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5/26/13  My cousin, Jordan Mohr, accepted a job offer in Italy starting this June. He asked me to design a sleek and simple business card to take with him when he goes. He asked me specifically to include his twitter, linkedin and gmail accounts as he is a social media consultant. This is the end result.... 

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final blog post - IAR 202  This is the final combined board of my group [IGS] and the group designing CPS. In the center of the board is our combined floor plan and elevations; IGS renderings are seen on the left, CPS seen on the right. The final presentation went very successfully and as a class, we received a lot of positive and constructive feedback. I hope to continue this project further, hopefully into next year. 

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furthering IGS expectations

This week we were expected to have our final projected spatial needs for the workers in the IGS program. This graphic explains the spatial needs and the estimated square footage of the program.

The IGS program is expected to be adjacent to the CPS [Conflict + Peace Studies] with a shared conference area. The front lobby will mimic the spherical nature of the IGS logo. 

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International and Global Studies group

For our current group project, we are to research the International and Global Studies program and interview the two faculty members in charge.  We interviewed the two [and only] faculty members of our given program about their work environments, concerns, wants, needs and job descriptions.  We have decided as a group that they definitely need at least 4 office spaces, due to their expectation to grow as a program. They also need a closet, lockable offices, a lobby/waiting area, student lounge and combined conference room.  From a programming stand-point, our program thus far includes basic furniture, square footage and technology that they need to work functionally

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IAR 202 - March 2013  UNC- Greensboro, International Programs Center site proposal  The existing site of financial aid and the adjoining parking lot on UNC-Greensboro's campus shall be cleared to make room for a new IPC center. The concept my partner and I chose to incorporate into this proposal is intersections.  Above - Mass study of Spring Garden St. Below - the site and proposed building idea 

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P|LL|C  Province Living Learning Community - floor plan - two sections - three perspectives - furniture floor plan - furniture catalogue  

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parti board - the province project These are a few ideas of how I have interpreted the space we will be remodeling. I have focused on the ideas of privacy, center and protection. I'd like to focus on natural systems of protection including flower petals, human skin and the atmosphere. Being abstract, these diagrams give room to grow on how the project will unfold. 

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Living + Learning Community | The Province, Greensboro, NC  The purpose of this project is to install a living-learning community within a preexisting apartment unit that with house 2-3 students as well as accommodations for a weekly study group of 8-12 other students. In my project program, I diagrammed the various needs of the 2-3 students who will be residing there in terms of privacy, education and functionality. I also diagrammed the needs of the visiting 8-12 other students in terms of human needs and technical needs. 

The apartment currently has 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, kitchen/dining, living room, laundry room and 2 main hallways. This will later be converted to house only 2-3 student [our choice to decide; I'm choosing 2] and have an open, inviting work area for the other 8-12 students that will inhabit this fairly small space once a week.  The students living in the residence must have majors within CASA [College of Arts and Science] but will be differing, to show that people with different interests will thrive in this environment. The study sessions of the living-learning community will incorporate a wide array of students within CASA as well. The space will meet the needs of these different types of people in terms of privacy, education and functionality. 

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Living + Learning

2/2/13 

In our class discussion today, we started to touch on this idea of utilities in the home and how they will continue to change. Personally, I think utilities are going to be completely different in the next ten years. We already see innovations in every day, overlooked items such as the thermostat, HVAC units and air purifiers. We can already see how some examples of these utilities are already becoming "smart"; they remember our living habits in the home... "living + learning." I don't think we'll have a "smart house" anytime soon, but little pieces of our homes will definitely have a new face along with a new character. 

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first studio project [part 1 of 4]: a self-portrait, in my case of one of my favorite memories. 

first picture: my grandpa Bob, who passed in October, and I fishing off his dock in Cape Coral, Florida [4 years old] second picture: the day after my grandpa's funeral, Oct. 10th 2012, after catching a fish in the same spot the first picture was taken. third picture: a stylized drawing of my memory of that night, Oct. 10th, 2012 

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- Guest Lecture -

Guest Lecture | Jan 16, 2013 | Susan Szenasy 

Today we had a guest speaker talk to the whole department about the importance of sustainable design on behalf of Metropolis Magazine. She spoke for about a half hour about the importance of "brilliant simplicity" in design and how all design must have real meaning. She then showed a video on a project called "Big Dig House"; a house made entirely of reclaimed trash from old building projects. She spoke about how it is important for designers to reach out to the business community for support financially and for greater resources. One thing I took away from her lecture was to really search for purpose in everything I design and get back to the roots of what "necessity" really is. I liked her line "well, at least you know now that even a building made of trash can make money" [for humor of course] but also for encouragement. She was a lovely speaker and I look forward to seeing her again. 

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sanded and repainted frame + dolphin/nautical themed window 

25$

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summer projects! 

frames sanded and slightly repainted + elephant themed window 

35$ each 

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Final Blog Post 4/27/12: 

Object: Barcelona Chair by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. + I chose the chair for my object because it is simple, sleek and modern; It is one of my favorite chairs for that reason. Through this program I hope to design spaces with more of a modern twist. This object relates to my world as a whole because it came out of the Bauhaus, having huge and lasting impacts on the design world as we know it today. (top left)

Space:  Frank Lloyd Wright's Home + Studio- Child's Playroom + I chose the Child's Playroom in Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio in Oak Park, Chicago, IL. The room, like the rest of the house, is in the arts + crafts style, with seemingly tall ceilings and low windows. I had the opportunity to visit this house this year and this room stood out to me greatly. Due to the narrow hallway leading up to and the seemingly tall ceilings, the room has a feeling of expansion and contraction. It relates to the design world today because Frank Lloyd Wright used this idea of expansion and contraction in several of his works. He inspired other arts + crafts designers and beyond, influencing what we have today. (top right) 

Building:  St. Peter's Basilica, The Vatican City, Italy   + I chose St. Peter's basilica for my building. Although contrasting with my previous choices of modern design, this building speaks a language of power, change and progression. I personally had the opportunity this year to see it myself and it was a truly moving experience walking through it's vast halls and private chapels. Although it is not in the more modern style I prefer, I appreciate fully it's ability to move it's visitors in way like no other building I've visited. (bottom left) 

Place:  Casa Batllo, Barcelona, Spain + I chose the Casa Batllo by Antoni Gaudi as my place. It is built in the Art Nouveau style of architecture and reveals an organic and visceral quality. This building has always stood out to me as one of the figureheads of Art Nouveau. It has a life about it, from it's mosaic tiles and curves that make it visually move. This building is a good example of Gaudi's work in Spain that influenced other work in the Art Nouveau and Deco movement. (bottom right)

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mies-Barcelona-Chair-and-Ottoman.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CasaBatllo.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FL_Wright_Home_playroom.jpg

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Design Autobiography 4:  We were told to take another student’s (or in this case teacher’s) object from the first week of class and combine it to our own to make a new, functional object. I took my journal and combined it with my teacher, Patrick Lucas’,  clock. My new object is a clock with a journal built into the frame which rotates out each day to allow the owner to write down brief or in depth ideas from their day. 

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A Summary of Explorations

Our final unit of discussion in the course is affectionately labeled “explorations.” In this unit, of course, we explored from the 1860’s to current day art, architecture and interior design. The idea of “good design for all” and the dependency for commodity, firmness and delight are questioned during this time as well. Several distinct styles arise in constant combat for the spotlight of functionality, beauty and historic preservation.

To begin, the first period we looked into was the Arts and Crafts period. The Arts and Crafts began in the 1860’s and ran until the late 1910’s. The most prominent architects of the Arts and Crafts were Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Gustav Stickley. The ideas of Arts and Craft hold their roots in ‘anti-industrial’ design and are often considered ‘romantic’ or ‘medieval’ in craftsmanship. The main ideals for Arts and Crafts is “handmade vs. machine-made” which is easily seen in any structure or artwork of that time period.  

Moving into some Arts and Crafts-like ideas, the Bauhaus was a school founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 and taught students the ways of crafts and fine arts. Out of the Bauhaus we see the resurgence of Arts and Crafts ideas that work should be done by hand, not machine. Around the time of the Bauhaus, we have Le Corbusier establishing the L’espirit Nouveau, which celebrated the idea that “A house is a machine for living.”

From the Arts and Crafts period, we move into Art Deco, Art Nouveau and the L’espirit Nouveau. Art Nouveau began around 1890 and extended into 1910 and is built around the idea of line and decoration. It was a movement particularly in Europe and carried out by such designers as Antoni Gaudi using unique and natural textures and lines. Art Deco, another movement in the 1920’s, used speed and motion to celebrate the evolution of the French Decorative arts through gigantic works projects such as skyscrapers. It lost popularity in the 40’s and 50’s, but made resurgence in the 60’s. Several famous buildings are built in the Art Deco style such as the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building.

Just when there are so many distinct design styles coming out of this century already, modern and post-modern are also developing during this time. Modern ideas begin at the turn of the century and make their way all the way to the 70’s, when post-modern began to take the lead. The two ideas often become intermingled, with similar themes of function and absence of ornamentation (contrasting with Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Arts and Crafts.) There are, however, obvious challenges of modern and post-modern; historic preservation, deconstruction and the idea of regionalism come into play. Modern and post-modern style does play into “good design for all” in that it is functional and stable, but it rarely speaks to our need for architectural delight.

                The example I chose to represent the unit is the Empire State Building in New York City, NY because it is an obvious example of Art Deco, but also hints to some pre-modern ideas later established in Modernism and Post-Modernism. (above)

From the late 1800’s to current day, so much has changed design wise. There are still so many ideas from these distinct design periods left over today that we see come back in waves of trend. Each time period fought their battles with commodity, firmness and delight and this idea of “good design for all.” Which distinct style faired the best, we cannot tell, because like everything else, design is never completely finished.  Picture Sources:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Empire_State_Building_from_the_Top_of_the_Rock.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Looking_Up_at_Empire_State_Building.JPG

Info Source: Class notes & A Global History of Architecture by Ching  

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Bedroom Blocks Rough