INTERIOR DESIGN Portfolio by Mi Zhou
CONTENT
DESIGN PROJECTS
AND OTHERS
Richmond Pet Center
Media Study
Office Space
Infomation / Resume
Public Restroom Les Coal Restaurant Fashion Classroom
RICHMOND PET CENTER Greater Richmond Area The explosion The project started with an idea to show the motion of explosion, the explosion acts as a medium that will impact the surrounding environment; it can change in form, color, material. I want to create a better space that can bringing pets and people together.
Pet center Srounding building Landscape Highway
Detail site plan
Exterior rendering
RICHMOND PET CENTER Greater Richmond Area The Interior I have implemented the concept of explosion in the Interior of this pet shelter. I focused on using different materials and forms to form the design of the space and ultimately creating an interaction between people and the pets that live in the shelter. The numerous cubic and rectangular forms are created as parts of the explosion concept, which can be used for different purposes.
Dog Play Room
Pet Center Main Entrance
Cat Play Area
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1 Reception 2 Dog area 3 Retail 4 Cat area 5 Baking studio 6 Cafeteria 7 Classroom 8 Open Training area 9 Restroom 10 Pet’s wash room 11 Lost and found 12 Office
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RICHMOND PET CENTER Greater Richmond Area
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RICHMOND PET CENTER Greater Richmond Area
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OFFICE SPACE DESIGN Trend Watching.com The solid and void The project started with an idea to show the relationship between the solid and void. The reception desk (right) is custom furniture that can represent my idea of how the solid and void can work together to create a more interesting form and still have its function.
Reception desk
Site plan - Shortpump area
Reception
OFFICE SPACE DESIGN Trend Watching.com The Interior As the concept “solid and void“ develops into the reception desk, it starts to move into the space as well. As people walk in to the working area, they can see the ceiling acting as a invisible space divider. The desk in the CEO’s office also reflects the reception desk in the front.
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1 Reception 2 Main conference room 3 CEO’s Office 4 Conference room 5 Work place 6 Break room 7 Library
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8 Gym 9 Work space 10 Small Conference room 11 Kitchen
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OFFICE SPACE DESIGN Trend Watching.com
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FF&E selection
OFFICE SPACE DESIGN Trend Watching.com
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PUBLIC RESTROOM Monroe park campus The Camouflage This public restroom in the Monroe park area is a idea to create community service for the neighborhood, visitors, and homeless people. The design idea was based on how animals camouflage themselves in the forest. The restroom is designed to be less obvious but can be noticed and help people when they need it.
Existing Paving North west side exterior
PUBLIC RESTROOM Monroe park campus
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by This public restroom space is meant to be the space for all Designed Mi Zhou different generations. The two level sink can be used by adults, Using the idea kids, andofiscamouflage ADA accessible. The hard steel surfaces can make to merge the park and public the space easier clean and organize. The ceiling allows natural restroom. The idea is one to form reshape to fit inin to during the lightitself to come the daytime.
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The restroom itself has a steel structure act as the camouflage cover to protect the object and also to blend the object in to Monroe park. The restroom is located in Monroe park, this is a high traffic park that connect the downtown area and VCU monroe park campus.
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PUBLIC RESTROOM Monroe park campus
Restroom inteiror
Posible site choice (downtown area)
West side exterior
Posible site choice (Cary town area)
RESTAURANT DESIGN Les Cole Restaurant The Positive & Negative Los Coal is a restaurant that is based in Mexico. The owner wants it to become a high-end restaurant. The positive and negative space was used as a concept for this project. The step ceiling goes across the whole space and by stepping up and down it creates different spaces and defines the private area and public area.
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Site plan - Richmond downtown area
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RESTAURANT DESIGN Les Cole Restaurant
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The Apartment The chef has the apartment on the back of Los coal restaurant. The connecting between the two space is the use of materials and also the use of the level change in order to create private and public space.
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1 Entrance 2 Bar area 3 Waiting area 4 Booth seating 5 Table seating 6 Kitchen 7 Living room 8 Dining area 9 Son’s bedroom 10 Chef’s bedroom
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RESTAURANT DESIGN Les Cole Restaurant
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RESTAURANT DESIGN Les Cole Restaurant
CLASSROOM DESIGN VCU Fashion design The inner connection / inner lock The fashion design classroom needed to have a storage, lecture and conference room in the same space but with different access and privacy levels. The inner lock idea connects these three rooms that are needed by interacting the spaces and light.
CLASSROOM DESIGN VCU Fashion design
Conference room
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CLASSROOM DESIGN VCU Fashion design The interior The inner lock concept was showed on the design of the clearence window that connects the conference room and the lecutrue room. The invisible connection can create by light and also sound. the storage wall between the two rooms can absorb more noise from both of them.
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CLASSROOM DESIGN VCU Fashion design
MEDIA STUDY Charcoal, mixed media, markers, revit, photoshop, Illustrator
MEDIA STUDY Charcoal
Cultural This series of charcol drawings was a connection of asia’s cultural. the J porcelain, dragon head door knock, and temple.
MEDIA STUDY Marker renderings
MEDIA STUDY Revit rendering / photoshop / Illustrator
RESUME
MI ZHOU 1206 W. Franklin St.Richmond VA zhoum5@vcu.edu 804. 728. 7080
EXPERIENCE BAM Architects Design Intern, October 2012 to present, Richmond, Virginia Making models and 3-D models Pricing and documentation Assisting designers select possible finishes for pWrojects Todd Yoggy Design, Inc. Design Intern, February 2012 to October 2012, Richmond, Virginia Making presentation broads Pricing and documentation Measuring site East China Architecture Design & Research Institute CO., LTD Design Intern, July 2011 to August 2011, China, Shanghai Construction documents drawing by using Auto CAD
SPECIAL EXPERIENCE MoB + Store front community design Project designer, Project manager VCU Interior Design Program Book 2013 Selected Revit rendering
EDUCATION Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond , VA 2008 - 2013 School of Fine Arts - Interior Design Bachelors Major GPA : 3.5
TECHNICAL SKILLS Sketching Hand drafting Hand rendering Model making Communication skill Fluent in English and Mandarin
COMPUTER SKILLS InDesign : Poster making, layout Auto CAD : Construction drawing Revit : 3-D computer modeling / Rendering PhotoShop : Rendering, photo editing Sketch up : 3-D computer modeling / Rendering Microsoft : Word, excel, powerpoint