This is my Commercial II project for Fall 2012. My concept inspiration was "Historic clock Towers of the World". The project was to design a hotel that featured a restaurant and either a spa or a retail space. I designed a hotel that is located in Boston Ma. It features a spa with rooms for massages and facials.I used some old world details with modern traditional style.
     In looking at some of the clock tower inspirational images, I saw a great deal of atmospheric images on many clock faces. I  used some of these as features in the spa and restaurant. Here are some of my Sketch up images used in the project.

                                                    Harmony House Second Floor

   The second floor of my Harmony House will continue the theme of “Peaks and Valleys. The residents will see them in elements like a chevron rug in the common room, light fixtures and even in the décor of the resident bedrooms. Calming colors like blue and violet will be used in the common room. Slightly more vibrant colors will be used in the resident rooms and will have a design that can be appreciated by both girls and boys. Furniture selections will have a mid century modern theme which should appeal to most teens today.

                                                      Harmony House First Floor

    My Harmony House project will use a theme of”Peaks and Valleys” which has been adapted from the award winning novel Esperanza Rising By: Pam Munoz Ryan. In the novel, Esperanza is a young girl who experiences many hardships but learns to see that along with the valleys in life there are always peaks.

     This project will help the residents learn to recognize and appreciate the peaks in life and to persevere through the valleys. Part of this concept will also incorporate learning to see the grey that exists between the black and white experiences in everyone’s life.

     On the first floor, the sandwich shop will have a peaks and valleys theme on the walls and floor in shades of grey , white and black. It will also have some pops of bright blue (the most relaxing color).

     The resident entry of my Harmony House will be located in the back of the building as an attempt to get away from the busy city street located at the front.  The entrance will look like the front porch of an average American family home. This will emulate a feeling of home and family for the residents and guests of The Harmony House.

                                                                       Harmony House

     The Harmony House is a design project and competition sponsored by The Bienenstock Furniture Library. For this project, the client is a youth shelter called The Harmony House located in Seattle Washington. The shelter will target runaways aged 10-17. The facility will be a healing and rehabilitating environment whose goals are to provide security and stability to the residents both by providing social services and by offering an inspiring environment through the design of the space.

     The first floor of The Harmony House will house a sandwich shop where the residents will agree to work throughout their stay at the Harmony House. This experience will help to provide them with some work and business skills.

     The second floor will consist of six resident rooms with a common room for socialization, peer interaction and recreation. The common room will help provide a family atmosphere to the residents as part of their healing and rehabilitation.

                                                                                 Amy Wagner

Commercial Design 1

     In Commercial Design 1 we did a project creating the offices  The American Heart Association corporate offices in Dallas, Texas. We also created a Go Red Clinic to go with the offices. Go Red is a heart healthy campaign for women's heart health.

     Both spaces created were housed in buildings which had an ample amount of windows. This was incorporated to bring in a great deal of natural lighting. Exposure to natural light throughout the day improves overall health and daily activity. In my project, I also added lots of plants to the interior of the buildings as another way of bringing the outdoors in. I added built in fish tanks in the lobby areas of both buildings  as a visual interest and because fish tanks in interior spaces have been noted to have a calming effect on people.

     In this project we learned more about space planning. We improved skills on CAD,  improved in using programs like Google sketch up, Podium , and Photo Shop. Some facts we learned were the importance of natural lighting to personal health and mood, and how to incorporate healthier life styles into a work environment.

    I am currently doing a design project for Holly and Mark Woodward of High Point, NC. I will be re-designing their 1930s home. Holly is an Interior Designer herself and has designed furniture during part of her career. The Woodwards have several pieces of furniture that they would like to keep in their space especially the ones designed by Holly. They also have several pieces of art work done by Mark's grandmother that they would like incorporated into their design.

     My job is to enhance their current styles of Classic, Traditional and Mid-century while bringing a fresh new look to their home. Some inspirational images that I am currently thinking of for incorporating into their space are as follows:


    

    

     After looking at lots of color trends for spring 2012, I have found five colors that seem to be making a big statement .  The trends seem to be going botanical and natural, as well as a little more suttle than last year.  My favorite five are:  Botanical Greens, Corals, Dark blues, Blush Pinks and Yellow Greens.

Furnishing styles for Spring 2012 seem to be natural and simple clean lines. Mid Century Modern furnishings really seem to lend themselves to this trend.

Trends in accessories add a pop of color for spring 2012 or a back to nature look which brings the outdoors indoors.

Artist- Marcio Diaz

This is by one of my favorite artists- Marcio Diaz.