PATRICIA PYRA DESIGN PORTFOLIO
SPRING 2010 Kansas State University Interior Architecture + Product Design
Project List Interior Architecture Clay Center City Hall Renovation AMI Innovation Center HEJ Jewelry Store
Product Design Recycling Bin RBT Design Competition Bar Stools
Related Experience Visual Communications AIAS Kansas State Study Abroad Spring 2009
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“Interior architecture is a professional field linking architecture, art, interior design and product design for the purpose of human use. This culture encompasses all design principles to create spaces that are functional and efficient as well as aesthetic. interior architecture is inspired humanism that is both powerful and practical.� capd.ksu.edu/iapd
Problem: A city hall in Clay Center, Kansas that has an inefficient use of space and in need of renovation and code compliance.
Solution: Create functionality and increase efficiency through modern
Clay Center City Hall Renovation
materials and a new floor plan. Also, maintain the historical integrity of the original construction through an updated facade and restoration of existing materials
Current Facade
Art Deco Themed Proposed Facade
Sketch of Proposed Solution
This project was completed in collaboration with Lindsay Efrink, IAPD Kansas State University
Third Floor
First Floor
Basement
Updated Floor Plans 5
Clay Center City Hall Renovation
Second Floor
Clay Center City Hall Renovation
Entrance
Back Office Hallway
Council Chambers
Renovated Basement
Materials and Color Palette
Clay Center City Hall Renovation
Basement with Proposed Level Changes
Problem: A design center requesting a new space that combines client interaction, confidential collaboration space, and a space for rapid proto-typing
Solution: Promote innovation and collaboration through the use of dynamic sculptural pieces floating the voids of the space.
Parti
Structural System Study
Inspiration- Sawtooh Facade Munich
Exterior
AMI Innovation Center
Massing Study
Second Floor (all other floors follow the same principles)
AMI Innovation Center
Ground Floor
AMI Innovation Center
East-West Section
Stair Detail
View Towards Employee Lounge Area
View of Atrium and Team Collaboration Space
Example Of Teaming Space
AMI Innovation Center
Individual Workspace
Problem: Design a jewelry store for a fictional company. The space was
100 feet by 25 feet. One of the goals of the space planning was to feature the exclusive diamond and engagement ring collection. Solution: Using a series of “continuous� ribbons to zone the space and spatially realate the front of the store to the rear. The zoning was achieved through a using a curving display and floor system signals when the jewelry collection types have changed.
HEJ Jewelry Store
Entrance
View from Entrance
Preliminary Sketches and 3d Models
HEJ Jewelry Store
Floor Plan
HEJ Jewelry Store
View from Rear of Store
Wall Cases
Wall Cases with Viewing Table
View of Front Counter
HEJ Jewelry Store
Individual Case
Problem: Design a recylcing station that can be put into individual studios in the architecture building.
Solution: An all-one-recycling station that stores aluminum, plastic #1,
plastic #2, bond paper, and newspaper. A drawer to collect plastic bottle caps that cannot be recycled is also included. To empty the system, just pull the containers out of the system and empty them into a larger recycling bin.
Recylcing Bin
View in a Studio
Perspective
Front View
Top View
Exploded View
Recycling Bin
Materials: - Brushed stainless steel frame - Antimicrobial opaque polyvinyl chloride for larger bins and drawer for caps - Tinted polyvinyl chloride for containers for paper
Problem: Design a porch light that illuminates the entryway, the face of visitors at the door, and the address. Also, the light should reduce light pollution, glare, and energy use.
RBT Design Competition - Deco Glow
Solution: This modern and dramatic porch takes inspiration from
Matterinc’s solar porch light. Strip LEDs provide the backlighting for the aluminum-backed acrylic numbers, and acrylic diffusers inserted into the piece provide for the ambient and keyhole lighting. The numbers easily slide out of the piece and can come in a variety of colors, so the luminaire is customizable to the owners’ particular design tastes.
View with Context
Exploded View
Close-Up
RBT Design Competition - Deco Glow
Top/Front/Side View (Measurements in Inches)
Problem: Design and construct casegoods or seating that showcase all
the skills one has learned in the previous semesters of Design Workshop 1 and 2. Solution: 2 Bar stools with wooden seats and a Mig welded frame.
Bar Stools - Contrast
Completed 3D Model Exploded View
Front and Side View (Measurements in Inches)
Bar Stools - Contrast
Fabrication and Finished Product
Overview: These drawings were produced in a semester long class that
Visual Communications
focused on using different types of media to convey design ideas. Some of the media explored included- marker, prismacolor, and photorealism
Exploded View
Photorealism
Prismacolor Markers
Prismacolor Pencils
Overview: These posters were created for Kansas State University’s
chapter of AIAS in the fall of 2007. The method used in the design of the postings was to use images related to the topics of each meeting.
AIAS - Postings Chair Fall 2007
Overview: This work is from the interior architecture studio offered to
Study Abroad Prague - Spring 2009
American student exchange students at Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic. The final project for the semester was to design a chair that draws inspiration for an interior space. This chair was modeled after the Gothic St. George’s Basillica in the Prague Castle.
Sketches and Interior Views of the Basillica
Chair Inspiration: Arch Detail
Initial Sketch
Computer Model
Study Model
Study Abroad Prague - Spring 2009
“Final” Sketch
Overview: These images are just a small sample of places visited while in Europe in the Spring of 2009.
Study Abroad Prague - Spring 2009
Brno, Czech Republic
Completed 3D Model Exploded View
Bratislava, Slovakia
Roman Ruins, Rome
Paris
Paris
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Study Abroad Prague - Spring 2009 Muller Villa, Prague