4. The initial project involved taking an existing house and
redrawing the floor plan. The next step was to render and
furnish the floor plan. The third step included drawing two,
two-point perspectives of the living room. The final step was
to draw an elevation of the fireplace in the living room and
an elevation of the wet bar in the kitchen.
HOUSE FLOOR PLAN 1
9. Floor Plan 1 Fireplace Design Floor Plan 1 Wet Bar Design
10. The purpose of this project was to create a picture using
only geometric shapes and then paint it using only black
and white. The gray areas represent where the black and
white shapes overlap.
SHAPE
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12. This project included the design of two functional hotel
rooms utilizing less than 500 square feet each. One room
included a king bed and the other two queen beds. Key
project elements included areas for sitting, dressing, and
sleeping. The location of the hotel as well as the theme were
the student’s choice. No budget was suggested.
HOTEL ROOM DESIGN
16. Materials Board for Hotel Room
Bed Sheets: White
Duvet: Navy Blue Material
Headboards: Padded and Covered with White Material
All Furniture (Nightstands/Tables): Dark, Cherry Wood
Wall With Headboards: Navy Blue
All Other Walls: Cream
Carpet: Short, Durable Material Tan in Color to Minimize
Visibility of Stains.
17. The direction of this project was to begin to understand
rendering materials. Each swatch represents a different
material including glass, brick, wood, stone, and a textile.
2D MATERIALS
19. This project provided a floor plan of a pre-existing living
room and kitchen. The student was to render the floor
plan with color. The next step was to provide two color
rendered elevations, one of the east wall and one of the
west wall.
2D COLOR RENDERING
21. This project presented students with the floor plan of a house that
was in the process of being built. Students were to take the existing
floor plan and make any changes to it only if those changes were
effective. The students were then instructed to draw and render a
floor plan. The third portion of the assignment involved selecting
various focal points in the house. I chose the living room, kitchen,
and dining rooms. I then drew one-point perspectives of each room
HOUSE DESIGN
26. This assignment was a final course project. The instructor
gave the students two pictures of interior spaces out of a
magazine and asked us to sketch and render them.
DRAWINGS
29. A required class for the first year of design is one based
on design theory. In this class, the elements and
properties of design are the main focus of the projects.
These include things such as unity, lines, expressive
quality of color, color harmonies, and color wheel.
ELEMENTS OF DESIGN PROJECTS
30. This project focused on unity.
We were instructed to first
find a famous painting. Then
we were to choose pictures
from a magazine that
consisted of the same colors
in the painting, yet,
represented different aspects
of unity. These aspects
included proximity,
continuation, and repetition.
31. This project concentrated on different types of lines including vertical,
horizontal, diagonal, curved, zigzag, contour, actual, psychic, implied,
explicit, and gesture. We were instructed to choose an artist and use
their photos or paintings to find examples of these lines. I used photos
taken by my friend Kimmy Munoz’s for my project.
32. This project fixated on the emphasis on quality of color. We were
instructed to take a photo (either of ourselves or someone else)
and paint it using only tints and shades of one single color. I used a
photo of myself and the color purple to represent majesty and
confidence.
33. This project centered on color harmonies. These
include monochromatic, analogous, complementary,
and triadic. We were instructed to find photos
representing each of these color harmonies.
34. This project required students to create an apartment for a senior
living community that allowed for aging-in-place. This apartment
could only be 1,400 square feet and had to accommodate those
who desired to move in after retirement as well as accommodate
them as they aged and required more assistance including use of a
wheelchair. I designed a floor plan using AutoCAD and included
two, one-point perspectives as well as a 3D model.
SENIOR LIVING APARTMENT
41. This project involved choosing the CEO of a famous corporation (I chose
the CEO of Coach, Inc.) and creating a 500 square foot executive office
along with a color rendered floor plan. Then we were to create two
color rendered perspectives and a color rendered elevation. We then
were instructed to incorporate a display case that presented something
of importance to the CEO. I chose to do a display table that allowed for
showcasing purses of the current style or of an older vintage style.
CEO OFFICE