me
EDUCATION
Florida International MASTER OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE University 2018 - 2021
Miami Dade College A.A. IN ARCHITECTURE 2014 - 2017
EXPERIENCE
Create Group, LLC. 2017 - Executive Assistant to the lead designer/contractor. Assisted with making
Hello, my name is Melissa Briceño, and my design interests include workplace, multi-family/mixed-use, institutional/community and residential design.
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2017 - PRESENT Miami, FL. Current position: Drafter/Freelance Previous positions: Residential Project Manager, Executive Assistant
phone calls to clients, vendors, contractors, and design specialists, scheduling and participating in client meetings, sourcing and coordinating material delivery to job sites, and daily business/billing work. 2018 - Residential Project Manager and Executive Assistant. Became responsible for on-site coordination and supervision of contractors and submitting plans to the City and County for permitting review. Performed follow-ups and communicated revisions provided by city officials to the contractor, architects and engineers. Oversaw 5 turnkey projects in Key Biscayne and Miami Beach from start to finish. 2020 - In order to focus on studying and have more flexibility on the final year of my master’s degree, I decided to take on freelance work for the company, developing interior design sets, specifications, and 3D renderings.
J Design Group 2013 - Office Assistant. Maintaining the materials library organized and updated.
2013 - 2017 Met with sales reps, received updated material samples and requested samples. I Coral Gables, FL. also updated and filed the project control books for 50+ clients. Responsible for Executive Assistant general office duties, such as filing business paperwork, receiving phone calls, creating spreadsheets, ordering office supplies, etc. 2014 - Executive Assistant to the Lead Designer. Responsible for my previous role as office assistant, and in addition assisted with client meetings, scheduling, coordinating contractors and vendors, meeting lead times, preparing visual client presentations, preparing documents and following up with the City plans review process.
SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE
Proficient in AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Lumion, V-Ray, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Craftsmanship/ Hand modeling, Drafting, Rendering, Concept Sketching. Fluent in English and Spanish.
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Master’s Project Design SPRING 2021
Healthcare Design FALL 2020
Experimental Design SPRING 2020
Retail Design FALL 2019
Workplace Design SPRING 2019
Hospitality Design Team Charette FALL 2018
Contents
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01 TEAM RESEARCH COLLABORATION: Roxana Lifshitz, Angela Gonzalez,Daniel Martinez
Master’s Project
PRE-DESIGN RESEARCH & ANALYSIS In order to understand people’s perception and experience in a community center, the following question was asked: • How can the design of a community center positively impact engagement and education within a low-income community through the Contextual Model of Learning (Falk and Dierking, 2000)? Contextual Model of Learning (Falk and Dierking, 2000): A model that investigates how an individual’s Personal Context, SocioCultural Context, and Physical Context can affect their educational experience within free-choice settings (out-of-school information sources) that implement social engagement as the principal learning method. CONTEXTUAL MODEL OF LEARNING By Falk & Dierking, 2000
influences +/-
DESIGN OF A COMMUNITY CENTER
affects +/-
OVERTOWN
TOWN SQUARE
DOWNTOWN
LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES
SITE LOCATION BOUNDARY MAP CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
The following social and economic key points are considered:
• The site is located on the boundary line of Town Square and • •
Overtown. Town Square is a new neighborhood undergoing development, adding to the negative impact that Overtown, as a low-income neighborhood, has faced for many years. 91% of Overtown’s population consists of minority races with 67% being Black American.
The placement of this community center on the boundary line represents an opposition to the future development arising in Town Square. By bridging the gap, we are creating opportunities for the residents and expanding their access to resources.
OVERTOWN
TOWN SQUARE
SITE LOCATION BOUNDARY MAP
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STAFF RR
STUDY RM
STAFF RR
Opportunities of:
SUPPLIES STORAGE
ADMIN I
Engagement
4' - 6"
STAFF BREAKROOM
Control over environment
ADMIN III
Solitude
WORKSTATIONS
CUSTOD.
ADMIN II
CONFERENCE
STUDY AREA
STUDY RM
ONE ON ONE COMMUNITY I
COMMUNITY II
Secure environment
FURN STORAGE HUDDLE ROOM
HUDDLE ROOM ONE ON ONE
MENS RR CAFE WOMENS RR
PATIO
COMMUNITY III
Promote well-being
MEDIA
ADMINISTRATIVE & SUPPORT AREAS
Cultural and social connections between spaces
RECREATION ROOM MULTIPURPOSE ROOM
Clear, consistent navigation & wayfinding
Promote well-being
SEATING
ACTIVE ROOM
Empowering concept
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RECEPTION & SECURITY
DESIGN GUIDANCE ANNOTATED PLAN
Level 1 1/8" = 1'-0"
Based on the findings, the following design goals and guidelines should be considered to ensure an engaging and educational setting:
COMMON SOCIAL AREAS
• Ensure clear and consistent navigation and wayfinding for ease of accessibility of the users.
• Promote well-being through programming and spaces that afford users with comfortable and healthy activities.
• Implement a secure environment that generates opportunities for the
ADJACENCY DIAGRAMS LEGEND
residents and enhances cultural and social inclusiveness.
PUBLIC AREAS
• Provide proper privacy between spaces by considering materials that
SEMI-PUBLIC AREAS
afford visual privacy and noise-level control.
PRIVATE AREAS
• Acknowledge users’ individual needs by providing control over their
ACOUSTICAL PRIVACY
environment and valuing their well-being.
PRIMARY ADJACENCY
• Facilitate users opportunities to engage, while also providing proper
SECONDARY ADJACENCY CONVENIENT ADJACENCY
EDUCATIONAL & RECREATIONAL AREAS
spaces that facilitate solitude.
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01 INDIVIDUAL DESIGN PROJECT
The reimagination of Black American history conveyed through the Afrofuturism genre, which merges African traditions with futuristic science fiction and philosophy, is the driving concept for this design. This empowering genre communicates an optimistic outlook on the future, combining fact and fiction.
Master’s Project
STUDY RM
THE JAMII CENTER
Using stimulating textures, colors and symbolization that are representative of traditional African architecture and landscape, this community center will highlight the powerful blend of earthy, terrestrial and cosmic elements through architectural and spatial design, bringing forth the eccentricity seen in the Afrofuturism genre.
STAFF R.R.
STAFF R.R.
SUPPLIES STORAGE STAFF BREAKROOM
CUST.
STUDY AREA
ADMIN. OFF. I
ADMIN. OFF. III WORKSTATIONS
ADMIN. OFF. II
CONFER. ROOM
STUDY RM
HUDDLE ROOM
HUDDLE ROOM
FURNITURE STORAGE
COMMUNITY ROOM I
ONE ON ONE ROOM
COMMUNITY ROOM II
ONE ON ONE ROOM
MEN’S R.R.
PATIO AREA
CAFE
Providing the residents of Overtown the opportunity to celebrate African culture and history within this community center, The Jamii Center, meaning ‘community’ in Swahili, will invoke a sense of pride, empowerment and support for the community to thrive on.
WOMEN’S RESTROOM
COMMUNITY ROOM III
MEDIA ROOM
RECREATION ROOM
MULTIPURPOSE ROOM
SEATING AREA RECEPTION
ACTIVE ROOM
FLOOR PLAN
AFROFUTURISM ARTWORK AS CONCEPT & COLOR PALETTE INSPIRATION IMAGES
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REFLECTED CEILING PLAN
SEATING AREA
RECEPTION AND SEATING AREA SPRING 2021 • 7
CAFE & ENTRY TO MULTIPURPOSE ROOM
STUDY AREA
HUDDLE ROOM SPRING 2021 • 8
MULTIPURPOSE/GALLERY ROOM
OUTDOOR CAFE / PATIO
PATIO SPRING 2021 • 9
02 TEAM COLLABORATION WITH: Angela Gonzalez
Healthcare Design
AVENTURA HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
LEGEND PUBLIC
To begin gathering ideas that served as our design guidance, we were asked to analyze a nursing theory of our choice. The main ideas gathered from a theory by M.A. Newman became our driving concept for this project.
PRIVATE
Health as Expanding Consciousness, M.A. Newman: The nurse is the guide that helps the patient realize ways in which they can expand their consciousness by changing their patterns. These patterns affect a person’s health, whether it is through disease or non-disease.
The duality between care providers and patients brings about an interconnection that is similar to the natural processes of a cell’s nucleus working as the information center to the cell. To emphasize on this duality, cell structure patterns and geometry are abstracted and incorporated throughout the architecture and finishes of this design. The staff work areas at the core of the floor plan become the central point of information to the patients. This racetrack circulation uses the nucleus as inspiration.
PARTI DIAGRAM
RECEPTION CONCEPT SKETCH
Contributions: Concept development, Sketches, Revit, Sketchup, Lumion, Photoshop, Illustrator.
MATERIALITY BOARD
WALL & FLOOR FINISHES
FLOOR PLAN FALL 2020 • 10
EXAM ROOM CORRIDOR
SEATING AREA / REGISTRATION
NURSE STATION
EXAM ROOM FALL 2020 • 11
03 TEAM COLLABORATION WITH: Angela Gonzalez
Experimental Design
CONTEMPLATIVE SENSORY SANCTUARY As part of a deductive study of the relationship between users and the environment, we analyzed vertical and horizontal enclosure systems to determine how user needs were met. We asked the following question in the context of existing spaces: Does the environment and the enclosure system allow the user to respond well to the activity and interact with other users within the space? We then developed abstract models and diagrams to analyze these transitional assemblies between activities. Upon understanding the importance of environmental enclosure systems, we developed activities for which we would apply environmental factors. For the final project, we asked: How can a unique set of user and environmental factors be abstracted to respond to the activities within the space? A collection of architectural spaces integrated within Oleta River State Park affords users with an experience of self contemplation through the senses, aligning the mind, body and soul. A central point facilitates the radial circulation, acting as the peripheral nervous system connecting the five senses into the four distinct activities. These four spaces focus on the visual, hearing, smell, taste and tactile senses with vertical and horizontal enclosure systems reinforcing the activities within.
VERTICAL TENDENCY ENCLOSURE - ELEVATION DIAGRAM
HORIZONTAL TENDENCY ENCLOSURE - ORTHOGRAPHIC DIAGRAM
Contributions: Model-making, Sketches, Concept development, Revit, Lumion, Photoshop, Illustrator
HORIZONTAL TENDENCY ENCLOSURE - ABSTRACT MODEL
VERTICAL TENDENCY ENCLOSURE - ABSTRACT MODEL SPRING 2020 • 12
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FINISHES
FLOOR PLAN - SECOND LEVEL SPRING 2020 • 13
OBSERVATION CHAMBER
OBSERVATION CHAMBER 3
RESTORATION
Provide the user with a luminous space to pause and reflect.
INVOLVEMENT PROPRIOCEPTION BASIN
Physical settings prompt the user to maximize movement and kinesthetic aspects.
SPRING 2020 • 14
PALATE FOREST SKETCH
PALATE FOREST
AUDITORY REFLECTION
AUDITORY REFLECTION & PALATE FOREST SPRING 2020 • 15
04 Retail Design
TEAM COLLABORATION WITH: Angela Gonzalez
NOUVEAU SALON & SPA Weaving natural aspects into the fabric of the surrounding urban environment, Nouveau focuses on a holistic approach to beauty and wellness. By combining ancient philosophies and modern methods to purify and restore, Nouveau represents brands that share their same ethical values of personal care. The healing properties of local and plant-based ingredients inspire the apothecarian approach to this design experience. Through the exploration of natural and healing elements, the user is transported into an organic flow within the space that invokes a refreshing and natural sensory of pleasure.
Contributions: Concept and brand development, Sketches, Revit, Lumion, Photoshop, Illustrator. MATERIALITY BOARD
FLOOR PLAN FALL 2019 • 16
SALON RECEPTION & RETAIL
MANICURE
PEDICURE FALL 2019 • 17
05 CALVIN KLEIN HEADQUARTERS
Workplace Design
From the very first Calvin Klein campaigns, their racy and daring images have displayed a bold contrast between bright hues and greyscale images that altogether portray a feeling of rebellion. A new Calvin Klein headquarter is proposed in Miami that will expand distribution for this global brand. By bringing forward a bold, seductive and natural aesthetic, the design will ignite productivity of management and employees by promoting engagement, privacy, culture and creativity that is essential to the Calvin Klein brand.
FLOOR PLAN - 2ND FLOOR
CONCEPT MODEL
FLOOR PLAN - 3RD FLOOR SPRING 2019 • 18
RECEPTION
HUDDLE ROOM
EXECUTIVE OFFICES
FEATURE WALL & OPEN TO BELOW SPRING 2019 • 19
07 TEAM CHARRETTE COMPETITION
Hospitalit y Design
AMERICAN SOCIAL KITCHEN & BAR As winners of the 2018 Red Bull Southeast Region sponsored Design Charrette, the potential upgrade to an indoor/outdoor bar space at American Social Bar & Kitchen in Brickell was designed and later built in 2019. To showcase the Americana aesthetic that is inherent of the brand, a sense of timeless connection to the past is achieved through inspiration of the 1900’s Industrial Revolution. An exposure of natural, unrefined elements provokes a warm feeling at American Social, while depicting the historical transition to the America we know today.
EXTERIOR BAR SKETCH
Charrette Team: Mirtes Araujo, Carolina Cardona, Maria Leon Contributions: Concept development, Model-making, Sketches, Photoshop.
EXTERIOR BAR MODEL
EXTERIOR BAR 3D VIEW FALL 2018 • 20
INTERIOR BAR ELEVATION
INTERIOR BAR MODEL
INTERIOR BAR 3D VIEW
INTERIOR BAR SKETCH FALL 2018 • 21
THANK YOU melissa_briceno@yahoo.com 305-298-1655
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