The Gregory Twin's Bedroom

Imagine. Create. Play. These were the ideas the inspired the design of the Gregory Children's room. I first selected the book, "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstien to draw inspiration for a child's room. From this I came up with the concepts of Imagine. Create Play. because the book inspires kid's to think creatively, dream widely, and enjoy playing like every kid should. I especially loved one of the pictures from the book, of two kid's in big boxes with faces drawn on them. From this I created several study models until finally landing on a concept that truly represented my ideas. The next step was to create a space for the twin boys that allowed them to play, have guests, study, and do all these things separately from each other if they wished. Through funky shaped furniture, separate chalk boards to draw on, easy access storage space, trundle beds and a separate cove for studying the room is defiantly ready for the twins.

I feel I was pretty successful in meeting the requirements for this project, however I feel I could have given the room some more character with a little more time to work on it. While it looks great, I feel it could be personalized to the twins a bit more.

The Gregory Kitchen

For this project I was faced with the challenge of designing a kitchen to be used for entertaining and cooking by both Mr. and Mrs. Gregory. This was hard because Mrs. Gregory is limited by what she can reach because of her wheelchair. For their kitchen I wanted to create a warm, open, inviting place that allowed for the Gregory's to socialize with their guests while preparing a meal. I chose rustic colors and hard wood floors to keep the integrity of the old Combine building the apartment resides in. The kitchen has a long, open view of the living room the also serves as a bar for guests. The open flow of the kitchen allows for the Gregory's to move around with out interfering with each other.

I feel I was very successful at creating a cohesive design for this kitchen. I allowed for 2 contrasting colors to tie in with all the red's happening around the space and designed an ideal space to entertain. If I could do something differently, I would have designed a bigger floor space to allow for a island with 5ft of walk space between the counters.

Concept Model

Building a concept model to draw inspiration from is a tough task to accomplish. How do you create feelings or ideas into physical form that will have greater effect over all your designs?! For this project I chose to use the Genesis Song, Home By the Sea, to best some up my feelings about a home. From this song I drew out several ideas about the way light comes through a home and how it over all effects the feeling in a home. From this I created several parti drawings, trying to capture in 2d form my ideas about light. Then after selecting one parti, I created several mock-up models and finally, a final concept model. This model has played a big part in designing the Gregory house, not only in my use of light, but in the way the rooms are structured.I feel I was fairly successful in designing what I was trying to take from the song. One thing I could have done better was to explore other materials to create my model.