Interior Design Portfolio by Tara Linsley Bania

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Tara Linsley Bania

Exhibit Design - Mail Call Retail Design - Pulse Service Station Office Design - 1 London Wall Modular Design - Deyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market Stand Restaurant Design - Onondaga Cafe

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Challenge To design a traveling exhibit that can fit in any schools gymnasium across America, and that is easy to assemble and ship around the country. The exhibit content, aims to connect the viewer with the U.S. soldiers overseas.

Action The use of 3-form resins and glass panels, overlaid over the top of one another, create a semitranslucent and open-air viewing experience. The natural sunlight, shining through the gym windows will illuminate the panels, giving the feeling of the soldiers words and photos opening up, and exposing themselves to the viewer.

Result Digital imagery, text and video, including photos of U.S. soldiers and their personal writings are displayed in contrast with the writings of war journalists. There is also an area at the end where a local soldier/veteran from the community would volunteer to talk to the audience about his/her experiences. This exhibit not only gives a viewer the often hidden perspective of the U.S. soldier, but also symbolizes that war monuments donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be made after the fact. The remembrance of American soldiers at war hopefully serves as an inspiration to each local community it reaches and the soldiers as well.

Mail Call

Zerak, Afghanistan, January, 2010. “It was my first evening on a new base where I was not familiar with any of the soldiers yet. I decided to check out the gym. Two soldiers were working out in the tiny, dirt floored gym. I knew I was getting closer to where I needed to be in the war when the floors of the base’s gym became dirt. After spending some time photographing I left to go and edit.

Later that night I heard a knock on my door and the soldier pictured came in. He had a thumb drive and wanted to know if he could have a copy of the images to send to family and friends.”

TITLE: WORK OUT BY: SPENCER PLATT - 2010

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Traveling Exhibit Design \ InDesign CS3 / AutoCAD 2010 \ Spring 2010 (Left) Example of a hanging panel from the exhibit. The image is a sticker placed over a 3-form Chroma panel, while the vertical type is etched into a separate panel made of 3-form pressed glass, and is hung in front of the Chroma panel (Right) Detail of one specific arrangement of panels for the traveling exhibit.

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(Left) Process work details the evolution of the floor plan and exhibit structure (Right) Floor Plan of the Edward Smith School Gymnasium in Syracuse, NY, where the Operation G.I.GO - Mail Call tour will kick off. The 40-minute exhibit has floor decals with declining numbers appearing after the start, helping students manage their time throughout.

Traveling Exhibit Design \ Sketches / AutoCAD 2010 InDesign CS3 \ Spring 2010

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Traveling Exhibit Design \ SketchUp 7 Photoshop CS3 \ Spring 2010 (Left) View of Zone 1 and Zone 2 (Right) View of Zone 3 and Zone 6. Zone 6, in the foreground is of the interactive speakers station. Here, the local volunteer veteran entertains guests questions and tells stories about his/her tour of duty.

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iraq + afghanistan traveling war exhibit

SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE EDWARD SMITH SCHOOL 1106 LANCASTER AVENUE - SYRACUSE, NY 13210 - 3328

TITLE: THUMBS UP FROM LOCAL BOYS BY: CAPT MULUEY - 2005 TIKRIT, IRAQ

SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE EDWARD SMITH SCHOOL 1106 LANCASTER AVENUE - SYRACUSE, NY 13210 - 3328

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TITLE: THUMBS UP FROM LOCAL BOYS BY: CAPT MULUEY - 2005 TIKRIT, IRAQ Zerak, Afghanistan, January, 2010. “It was my first evening on a new base where I was not familiar with any of the soldiers yet. I decided to check out the gym. Two soldiers were working out in the tiny, dirt floored

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er to where I needed to be in the war when the floors of the base’s gym became dirt. After spending some time photographing I left to go and edit.

Later that night I heard a knock on my door and the soldier pictured came in. He had a thumb drive and wanted to know if he could have a copy of the images to send to family and friends.”

iraq + afghanistan traveling war exhibit

TITLE: WORK OUT BY: SPENCER PLATT - 2010

TITLE: 1LT WYSNEWSKI LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVOY BY: SGT LOU - 2005 - IRAQ

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MAIL CALL EXHIBIT

TITLE: THUMBS UP FROM LOCAL BOYS BY: CAPT MULUEY - 2005 TIKRIT, IRAQ

TITLE: MARCH MADNESS BY: CAPT MULUEY - 2005 KUWAIT

Operation G.I.GO is a program that aims to get veterans involved in their community as a way of healing. For many veterans, war does not end when the last bullets are fired; rather the war lives on in the mind and bodies of those who fight them forever. MAIL CALL is the first theme for the traveling exhibits first U.S. tour. The exhibit incorporates photos, videos and writting entries from soldiers overseas, as well as photographic and written media from war journalists. The idea however is that after each tour, the theme of the exhibit will change; and continue to make its rounds across America for the duration of the wars.

Traveling Exhibit Design \ SketchUP 7 Photoshop CS3 / Illustrator CS3 InDesign CS3 \ Spring 2010

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(Left) View of Zone 5, an interactive zone where guests sit in a deconstructed Humvee and watch a short film made by soldiers overseas. The purpose of this zone is to introduce a new type of media and also to give guests a chance to briefly sit down (Right) Graphic design for the exhibit including: binding for set-up instructions, ticket and posters.

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TITLE: NEVER MISS A MEAL HOOOAH BY: SGT LOU - 2005 - IRAQ

Challenge Design and develop a prototype and business model for a sustainable transportation center that will provide information and encourage alternative means of transportation from bicycles and walking to electric vehicles and mass transit. The center should also be a public demonstration project of sustainable design.

Action With the use of sustainable materials, I designed a transportation hub unlike any other. For this group project I incorporated the engineers sustainable inventions with interfaces created by industrial designers to plan and design a space that was more then a transportation hub, but a one-stop station where the ultimate goal was to allow guests to do a maximum number of â&#x20AC;&#x153;typical choresâ&#x20AC;? in as little time as they wished.

Result The result is a mixed-use transportation center that reflects its sustainable roots via an earth tone palette and green building materials. The qualities and activities in the building allow people to get alot done quicker, so they can spend more time doing what they love.

Pulse Service Station

Retail Design \ SketchUP 7 \ Spring 2010 Exterior model for the Pulse Service Station - Tara Bania - Exterior/Interior design of structure and SketchUP model Evan Hutker - Station layout and fuel pump overhang and Allie Jennings - Graphics.

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Pulse Service Station

Retail Design \ Sketches / SketchUp 7 \ Spring 2010 (Left) Process sketches detailing the exterior design for the Service Station (Right) Exterior model for the Pulse Service Station.

Pulse Service Station

Retail Design \ Sketches / AutoCAD2010 \ Spring 2010

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(Left) Process sketches detailing the interior design for the Service Station (Right) Floor Plan for the Service Station. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

Pulse Service Station

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Retail Design \ AutoCAD2010 / SketchUP 7 Photoshop CS3 Sketches \ Spring 2010 (Left) Second Floor Plan for the Service Station (Right) Rendering of the market space and below, sketches of different interfaces and ways to harvest energy for the station.

Challenge To research and apply the open office space planning techniques and furniture used by European designers and apply these elements to the office space design of an American law firm. The site for the project was 1 London Wall, a glass, steel and Portland stone base building completed in 2003 in London by Norman Foster.

Action With a total internal area of 204,335 sq. feet, the vacated 12th floor of the building was bought by the American law firm Alston + Bird LLP. to accommodate 42 employees. I utilized European space planning techniques and created an entirely open plan office space, free of walls. Functional furniture pieces by European manufacture Bene and American manufacture Steelcase, provided functional and comfortable work stations.

Result The open plan office creates a collaborative working atmosphere where everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desk is easily accessible to others. It aims to promote employee interaction and teamwork amongst one another. Quiet rooms and team rooms allow for more privacy when needed. The Center Station was kitchen system that I designed specifically for the breakout space to consolidate all of the kitchen appliances to fit around 4, 3â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wide walls to allow more of the space for staff, rather then to appliances.

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Office Design \ AutoCAD2010 \ Spring 2009

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(Left) Floor Plan for 1 London Wall (Right) Lighting Plan for 1 London Wall.

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Office Design \ AutoCAD2010 SketchUP Photoshop CS3 / SketchUP Photoshop CS3 \ Spring 2009 (Left) Employee breakout space (Right) Here, (4) 3â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 7â&#x20AC;&#x2122; walls create an ultra small cooking space footprint with the basic appliances. This unit allows for more valuable space to be given back.

Challenge To design a modular display stand for a variety of vendors in an indoor market setting.

Action Lightweight powder coated aluminum post and beam components were used to make the stands. Thus, each vendor, depending on how much space is needed, can add more beam pieces to make a display larger.

Result The modularity of the structure allows for quick and easy moving and construction/destruction when needed. It also can expand to cater to the needs of any vendorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; products. This was a group project and my personal contributions included: ideation, space planning, design, development, all SketchUp models and all designing/ SketchUp model making and rendering of the modular display stands and their components.

Deyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market Stand

The rendered unit above was made to look like a newsstand. In the middle, 5 of the 18” tall by 3’ wide shelving pieces were stacked to make another display.

Dey’s Market Stand

Modular Design \ SketchUP \ Fall 2008 (Left) Above are three examples of the many possible configurations one could make. All examples are of 9’ wide by 9’ deep units. The post and beam pieces are all 10’ long and 6” wide and attach to each other via an end cap piece; thus, a vendor can add more beam pieces to make a display larger. (Right) The display shelves are made of lightweight Baltic birch, and can be made more custom depending on a vendors wants and needs. The removable countertops are made from a recycled ecoresin.

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Modular Design \ AutoCAD 2010 \ Fall 2009 (Left) The Deyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market is a 5,000 sq. foot space located on the ground floor of an apartment building (Right) Utilizing a custom designed modular display system created specifically for the market, we were able to group vendors according to their products.

Challenge To design a themed restaurant within a vistors center located on Lake Onondaga in Syracuse, NY. The restaurant had to include both indoor and outdoor seating.

Action Due to the cafes close proximity to the lake inspiration was taken from nature. An exposed brick wall reflects natural building materials as well as different colored ecoresins, used to reflect the translucency of water and other elements found outdoors. Customed designed water features were placed throughout the space to bring the sounds of the outdoors in. Also, some tables have customed designed tree sculptures built through the center. The translucent trees act as a privacy feature incase one or more parties wishes to sit at the table.

Result The cafe can hold approximately 60 people in the indoor seating area and 20 in the outdoor seating area. It has a full service kitchen with access to a large storage room on the exterior of the building. The cafeteria line is accessible from 2 ends reducing wait time and filters guests straight towards the cashiers. All of the design elements together, create an open air indoor dining experience that looks vibrant and thriving no matter what the season.

Onondaga Cafe

Restaurant Design \ AutoCAD 2010 SketchUP Photoshop CS3 \ Fall 2008 (Left) Floor plan of Onondaga Cafe (Right) Interior of Onondaga Cafe.

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Tara Linsley Bania (518) 312 - 1120 tara.bania@gmail.com