Sharon P.
CROCKETT
Residential DESIGN
Residential design - upper manhattan condo Bohemian mid-century Modern-inspired design for a young family of four The family of four -- two adults and two children -- was moving uptown from a tight one-bedroom rental on the Upper West Side to a roomy three bedroom condo, newly renovated in Hamilton Heights in Upper Manhattan. They had a storage space filled with paintings and inherited pieces with a decidedly bohemian or sixties vibe. But they wanted their new place to feel like a contemporary take on mid-century modern, not a period room re-creation. We got busy with space planning, making sure there would be adequate clearance for flow between larger pieces of furniture. We also made sure to provide enough seating for the family and for guests. The living/dining room area faced a brick wall. So, we knew we needed to shade the windows more to obscure the lack of a view than to block the much-needed natural light. We selected gauzy roller shades to let in what natural light there was, while screening the lack of a view. Since the room lacked much natural light, we mounted a large, bone inlaid mirror in the dining area to bounce it back into the space and to augment the bubble chandelier that the clients had their hearts set on. We added some water glass teardrop pendants over a new movable kitchen island, which provides much-needed additional counter space. A neutral grey modern sofa anchors the living room and complements a bright yellow armchair and warm, wood custom kidney-shaped coffee table. A custom walnut dining table and the owner’s own bone inlaid heirloom chest below a wall-mounted TV warm up the space. The entry hall showcases the owners’ artwork above a simple console table. A gallery wall above the sofa features art and photographs from the family’s collection. In the end, the space is contemporary, authentic to the family and meets their functional needs.
2016 Firm: haus. by bjc. Designers: Sharon P. Crockett & Miriam Biolek-Jones, Principals Renderings: Sharon P. Crockett
Original Rendered Model Aerial View
Original 3-D Renderings
Residential design - Harlem brownstone apartment renovation asian inspiration and a few Luxe touches for a serene warmth The brownstone in Harlem is historic and the parlor-floor apartment needed updating from its earlier 1990’s renovation. The client, a freelance TV producer, was relocating back to New York from Chicago, and had a predilection for Chinese antiques and pop art and in need of a serene retreat. A key goal was to find a place to hang her Warhol print. The solution was to gut the cookie cutter kitchen and re-configure it to work more efficiently, to update the bathroom and to bring in new furnishings and finishes to mix in with some of her antiques and artwork. Much of the original dark wood detailing had been removed as part of the earlier renovation; but what did remain in the living room was painted a lighter shade to make the space feel less heavy. We kept the dark wood window frame and double-height shutters in the bedroom to bring some rich coziness to that room. The color palette revolves around warm yellows and their blue-grey complement, plus warm browns, some greens and touches of reds. The walls are painted a buttery yellow, which also shows up in the whimsical Asian-themed roman shade fabric. Since the client leans towards greys, a blue-grey was selected for the new kitchen cabinetry placed in a galley arrangement instead of the former awkward U-shape with corner sink. Also in the grey family is the revived bathroom, with its new grey-painted wood vanity, interlace floor tile and “dove” Harlem Toile du Jouy wallpaper by Sheila Bridges Design. The new glass shower/tub shield opens up the tiny bath, revealing more of the wallpaper. New lighting throughout the apartment (along with new dimmers) warms things up, replacing the flat, dull effects of the former pendants and sconces. A challenge was allocating space in the living area for dining, work and entertaining. Originally, a triangular below-stairs office nook was contemplated. In the end, the client opted to use a custom-designed and built wood trestle table and chairs with cushions placed near the tall windows and built-in mirror as her “home office”. It does double-duty as a place to eat and to entertain. Art installation and placement of the client’s antique red Chinese console table next to the new dark brown velvet sofa were some of the final touches needed to make her re-designed Harlem brownstone apartment finally feel like the serene home she had originally envisoned. In the end, the best place for her Warhol print turned out to be in the kitchen.
2017 Firm: haus. by bjc. Designers: Sharon P. Crockett & Miriam Biolek-Jones, Principals Renderings: Sharon P. Crockett
Original Furnishings Concept Board and 3-D Model View - Entry Foyer and Hallway
Plan, Elevation, Preliminary Rendered Elevation and 3-D Rendered Model Views - New Below-Stairs Office Nook (Not Built)
Original 3-D Model Views and Furnishings Concepts Boards Living Room and Dining Area
New Hearth Tile
Furniture Plan, East Elevation, Model View of Fireplace Wall and Preliminary West Wall Installation - Living Room and Dining Area
Original Proposed New Millwork Elevation, 3-D Rendered Model View and Original Furnishings Concept Board - Bedroom Concepts
Final Elevation, 3-D Rendered Model View and Installation - Bedroom
New Plan and Final Installation - Kitchen
After
Before
Rendered Concept Elevation, New Floor Tile, Ceiling Light Fixture and Final Installation - Bathroom
Final Installation - Bathroom
RESIDENTial design - UPPER WEST SIDE FAMILY DUPLEX Facelift UPDATED FINISHES A busy film director mom needed an overhaul of carpets, millwork finishes, slipcovers, pillows and window treatments for her sprawling duplex apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Along the way, she asked us to suggest new furniture plans for her son’s room and her office. In the end, her family’s duplex apartment got fresh new paint colors, fun fabrics, and a new attitude.
2017 Firm: haus. by bjc. Designers: Sharon P. Crockett & Miriam Biolek-Jones, Principals Renderings: Sharon P. Crockett
New Office Millwork Finish
New Office Plan and Millwork Finish
Living Room New Window Treatent & Velvet Slipcover
New Boy’s Room Millwork Finish - Rendering and Installation with New Wool Carpet and Window Treatment
Kids’ Bathroom - New Finishes and Wallpaper
residential design - showhouses a duo of showhouses: #1 - 2012 MANSIONS IN MAY - A FRESH TAKE ON Neo-TUDOR The Great Hall of a neo-Tudor estate in Morristown, New Jersey becomes a stately room echoing its period inspiration through strategically placed antiques but refreshed for a sit-down-and-relax lifestyle with greenery and re-upholstered classics. Barbara Ostrom of Barbara Ostrom Associates, Inc. took a dark, drafty great hall with towering stained glass windows, a massive stone hearth and exposed timber and brought it into the twenty-first century. Glynallyn, at 12 Canfield Road in Morristown, New Jersey, was built around the turn of the last century by George Marshall Allen to resemble a 16th-century English castle, Compton Wynyates. The result was a warm-toned room grounded by a 15-foot by 25-foot gold-toned Oushak carpet with rich accents of crimson, the complimentary color of green in the leaves of the towering ficus trees and dramatic ambient lighting softened by smaller pools of light provided by table lamps. The nod to the tudor inspiration of the architecture was in the use of a suit of armor in the organ pulpit, tartan chair upholstery and a seven-foot tall wooden duchess once carried in village processions. I had the responsibility of doing the site measurements and floor plan of the 40foot long space in AutoCAD as well as collaborating on selecting and sourcing appropriate antiques from Newell Antiques in Manhattan. As project manager, I requisitioned and met with the electricians who installed the 225-pound three-tier iron chandelier into the 41-foot ceiling, ensuring that dimmers and new floor outlets were also put in place. Researching and visiting nurseries to find the best tall trees and flowers, I also arranged for on-site application of flame retardants to drapery for certificate of occupancy compliance. I met the movers and assisted with installation of lighting, furniture and antiques. Lastly, I arranged for the placement of a baby grand piano, which provided visual interest in one of the more barren corners of the huge hall.
Spring 2012 Principal: Barbara Ostrom • Barbara Ostrom Associates, Inc. Client: Morristown Medical Center
Copyright 2012 Peter Rymwid
Copyright 2012 Peter Rymwid
Copyright 2012 Peter Rymwid
#2 - 2012 New Jersey Designer Showhouse - dreaming of the hamptons
The awkward angled wall and upper ceilings of a little-used garret bedroom on the top floor of a Saddle River, New Jersey estate are the backdrop for a new architectural niche and weathered wood-like wallcoverings, making the room a place for daydreaming...of the Hamptons. Barbara Ostrom of Barbara Ostrom Associates, Inc. restrained the room’s palette by limiting it to cool and crisp white and navy with accents of pale yellows and blues, all softened by the horizontally installed Nobilis faux bois wallcovering. The horizontal installation draws the eye down from the high ceilings, particularly since the wallcovering continues up the angled ceiling. The paper stops at the new coffered ceiling, its inner squares painted a robin’s egg blue, barely perceptable. She designed a new rectangular wood niche sized to fit a daybed, closing off a sharply and awkwardly sloping wall. An empty closet became a new built-in bookcase. A large pine farm table angled slightly now serves as a desk, and a new globe chandelier with small shades provides overall lighting. Accessories were edited to emphasize seashells, coral, wood boxes, carved wood animals and framed nautical prints and maps. Again, doing the site measurements, floor plan and elevations of the unusually angeled space in AutoCAD, I also collaborated on selecting fabris and trims for the drapery and soft roman shades and located the iron sleigh daybed from the sole warehouse along the East Coast that had one available. I coordinated with our workroom to obtain a custom daybed cushion in a bright, white Belgian cotton linen and with our wallpaper installers, who had never worked with the Frenchmade wallcovering before. Finally, I met the deliveries of all furniture and antique prints and decorative accessories, ensuring that all items were in good condition, and drew up a price list for their sale to visitors who tended to linger in this tranquil and restorative office/sitting room. The room was featured in the October/November 2012 issue of designNJ magazine.
Spring 2012 Principal: Barbara Ostrom • Barbara Ostrom Associates, Inc. Client: Hackensack Medical Center Foundation
Furniture and Millwork DESIGN
Residential design - manhattan child’s bedroom Custom furniture, millwork and decoration This Swiss-born Manhattan client highly valued organization and compartmentalization. She desperately wanted a sleeping and storage solution for her 6 year-old son that would take advantage of his room’s tall ceilings. We started with conceptualizing a loft bed and decided to widen the closest opening to create a large niche. The head of the bed could fit snugly in part of this niche beneath a soffit. Next, we designed a deep closet with double hanging rods that could be tucked beneath the loft bed inside the new niche. Next to it could snugly fit deep built-in shelves and soft-close drawers. This solved the problem of clothing storage. Eventually, we designed a cubby unit that fit beneath and partly supported the foot of the loft bed. We designed the cubbies so that they would perfectly fit some colorful mesh bins to hide loose toys and other kids’ stuff. The carpenter fabricated everything in painted MDF. We eschewed hardware to kid-friendly notched drawer fronts and doors to the closet. Motion-sensing LED closet lights illuminate the closet interior. To reflect her young son’s Swiss heritage, we selected a red and white color palette, with accents of deep navy and some earth tones to warm things up. All in all, her son now has a cozy elevated place to slumber and tons of new storage space.
Sspring/summer 2015 Firm: haus. by bjc. Primary designer: Sharon P. Crockett Carpenter: MPD Design Build
Loft Bed Detailed Plan View
Before
Loft Bed Side Elevation
Loft Bed Front Elevation
Millwork Design - Detail Drawings
Closet & Shelves - Plan View
Drawers & Shelves - Section Cut
Models - Wireframe & Rendering
Furniture Plan
FF&E Final Selections
Residential design - BERKSHIRES COTTAGE GREAT ROOM MILLWORK NEW STORAGE AND DISPLAY FOR MEDIA, BOOKS AND OBJEctS FOR A FIREPLACE WALL After gutting and renovating their weekend cottage in the Berkshires, this middle-aged couple sought a solution for their TV, books and other objets d’art. We immediately focused on the great room, with its soaring ceilings, reclaimed barn beams and fireplace wall. Collaborating with a local carpenter, we proposed a wall of new millwork that could hide the TV (wife’s request) while making it accessible when needed (husband’s request) during visits by their large family. In the end, they opted to hold off on having the new millwork fabricated and installed until after they could attend to other details in the space. They agreed, however, that the design achieves their needs and they look forward to when they can add it to enhance storage for their library and provide a display space for the locally crafted items they continually add to their collection.
2015 Firm: haus. by bjc. Designers: Sharon P. Crockett & Miriam Biolek-Jones, Principals Millwork Design/Drawings: Sharon P. Crockett
Elevation Drawing - New Millwork
Section Cut Drawing - New Millwork
Rough Sketch Rendering of New Millwork, Brass Library Light and Existing Space
Food Hall, Event and Exhibit DESIGN
Commercial design - Brooklyn Food HALL AT INDUSTRY CITY Berlin-inspired turkish doEner kebab Food stall design This German immigrant of Turkish descent wanted to bring his Berlin-style doener kabobs to a new Brooklyn Food Hall in Industry City. Kotti Berliner Doener Kebab had already had success inan outdoor stall at Brooklyn’s famed Smorgasburg. Now, he was ready for a more permanent space. He had some ideas, being an architect himeself, but needed a fresh set of eyes. The result: renderings of a gleaming, white subway-tled space with industtrial touches, like custom steel pipe wall-mounted shelving, and some earthier wood mixed with glass cases displaying the veggies and other condiments on offer. For fun, a wall of graffiti overlooks the carving station, reminding guests that this Berliner doener kabob stand is really in downtown Brooklyn. While the final installation (shown below right) was the owner’s own in the end, we’d like to think it took inspiration from our earliest design concepts.
2016 Firm: haus. by bjc. Designers: Sharon P. Crockett & Miriam Biolek-Jones, Principals Renderings: Sharon P. Crockett Client: Kotti Berliner Doener Kebab
event design - Master Drawings in New York 2017 at the Academy Mansion Grand Entry Hall Decoration and Lounge design The Master Drawings Association’s annual New York exhibition in Februrary of 2017 was for the first time to be centrally located at the Academy Mansion on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Silverpoint Fine Arts, which was involved in putting on the event, was in need of some help in decorating the mansion’s grand entry hall. The event also needed to design an upstairs room that would serve as a lounge and space to showcase portraits done by artist, Greg Muenzer, one of the exhibitors. There was an extremely limited budget available, and with a reliance on donations of furniture from upstart Brooklyn furniture maker, Token NYC, and a wool carpet from Aronson’s, we pulled together items from our personal inventories to stage these spaces on a very short timeline. Our skills tested, we enlisted the help of Lewis Miller Design to design and install magnificent floral arrangements on pedestals for the grand entry hall. The large beaux-arts hall had to accommodate a table for checking in, plus a more intimate area for visitors to sit and rest upon entry or departure from the exhibition. The small upstairs lounge needed to represent a short interlude between viewing 15th, 16th and 17th century works. We envisioned a carpeted space that was more contemporary, and juxtaposed a quirky, Souda-created bubble chandelier and Token lounge chair with the room’s monumental ceilings and windows. A fresh, green Farrow & Ball paint transformed the space and set off the new artwork.
2017 Firm: haus. by bjc. Designers: Sharon P. Crockett & Miriam Biolek-Jones, Principals Renderings: Sharon P. Crockett Clients: Silverpoint Fine Arts and Master Drawings Association
Original Furniture Plan
Grand Entry Foyer - Installation
Upstairs Lounge
Workplace and Learning Spaces DESIGN
LEARNING SPACES DESIGN COMPETITION - Brooklyn hIGH sCHOOL classroom RE-design finalist - GARNISH: A CULINARY LAB & ART STUDIO DESIGN COMPETITION DESIGN STATEMENT: • VERTICAL DIY METAL MESH GARDEN STANDS WITH LINED CEDAR PLANTER BOXES • SUSTAINABLE FLOORING, NO-VOC PAINT, NATURAL CORK BOARDS • NEW KITCHEN ISLANDS • RE-PURPOSED CONTAINERS FOR ART SUPPLY STORAGE -- CRATES, MASON JARS, PLASTIC MILK JUGS To excel and grow, our future community leaders need the nourishment (both literal and figurative) offered by the culinary and fine arts just as surely as they need to know math, the sciences and the language arts. This new classroom design creates healthy, sustainable lightfilled spaces in which students’ can pursue this “nourishment” through their cooking, gardening and art projects. Featuring navy blue, aqua and whites (accented by terra cotta pots and the greens of the plants), the colors reflect the school’s logo, which is stenciled on thewest-facing walls and partitions. The healthiness of the space begins with the use of no-VOC paints and bio-based linoleum flooring. Oxygen-emitting herbs and vegetables in pots on wall-mounted shelves and in lined cedar boxes on three vertical garden stands further enhance air quality. The central wall containing key plumbing and electrical lines is further raised to provide wall space for blue recycled rubber recipe boards andwall-mounted shelves for herb pots. Glass panels with decorative glass films of food- and art-related imagery top off this raised wall. New kitchen islands provide communal counter seating, storage and space for electric ranges. Column-supported overhead shelves at the islands permit installation of ductless vents above the ranges. A new bar-height counter made of recycled post-industrial paper that extends from the west wall provides another eating surface. Folding aqua square tables, stowed away in the storage closet, come out only for meals to provide additional eating surfaces. Stackable stools are used in both the culinary lab and the art studio for ease of storage and mobility. Utensils and culinary equipment stow in two lockable wood veneer cabinets. The art studio’s design focuses on display of students’ artwork and on efficient and costeffective storage of art materials. A dedicated sink in the art studio is convenient and hygienic, and natural cork is used for art display pin-up and teacher bulletin boards. While the height-adjustable art tables are meant to remain in place, the drying rack and canvas keeper are both on casters for mobility. Aprons hang on flip hooks near the closet, which contains steel shelves onto which small wooden crates, re-purposed plastic milk jugs and mason jars store paints, paintbrushes, water cups, sponges, sheets of paper and pencil. Rolled paper stows upright in a simply built wood cubbies. Easels, stacked stools and four folding square cafe tables all tuck away in the closet’s corners. 2014 Competition Finalist: Sharon P. Crockett Competition Sponsors: Architecture for Humanity & NY Cares School Site: Expeditionary Learning School for Community Leaders, Brooklyn, NY
WORKPLACE design - new media company Growing internet start-up company’s witty soho loft space in silicon alley When viral news and content internet start-up company, BuzzFeed, moved into larger office space, it settled on a New York City loft in Soho in the heart of Silicon Alley. The founder commissioned quirky wall art to set off the otherwise white, minimilast decor. A large wall off the reception area features BuzzFeed’s logo, setting the witty tone for the interiors. The young company demanded a “trashy” glass-enclosed lounge, budget-conscious work tables rather than desks, conference rooms featuring Saarinen executive side chairs, a “phone booth” and a large canteen with stainless steel appliances. Also on its list of “must haves” was a side-by-side glassfronted refrigerator for display of healthy beverages and snacks. Collaborating with JIDK, I specified reproduction Saarinen executive side chairs in a sturdy grey upholstery for conference rooms, low white vinyl armless chairs for the lounge and phone booths and inexpensive white laminate-topped work tables. Canteen tables are square versions of the work tables, while the stackable canteen chairs were specified because they allow the canteen space to double as a presentation area when lined up and when the tables are pushed back against the walls. The canteen backsplash of green opaque glass tiles sits under cabinets with shiny fronts that staff can write on with erasible white board markers. BuzzFeed had fun with naming its conference rooms after its reaction buttons. There is the “Geeky Conference Room” and the “Wtf? Conference Room”. Glass-enclosed private offices feature tatami-like floor covering, providing a texturally interesting counterpoint to the white palette and concrete flooring. I provided JIDK and Buzzfeed with a detailed furniture schedule, job book and furniture budget.
Summer 2011 Principal: Thomas Juncher Jensen • JIDK Client: BuzzFeed
Photographs courtesy of JIDK
WORKPLACE design - advertising firm los angeles advertising agency office renovation: FF&E and color palette A Young, Budget-Conscious Advertising Agency Active in the Film Industry Needed a Fresh Start in a Dreary Downtown Los Angeles Office Tower Space Collaborating with Thomas Juncher Jensen, founder of JIDK, I focused on the existing space’s one merit: the spectacular views of the L.A. skyline from the large office windows. JIDK needed a color palette and budget-conscious furnishings for the young film ad agency. Jensen devised open office areas with custom low, cork-covered dividers to provide unobstructive views, promote collaboration and to absorb sound. I selected comfortable Steelcase task chairs, inexpensive laminate-topped work tables of varying sizes and file pedestals with cool aqua and grey upholstery and laminates. The color
palette takes inspiration both from the company’s logo: and the skyscape visible from the windows. The carpet tiles are a complementary neutral charcoal, tightly woven for resilience. Half walls are covered with sound-absorbing cork. In appreciation of the staff’s need for occasional privacy away from the open office areas, Jensen interspersed the space with lounges and break-out rooms. For these quiet, glass-enclosed niches I focused on specifying low-slung modular sofas, textured aqua throw pillows and low, movable side tables and soft but sturdy ottomans that can double as tablet and laptop workstands. Meeting rooms feature reproductions of classics of modern furniture design by Le Corbusier and Eames. I created mood boards and assembled a detailed furniture schedule, job book and budget for the clent.
Spring/Summer 2011 Principal: Thomas Juncher Jensen • JIDK Client: 4D (Publicis Groupe)
Installation: Open Offices
copyright 2011 JIDK
Installation: Lounges and Break-Out Rooms
copyright 2011 JIDK
copyright 2011 JIDK
WORKPLACE design - law firm Law Firm Office renovation Relocating to new office space on Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan, this law firm was budget-conscious and desirous of natural lighting. It decided to retain the existing dark wood veneer private office furniture and broadloom carpet in private perimeter offices that were already in its new space. The challenge was to select paint, finishes, carpet, panel-based systems and ancillary furniture that complimented the existing finishes while satisfying the partners’ desire for a grey palette. This meant painting over the bright blues and mustards in the existing new space that showed up as dated accent colors on walls near built-in file stroage areas and copy and mailroom niches. Once more neutral wall and file cabinet paint was selected, the decision was made to select a Tandus modular carpet tile that featured the desired pale grey for the open work areas, but that also complemented exisitng beige carpet in the permiter offices. It also meant selecting a more luxurious inset broadloom carpet to install lin the reception area that would complement an existing black glossy stone surround, classic HBF reception furniture that the law firm would be bringing from its old offices and an existing neutral textile wallcovering. An inexpensive AllSteel systems furniture with a sable panel fabric, new smoky pearwoodgrained laminate and a white solid surfacing for new pantries and basic grey, chrome and white cafe furniture finished off the offices. A new custom-length credenza with a finish matched to the law firm’s existing conference table provided new storage in the brand-new boardroom. This new room was completely glass-enclosed, to help bring in the natrual light that the partners so desired. Privacy was achieved with a shimmery opaque glass film.
Summer 2013 Firm: TPG Architecture Client: Ellenoff, Grossman and Schole, LLP
Furniture Plan
Modular Carpet, Paint and Panel-based Workstations and Finishes
New Pantry and Cafe Finishes and Furniiture
Installation: Open Work Areas, Corridors and Built-in Storage
New Pantry Rendered New Millwork Elevations and Installation
WORKPLACE design - Insurance company Insurance company Information Technology Department: FROM CUBICLES TO AN OPEN OFFICE PLAN An establishd financial guaranty company’s IT department’s new Chief Information Officer wanted to create a space that could facilitate more informal collaboration between developers, architecture and infrastructure teams. With a current, non-unpleasant East Asian aesthetic, emphasizing bamboo and shoji, the CIO of this insuance company’s IT department did not want a radical makeover that turned his department’s space into a Google or Facebook wannabe. He did want to dim the lighting, bring in more natural lighting and pull down the existing high cubicle walls. The challenge was to ensure that teams that interacted the most were adjacent to one another, but using a benching system with upholstered returns and personal. Another challenge was to get rid of the glass enclosed perimeter offices, while still providing a sense of hierarchy within the context of an open plan. Since so much visual and acoustical privacy was going away, the new layout includes a couple of telephone rooms featuring felt acoustical tiles, some break-out rooms, team rooms and a larger meeting room. Wardrobes that used to be part of high-walled cubicles were replaced with shared closets. The CIO did not want a large conference room, as he felt that got little use. So, the largest meeting room accommodate just 8-10 people, and is placed fairly far away from the main open work spaces. Intermittent informal seating areas are also scattered throughout the space, permitting casual interactions away from the desks. A mobile media wall with table, Slate from OFS, adjacent to the desks fo the CIO and COO provide additional space for collaboration. A wall of monitors tracking financial market data, news and weather was located just above new built-in millwork along a wall that used to house empty file cabinets. The department is moving towards all electronic files. To remain consistent with other departments, bamboo veneers and laminates were retained as primary finishes, along with textiles and felts in warm oranges and light blues and modular carpet tiles in medium greys. Wall paint was kept neutral and suspended linear LED lighting is kept dimmed to facilitate easier vision of monitors. Sunlight now streams into the space through tall windows that previously had been accessible only to enclosed offices. Electronically controlled solar shades control glare and adjust automatically as light conditions shift during the day. Team heads, the CIO and COO now all have slightly larger desks and longer returns and are positioned at the window-facing ends of benching systems. So, while now more integrated into the plan with their subordinates, positioning and space allocations subtly hint at the hierarchy. The East Asian aesthetic was adhered to not only through the use of sustainable bamboo, but also in the meeting and team rooms, where cleft finishes on stone is featured on credenza and millwork tops and and live-edge wood tops are used on the custom meeting tables, in addition to clean white solid surfacing.
Summer 2013 Firm: TPG Architecture Client: Assured Guaranty IT Department
New Open Office Plan
SketchUp
Open Office Adjacency Bubble Diagram and Test Fit
InDesign Illustrator AutoCAD
6’ x 6’ Workstation Typical Isometric Sketch, Ancillary Furniture and Materials
WORKPLACE design - interior design firm interior design firm office Concepts - Construction Documents, detail drawings, renderings The 10,000 square-foot raw commercial space needed to be transformed into a working interior design firm office for a small staff. I wanted to emphasize the industrial aspects of the existing space, which could be conducive to a gallery display of the firm’s projects, while also creating cozier pods in interior and perimeter rooms. Exploiting daylight from the space’s southern exposure, I used glass enclosures and open workspaces wherever possible. Varying soft and hard floor surfaces and ceiling heights helped to demarcate transitions between zones of activity. The color palette was taken from a favorite work of art of the owner that emphasizes the cooler hues of grey and aqua with warm accents of orange. I specified polished concrete on the floor in the main working space and outfitted it with 8 sustainable workstations. I left the 10-foot ceilings unfinished, exposing the ductwork, and used simple pendant lighting in this main space, dropping gypsum board and ACT ceilings to 8’-6” only in the presentation room, smaller conference room and perimeter private offices. Glass with eye-level frosted sections encloses the 3 private offices that, unlike the main workspace, have sound-muffling carpet tiles and more substantial modular desks and storage. These private offices ring the open-area main workspace for easy access. I centrally located the materials library and also enclosed it in sound-proof glass with eye-level frosting to benefit from daylighting. Inside are floor-to-ceiling shelving, a desk, seating and additional carpet tiles. Beechwood cabinetry in both the small pantry and adjacent mail/copy room provide a tonal contrast to those rooms’ darker grey HPL flooring. Slate flooring in the small unisex bathroom also contrasts with a beechwood vanity. A small reception and gallery with recycled wood flooring create a warmer, earthier welcome to clients and other guests, who can easily be led to adjacent presentation and conference rooms, that also utilize more wood than do the more industrial work areas screened from view.
Spring Semester 2008 • Construction Documents Faculty: Kent Hikida • Switzer
AutoCAD 3ds Max Photoshop
Presentation Room
Open Office Area, South View
Benjamin Moore #606 - Accent Wall
Carini Lang Rug
Bamboo Flooring
Marimekko Fabric Wall Panel
Barcelona Chair
Reception Area Views
Elevations and Enlarged Plans
Detail Drawings
Hospitality and Healthcare DESIGN
hospitality design - hotel pagganck hotel and conference center on governors island urban renewal project
A Haven for Urban and Suburban Dwellers, Cyclists and Corporate Retreat Attendees Eco-Friendly Lodgings Amidst a Nature Preserve on a Car-Free City Island in New York Harbor This hotel connects guests with the natural surroundings of the planned new park on Governors Island designed by Dutch firm, Team 8. It brings the outdoors inside through the use of a raised wooden plinth, screened cabanas, hammocks, porches and pavilions and private decks. Guests are able to flow with natural forces by cycling and strolling along the meandering trellis-covered raised walkways and boardwalks that hug the shoreline and connect guest room pavilions to the lobby pavilions. Bicycle parking and water bottle re-filling stations dot the landscape. Guest rooms become increasingly luxurious as length of stay increases all the while retaining their connection to the surrounding greenery, trees and distant views of Lower Manhattan. In appreciation of the island’s history, the hotel takes its name, “Pagganck”, from the original Leni Lenape name for Governors Island. It means “Nut Island”, due to the profusion of hickory, oak and chestnut trees. This is reflected in the logo and branding.
Spring Semester 2009 • Studio 3 Faculty: Thomas Morbitzer, Goil Amornvivat • AM/MOR Architecture & Interior Design
the PAGGANCK HOTEL ON GOVERNORS ISLAND, New york
Lobby Lounge Pavilion
3ds Max Photoshop
Self-Check-in/out Pavilion - Interior View
Trellis-covered walkway
Self-Check-in/out Pavilion - Exterior View
Pavilions Atop Plinth
Elevator Bank in Guest Room Pavilion
Terrace off Lobby Lounge Pavilion Guest Room Pavilion Corridor
Guest Room Furnishings, Fittings and Materials
Fittings & Fixtures
Sancor Envirolet VF 700 Composting Toilet
“Elard” Electric Key Card Escutcheon Lever Set by Rocky Mountain Hardware
Wallcoverings
Flooring
Lighting
Benjamin Moore Low-VOC Aura Interior Paint
Straw Sticks & Bricks Bravado Malte Natural Wool Rug
ADA Sconce Flex by Neidhardt in Polished Aluminum (not as shown)
“Veneto” Pedestal Sink by Stone Forest
“Touch by Clodagh” Single Handle Wallmounted Taps by Watermark
“Papillon” Bathrub by Stone Forest
EcoResin with Embedded Bear Grass by 3Form – Bath Doors
“Touch by Clodagh” Shower Set
Recycled Limestone Brick Wall – Bath & Bed
American Slate Interior Ledger Panels – River Rock
“Pedal Power” Wallpaper by Flavor Paper, Brooklyn, NY
St. Remy Limestone Bath
CariniLang “Aquarium” wool, silk area rug
Meridien Accents River Rox Pebble Tile – Shower Floor
“Egesta/250/S1 Suspension” in Chrome & Acrylic by Hampstead Lighting
Acro Wall Diritto 18 Outdoor Deck Lighting by Hampstead
Furniture & Fabric
“Raindrop” Side Table/Stool by Skram Furniture
“Catifa” Lounge Chair by Arper in Luna fabric (at right)
“Vegetal” Deck Chair (Vitra)
“Leaf” 1804 Chaise Longue for Deck by Arper
Accessories
Nelson Chronopak Clock (Vitra)
Linens
“Cotton Flowers” Organic Bedding by Calvin Klein Home
Organic Toiletries by Naturopathica of East Hampton, NY
Eva Sfere Ricamo Bath Towels by Frette
“Cobble stone” in “Gingko” by Luna Bicycle Tire Rim Side Table for Deck
Circa Serving (Mini-B Widdic
Hourly Cabana, Cabana Bath and Daily Guest Room and Bath
Weekly Guest Room and Bath
healthcare design - cancer treatment center Developing a new model of cancer care delivery Partnership Project with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 553 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York Satellite Site Patient choice. Simplicity. Human-centered technology.
Fall Semester 2009 • Studio 2 Faculty: Aki Ishida • Aki Ishida Architect William Ngo • i/o collaborative
Reception
Precedent Study: Spa Napping Cabanas (Scaled Model) with Aromatherapy and Sound Therapy
Proposed Site Plan for 553 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Waiting Area TV Area Patient Art Display Wall Reception Pantry & Cafe Closet Quiet Room
8. Blood Analysis 9. Bloodwork 10. Med Room 11. Nurses’ Station 12. Break Room & Lockers 13. Art & Recreation Area 14. Mobile Nurses’ Station
Freehand Drawings, Decoration, Writings and Lectures
freehand drawing hand interior renderings & SKETCHES Mid-Century Modern, Transitional, Educational, Retail Package Design
Finn Juhl-Inspired Bi-Level Living Room - Color Pencil
Craftsman Living Room
Urban School Cafeteria Terrace
decoration DECORATIVE PIECES
Screen, Furniture, Lighting, Staircase Railing
“Monarch Butterflies, Milkweeds, Caterpillars and Cocoons”
“India”
“Modern Victoriana”
7’
7’
2”’ Scale: 1’1/2” = 1’-0”
Fabric Sculpture Screen 3D Rendering Woodgrain Motif Based on Wall Surface Treatment by Petra Blaisse, for Casa da Musica, Portugal
Patternmaking: Design for Laser Cut of Woodgrain Motif onto Fabric
Furniture Piece “Transforming Surfaces”
Sculptural Lighting “Forming Surfaces”
article, white paper and lectures
November 22, 2011 Dear Sharon, Thank you so much for a wonderful program on Russel Wright's Manitoga. Your enthusiasm and knowledge of Manitoga was obvious. The use of different media in your presentation was so well done, and kept the audience invovled. Visiting Manitoga will be on my list of places to visit, and to find out more! Thank you again for sharing your time, talent and knowledge with the Montvale Library Community. Best Regards, Rose Curry Adult Program Coordinator Montvale Public Library
Sharon P.
CROCKETT