Depot Design

These are some of the final presentation boards used for my Depot design. As described previously, the point of this project was to adaptively reuse the Pufferbelly Depot in Downtown Pullman from the old railroad station and turn it into an art hotel style bed and breakfast. Throughout the process I used an inspiration photo from the depot, created a parti, a concept model and textile, all of which influenced the design. The goal of the design was to revolve around a central point and all be easily accessed from that specific point, the lobby. The lobby is centrally located within the public space, and has a curved wall behind the desk to emphasize the circular pattern I tried to create.

I think this was a successful design, however if I could do it over I would focus more of the small details. For instance, I would have put more detail into my furniture floor plan, presenting information like this successfully is crucial to the client satisfaction, so adding more detail would have been useful. Also, I have strong rendering skills, but I feel that I could have had stronger renderings and I wish I would have spent more time perfecting them, because again perspectives are extremely important when presenting to a client.

Concept Model

This is a photo of the concept model I used to help guide my design for the Pufferbelly Depot in Downtown Pullman. The idea behind this model was using a design radiating from a central point and moving outward. The artist I chose to feature in my design has a design similar using cotton Q-Tips and creating a sphere with them and then painting them to fit the theme. Much of her work focuses on using contrasting colors and abstract shapes, which I portrayed through my use of materials and the organic shapes within the design.
I think this was an extremely successful design, it portrays exactly what I had hoped it would, and my design reflects the same style.

Boyer Park Design

These are the posters from the designs for the Boyer Park Remodel in the Palouse. This project was done in groups of four. Our challenge was to remodel a 48x20' space into a commercial space mainly used for weddings and receptions. Our solution was to add a stone veneer wall, and parallel from it a nana wall (a folding glass wall) that opened onto a deck.

I think our design was extremely successful, not only was it functional and aesthetically pleasing, but the clients were pleased as well. We were able to stay within budget, create a beautiful space, and make it easy to manage for the owners. I think our poster layout was successful as well, we conveyed our design ideas clearly and it is easy to look over the poster and follow our design process.

Kristie Severn

This is a poster of some of the research I did on the artist I chose to feature in my art hotel in downtown Pullman. In this poster I describe the artist, why I chose her and how I intend to use her artwork as the guiding theme for the art hotel. Knowing the artists personal statement and a bit about who she is is extremely important because it allows me to understand her art better and reasoning behind it.

I think this poster was successful, I think it was laid out well and also represents the artists work, little bits of bright color here and there. The only thing I would change would be the amount of words I put on the poster, a poster should be more pictures and less words, so if I were to do it again I would put more examples of her artwork and a more to-the-point summary.

Art Hotel Research

This poster is some of the preliminary research done for the adaptive reuse project I have been working on. The goal of the project is to turn the Pufferbelly Depot in downtown Pullman into a small bed and breakfast type art hotel.

I chose Hotel Max because I have been there and I thought it was a great example of a successful art hotel. It is in Seattle, Washington and features local artists throughout the hotel.

From my research I have learned the differences between a regular art hotel, including incorporating artists work into the actual design, not just featuring their work.

I feel that my design was successful, the design relates to the hotel, it accurately describes the hotel and is visually interesting.

Textile Design & Concept Development

This is my textile design, it is based off of a train wheel photo I found of the Pufferbelly Depot in downtown Pullman. The concept of my design is based off of radiating from a central point and creating movement within the design.

As a design by itself, I like the color scheme I chose and the pattern in which the textile was manipulated, however, this textile is to be used within the Art Hotel I am currently designing. The color scheme is too bright and too busy to be used in my design, and I wish that when designing I had paid more attention to how well it would fit within the space and not spent so much time on making it interesting.

Also included is an actual picture of the textile after being printed. Like I said about it in print, I wish I had changed the color scheme on it and not made it so busy. Another issue with the textile is that when it was printed it became very pixelized, which unfortunately did not make it aesthetically pleasing in any way.

Instead of using the textile itself I used the line pattern and used it as the cut pattern for the tops of the tables used in the dining area. The top of the tables is a cut mirror in the shape of the textile and then put back together, there is just grout in between the cut mirror, and no plane change. This way I could avoid using the bright colors that did not match my design, but still incorporate the textile into my design.









If I were to design a textile again for my specific space I would chose more subtle colors and a less busy parti, this design is so busy it is hard to tell what is going on.

Habitat For Humanity

This projects goal was to design a sustainable, simple, affordable home for the Habitat For Humanity group in the Palouse. Due to the short amount of time, we designed in groups, we also did not know the clients for the home yet, as they had not been picked. Mine and Ashley's idea for this design was to create a simple home, with a neutral color scheme that was affordable but still aesthetically pleasing. I think our design was extremely successful, we chose colors that work great with many different decorations and furniture selections, the exterior of the home was relatively simple so that people with little to no experience in building houses would still be able to built it, but we were still able to make it aesthetically pleasing and affordable to build. There are things we could have improved on, however. We chose not to put a 2nd window in the front bedroom to keep it private, but the builder pointed out that while we were keeping the bedroom private as we had hoped, we were leaving a very long wall on the front exterior of the house with little interest. Overall I do this project was successful, and with a couple changes I would be completely satisfied.