This semester, the junior interior design class once again creates a pop-up showroom, this time for Herman Miller. The site is the same as last Fall’s: three existing storefronts at the corner of 5th and Cotanche Streets in Greenville. Portfolio 1 addresses programming. Portfolio 2 follows each student’s design process. Portfolio 3 includes final plans … Read more
This semester, amidst the Covid 19 pandemic, the students are tasked with developing a space in Greenville, based on the Teknion Design Challenge competition. The competition raises the following challenge: “Through the lens of the pandemic, shifting culture and perspective, how must the office rise to the occasion that the future of work demands?” Competitors … Read more
Once again students are tasked with creating a condo designed for aging in place. Portfolios 1 & 2: After initial research, the class began planning an individual unit. They clustered these units to create the form of the building. Then they focused on a model apartment. Portfolio 3: The students were asked to design an … Read more
Students completed the design and decoration of a unit within their retirement condo building in Greenville NC. Their hypothetical clients were a lesbian couple from Pittsburgh PA, one of whom is deaf. Pat and Fran also have a wheel-chair bound daughter in Fayetteville NC. In addition to Universal Design considerations (for accessibility and aging in … Read more
The students continued their schematic design of a senior living condo complex, using a combination of hand sketches and Revit. chapman-3600-2 cofield-3600-2 wilson-3600-2 greer-3600-2 holloway-3600-2 iba-3600-2 lavine-3600-2 miller-3600-2 pickering-3600-2 vincent-3600-2 … Read more
This link will connect you to the class’s assembled research/brainstorming about new directions and products to assist people of all abilities in the home. class-research-portfolio
Below are the students final designs for their co-working office space. Click on links below each thumbnail. Brackett-3600-3 Griggs-3600-3 Mareck-3600-3 Duerr-3600-3 Smith-3600-3 … Read more
Students first created a program for the space, then began to sketch their ideas. Brackett-1-2 Digiovanni-1-2 Duerr-1-2 Goodman-1-2 Griggs-1-2 … Read more
Once again, we begin the semester with research into topics that affect our office design project in Richmond VA. 15F-ClassResearch
Below are links to the students’ final design solutions for their semester project. (The link below the thumbnail takes you to the slideshow.) Adebiyi-3 Barringer-3 Brouillette-3 Chapman-3 Christopher-3 … Read more