Life as an Intern

Big news! Today was my first time as an official intern for a local design firm. I was super excited (and a tad bit nervous) but it turned out to be great. The woman I work with runs her own business and has a ton of experience in residential design. So far it's great and I'm feeling really privileged to be able to have hands-on experience in the field. I've already been able to dabble in specifications as well as some sight measurements. This coming week I'll be putting my AutoCAD skills to good use and I can't wait! Overall, I'm really starting to look forward to this summer.

Maybe this is the naive design student in me speaking, but specifying products isn't so bad.

Sustainable Housing Project

My most recent project involved creating a sustainable residence for a given client. I was assigned a newly constructed apartment building located in the Near Westside of Syracuse, NY (The Lincoln Building). My design intent was to create an open home that utilized subtle sustainable details and locally sourced materials. For my single, middle-aged female client, the open floor plan not only led to a cohesive aesthetic throughout the apartment, but also gave her a seamless environment for entertaining.

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Great Room Project

So I realized it's been far too long since I've updated anything here - sorry for the long hiatus in posts. Anyway, what better way to enter back into the worldwide web than posting some of my work from this year? For this particular project, we were given a particular room in the home with our only requirements being that it fit into a certain cubic footage. I was given the great room and 2400 cubic feet to play with. So what's in a great room? We discussed the space in a variety of ways: the great room as a space for "togetherness", the great room as space for technology, etc. I chose to take the FLW route and look at the concept of the hearth as the center of the home. By omitting the use of technology, I was able to focus on different functions of the great room. Both private and public spaces surround a peninsula fireplace.

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