UNIVERSITY PORTFOLIO - ERIN SCHAFER

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Erin Schafer | erin.schafer04@live.com

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Enviroloution��4
Student room ��12
Caravanolic��18
Sprout��24
Flipside Circus��30
Mondo Organics ��34
HUB Make-up��40
Art for Art’s sake��48
Drafting��58
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About me
Commencing my studies within the field
of Fine Art has provided me with a unique
design approach which stems from a
creative and innovatory perception. Visually
appealing compositions and concepts are
something which will forever entice me, but
design also reaches into realms of alternate
possibilities and new visions for living.
Design can inspire and reshape the ways in
which we live, and this is what really excites
me.

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Environmentalhub
Enviroloution
This design presents a concept for
the new cultural hub 'Enviroloution',
which is a sustainable, re-directive
design that caters for an emerging
multidisciplinary design firm as
well as a gallery, cafe and outdoor
pavilion.
Commissioned by the owner of the building,
the design team has been given the freedom
to select these additional businesses to exist
within the space, in order to create a mini
cultural hub and gather likeminded views and
encourage community involvement.
1. entrance and reception
2. gallery space
3. cafe
4. outdoor area
5. produce garden
6. office space
7. kitchen
8. meeting space
9. office seating area
10. restroom
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The Hub’s Vision
The emerging design consultancy
has used the design of the hub itself
in order to showcase their company’s
philosophies on environmental
sustainability and redirective design
approach. The emerging design
company’s philosophy, which is to adopt
the notions of platforming and design
futuring, executes this concept on the
basis of presenting design as a practice
which could have greater agency within
diverse disciplines. It dismisses the
consistent view of design as a narrow
discipline without cultural significance,
and conversely brings to forefront under
a critical eye the underlying global and
environmental issues of modern design.
The design company idealises an
organisational business which exceeds
merely providing a service to an industry,
and is committed to a direction based on
platforming and futuring.

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Platforming will be an essential notion
of Enviroloution which is demonstrated
through the additional selected businesses
to reside within the hub, all of which share
common environmental visions. The concept
of platforming is to embrace knowledge
from varying disciplines in order to facilitate
a bridging of knowledge and dialogue in
regards to sustainability. Essentially, this
process would form an environment ideal
for employment exchange between the
varying businesses and would constitute a
community with a new visionary direction.
In terms of the building’s construction, it is
envisioned that the building encourages
and embraces its philosophy through
demonstration.This will be achieved through
using environmentally sustainable practices,
which are considered in the construction,
maintenance and material lifespan right
through to how the hub will operate.
The design
The building is designed to promote minimal
environmental impact through energy and resource
sustainment. Construction will be carefully
considered in terms of climatic environment
to encourage natural air ventilation and in turn
reduce costs on air conditioning and environmental
impacts. Ideally, the building will be powered via
alternative sources of clean and renewable energy.
The building makes use of recycled shipping
palettes which can be seen as the columns, and are
also used as sculptural noise insulators throughout
the entire hub.

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Outdoor area
The communal outdoor area is consists
of four large shade structures which also
act as water tanks.This low-tech design is
implemented to collect and reuse rainwater
and also acts to apply evaporative cooling
by using the heat of the sun and wind to
freshen the area under the water tanks
proximal to the building.This outdoor area
becomes a welcoming communal space
and encourages cafe customers and
gallery viewers whom will be invited to
become a part of the hub and learn about
the company’s environmental philosophies.
It is also envisioned that this space could
become a potential market site which
would attract more community members.

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StudentLounge
Misty
This design provides a concept
for an on campus university
student lounge, ‘Misty’. ‘Misty,’
inspired by a fresh morning
and alluding to ‘clearing one’s
head’, has encapsulated this
spirit through cool, fresh colours
and curved shapes which
create a calming and soothing
environment. The ultimate desire
here was to create a space
where students could retreat to
eat and socialise or relax and
re cooperate between study
sessions. The design provides
a communal lounge area,
kitchenette and dining bench as
well as individual hubs ideal for
study.

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Towards the back of the lounge is a secluded
hammock area which provides a place for the
students to relax and recline. The lounge overlooks
the universitiy’s central courtyard and is equipped
with a BBQ facility and outdoor seating area which
is ideal for functions and events.

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Designfutures
Conceptualisation of
Journey
The design team District Design
offers a community lifestyle
that can provide a safe and
secure environment for its
inhabitants. ‘Advancing City’ is
composed through the symmetry
of tessellations, allowing for
optimum public benefits such
as modular shared meeting/
dining/living spaces as well
as an emergency function
that interlocks for maximum
weather protection. These
tessellations are symbiotic,
allowing for alterations like the
expanding community but are
equally effective in smaller
family groups. Advancing City
can be easily disassembled for
movement when necessary and
reassembled in any location,
making use of existing city
dwellings but also offering the
ability to stand alone, when
resources are scarce.
How people evolve within the structure
`Advancing city’ is a community of rich values
and rituals. It is a multi-generational district in
which people have come together not by common
philosophy but by common ground and necessity.
The lifestyle revolves around a vast knowledge
base, focused on education for survival and
evolution. The community share a counter capitalist
logic as material possessions have lost their value
and have become undesirable.

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The Advancing City lifestyle reconnects work and
pleasure by reintroducing craft and skills to improve
health and environmental impact. Community
members adapt and change their skills sets when
necessary environmental factors intervene but
also have the freedom to trade goods and services
within the common areas. People in this community
live with the environment and construct their own
personal belief systems but ultimately work together
towards the larger picture: survival of the human
race.

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In recognizing that space limitations are
often an issue when designing centres for
the disabled, it was decided that the rear
of the building be fitted with large paneled
glazing to entirely open up the space and
provide viewing to the outdoor garden. This
design speaks of modern open plan living
and completely opens up the whole area,
provides natural lighting and connects the
interior and exterior elements of the design.
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Sprout
The Sprout Respite Center is
a high quality, developmental
facility designed for children
and adolescents with
Cerebral Palsy. Our design
team endeavored to produce
a nurturing, supportive,
meaningful and interactive
multisensory environment for
the children of the center as
well as a functional, efficient
and productive working
environment for its staff.
The center has been designed to
encourage the children to learn and
play creatively and participate in
experiences which enrich all areas
of their development. Ultimately the
design of the Sprout Respite Center
has been specifically tailored with
attention to its occupants and the
nature of their needs and behaviors.
To counteract the limitations and
restrictions faced by many disabled
persons/ persons with cerebral
palsy the centre’s design has been
created to be as adaptable as
possible, with multifunctional design
elements introduced throughout
to provide flexibility and ease of
function for its occupants.
1. entrance and reception
2. office
3. meeting room
4. the quiet zone
5. play area
6. kitchen
7. eating area
8. outdoor garden
9. restroom
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Kitchen design
The L-shaped kitchen provides adequate
working space for multiple users, whether
that be individual use, or with a carer and
also proves an effective design for users with
various mobility issues. Careful placement
of the kitchen elements provides for ease
of functionality, and additionally the kitchen
provides specific design elements for the
centre’s occupants. Adjustable height
table tops, adjustable pull down overhead
cupboards, adequate leg space underneath
workstations, pull out workstations, single
handed mixer taps, an eye level oven with
correlating pull out bench space, side hinged
cupboards etc. are all integrated into the
kitchen design to provide ease of use for
wheelchair acess or disabled persons. The
adjustable kitchen design also inspired an
adjustable eating area which provides two
large, long wooden tables which can be
pulled to the ceiling to allow for additional
floor space.

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The Quiet Zone
The quiet zone is a calming multisensory
area for children to rest and recuperate.
Within this space, bubble tubes and slow
moving coloured lighting effects will be
projected on the ceiling and walls as
calming stimuli assisting in relaxation. To
assist relaxation a variety of tactile items
including cushions and beanbags which emit
light, sound and vibrations have also been
implemented within this area. These devices
provide visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic
and olfactory stimulation for the children.
Three specialised adjustable beds have been
incorporated within the quiet zone and can
be adjusted into seating if required. In order
to allow this space to be multifunctional and
adaptable, a sliding partition wall has been
introduced. This partition allows the quiet
zone to become an additional space for the
communal area if desired.

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FlipsideCircus
Flipside Circus
This design presents a concept
for the rejuvenation of the
Flipside Circus sporting club,
which is a community hall that
runs dance, circus, life drawing
and singing classes. The existing
design which is divided into two
major training areas requires
greater flexibility and adaptability
so that is can accommodate
for multiple uses and be able
to hold up to four separate
training sessions at once. The
proposed design also includes
a new spectator grandstand
and additional furniture which
encourages community
involvement within the club and
serves to cater for the needs of
large scale performances.

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Joinery design
In creating an adaptable mutli-use space,
I have designed a modular joinery piece
which acts as a storage space for equipment
as well as a room configuration device.
The design makes use of multiple storage
units on wheels, as well as a number of
pull out wall systems positioned around the
warehouse’s walls. These vinyl pull out walls
are retractable and can be easily assembled
and disassembled and the storage pieces
can be positioned appropriately to create
varying room configurations.
This concept not only meets the physical
requirements of the club but also aspires to
be a welcoming and appealing space which
will increase renting opportunities and then
number of performances held, and ultimately
attract the public, encourage funding and
support the Flipside community.

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Mondos'Organics
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Stones Corner Redesign
This design provides a concept
for the rejuvenation of Stones
Corner, which is envisioned
to become one of Brisbane’s
cultural precincts. Mondo
Organics has been relocated
and extended between two sites
at the corner of Jeavons Lane
Logan Road. The space between
the two stores has been
connected with a dramatic shade
structure, and will be utilised
for functions and events which
engage the local community.

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The two spaces have been
appropriated from the original Mondo
Organics brand and refashioned into
a retail store, ‘Seed and Spoon,’ and
a retaurant and cooking school, ‘Cook
and dine.’ The restaurant specialises
in modern Australian organic cuisine
and the adjoining cooking school
holds classes weekly. The notion of
the cooking school is to encourage
a slower way of life, teach the much
valued skill of cooking fresh food
growing produce. A retractable wall
sparates the cooking school and
restaurant, and when classes are not
on, it is used a a show room cooking
kitchen for the restaurant’s chefs.
Large sliding glass walls line the
outside of the cooking school, which
can be opened up to the communal
area when functions and classes are
held.
s e e d s p o o nc o o k d i n e
Seed and Spoon
The retail store, ‘Seed and Spoon’,
works in conjunction with the
restaurant and cooking school
to promote a more aware and
environmentally friendly lifestyle, and
will bring social and economic viability
to the precinct. Products sold will be
sourced locally and will support local
designers, artists, and small business
owners.
Recycled drainpipes throughout the
central area contain herb gardens
which are used by the restaurant, and
double as public seating to encourage
community gathering.

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In order to produce a well-designed
space with minimum change and
maximum effort, as much as possible will
be retained and recycled and repurposed
materials will be utilised.
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Hubmakeup
This design concept is a rejuvenation and fresh look for the ‘HUB’ make up store,
located at 144 Adelaide Street Brisbane. The small retail store, which specialises
in formal and fantasy make up and student tuition, resides down an arcade
intersecting with a busy Brisbane street. The design concept seeks to attract
customers through a modern and unique feel and provide a more comfortable and
efficient work space for the business.

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As you venture into the shop you are greeted by
the front desk and main point of sale which sits in
front of a wall height black board which the make-up
artists use as a canvas for displaying fantasy chalk
art. An angular continuity is carried throughout
the store’s design beginning with the front display
window, the display cabinets, smaller product
display benches, and mirrors. The back of the store
provides a place for employees to relax and take a
break and is equipped with a kitchenette and further
storage space which is concealed from customers
by a curtain.
The new design presents an alternative
entrance for the store, and the existing
workspaces have been reorganised to
provide a more guided customer experience
with a dynamic and space saving
arrangement. The store’s front now acts as
a display window with an eye catching gold
sculptural shelf which hangs from the ceiling
and acts to exhibit new products. Directly
beneath this is the main work station where
potential customers can view the make-
up artists at work as they pass by, which
provides the store with a directly identifiable
brand.

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The design concept seeks to capture the essence
of ‘HUB’ through its feminine and fantasy like appeal
and provide an interesting and unique fit out which
attracts customers and provides a comfortable and
efficient work space for its employees.
The main make-up work station has been designed to be
multifunctional in that it can act as a seat, and also transforms
into a bench when unused. To the right of the seat is a portable
make up cabinet which the make-up artist can easily access
while at work, and they can also use the adjustable workstation
as further bench space for products.
It is envisioned that the store’s fit out can be easily
disassembled and reassembled as it is uncertain as to how
long the store will reside in its current location. The joinery and
furniture has been designed to be modular for transportation
ease. For example the shelving and underneath draws are
detachable and the main work station and point of sale are
unfixed.

This business card was designed for a
make-up specalist who endeavoured to
market herself as a emerging and
innovative artist. The sketch and adjusted
image which I created of the woman
alludes to a sense of fun, feminity,
beauty and mystery.
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Businesscarddesign

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Fineart
Rest
pencil on paper
800 x 600
float
pencil on paper
800 x 600

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Dream
pen and pencil on paper
800 x 600
de ja vu
coloured pencil and watercolour
on paper
300 x 120
following page:
metamorphis
pencil on paper
40 x 50

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honey pot
pen and acrylic on board
800 x 600

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Chanel
pen, pencil and watercolour on paper
700 x 1000
Chelsea as Bambi
pen, pencil and watercolour on paper
700 x 1000

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