Interior Design Portfolio

DESIGN PORTFOLIO INTERIOR DESIGN

FALL 2023 DESIGN PORTFOLIO

PRESENTED BY

BROOKE HUNTER

INTERIOR DESIGN

SELECTED DESIGNS FALL 2023

IDEC COMPETITION

Brooke Hunter, Kellie Speer, Eleni Coleman, Shanell Wilson

EMBODYING ATTUNEMENT

Site Plan

by Brooke Hunter

THE PROJECT A place of restoration and respite for college students on an existing college campus, with a focus on mental health, wellness, and inclusion for neurodiverese students.

The Embody Pod, designed for neurodiverse students, seamlessly integrates natural elements and sensory accommodations to provide a restorative haven. It offers customizable sensory rooms, communal areas, and a nature-infused study space, prioritizing mental revitalization and stress alleviation while fostering a sense of community and academic progress.

Exterior Hand Rendering

by Brooke Hunter

Hand Rendered Floor Plan

by Brooke Hunter Concept Board

by Shanell Wilson

Attunement, a state of harmonious responsiveness to the sensory stimuli and cues present in one’s surroundings, fosters the needs of neurodiverse students who strive to maintain a sense of belonging and security within their environment and within themselves. By metaphorically seeing the world through their eyes, this rehabilitation experience aims to create the ideal inclusive environment that encourages respite and connection. As a result, the design embraces natural materials, organic forms, light and textureconsiderations, sensory rooms, and comfortable seating arrangements, which allow neurodiverse students to enter a level of mental stimulation at which feelings of well-being are maximized.

INSPIRATION

CONCEPT

RESEARCH BARRIERS FOR NEURODIVERSE STUDENTS

by Brooke Hunter

GRADUATION RATES

MENTAL HEALTH

Neurotypical and neurodiverse students enrolled in higher education at the same rate:

Common mental health issues among neurodiverse students include anxiety, depression, and loneliness, with studies indicating there are elevated rates of suicidal ideation and attempts in neurotypical adults (Geyer, 2021).

Neurotypical Graduation Rate: Neurodiverse Graduation Rate:

67% 53% 41% (Geyer, 2021).

Neurotypical Anxiety & Depression Rate:

17%

Neurodiverse Anxiety & Depression Rate:

46%

With increased levels of anxiety, students reported that the balance between academics, student life, and daily living was disrupted, leading to more depression and reduced self-care (Geyer, 2021).

SENSORY ISSUES

LIGHTING

Sensory experiences of neurodiverge people are related to sleep quality, mental health, and quality of life (Dwyer et al., 2023).

Adjustable lighting for user control.

Sensory Overload: Heightened experiences of sensory input (Neff, nd.).

Loud Noises

Bright Lights

Certain Textures

Strong Smells

Emotional Connection: Sensory input triggers emotional responses, where a sensory overload can intensify emotions, therefore, impacting one’s emotional well-being.

Hand Renderings

by Kellie Speer & Eleni Coleman

STEELCASE NEXT INTERIOR DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE FIRM DINURAL HARMONY Dinural rhythms explore the full spectrum of biological experiences in a day. From the 24-hour natural oscillation that dictates multiple processes experienced in a day, to the cycle of the superimposition of internal and external stimuli of that reoccur throughout a 24-hour period, dinural rhythms are entrained with environmental cues. The environment inputs information and the output determines the ebb and flow of one’s day. An attunement to daily life and the natural rhythms of the day optimizes health and wellbeing, where users make the most of each day by being in sync with the world’s daily cycles.

The inputs of the built environment with circadian lighting, daylight optimization, ultradian considerations, recharge spaces, seamless space transitions, task-oriented zones, natural movement of space, way-finding, color, and dynamic features, bring optimized user outputs to fruition, where creativity and productivity are enhanced, and long-term health and satisfaction of employees is created. By celebrating the essence of the day and designing the workspace accordingly, this concept seeks to create an environment that maximizes daytime effectiveness and supports the holistic development of employees by promoting wellbeing.

CIRCADIAN

DINURAL

WORKSTATION ELEVATION

ULTRADIAN

RECEPTION

FINISH FLOOR FLOOR PLAN 4 6

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BEHIND SPACE PLANNING

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5 2

PARTI PROCESS

1’ - 1/8”

FINISH FLOOR RCP Hand Rendered

1 Reception 2 Work Cafe 3 Workstations 4 Private Office

ROOM FINAL PARTI

SCHEDULE

5 6 7 8

Client Presentation Room Meeting Room Huddle Room Phone Room

9 10 11 12

Innovation Lab Design Library Training Classroom Mother’s Room

13 Wellness Room 14 Wildcard 15 Recource Center

MEZZANINE FLOOR PLAN 10

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Explores the flow of different modes of work and their gradual transitions, where work flows and energy levels follow the biological rhythms experienced in a day.

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MEZZANINE RCP

FOCUS

COLLABORATION

REJUVENATION

LEARNING SOCIALIZING

WORK MODES & COLOR Experience the convergence and divergence of warm and cool tones throughout the space to create a sense of place and encourage wellbeing in work zones.

Employing blues with natural tones is seen as beneficial, as it is associated with calmness and comfort, thereby enhancing performance and productivity

Inspiring colors, such as yellow and orange, orange that invite users to the creative and social space, while creating a positive correlation to one’s environment

(Savaibool, Gatersleben, & Moorapun, 2016).

(Samani, Sofian, Rasid, 2014).

MATERIALITY

Workstations FOCUS

Reception

SOCIALIZING

Work Cafe

COLLABORATION SOCIALIZING REJUVENATION

WORKSTATIONS & EVIDENCE BASED DESIGN Designed to improve employee’s lives and increase workplace satisfaction and productivity in a vibrant, open-concept environment where creativity, productivity, and teamwork are enhnaced.

Neighborhoods with access to private offices, huddle rooms, meeting spaces, and phone booths Neighborhoods, create fluid adjacencies that ensure gradual space transitions and circulation, circulation encourage users to follow their needs in an open-office setting (Earle, 2003).

FURNITURE SELECTION Ergonomics Steelcase

Acoustics & Privacy Steelcase

Lighting Controls Steelcase

Influence employee mood, and create a positive correlation to one’s environment, enhancing producitvity and wellbeing (Samani, Sofian, & Rasid, 2014).

CIRCADIAN LIGHTING Ergonomic workplace illumination strategies and an exposure to dayligthing allow for the adjustment of regular daytime melatonin rhythm which helps reduce sleepiness, increase alertness, and increase job performance, having a favorable effect on subjective mood and well-being (Hoffman et. al., 2007).

8:00 am

12:00pm

5:00pm

Low Warm Light Warm CTT

White Daylight Cool CTT

Warm Light Warm CTT

WORK CAFE

CLIENT PRESENTATION ROOM

RENDERINGS

MONUMENTAL STAIR

WILDCARD REJUVENATION CENTER

RENDERINGS