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I N T E RI OR DE SI GN P O RT FO L I O
O L E S J A A L L E N
A B O U T
Hi, — I am Olesja Allen, an interior design student,
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small business owner, and most recently, a mama
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of a 7 month old, Aspen. I love to work on
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meaningful projects with other inspiring and creative people. My design aesthetic is clean and minimal while keeping attention to small details. I am a strong leader, fast lear ner, and a hard worker. I thrive to do the best in all work I do.
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S K I L L S M A D E
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OWN ER
OCT 2016 — PRESENT
I NTERMED I ATE
Self made brand and ecommerce business for my hand made mod er n baby bonnets.
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OWN ER
MAY 2014 — PRESENT
Personal lifestyle and photography blog. M E S A
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MAY 2014 — NOV 2015
S K E T C H U P I NTERMED I ATE
P H O T O G R A P H Y A D VA N C E D
For mation of care plan for residents, distribution of medication, and therapeutic communication. A L L E R G Y L A B
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TECH N ICIAN
SEP 2012 — NOV 2013
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JAN 2014 — PRESENT
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WA S H I N G T O N A R C H IT ECT U R E
U N I V E R S I T Y
AUG 2011 — DEC 2013
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U N I V E R S I T Y AUG 2010 — JAN 2011
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R E S I D E N T I A L
JORGENSEN’S LOFT — The goal of this project was to design a NYC loft for a middle age couple that just moved from Cop enhagen, Denmark. The loft plan is located near the High Line Park. The culture of the Danish people and the Nyhavn canal architecture, heavily drove the concept and design of the loft– the long kitchen, small nooks throughout, and the mixture of old and new.
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D I N I N G
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M A S T E R
see - t h r oug h f ir e pl ac e
B E D R O O M r e a d ing c o r ne r
DINNING
MAS T ER BED ROOM
KITCH EN B R EA KFA ST CO R NER
MAS T ER BAT HROOM
R E S TA U R A N T / R E TA I L
H I P I E AT E RY — The goal of this project was to design a restaurant and retail space for a acclaimed chef from New Zealand. The restaurant features far m to table cuisine as well as New Zealand cheeses paired with local beers. The fresh and raw ingredients of the menu drove
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the concept and design of the space.
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TA S T I NG / L O U NG E
M E Z Z A N I N E e x tr a d ining
TA S T I N G
R O O M liv ing w a l l
R ES TA U R A N T / R E TA I L
NEUE HAUS — Neue Haus is a multipurpose space that allows people of all kind to have a space to interact, study, hold meetings, and/or simply have a cup of coffee with his or her favorite baker y item. The space will include a coffee/tea bar with baker y display, a set of sitting options to accommodate different usages, and a semi-private meeting space. A set of tables and a semi-private meeting space is reser vable to ensure ava ilability for client meetings, study, work, and etc. The proposed project is located in downtown Boulder, CO. 5
neue haus
— The concept of Neue Haus comes from a flower, baby’s breath. Baby’s breath is a simple and a delicate flower. It represents purity, innocence, everlasting love, motherhood, deter mination, and focus.
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m ai n e nt r y v i e w
B A R
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c o m m unity tables
M E E T I N G
R O O M livi n g wall
H O S P I TA L I T Y
BOUTIQUE HOTEL — The goal of this project was to design a boutique hotel room that was inspired by an ar tist, Alyssa Monks and hotel Zenden in Netherlands. Breathability and minimalism was the key to this room’s design– textures, colors, and materials.
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R E T R E AT AT C H A U TA U Q U A — This project’s goal was to design a nursing facility for those with Huntington’s disease that allows the community to use the first floor spaces that include: cafe, indoor garden, librar y, di ning room, gym, beauty salon, and more. The way-finding was inspired by the French street signs. F I R
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WAY F I N D I N G F O R F L O O R O N E
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The wayfinding strategy here is inspired by the street signs of France. The first floor is designated forTHEATER the town center spaces such as administration, entertainment, food and drink, and finally, utility spaces. When entering the building one will be able to find a way through a directory in the form that is shown on the right side. The colors of each arrow correlates to the color of the signage for the spaces– one can see that yellow means spaces such as library, fitness room, and etc. LIBRARY Floor 2 will have a similar distribution of signage for the exception of colors.
GYM
ENTRY/EXIT
ADMIN
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FOOD
AND
DINNING ROOM
UTILITY
ENTRY/EXIT
RESTRO LAUNDRY
INDOOR GARDEN
CAFE
KITCHEN
la bibliothèque
salle à manger
le café
adjointe
L I B R A RY
dinning room
cafe
a s s i s ta n t s
SALON DROP OFF/ PORTE COCHERE
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EXIT
le cinéma
l a l av e r i e
salle d'impression
a s s i s ta n t e s o c i a l e
t h e at e r
l a u n d ry
print room
Social worker
salle de gym
la réception
le jardin
directeur de bien-être
fitness room
Reception
garden
wellness director
la cuisine
salon de coiffure
directeur exécutif
d i r e c t e u r d e l 'a c t i v i t é
kitchen
Hair salon
executive director
activity director
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C A F E
fu r n iture plan
o r d e r v ie w
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DRINK
OOMS
salle de confĂŠrence
conference room
WC Chambre - femmes
Women
WC Chambre - hommes
men
sortie
exit
C O N C E P T m a p p ing
O F F I C E
M A R K I T D I G I TA L — The concept of transparency was utilized in the open-d esk policy with seating positions to give some privacy in work as well as lockable individual file cabinets. Meeting rooms, staff lounge, and other spaces that do not require complete visual privacy (restrooms, ser vice room, etc.) will also allow light to pass through, revealing to others the purpose of each space. 1 3
M E E T I N G
R O O M
R E C E P T I O N
c u r t ai n w al l
w a iti n g area
F I R S T
L E V E L
fur nitu re plan
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HAND DRAFTING/RENDERIN — The fol lowing images showcase some of the drawings from the drafting as well as from the architecture perspective and rendering classes.
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PA I N T I N G S — The love for painting really begun since the ar t school in Riga, Latvia, a city I grew up in. I paint the things that I feel and inspirations gathered from simple things. 1 7
C R AT E R c har c o al a nd ink
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a c r y lic , g r a ph i te, an d i n k
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PHOTOGRAPHY — I love capturing moments of ever yday life, whether it be a meal that I have made or an interior space that has inspired me. My work has been featured by Warby Parker and other brands on their social media and other marketing materials.
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THANK YOU
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