portfolio design center erica byrd 2011

MDECMemphis Design Education Center

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Erica Yvette ByrdSenior Capstone Project 2010

Concept and Inspiration Parti

Owner GoalsThe developer wants to provide a place for local design education opportunities and for the public and the design community/industry to have a place where open communication can occur. She also plans on using the adaptive reuse of this historic mill building as an example of sustainable design. She believes that transparency in business practices and the challenges of the economic downturn has opened up opportunities for architects, designers and sales agents to provide builders, contractors, and the general public with product information and design solutions that will promote green design and financial prosperity for all.

Design ConceptType of Form: clustered form because each type of space will be grouped together Ordering Principles/Plan Arrangement: axis applies to the spacial arrangement of the clustered types of spaces Space Relationships: sharing a common space where all areas will feed from a central location for security and convenience Design Approach: decorative or applied design in the form of materials and finishes

Recognition• Google for photos, Sketchup 7 Software• McMillan, Pazdan, Smith for CAD drawings of building• Manufacturers noted throughout for photos and product

information• Asheville, NC http://www.ashevilledesigncenter.org/• Memphis, TN http://www.mrdcinfo.org/events/,

http://www.cityofmemphis.org/

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Location and Existing Conditions

Location Overview • 7 Vance Avenue, City of Memphis (the South End) Shelby County, Tennessee• Region: Southern US, Southwestern Tennessee, adjacent to the Mississippi

River • Global positioning of building: 35 08’16.81”N, 90 03’34.88”W Elevation 322

ft

Historical Data Memphis was chartered, surveyed and designed in 1819 by General/President Andrew Jackson, General James Winchester and Judge John Overton. The city was incorporated in 1826.

Existing Conditions• The site is the former Nylon Net Company warehouse and office building. • It has 225,000 square feet of usable space. Each floor comprises

approximately 74,000sqft.• The red brick exterior has large arched windows on all four sides of its

exterior façade. • The building has 3 levels, a partial basement, full first and second levels.

Program CongruenceMemphis is a city on the rise. There are multiple organizations and programs in the city implementing redevelopment, regeneration, and revitalization programs in the communities, economic centers and landscape.

• “The mission of the Memphis Regional Chapter of the USGBC is to educate the Memphis Metropolitan and Greater MidSouth community in the art and science of sustainable design and construction practices, and to guide the community into the regular implementation of such practices.” http://chapters.usgbc.org/memphis/


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Process

Sketch of Adjacency Diagram

Inspiration for Display Areas

Early Blocking -Spacial Relationships and size requirements

Blocking –Occupancy and Actual Sizes


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Project Overview

Floor PlanThe Design Education Center has spaces for Design Offices for lease/rental, a Resource Room, Lecture Halls for education and informational meetings, Exhibition and Display spaces for building and interiors products and equipment, and a Café space. The Center is designed to promote education in design practices thereby fostering a healthy design community. The developer wants this space to self support. This will be achieved through lease and rental fees from the Designer Offices, Meeting Rooms. Café, and Display and Exhibit spaces. Because the overall design concept is flexibility, the space has elements that can be disassembled easily and relocated or recycled. Part of flexibility is the ability to adapt and reuse a space for another purpose with minimal materials loss or change. This conserves and is more sustainable.

Neutral Brown Color Scheme to serve as a backdrop for the applied finishes and displayed merchandise

Accent ColorsPresent in the column wraps, upholstery, and finishes

Education is the main focus of the Design Center. Starting with the Lecture Rooms and continuing into the Display and Exhibit Spaces and in every nook and cranny. The materials ,finishes, equipment and furnishings all teach lessons in innovation, sustainability, and universal design.


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Flooring and Surface Treatments

ThroughoutHardwood Flooring Existing tongue and groove flooring

repaired with reclaimed lumber and painted for

uniformity.

Lecture Hall Milliken Modular Traction

backed carpet tile -Persian Dynasty-Samovar

It has permanent conductive fiber to reduce static

electricity.

Wet AreasSpacia Access vinyl tile-Travertine

Allows the floor to be removed from the existing wood for future adaptation.

Sherwin Williams Low –VOC Porch and

Floor Enamel

Base boards Formica Micro-Perf. Aluminum VeneerBaseboard set-in

4”Hx1”D

Flooring PlanThe flooring in the space is an antique hardwood that should be preserved due to its durability. It will be maintained under a coat of low voc paint. No wall will cause damage and the floor will be cut as little as possible in the construction process. All of the restroom fixtures will be wall mounted.


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Reception and Business Core

Wall Panels-FSC certified

Armstrong Natural

Variations Cherry veneer


Decorative Wall Panelbehind the logo

Armourcoat Wall panel in Sand

View from Entry to Design Education Center

Overhead view of Meeting Rooms on right, Reception/Business Core, and Storage Room on left

Wall TreatmentPolished Plaster in

corridors by Armourcoat


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Glazing to maintain exterior views with a privacy option-

LCD glassAvantiSystems USA


Sliding Glass Doors sandwiched between an LCD panel and a single glass panel to create an

accoustically sound partition wall.

Avantisystems USA

Exterior Views and Interior Comfort are important. Because the exterior is wrapped in windows, the views will be maintained by using fire rated acoustical glass walls around the meeting rooms and lecture halls. The exterior wall to the building corridor will also be a curtain wall to extend the views into the accessway. There are also windows added to partition walls between around the display and exhibit areas and the design offices at 30-90” above finished floor to allow daylight into the corridors.

Section A View from Entry to Design Education Center

Meeting Room Ocasional Table Meeting Room Table Chairs near the reception area

and business office will display award winning commercial

chairs for guest seating

Scott Architectural Lighting Pendants for Front Corridor


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Aquamarine and White Glass back-painted and used as

signage


Moz Designs Aluminum champagne color panel for canopy

Section B Indicating Wall Heights through the Business Core and Exhibit Display Areas


LOGO panel Shape to be repeated

throughout the Center as signage


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Lecture Rooms

Acousti-Seal 911 (Fire Rated) Ultra-Seal operable partitions used with the ceiling

mounted Smart Track™ switch and curve, suspension- The single panels

are stored in a remote pocket. Modernfold panel systems

Move Arc Table with flip-top, optional data ports, and optional

privacy screen. These tables nest. SurfaceWorks US


Sliding Panel Board SystemMagnatag-wall secured and not floor

mounted to be easily removed

IdeaPaint Pale Gray

Marmoleum Surface Solutions for GreenWorks of SurfaceWorksUS

Linoleum-Walnut for table tops. also

provides a formaldehyde free plywood and PVC

free vinyl edge.

Leather

Multimedia Lectern and Projection

ScreenDa-Lite Screen

Co.

Woodworks Acoustical Ceiling System Armstrong Tegular

Fully Upholstered Zii Chair


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Life Safety Plan and Universal Design

Drinking Fountains and Water Coolers - Spout Height and Knee Clearance 27 inches (685 mm) minimum from the floor to the underside of

the fountain which extends 8 inches (205 mm) minimum measured from the front edge underneath the fountain back

towards the wall; if a minimum 9 inches (230 mm) of toe clearance is provided, a maximum of 6 inches (150 mm) of the 48 inches (1220 mm) of clear floor space required at the fixture

may extend into the toe space. (4.15.2, 4.15.5) AADG.org The side grab bar shall be 40-42 inches in length, beginning 12 inches maximum from the rear wall, 33-36 inches above

the finish floor


All Doorways will be marked with signage that has the appropriate braille and picture symbols to indicate space

function. These are designed in back painted glass to contrast with the wall

color immediately surrounding.


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Display Area- Exhibit


Halcyon Shades Fabric colorwaysDesign Solution for lighting and

solar control due to the large and numerous exterior windows in this space. Woven with color on one

side and a metal reflective material to the window side for reflecting heat and reducing glare while

maintaining excellent exterior views.

Light Meter to read Scotopic (solar) and Photopic lumens/lux.

Placed on the wall near the windows and near the interior wall to

show how much daylight is near the windows and how

much is reflected off the light shelves into

the space. The exhibit in this space is Hunter

Douglas Contract.

MozDesigns Canopy to house

direct downlighting parabolics for the

corridor.


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Reflected Ceiling Plan with Lighting

Juno track lighting for Exhibits and Displays

Business Office and Resource Room Lightolier

Aleron Pendant

Lightolier Expo Pendant for accent lighting in the

Business Office

MozDesigns Canopy

Inspiration

LED strip lighting for accents in the corridors

RSA Lighting

Video ConferencingLighting Columbia

Lighting

Luminance™Light Shelves incorporate a unique assembly process that includes a tilt-down panel feature allowing easy maintenance of the light reflecting surface and the glazing above it. This surface is highly reflective and slightly textured, yielding a penetrating, diffused light deeper into the interior space. Designed around “Design for Disassembly” principles. By YKK AP America, Inc. Modular components simplify fabrication, installation and replacement. The pivoting panel feature makes each modular panel component very easy to clean.

The ASHRAE 90.1 2004 guidelines were used for determining the amount of wattage available* for use: 13,784.17802. The actual* wattage used: 12,896.80. * This does not include the kitchen or café spaces


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Healthcare equipment and Furniture could be displayed in the space by various manufacturers

showcasing their newest and most innovative products.

Display Area- Healthcare

Architex Privacy Curtain and Upholstery Fabric solution

dyed nylon 400000

Wyzenbeek tested and

bleach cleanable

MOZDesigns Column wrap in Aluminum with perforated computer shelf for more user interaction in these underutilized areas in the corridor. The column

areas also have directional signage, data ports, and emergency signage

Concept Drawing of work station

View of a Permanent Display Area with focusing on Healthcare Design Education

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