Over the past week i have really only finished my exterior elevation and furniture plan and schedule but i have also worked on my lighting and electrical plans which i will post finished next week.

Proposed Exterior Elevation

Finished Furniture Plan and Schedule

Progress

Since last week I've worked on my diagrams, tn building codes, and my floorplan. On this project we have to use Herman Miller and Kimball furniture. We also have to include ethospace work stations which have been a bit confusing for most of us but i think that i have designated enough space to include them all while still keeping the floorplan open and moveable.

Bubble Diagram


Parti Diagram

Blocking Diagram

TN Building Codes

Proposed Floorplan

NEW Project! Design Firm!

The Project:
You have finished school, completed your NCIDQ exam and have been granted registration in the state of Tennessee to practice Interior Design. You have decided to open a practice in Downtown Nashville located on 1802 Hayes Street in an existing building abandoned by the Nashville Health Department. The building is an open plan with existing restroom and mechanical room locations. You are very fortunate that you have a parking garage underneath the existing structure since many firms located in downtown Nashville pay to park. You have decided to align your practice with Herman Miller and have been given a sizeable furniture allowance to design your practice with. You will be the only Herman Miller partner in Nashville and will be a working showroom for them. You will want to design your firm in such a way that shows off your skills as an interior designer. You will want to remodel the existing restrooms and have some architectural expression in the building. Anyone entering the building will be able to see your design point of view.

So i've begun to work on my design firm and designing it to my tastes and my style. This has proven to be a bit harder than i originally expected. I have a wide variety of tastes so it was a little hard to come up with a theme for my design firm. Today i worked on my inspiration and concept statement as well as my border (which took forever but I'm VERY proud of!)
Cover Page


Site Description


Inspiration

Concept Statement

Perspectives

So between getting my car fixed and equipped with new(ish) tires and finishing this project, its honest to say that I had a miserable spring break. No fun, No relaxing, just plain stress! I got to see my friends one time. Studio takes over your life. Even if its not supposed to. It does. My living room became my own personal oasis. BUT I AM FINISHED! Finished with this project and ready to go get it printed out tomorrow morning. I spent all break rendering. rendering. rendering. I at first started to use my markers and by the time i had finished rendering the lounge it was a hideous mess and i was completely unsatisfied with it. So i started over and used only colored pencil for these renderings. They aren't exactly what i wanted them to look like but they look a million times better than what those stupid markers allowed me to do. NEVER buy chartpak markers. they are WORTHLESS! Next project I am definitely trying to render on photoshop because I am just not skilled enough by hand.

Womens Restroom Elevation

Spot Rendered 1st Floor

Spot Rendered 2nd Floor

Waiting Room Perspective

Office Perspective

Conference Room Perspective

Finishes

This week, since last post, I've really only had time to work on my finishes. I've finally finished pulling together the finishes legends and schedules and putting together the finishes page. Its been a rough week before spring break. Today in class I put together my 3d perspectives (CapDesigner and the already 3d furniture is AMAZING!) It is kind of hard to get used to drawing in 3D. It seems like the more you use it, the easier it gets, just like CAD.

Next week is spring break. I'm going back home to louisville for the first time since christmas and it looks like I'm going to have to be holed up in the house doing renderings. Yay... :(

Interior Finish Schedule

Interior Finish Legend

Interior Finish Samples