Monday, July 30, 2012

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.