Revit Office Design

Overview of Office

This is my first design with the use of Revit. This project was a combination between my Interior Building Systems and 3D Digital Modeling and Management classes. The objective for the Building Systems class was to apply the concepts of natural daylight in combination with application of artificial lights.  The office was to include 10 workstations, a kitchen/ break room, and a conference room. The first design I developed was very basic, I was still learning the program, but after a school visit from Steelcase, I was introduce to new ways of designing an office space for the evolving work place. Steelcase introduced new concepts how people are not always working at their desks, and being more mobile in their work places. Therefore the design of the space shall accommodate the different types of work situations that take place. There is the original work stations and a conference room, but the other spaces in the office shall be open to encourage collaboration.Working with Steelcase furniture systems, I learned how to navigate the manufacturers' website to find products to use.

Conference Room

Waiting Area With Bookshelf Divider

Receptionist Desk

This design also required a small amount of programming to determine the required amount of artifical lights as well as natural light to control the amount of light inn the space.

Study Abroad

Coming Fall of 2014 for my senior year, I have been given the opportunity to study the semester abroad in Florence Italy! I have posted a link to the information bar to the blog if you would like to check that out and see where I am in the process!

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Community Service Project: Conceptual Development

This community service project was a great learner experience as there was a real client whom we talked to and discussed the goals and requirements of the design. The goal was to create a venue space on an island of the park where it mostly is rented as a wedding venue, as well as other community gatherings. I was face with several challenges while designing the conceptual layouts. I first worked in concept development where I took similes and metaphors relating to marriage and the venue. I came up with several ideas such as the island is a secret garden, the island is a hidden gem, Love is infinite… the concept I moved far with is life is like a journey, where I further found the quote “Where there is love, there is life”  by Mahatma Gandhi. I thought this quote fit perfectly as I wanted to incorporate both the celebration of love in the nature setting.

Several factors I was faced to with were preservation of totem poles of the island, privacy issues, and sound issues, keeping a light footprint on the island, as well as using existing buildings as a commercial kitchen for catering as well as restrooms and a bridal area.

Addressing each of these issues caused me to think logically and critically about how I would go about working with these issues. My ideas to work with them are as follows:

Relocate totem poles to different locations of the park for both better picture opportunities as well as having them be seen by more people, allowing for more learning opportunities for their history.

As this is a public park and people have the right to travel through the park as they please, privacy will be an issue while events are taking place. My proposal would be to add a new bridge spanning on the South side of the island that connects two existing bridges. Not only will this allow for great up close views of the river, but the public can conveniently move around the wedding without interrupting.  

The sound can get very loud when the river is active, so I thought the best plan of action was to put the ceremony space where there is an existing amphitheater which will help direct the noise toward the crowd while blocking the sounds of the river. I also tried to bring the reception and ceremony space inward of the island so they are not directly next to the loud noise.

Working with Revit I was able to develop several renderings that show the existing buildings as a new commercial kitchen for catering, restrooms, and a private space for a bride and her bridal park to get ready.

Traced Revit model of building exterior, hand drawn scenery additions

I also worked with the Landscape Architecture students to help me choose appropriate plants and greenery to incorporate in my design.

Aerial view of wedding venue in color pencil

Overall I took a minimalist approach as the island had many useable features and did not need a lot of renovations. The biggest change would be relocating paths to push closer to the edges of the island, and additional plants, flowers, and greenery. I feel I grew in my concept development skills and ability to work with client requirements and provide a great venue space.

From Upper Left: Venue Plan, Inspiration Images, Concept Statement, Aerial View of Venue

From Upper Left: Totem Poles, Ceremony View, Landscape options
From Upper Right: New Bridge Proposal, Demolition Map, Commercial Kitchen/ Bridal Area Plan

First Revit Model

 My first Revit model of my apartment. Very simple development but this demonstrates my learning development with this program. Each week, I worked through a small part of the apartment; walls, floors, ceilings, roofs, components, and lighting to come out with this product.

Living Area

Kitchen

The outcome is very close to what my actual apartment looks like, and I am pleased with this rendition I was able to create for my first project in Revit.

Chicago Study Tour

A week during September, myself, along with a group of Interior Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Construction Management students got to travel to Chicago to see first hand some of the historical sites that we have previously learned about. This experience was one of the best I've had. I love the big city and all the excitement and opportunity it had to offer.
Pre-departure, I worked with other disciplines to research about the history of a site in Chicago where we would present to ours peers. Working with the other disciplines was a good experience too as we had to learn to work together to find a time to all meet and complete the poster.My site was City Target, and at first I was really nervous about presenting to a large group but as I was talking, random by-passers stopped to listen to what I had to say. Seeing many sites in person such as The Rookery, The Harold Washington Steel Building, The Millenium Monument, Crown Fountain, Lurie Gardens, and The Railway Exchange, just to name a few was so amazing rather than just hearing about them in class.

Millennium Park

I never imagined the scale and masive size of these buildings until I was up and personal with them. Mixed with the busyness of the city life was definatly an experience I will not soon forget.
On our "discipline days," I toured SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill) Architecture Firm and toured several showrooms at the Merchandise Mart. Visiting both these sites were eye opening to the possibilities of this industry, from textile design at DesignTex, international building with SOM, and office furniture systems at Herman Miller. These businesses got me so excited and motivitated to see what my future holds.

Herman Miller Showroom

Design TEX Showrom

Other excursion sites that were memorable were the Farnsworth House and Frank Llyod Wright's Home and Studio. Both sites are so iconic to the history of design, I just felt so lucky to see them in person. I fell in love with the neighborhood in which Frank Lllyod Wright's home was, it was so unique, clean, and so many design styles within a short area.

Frank Llyod Wright's Home and Studio

 And the Farnsworth House was a great site to see in that such a simplistic house was so controversial. Both places a piece of history I am glad to say I got to visit.

Farnsworth House

A few of my favorite excursions throughout the city was the John Hancock Observatory, night city boat tour, and The Bean in Millennium Park. The weather was pretty bi polar, while in the John Hancock Observatory, one night it was too foggy to go, and the next night there was lighting that we could see right in front of us. This building was amazing, the height was a bit scary at first, but the views were amazing and even better at night. On the boat tour, we traveled on the small river through the city then into the lake where we got to see the whole city lit up. And when we were supposed to take a group photo at The Bean, the weather was so bad they made everyone leave the site and we had to come back at another time.

John Hancock Observatory

City Boat Tour at Night

Millennium Park "The Bean"

The culture was an experience to take in, born and raised in eastern Washington was kind of a shock of lifestyles. I walked more than ever, and instead of driving to a far place I took the monorail, a normal commute for the big city was new to me. Not to mention trying to navigate the city and leave early enough so I would be on time. It was eye opening to see how people in different parts of the country live everyday and makes me more motivated to travel and visit more historical sites.
The last full day in Chicago we had a free day, me and my friends ventured across town to go to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. This was the first major league baseball game I had ever been to and I could not believe how big the stadium was or how many people were there! After the game, we did some window shopping at Tiffany's and Burberry, as well as some more reasonable shopping.

Wrigley Field

Downtown with friends

Overall, I am so glad I got the opportunity to take this study tour. I learned so much more about the city and the sites that I could not have learned just from being taught. I think all students should travel and get to visit historical sites in their education and I had such great faculty to guide me and lead me through the tour.