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DTC Collective
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Native American Hall
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Coworking Space
Museum Exhibition
Lille Huset Concept Store
Anvil Jewelry Studio Retail + Maker Space
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01 DTC COLLECTIVE 1001 W Randolph St. Chicago, IL
DTC Collective is a shared work space and community for creative entrepreneurs and startups, designed to improve the lives of members by helping them get more fulfillment out of going to work every day. Now that many professionals have the luxury of working online from any location, there is an opportunity to change the workplace from a rigid environment, to one that gives users the ability to choose their work environment and also be part of a community that includes people in different yet complimentary professions.
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DTC Collective, is located at 1000 W Randolph St. in the historic, 15,000 square foot Howard Building. The Fulton Market neighborhood is the ideal location because it well suited for professional millennials. It is home to several creative and architectural firms, boutique hotels, and trendy shops, eateries and galleries.
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Second Floor Plan
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First Floor Plan
Building Longitudinal Section
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Decisions, decisions. At DTC, members are provided with a variety of working environments to choose from. Based on each individual’s mood or the task at hand, they can choose an environment that is most appropriate for them. For work that requires deep focus, there are private offices available to rent monthly, as well as a quiet study room. For easy tasks and group collaboration, members can work in the common space. There is also a meditation room, for when members need a moment of peace and relaxation. A true community. DTC was designed to be the framework for not just a work place but a community, with spaces for hosting networking events, pop up shops, guest speakers, learning workshops, charity drives, and more. This facet of the organization helps members feel more fulfilled by going to work. Members have opportunities to develop relationships, learn, and give back.
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Relax and stay a while. Since members are sharing such a voluminous open space, the goal was to carve out private, cozy areas that allow one to feel comfortable and focused amidst the urban chaos. Wood tones and neutral colors form a calming backdrop, while deep hues of warm and cool colors, soft upholsteries, and warm metallics add interest and a layer of comfort. Artwork from DTC members and local artists is featured on rotation throughout the space. Contributing to the cozy atmosphere, each area has its own source of ambient lighting from sconces, pendants or table lamps.
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3 Meeting Rooms + Kitchenette Elevation
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Don’t count the days. Make the days count.
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02 N AT I V E A M E R I C A N H A L L Chicago Field Museum Chicago, IL Chicago Field Museum’s design director, Alvaro Amat, provided the prompt for this project to update the museum’s Native American Hall. The following proposal was designed in collaboration with Lorin Jackson, a fellow classmate at Columbia College.
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Our goal was to represent how Native Americans fluidly and organically adapted to change in the environment and society through time. To do this, the we used the latest exhibition technology to house the artifacts in an ultra contemporary setting, showing the contrasting relationship between the ancient Native Americans and our world today.
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In the space, the concept takes the literal form of a river bed. Rivers embody resilience and adaptation, much like the Native American People. Transposing the river bed form onto our floor plan allowed us to move people fluidly through the space, while intentionally obstructing their paths in several points, encouraging them to interact with the exhibit.
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Interactive
touch screen surfaces, games
Engaged
movies, reading material
Passive
artifacts, artwork, graphics
The layered display and media system serves every function necessary for the exhibit. It includes shelving, cases, and wall space to house artifacts, touch screen technology and LED panels to encourage interactive learning, and built in adjustable lighting. The different layers allow curators to display certain objects out of reach so that guests can enjoy them in the open air, rather than behind glass. They also have complete freedom to rearrange and change the content of exhibition over time.
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03 LILLE HUSET CONCEPT STORE Chicago, IL
Lille Huset houses give children the freedom to create any kind of home, town, or world they can dream up. The concept for this space is inspired by the notion of a “dream world.” The goal of the design was to create a whimsical and surrealist space that also matches the existing brand aesthetic.
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Using a large space to house a small product left room for adding special features to the program. These features include a creation station where children can work on building their Lille Huset Houses together, and a cafe for adults to socialize or work while their children are at play.
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In the retail area, suspended cubicle shelving creates abstracted clouds floating overhead. This dynamic display utilizes the height of the ceilings to make for an exciting and immersive space.
02 ANVIL JEWELRY STUDIO 728 Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL Anvil Jewelry Studio is a unique shop located in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. The objective for this project was to create a space for handmade jewelry to not only be showcased, but created as well.
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The program for this space posed some design challenges because the client wanted to showcase the in-house jewelry making process while keeping the visitors safe, and the jewelry makers undistracted. The interior glass partition is the solution to this, creating a physical but not visual barrier. The noisy and unattractive equipment is housed in a separate enclosed room attached to the studio.
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The aesthetic concept for this design was inspired by the contrast between the raw materials and tools used to craft the jewelry with the polished and refined qualities of the finished product. This concept was manifested in the space by mixing rough and industrial finishes with luxurious fixtures, furnishings, and details.
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