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AMANDA BROWN • INTERIOR DESIGN PORTFOLIO • 774-218-8703

As an aspiring interior designer and graduate of New England Institute of Technology, I have exceptional focus and determination for success. I am detail-oriented, organized, and enthusiastic about all aspects of the career objectives. I love to conceptualize a pro-cess from the beginning and then watch as the design comes to life by the end. I am an honest individual, a problem solver, and a creative thinker with a passion to make other peoples’ visions come true.

Although I enjoy the fast paced scene of the city once in a while, I will always be a country girl at heart. I love laid back Sunday afternoons and watching the sun set over a beach on a brisk autumn night. I have a strong love for milk chocolate and my orange tiger cat. I am inspired by nature and the wildlife within it.

My goal as a designer is to create spaces for individuals that will fulfil their needs and desires, while still preserving and maintaining the current environment. I strive to think outside the box in order to combine old architectural elements with a new and exciting design. What I love most about designing interior spaces is evoking happiness and contentment in people. I have had experience designing several projects including a high-end country club, a hotel, a university, a modern office, a library, a spa, a restau-rant, and several retail spaces. I enjoy challenging projects that encourage me to push myself to the limit in order to achieve a desired outcome.

AMANDA BROWN • INTERIOR DESIGN PORTFOLIO • 774-218-8703

PROJECTA high-end country club.

LOCATIONJamestown, RI.

CONCEPTThe project entailed designing a high-end country club with a modern twist.

APPLIED SKILLSRevitSketchupPodiumPhotoshopPhotography

THESIS: COUNTRY CLUB

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MAIN LEVEL FLOOR PLAN DIAGRAM

HOTEL ROOM RENDERINGS

PROJECTThe Aloft Hotel in thePromenade Area.

LOCATIONProvidence, RI.

CONCEPTThe project entailed designing a modern hotel in Providence. The main objective was to provide inter-esting collaborative public spaces, resolve the long hallway in the wings, and create intriguing ceiling pat-terns that unify the spaces, while keeping the existing brick shell.

APPLIED SKILLSRevitPhotoshopInDesignSketchUp

HOSPITALITY: ALOFT HOTEL

MAIN LEVEL REFLECTED CEILING PLAN

LOBBY RENDERINGS

BAR RENDERING

MATERIALS

SEAT FABRIC

COCKTAIL LOUNGE RENDERING

CHAIR FABRIC

CHAIR FABRIC SEAT FABRIC BOOTH FABRICWOOD FLOORGRANITE COUNTER

3FORM COUNTER WOOD FURNITURE DRAPERY

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HOTEL WING FLOOR PLAN ADA SUITEDOUBLE ROOM

SINGLE ROOM SINGLE SUITE

HALLWAY & GAME ROOM RENDERINGS

The first floor features a lobby, a hangout living space, a restaurant/cafe, and a cocktail lounge. The upper floor features a gym, a spa, and a game room for all age groups.

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MATERIALS

GYM RENDERING SPA RENDERING

Traveling has become very popular, both through work and leisure. The Ocean State wanted a fun and updated hotel for its guests to oasis to while in the Rhode Island. Using the lively colors and organic shapes of cocktail drinks, Aloft brings new energy to the Providence Area.

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FLOOR PLAN

IDEATION PROCESS

JUICE BAR LOUNGE PERSPECTIVE

MINI LOUNGE AREA PERSPECTIVE

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A detailed partial model portrays the large central lounge room as well as the mini lounge and adjacent pool area. Ceiling heights, wall thicknesses, the glass sky light, and particular detail to the geometric shapes throughout the model allow a hands-on experience of the space and demonstrates the feeling of being inside the spa.

RECEPTION PERSPECTIVE LOUNGE PERSPECTIVE POOL AREA PERSPECTIVE

JUICE BAR PERSPECTIVE

By utilizing different ceiling heights, tension and compression is created between rooms and a hierarchy of spaces is distinguished. A sky light in the central room further adds to the importance of the lounge area of the spa, and a flower wall brings the spa to life with color and vibrance.

PROJECTA spa located on Newbury Street.

LOCATIONBoston, MA.

CONCEPTThe project entailed designing a spa that would provide a se-rene environment to the busy boston area of Newbury Street. By capturing the beauti-ful shades of color in the giverny garden of France, the essense of a garden was incorpo-rated into a rejuvenat-ing space.

APPLIED SKILLSVectorworksPhotoshopIllustratorInDesignPhotography

HOSPITALITY: GIVERNY SPA

PROJECTA higher education facility in the Detroit Free Press Bulding.

LOCATIONDetroit, MI.

CONCEPTThe project entailed de-signing an urban uni-versity in the violent and crime ridden city of Detroit. This space must attract a wide range of individuals: high school graduates, college students, adults and parents, and staff. The design will offer a wide range of spaces and collaboration ar-eas, as well as promote a sense of community from within the struc-ture.

APPLIED SKILLSRevitSketchupPodiumPhotoshopPhotographyHand Sketching

INSTITUTIONAL: UNIVERSITY

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INSPIRATION LAB RENDERING

MAIN LEVEL FLOOR PLAN

COLLABORATION AREAS VS SUPPORTING AREAS

With collaboration driving the design, the floor plan be-comes centralized due to the high dynamic areas filling the core of the building. They radiate out with supporting spaces and amenities. On the first, second, third, and mez-zanine floors, students will find vibrant and lively areas of collaboration. These spaces include the gym, the cafete-ria, a theater, and inspiration labs, which are expected to unify the student body and bring Detroit’s newly, uplifted spirits together. Surrounding these spaces will be smaller public areas of collaboration, such as gym classrooms, an indoor track, a café, music rooms, event spaces, and open study spaces.

INSPIRATION LAB FURNITURE LAYOUT OPTION 1

MATERIALS

3FORM PANELS RED FABRIC

BLUE FABRIC YELLOW FABRICFURNITURE STAINGREEN FABRIC

WOOD FLOOR ORANGE FABRIC The fourth, fifth, and sixth floors house classrooms of varying styles, includ-ing lecture halls, meeting rooms, open work stations, and study tables in or-der to suit everyone’s learning needs. Floors seven to fourteen are dormito-ry wings that allow students to retreat to their own private rooms, yet still be able to collaborate with each other in common areas at the end of each floor. Each space was designed with collab-oration in mind and will work to bring the people of Detroit back together.

CLASS ROOM RENDERING

DORM ROOM RENDERING

SPACE STUDIES

CONCEPT DIAGRAMS

In order to keep this facility modern and fun, office furniture from OFS Brands is used throughout. They work together to make the modern design successful within the historic building. Their flex-ibility allows for many different configurations within each space, making the areas useful to many different types of learning styles, especially those utilizing the lab areas. The minimalistic design and unembellished walls leave room for students to customize the school throughout the school year. White boards and inspiration walls allow students to collaborate with each other and proudly display their work for all to see.

INSPIRATION LAB FURNITURE LAYOUT OPTION 2

LIBRARY POD ELEVATION PERSPECTIVE

LIBRARY POD CLOSE-UP RENDERING STUDIO SPACE RENDERING

CLASS ROOM RENDERING

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Starting from behind the reception desk, the ribbon extends vertically and wraps around the mezzanine and continues upwards towards the three story ceiling. The ribbon separates the student artwork gallery from the other spaces in the library. The periodical lounge has room for seating and conversation. Neutral tones of color and common furniture forms contrast with the bright and bold ribbon. Light wood floors compliment the red of the ribbon, but surrender to the hierarchy of its scale. Glass walls surround the mezzanine, to allow views of the ribbon from every side of the library. The team study rooms are pushed out from the windows, as to not take away from the outside view. To give a feel-ing of openness, floor windows are placed in the study rooms so they feel infinite. On the mezzanine, there is a low volume study area and a quiet study area for those who need quieter spaces to study.

FLOOR PLAN

STUDENT ARTWORK GALLERY RENDERINGRIBBON

MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN

NORTH SECTION PERIODICAL LOUNGE PERSPECTIVE

CAFE PERSPECTIVE

MATERIALS

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RED FABRIC

PROJECTA collegiate library, at Wentworth Institute of Technology.

LOCATIONBoston, MA.

CONCEPTThe purpose of this proj-ect entailed redesigning a college library. In today’s society, libraries have become less traditional and more modern. By us-ing a contemporary design of a ribbon to encapsu-late the gallery, the three- story space in the center of the library becomes a signature element of Wentworth.

APPLIED SKILLSVectorworksPhotoshopIllustrator

INSTITUTIONAL: LIBRARY

PROJECTA modern corporate office in the River North Area.

LOCATIONChicago, IL.

CONCEPTThis project entailed designing a new cor-porate office. In today’s society, traditional cor-porate offices are be-coming obsolete and dull. Under the new di-rection of Joel Murray, Simmons Airlines em-barks on a new journey by incorporating areas of collaboration and openness with a more modern and eclectic design.

APPLIED SKILLSRevitSketchupPodiumPhotoshopPhotographyHand Sketching

OFFICE: SIMMONS AIRLINES

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RECEPTION LOBBY RENDERING

MAIN LEVEL FLOOR PLAN

DIAGRAMS & CONCEPT SKETCHES

The vision for this new office space is an open loft plan, with low height partitions and built-in furniture. The space features an atrium in the center of the bulding with multiple entrances to the office. Windows surround the perimeter of the building, projecting natural light throughout the space. The program called for two separate sides of the office, one with the CEO, the Vice President, executive offices, the recep-tion and secretaries, and the kitchen and copy room; the other side with the Director of Operations, the Director of MIS/File Server, the Operations of Executives, a kitchenette, secretaries, copy and file, and open work stations.

A minimalistic design approach compliments the modern office layout. The white washed walls and grey concrete is accented with pops of blues and reds, the colors of the airline. The Executive Office pods (left) have a modern twist but still enough privacy for intimate meetings amongs coworkers. The open work stations (above) give employees an opportunity to collaborate but are divided by a translucent 3form material for individual stations if needed. Drop down acoustic ceiling panels mask the sounds of the hard surfaces, and mimic the floor patterns and furniture. Higher panels make the space seem more open, whereas lower panels give more privacy where it is called for. Col-laboration take place in the conference room towards the bottom left of the floor plan, or at the unassigned work stations and meeting pods throughout the right side of the building.

KITCHEN RENDERINGADJACENCY MATRICESOFFICE COMPUTER POD RENDERING

MAIN LEVEL REFLECTED CEILING

EXECUTIVE OFFICES RENDERING

OFFICE RENDERING RENDERED FLOOR PLAN

OFFICE POD ELEVATION

CASH WRAP PERSPECTIVE

FLOOR PLAN

REFLECTED CEILING PLAN

FURNITURE

PROJECTA high-end home goods store in the Garden City Center.

LOCATIONCranston, RI.

CONCEPTThe project entailed designing a high-end home goods store for the city of Cranston, Rhode Island. By in-corporating sustainable materials with the local upscale environment, West Elm stays true to its original roots, yet creates a luxurious in-terior journey through the use of natural ele-ments.

APPLIED SKILLSRevitSketchupPodiumPhotoshopPhotography

RETAIL: WEST ELM

As a company that enjoys giving back to the community, West Elm holds contracts with many artisans who handmake products that are sold in the store. They also try to use as many sustainable materials as possible to allow themselves to remain a “green company.” Bamboo is a great materials that grows rapidly and by utilizing it within the space, a warm environment emulates from the cash wrap.

NORTH SECTION #1 SOUTH SECTION #2

CASH WRAP DETAILKITCHEN PERSPECTIVEBAMBOO WALL ELEVATION

KITCHEN COOKWARE PERSPECTIVE DESIGN LAB PERSPECTIVE

This space has a centralized floor plan that radiates around the cash wrap. The cash wrap is the focal point of the space and allows customers to move throughout in a circular motion in order to see all the product. Directly behind the cash wrap is a design lab where clients can come to collabo-rate with the designers about their new home. At the front of the store is featured products as well as bedding and kitchen furniture to attract customers in. To the left of the cash wrap are windows to display curtains and light fixtures. To the right of the cash wrap is a kitchen cookware section. Here, product is displayed on lower tables and behind is a bamboo accent wall filled with more product, used to emphasize West Elm’s unique personality and style (see left and below).

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FLOOR PLAN

REFLECTED CEILING PLAN

WEST SECTION NORTH PERSPECTIVE

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ISOMETIC VIEW

Influenced by the shape of a panini maker, rectinlinear forms emerged from the simple geom-etry that was initially created.

Triangular counters & diamond shaped display cases fit into the grid pattern. Offset diamond shaped ceiling panels house light fixtures and bring an overall unity to the appliance store.

PROJECTAn appliance store.

LOCATIONBoston, MA.

CONCEPTThe project entailed designing a retail store using a grid system. Students were to chose a kitchen appliance and create an organiza-tion from the geomet-ric pattern. The Panini Press is home to dif-ferent brands of pani-ni makers. The final presentation was hand drawn and presented with a model.

APPLIED SKILLSVectorworksPhotoshopIllustratorPhotographyCraftsmanship

HAND-DRAWN RETAIL: PANINI PRESS

L-4: Using the platform (PC or Mac), a monitor of your choice and color papers, try to “match” the additive of the colors on the screen versus the colors printed out on paper.

H-2: Using color papers, illustrate the primary, secondary, and intermediate saturated hues as a strip of equal-size pieces. The colors much touch one another without the interference of lines. Make sure that the intervals between the colors are equal.

H-3: Illustrate a single hue in cooler and warmer versions. Start with a saturated color, then select two steps moving cooler and two steps moving warmer. Cut the colors into squares and arrange your selections as a series of visually logical steps.

H-4: Select a group of at least five analogous colors. Use saturated hues only. Mount the squares in visually logical order. Repeat the steps, but as muted colors.

IN-2: Using color papers, make two different hues in any form (pure hue, tint, shade, or muted) appear to be the same by placing them on different grounds.

IN-3: Using color papers, make a tertiary color appear to be two different colors by placing it on different grounds.

IL-1b: Using color papers, cre-ate a transparence illusions starting with one hue in two different values. IL-1c: Repeat, starting with one warm hue and one cool hue in any value or saturation. IL-1d: Repeat, starting with one saturated hue and any grey. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IN-1a: Using color papers, make a single saturated hue appear to be two different values by placing it on different grounds.IN-1b: Repeat, but make a single saturated color appear to be two different hues by placing it on different grounds.

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PROJECTExperimenting with color and light.

CLASSColor & Composition.

CONCEPTThis class entailed working with color papers in order to bet-ter understand the relations between dif-ferent values, hues, saturation, etc. In addition, we photo-graphed different nature scenes to understand the way light affects how the human eye perceives color in different settings.

APPLIED SKILLSPhotoshopIllustratorPhotographyColor application

THEORY: COLOR & LIGHT STUDY OF NATURE THROUGH LIGHT IN DIFFERENT WEATHER CONDITIONS

PROJECTSustainability, details and schedules.

CONCEPTThe project require-ments allowed students to explore and apply ustainable materials to a hotel room. Each ma-terial went through a selection process in or-der to decide if its life cycle cost and carbon foot print deemed it a “green” material. Con-strution drawings, furn- iture schedules, and finish schedules were derived from the Floor Plan and Reflected Ceiling Plan.

APPLIED SKILLSRevitSketchUpPowerpointPhotoshop

LEED RESEARCH & CONSTRUCTING DETAILS

LIVING ROOM FINISHES BATHROOM FINISHES BEDROOM FINISHESCROSSVILE TILE LEED LIFE CYCLE CERTAIN TEED ACOUSTIC CELING TILE LIFE CYCLEDURKAN CARPET LIFE CYCLE CUSTOM HEADBOARD VINYL WALL BASE TRIM

CROWN MOLDING

PROJECTSpecifying and bid-ding for an office building.

CONCEPTThis project entailed selecting products from Teknion Office Furniture, specifying with coordinating in-formation, and sub-mitting a bid package for review.

APPLIED SKILLSRevitMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordVarious research sites

SPECIFYING & BIDDING

SPECIFICATIONS

BIDDING DOCUMENT FLOOR PLAN WITH ITEM CODES

FLOOR PLAN WITH ROOM LEGEND

PROJECTCompleting a set of Construction Doc-uments for a Health Care Facility.

LOCATIONProvidence, RI.

CONCEPTUsing Revit, students were to develop a full set of Construction Documents, complete with plans, schedules, and keynotes.

APPLIED SKILLSRevit

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

PROJECTHand Drawings & 3D Modeling.

CONCEPTAn Architectural class that allowed students to study a single kitch-en appliance and draw it in its resting state, its motion states, and other various positions.

APPLIED SKILLSHand draftingRulerT-SquareVarious pencilship board Architectural tools

HAND DRAWINGS & MODELING

THREE VIEWS

OBJECT IN MOTION OBJECT IN MOTION

OBJECT AT REST

OBLIQUE VIEW

By examining the head of a plastic animal, students were to replicate it in a series of planes using matte board. By cutting out a profile view of the head with slits half way down 1/2” apart, pieces representing the width of the face were cut precisely to scale, with slits half way up, to slide into place.

To the left, a detailed sketch of Converse Sneakers. Lead pencil media of varying hardness and softness. To the right, a church study. By examining the Trinity Church in Bos-ton, MA, students were to produce a floor plan, section, and axonomet-ric drawing by sight using dimensions and photographs taken at the scene.