Melaina Schneider Interior Design Portfolio

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Melaina Schneider 513-535-7715

schnemh@mail.uc.edu

113 Tecumseh Drive Hamilton, Ohio, 45013

Education Cincinnati, Ohio — College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning; Major in Interior Design; Graduation date: May, 2019.

Brainerd, Minnesota — Brainerd High School; Graduation date: May, 2012.

Experience Longhorn Steakhouse, Cincinnati, Ohio — July, 2014- present Service Assistant/ Hostess: Part- time; Greet customers, administer table assignments, and manage waiting lists during peak dining periods.

University of Cincinnati, Blue Ash, Ohio — Spring, 2014 - Winter, 2015 Student Orientation Leader: Part- time; Orientation Leaders facilitate small group discussions and lead campus tours. Student Orientation Leaders also assisted with advising and registration, and serve as liaisons between the faculty, staff, and new students.

TJ Maxx, Hamilton, Ohio — August, 2012- January, 2015 Sales Associate: Part- time; Advised clients/ customers, arranged merchandise display, sold merchandise, used sales techniques to up sell merchandise, provided customer service, answered customer or public inquiries, managed inventories.

Activities Active Member in Rotoract Club— 2015: Involvement in Habitat for Humanity; Recently helped build a house in Lockland, Ohio with Habitat for Humanity.

Active member in the American Institute of Architecture Students— 2015.

Active member in Chi Omega Sorority— 2015.

Skills • Proficient in AutoCAD • Experience in AutoRevit, RHINO, Grasshopper, and Sketch Up. • Wood shop skills • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign

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Balance Folly Armature

4. Monolith 5. One Hundred + One 6. Additional Renderings/Drawings 7. CAD Drawings

BALANCE BLOCK

Wood shop, Gouache painting.

This project started by developing nine study models from a set of design words. These models created the line and plane cubes. My line and plane cubes focused on threshold. The model had to balance on a base that was less than 4 sq. in.

The gouache painting is an abstraction I made off a simple axonometric drawing of the balance block.

FOLLY

Wood shop, RHINO, (30) 2X4,MDF. This project focused on the study of space and the human body. This was a group project, which consisted of many mock up iterations made of basswood. The final was 4’x4’x8’ made out of basswood as well. Next were the groups constructions drawings; then we each had individual conceptual diagrams of the final.

CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS

DIAGRAMS

ARMATURE BLOCK

Casting Plaster, Wood shop, RHINO renderings.

First I cast a plaster mold. Then I proceeded to design and construct a armature to hold the plaster model. The different volumes and the overall design of the plaster is reiterated throughout the armature. The final model of the armature was built out of basswood and constrained to a 9”x9”x18” dimension. Then I created a Rhino model of both the armature and the plaster model together.

MONOLITH Clay, Foam core, Wood shop, Rasping, Charcoal Drawing.

The objective was to create an object that forms to the human hand. While holding the piece it should feel “comfortably uncomfortable,” in your hand. This wasn’t necessarily a strictly architectural project, it instead focuses on the importance of ergonomics while designing.

100 + 1

Black and white hangers, Zip ties The objective of this project was to create a form constructed of multiples of the same item, using a minimum of “100” of these items. The “+ 1” was the way you stitched/ connected these items together; this may also include using another item to do so.

ADDITIONAL RENDERINGS

CAD DRAWINGS

Elevation/ Site Plan

FLOOR PLANS