Snow Day!!

Today was a snow day.. I was a little productive. I am still working on the direction I am going with this project. Right now I am still looking for inspiration. Originally i wanted to go with a streamline design, then it went towards a more futuristic design incorporating modern elements and classic styles. Then to art deco. I am lost in a midst of ideas and things i love, but at the same time, i still have no set direction.

Critiques are monday so i'll be working on things to show this weekend and hopefully come up with something i like.

Visiting Galloway Place

Today we visited the site. It turned out to be alot more spacious that I realized. Being in the actual building did help me decide how i wanted to orient the hotel lobby, restaurant and where I want the spa to be. I plan to use the garage doors in the middle of the long wall as the main entrance to the lobby. Also, i noticed in the ceiling that there is a dip in the middle, could possibly be used for a boundary line. I want the bar to be to the right of the entrance and the spa to be to the back right. I would like to somehow incorporate the existing brick walls that are inside the building but it depends on how i can fit the spa furnishings into the plan. I also would like to utilize and improve the existing skylights, they add lots of interest to the ceiling.

Here are some pictures(dont mind the date on the pictures, my camera is retarded):

Lobby Entrance


Cool Ceilings




Existing Wall Structures inside


Walking towards Restaurant Area


Tile Floor in Restaurant Area,
Original to the building and matches the Booth Fire and Safety Building across the street


Striking a pose...


Where I would like to put dining tables around the windows
Be excited Amanda!!


Restaurant Entrances?

...and shes buying a stairway...to heaaaven...

really cool stairs... be inspired ladies!!

http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2008/11/22/unusual-and-creative-staircase-designs/

Also, a really cool website if you need inspiration!! :)

Goals for Today

PROJECT:
- Your design must be a mixed use facility that will include a hotel, restaurant and spa.

Client:

Downtown Redevelopment Association

Main Street
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Property:

Galloway Motors
601 State Street
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Description of Property:

The structure is a Streamline Moderne style commercial building built ca. 1949. Built as Galloway Motor Co. and later home to Quick Lincoln Mercury, the property was purchased by the city of Bowling Green in 2003 and deeded to the DRA for use as its headquarters. The property is considered a cornerstone of Circus Square, the one block park planned to go between State and College streets and Sixth and Seventh avenues. The area became associated with the local automobile culture as a result of Frank and Henry Galloway moving their car and farm equipment dealerships from Fountain Square.

- As an honors student i am also required to do a capstone/thesis project. I plan to create the 44 page booklet as well as a research paper entitled:

Preserving historical buildings in downtown Bowling Green and the impact preservation has on the community and it’s heritage.

Last class as well as over the weekend i did a bit of research and found some inspirational photos. Since i am writing my paper on preserving historical buildings, i've decided that i want to go with a streamline moderne style design that incorporates classic elements of this period. For example, lots of chrome, curved lines, simplistic design with a small bit of ornament. I'd also like to incorporate fun, bright colors that will draw in a younger crowd as well as those who enjoy the streamline design.

Goals For today:

• Listings of everything i need to include in each area
• Possible bubble diagram
• Find Font/Booklet Page labeling
• Come up with a name for the hotel and areas of the hotel (restaurant , spa, possible bar area by lounge? Research Hotel names from the 30's-40's
• Find color scheme (bright, funky, classic, exciting?)

I also NEED to do these things ASAP:

• Honors Augmentation contract - print and get signed by the 5th?
• Get everything off blackboard by the 8th from old classes.
• Get thesis defense proposal signed asap

yay for being a senior and having way too much to do in the second week of school!

Back to the Beatle, Joe Walsh and Jimi to get me through the long day ahead of me...

First Day Of The Last Semester Of My First Degree :)

This semester I am working on my Final Project/Thesis research paper.

Needless to say I have ALOT of work to do and I am hoping to get everything done in a "timely" manner.

EVERYONE wish me luck!

-B