3ds Max Dining Renderings

Hipster Haven: Vitality

As a first time residential project we were given the UNCG Becher-Weaver warehouse to renovate and transform into an loft apartment building. We were given needs that needed to be met which were, we had the task of considering our designs to fit first time home buyers who are from the X-Y generation. Below is a Chart describing each generation.
However, before we started the design side we viewed our site and took observations in pairs. While in pairs we had to draw up a plan, which is shown below.

The layout of each loft apartment was inspired by the shotgun houses which in rectilinear in shape, which has the concept of seeing straight through from one end to another. However we manipulated that idea and put a 45deg. cut between two apartments, so that the owners can communicate with their neighbor as they enter their space. It also give the space character. You can also perceive that we have strategically place each column in or against walls. We also designated areas for entertainment or leisure, and a postal area.

After the research of the typical characteristics of each generation it somewhat influenced my design, as far as openness within the floor plan. Having an open floor plan meets the characteristics of the millennial as far as self-inventive and individualistic. It gives one the opportunity to personalize their space, as well as entertain, which from personal experience as a Millennial is important. After the research I then did a Programmatic Diagram to help with my decisions as to where to place spaces, which is shown below.After the research and the programmatic diagram my initial layout was to place the loft area half way the shortest width of the apartment layout. However, we had to keep with the existing beam and post structure which is not shown in the image below, but the beams hindered my loft placement, because from the loft floor to the bottom of the beam was roughly 3', and one beam went through the center of the space running the longest length of the apartment. Therefore, having one to bend a tremendous distance to get to the opposite side of it. Also with this layout I also had a second bath in the loft area, but after critique I was told that a loft is no longer considered a loft if it had a bathroom place with in it.
Therefore, I then came up with my final reevaluation of my design shown below.
The first floor is a washout underneath the second floor.As you can view in the above images I re-oriented the loft to go along side the longest length of the apartment. And there is one main bathroom. I also utilized the beam as drawer storage space going the entire length of the loft. I pushed the roof above the beam structure. The existing the structure really had a significant influence on my over all structure, I worked around the existing structure rather than manipulating it drastically. The images that are shown below are perspectives of my loft apartment.

Bathroom Space

When one enters through the front door the bathroom is immediately located to the left of them.
Floor: Mosaic shades of gray/black ceramic tile
Vanity top: 4x4 ceramic tile
Shower: 4x4 ceramic tile

Dining Space

As you maneuver through the space you walk through the common area, which is not shown, then you experience the view of the dining space which is shown above.
Windows: Casement Windows
Counter tops: Gallio Quarry Granite
Floor: Natural Bamboo
Cabinets: Cherry wood/cherry finish

Kitchen Space

This is the view to the right as you enter through the dining space.
Windows: Casement Windows
Counter tops: Gallio Quarry Granite
Floor: Natural Bamboo

Loft Space

As you go up stairs this is the first view of the loft as you come off the stairs.
Storage: Finishes Natural Limba wood ( Terminalia superba) a tree grown in West Africa
Windows: Clear Story
Floor: Stand bamboo

Loft Space

The second view you encounter as you look back towards the stairs.
You can also view the storage space underneath the beam that I spoke of early.
Storage: Finishes Natural Limba wood ( Terminalia superba) a tree grown in West Africa
Windows: Clear Story
Floor: Stand bamboo/cherry finish

Elevation
As you can observe there is a built in entertainment center underneath the stairs, to utilized as much space as possible.

Section

This shows the washer/dryer room that hasn't been shown, and the back of the storage located in the loft space.

Section

This section gives one the clear understanding of the placement of the common space location, as well as the length of the loft storage space. The door shown is the entrance to the bathroom.Materials used in this Project Listed above

Another important element in this project was to gain the knowledge of how to create stairs. This process I really enjoyed it gave me a better understanding of all the construction that is needed to go into stairs. I found that stairs can look so simple but yet in construction it can be complicated. Below is my model from a stair charette that we did as a class to gain that knowledge.Below is an image of a wall section of the existing brick wall that continues the perimeter of the existing building. This wall is an element in my loft apartment within the Kitchen and Dining area.

Above is my overall presentation board. As the title I chose Vitality, which means continuing on with a purposeful existence. Which in this instance I feel that this conceptual title fits well with the entire project, because we took an existing building and re-purposed it as a loft apartment building therefore, giving it a new purposeful existence.

Dining Renderings

In this assignment we were to use Podium, which is an extended program that is integrated within Sketch Up. It is use to bring one's model to life from looking sketchy. I am amazed by what the program is able to do, however it is time consuming it take forever to render one picture. I feel that the photos above are not my best, however I do feel that they are done well for my first time use of the program.

Dining Space Movie

The video above is a video of a dinning room that I design and created within a program called Sketch Up. I really enjoyed this assignment, it give the viewer a real feel of being within the room. And it also gives one a better spacial understanding, as to circulation.

Dining Views

WPA Poster

The above image is a creation of my own of a WPA poster. The WPA posters in the past advertised issues on all levels, such as economic, politic issues as well as diseases such as syphillis. The posters below are two of the few that I chose as inspiration for my creation. I took the elements of the images being complex and text being simple and added that into my layout. I chose simple colors just as the Be Careful poster. And the orientation of the worker is inspired by the central orientation the dog. My poster as you probably have noticed is advertising the issues of high unemployment in America. Jobs are constantly being shipped over to the eastern parts of the world, leaving Americans without well paying jobs.

A Transitioning Journey

I have come to find the phrase "I am going to take a bath" a broad statement. It could mean the cleaning of the body from dirt and odor after a long days work. It could also mean the cleansing of the mind body and soul. People also take bathes for leisure of relaxation. There are a few forms of bathing, it could be steam bathing, mud bathing, sun bathing or sitting in a tub of water. After doing research of a cultural bath experiences I chose the Jewish culture as inspiration to design a spa. The spa is not just an ordinary spa it is made to reach the needs of temporary wheelchair bound people that still have their mobility to move their bodies. Therefore, ramps are placed throughout the spa. While reaching the needs of the handicap I have based my spa around the Jewish bathing ritual, which is the the cleansing of the mind and soul for purification. The bath ritual was most common in Jewish women until not long ago men of the Jewish culture began purifying themselves just before Sabbath or during high holidays. The ritual consisted of reading a prayer before, in between or after dips, which was seven dips. The Jewish did the bathing routine as a way to purify their past identity. Women did it before marriage as a symbolism of purifying her identity and entering into a new beginning, or after milestones such as menstrual periods, divorce etc. After looking at many of their baths (Mikvahs) I found that there pool spaces were all rectilinear about 10x10 and stairs lead them down into the pool. The space was design for the privacy of one. After reading about the Jewish culture I have found the connection of transition and one can look at life as a journey , there are many paths you may choose to take. So below I based my design conceptually around a Transitioning Journey. The space gives one the choice of enjoying their experience with a group of friends or having their privacy.

Above is a view of the PLAN of the bath facility. As you can see there is a left and a right ramp that are set out to guide the client to a pool area. Each ramp is 5' in width. The grey tile is two 1'x1' Slate and is used as
a guide line to and through the pools. The blue tile next to the slate is a 6"x6" Aqua blue glass tile. And next to that is a 1'x1' White Porcelain tile.There is also an exiting ramp that lead the people out of the pools . I chose to have a opposite exiting ramp as a symbolic relation of not back tracking your life when purifying or trying to move forward.

Above is a perspective view of the left and right ramp that lead to the pools. The wood flooring is of a Composite Wood, which is not an absorbent or water, and is long last than your typically wood.

CEILING PLAN (above): structural elements contains a Stainless Steel, and a light grey tinted structural glass.

When entering into the pool I have expressed through material , transition. When first entering the pool one will encounter a on the walls a rough finish of Stucco painted White.
As they move through they would then encounter a smooth Blue Marble wall and polished White Granite seating which is a 1-1/2' above the pool floor and a 1-1/2' below the water level which is 3' deep. The partitions walls that are in the center of the pools is of a Frosted Glass, standing 8' above pool floor. When exiting the pool the opposite wall is made of a white Waterproofed Gypsum Board. The wall surrounding the landing platforms are 8' above the floor and from the pool floor to the ceiling it is 11'.

Above is a section cut through the bath facility . From left to right you are viewing the width of the hall which 5' , 5' landing with stucco walls, 9'-3" of seating space in the pool with the partitioned frosted glass wall in front of it which is 4' Wx8' H 2"T , 4' w space with another partition frosted glass wall which is 3' in width. When exiting there is a slightly sloped ramp that has a 1'rise and a 12' run. The railing shown above and throughout the space is constructed of Horizontal Stainless Steel Cabling.

Model of one pool

Looking into the space of the pool.

Materials
White Porcelain Tile

Grey Slate
Glass Tile
Stucco
White Granite


Stainless Steel Cable Railing
Frosted Glass

waterproof gypsum board
Blue marble
Composite Wood


Tinted Grey Structural Glass