Cassie Warnke Portfolio

Cassie Warnke Interior Designer

Stories.

We tell them in the oral tradition, in writing, in paint, sculpture, canvas. Our fashion tells the story of where we are going. Our homes tell the story of where we came from, and where we want to be. In some way or another, we all tell stories. Cassie tells her stories through her design. Whether it’s a bright magenta Dahlia on a kitchen wall, bringing to mind the surprise and joy of a field of uplifting flowers, or a wall of reclaimed wood paneling taking you on a walk through a tranquil old growth forest, Cassie’s bold patterns and bright pops of color draw from our sense of nature, to elevate a room to an exciting space you want to surround yourself in.

Cassie draws on her lifelong love and experiences in the arts and travel, having returned to the US from life as an expatriate in Hong Kong, where she taught art classes, co-created an island’s community arts center and co-managed a record label. Fitzgerald famously said, ‘There are no second acts in American lives.” Perhaps he was wrong. Leaving behind her closest friends whom became her family, Cassie returned to the States determined to focus on the arts full time and return to school.

Her decision to pursue a career in Interior Architectural Design came after much searching, but was an easy one to stand with. In her spare time, Cassie enjoys creating art, yoga and tap dance. She continues to work on her passion project of creating free form mandalas (before you could buy a coloring book!) using various genres of music to explore the influence of song on the studio arts.

Multi-Unit City Dwelling / Urban Blossoms Assisted Living Facility / A Room with A View Restaurant / Root and Vine Additional Projects

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urban blossoms

Bright Floral-Inspired Urban Designs will create a cohesive threeunit apartment building for the clients to make them feel full of life and love in their new home.

Urban Blossoms cassie Warnke iad 310 ol2 fall 2016

2016 / Multi-Unit City Dwelling / Urban Blossoms

Project Summary The three-story residential condominium building is located at 13 Wood Street in the Laurel Heights Village area of San Francisco, CA. Owned by the Mariotto family since its construction in 1955, the entire building is in need of a complete redesign. The family is currently residing in the top two storries of the building, and would like to turn the garden level into a low-income rental unit under a government-assisted rental housing program.

Affordable Housing Case Study Sacred Heart Housing Project,

1414 Dauphin St, Philadelphia PA The purpose of the Sacred Heart project was to create multi-unit housing that is both affordable and sustainable. Quite often affordable housing is created as quickly and cheaply as possible with very little thought given to the long-term effects of the building. The space is designed to function with multiple units for senior living, each unit being designed to meet the various challenges elderly people face living on their own and on a very tight budget. The other purpose of the design is to meet strict passive housing regulations in an attempt to add to the growing trend in sustainable design in the US. By building a passive design for low-income residents, designers are helping to keep costs down in terms of monthly utilities by creating designs that work with the environment to keep the homes cool in summers and warm in winters. While this design is quite technical in terms of passive design, there are quite a few design ideas

I can bring into my own design - dimmer switches in all rooms, Energy Star appliances, triple pane windows and solar panels on the top unit. These little touches will go a long way with keeping costs down both long-term and upfront.

Third Floor Mood Board The third oor will feature open and airy living with plenty of space and storage.

The design will center around family, work and relaxation. Utilizing vertical lines, textures, and color will give the space an open feeling that invigorates and excites everyone that lives or works at the residence.

Vertical shelving with tall windows will add height.

Bright walls throughout.

urban blossoms

2016 / Multi-Unit City Dwelling / Urban Blossoms

Harmonic Spaces

Built-in cabinetry with textured walls will add storage with unique style and dimension.

Bubble Diagrams

Study Models

Process Sketch

2016 / Multi-Unit City Dwelling / Urban Blossoms

2016 / Multi-Unit City Dwelling / Urban Blossoms

Blooming Atmosphere Floor Two Mood Board The second oor will feature open spaces that offer both fun and functionality. The design will center around accessibility for the whole family with remaining a cohesive space.

As with the third oor, by utilizing vertical lines, textures, and color, the design will give the spa space an open feeling that invigorates and excites everyone involved with the residence.

urban blossoms

Bright color and shapes on wall adds fun and vibrancy in kids rooms.

Textured wall tiles and vertical wall cabinets enhance main living space.

‘When you’re building a room, you’re building character and character is the strength and wisdom of a home.’

-Rose Tarlow

2016 / Multi-Unit City Dwelling / Urban Blossoms

First Floor Mood Board The rst oor will like home to any occupant that may not typically feel as though they actually have a home of their own. The design will be focused on features that enhance the living experience rather than keep it as plain as possible. As with the other oors, by utilizing vertical lines,textures, and color, the design will give the space an open feeling that creates a feeling of home for every tenant who makes it their own.

Use of bright color on walls and ceiling.

Tall vertical windows.

urban blossoms

2016 / Multi-Unit City Dwelling / Urban Blossoms

Positive Vibes

Vertical wood slats for height and texture. Bright pops of color.

The goal of the project was to create a comprehensive multi-dwelling unit which not only conformed to the functional needs of each individual client, but also created a cohesive style throughout the building while still bringing individuality to each floor. The design incorporated clean modern finishes mixed with eclectic design elements using an array of textures and colors for multiple well designed urban living spaces.

2016 / Multi-Unit City Dwelling / Urban Blossoms

2016 / Assisted Living Facility / A Room with a View

Concept Statement Residents at Lodge of the Rockies will retire to ‘a room with a view’, in this mountain lodgeinspired modern senior living facility. Home owners can take comfort in knowing they’re surrounded by their fondest memories of life on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Natural materials, clean modern design features and unparalleled views will combine the comfort of the invigorating outdoors with the joys of our beloved city of Denver.

Site Plan and Analysis

2016 / Assisted Living Facility / A Room with a View

Project Research Senior housing is much more needed today than ever.

Not only do we have the baby boomer era heading to retirement communities shortly, but we have gotten quite far away from a society that takes care of our family and elderly - we now rely heavily on retirement homes. We also need to be concerned with upcoming retirement issues such as pensions and government-funded programs that are supposed to be in place to support us when retiring, but are quickly running out of funds.

For this project, it was necessary to research design for memory impaired residents as it will also include nurse-assist living arrangements for those with more involved aging needs. To begin, a ‘racetrack’ layout is the most functional design because memory-impaired people quite often tend to wander, and keeping a circular layout prevents them from wandering off into areas which can become unfamiliar or disorienting.

Adding shadow boxes next to resident doors filled with mementos the residents would recognize as their own will aide in triggering their memory and help find their own room/home. It is important to use objects and materials created naturally rather than representative - for example, if using a wood flooring the material should be wood rather than a tile wood plank which would confuse or frighten a memory-impaired resident who is trying to make sense of a world that no longer makes sense. Color is an imperative tool to be used quite strategically.

Painting doors the same color as the wall will make them fade away if it’s a space they’re not supposed to be in. Using appropriate color choices can also aide in areas such as dining - using a bright color can help stimulate the appetite of someone not feeling so hungry anymore. Dark floors can appear like a hole and feel vulnerable.

Color should be explored in all aspects and areas of the facility.

A final area to keep in mind is the physical changes the elderly experience. Failing eyesight means furniture needs ti be placed in areas that are not prone to high traffic, and colorful to make them stand out from the floor and walls. An easy to navigate floor plan will aide in growing mobility issues as well.

Keeping the above mentioned items in mind greatly dictated the design layout and material decisions made throughout this project.

Preliminary Concept Sketches

Existing Building Analysis

2016 / Assisted Living Facility / A Room with a View

Schematic Diagrams

2016 / Assisted Living Facility / A Room with a View

Materials 03

2016 / Assisted Living Facility / A Room with a View

Community Room

Client Presentation

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1. Divine Inspriation paint used for accent wall, by EcoPaints.Building product disclosure - environmental product disclosure points. Zero-VOC interior wall paint has ltration capabilities to remove formaldehyde, acetone,glycol and benzene from air. Declare label, HPD declared,JPMA member, British Allergy Foundation certiied and ASTM approved.

2. Vinyl Flooring by Armstrong Flooring, part of the StrataMax sustainable series. se MR Credit 5.1, 5.2, EO Credit 4.1, 4.3 and is FloorScore Certiied.

Community Room

3. Cobalt patterned accent tiles to be used on east wall of store, by Fireclay Tile.MR Credit 4.1, 4.2. Produced using 100% recycled tile in energy effcient processing plant.

4. Carrerra subway tiles in herringbone to face replace,

by Crossville Tile MR Credit 4.1, 4.2.

5. Accent beams to be used in Coffee Bar by Front Range Timber.MR Credit 5, locally sourced reused material.

One of the course requirements for this project was to create a design that would pass Platinum LEED certification. The materials boards specify the sustainability of each FF&E choice, along with the LEED points applicable to the project.

2016 / Assisted Living Facility / A Room with a View

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1. Bashful Blue paint used for accent wall, by EcoPaints.Building product disclosure - environmental product disclosure points. Zero-VOC interior wall paint has ltration capabilities to remove formaldehyde, acetone,glycol and benzene from air. Declare label, HPD declared,JPMA member, British Allergy Foundation certiied and ASTM approved. .

2. Mocha carpet tiles by FLOR.Mr Credit 4-Recycled Content. All tiles are recyclable by returning to manufacture to be made into new ones. Removable so only replace damaged, enegy-effcent facilty.

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3. Accent beams to be used as ceiling accent decor by Front Range Timber.

MR Credit 5, locally sourced reused material.

4. See lighting speeciations, page 5. Lounge chairs from Viesso, see page 21 for specs.

6. All book shelving by Revampt. MR Credit 4 - Recycled content, MR Credit 5 - Regional materials. All book cases/shelves sourced from locally reused materials. Wood from reclaimed Douglas Fir, and metal from reused raw steel.

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2016 / Assisted Living Facility / A Room with a View

Dining Room

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1. Reused Barn wood Paneling to be used in Coffee Bar accent wall by Front Range Timber. MR Credit 5, locally sourced reused material.

2. Vinyl Flooring by Armstrong Flooring, part of the StrataMax sustainable series. MR Credit 5.1, 5.2, EO Credit 4.1, 4.3 and is FloorScore Certiied.

3. Accent beams to be used in Coffee Barby Front Range Timber.

MR Credit 5, locally sourced reused material.

Dining Room

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Lemon Peel

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Melting Glacier

4. Large-format tile to be used to face replace in Coffee Bar by Florim Tile. MR 5 Credit, uses all recycled tile in processing.

5 and 6. Lemon Peel and Melting Glacier paint used for accent wall, by EcoPaints. Building product disclosure - environmental product disclosure points. Zero-VOC interior wall paint has ltration capabilities to remove formaldehyde, acetone,glycol and benzene from air. Declare label, HPD declared, decla JPMA member, British Allergy Foundation certiied and ASTM approved.

2016 / Assisted Living Facility / A Room with a View

Universal Design Elements of design are key to any welldesigned project. The elements used most in this design were shape and texture. Texture is one of my favorite ways to make a design really pop and stand out from the rest.

There are a lot of parameters we need to bear in mind when designing for the elderly, and texture is a great element we can utilize that shouldn’t overly confuse the elderly if done properly.

I included a rock feature / water fall in the lobby. The textures included in the feature will stimulate the memory of hikes in the Rockies from first entering the building. The community room was designed to replicate a mountain lodge but updated with modern design and materials. Wooden ceiling beams contrast the smooth floor-toceiling marble fireplace for an elegant lodge look and feel. The exercise room will utilize recycled tire tiles that replicate a stone look.

The material will have the image of stones but the material is more suited to an exercise space.

In addition, I also incorporated the design element of line. I wanted the design to feel clean, fresh and modern; and line is a great element to do so. While the design was modeled after a mountain lodge, every effort was made to update that image.

Using the long, clean lines of large format materials was one way I achieved this look.

Universal design is often an over-looked tool, but when kept in mind throughout the entire design process can achieve beautiful results.

2015 / Hospitality / Root and Vine

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Statement:

Design:

Growth

Grow. Teach. Give.

By nourishing the body, mind and community we can create a better life for everyone around us. An outdoor dining area will seamlessly flow indoors into an open concept kitchen in which the chefs can educate guests about their meals. The teaching area will flow outdoors to the rooftop garden to allow for a true ‘farm to table learning experience. Bright open windows will be combined with natural materials and warm colors for an experience to nourish the soul.

The restaurant will seamlessly flow from one area to the next to create an efficient and effective layout. Bi-fold doors will allow seating to flow from the outdoors in, straight to the open chef’s seating, which will allow for client interaction. The seating will be light weight and movable to be arranged around the kitchen at times of nonbusiness hour classes. The kitchen area will be situated near the stairs to allow easy access to the rooftop garden, which will include an encompassed space large enough to accommodate a kitchen and tables for demonstrations and business hour classes.

The garden will allow for the easiest farm to table transition. Classes will not only be taught to the local public, but also to the homeless and previously incarcerated as part of a work initiative program within the restaurant itself.

Local materials will be sourced, and every effort will be made to use up-cycled items that can be re-purposed in both the restaurant design and construction of garden beds. Participation in California Restaurant Meals Program will allow homeless, disabled and elderly recipients to purchase low cost meals. In addition to the California Restaurant Program, a portion of the unused prepped food will be donated to local food kitchens at the end of the evening.

By growing food in house, training future staff in house and working with government homeless incentive programs we will ensure continued success by becoming an integral part of the community.

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2015 / Hospitality / Root and Vine

Case Study - Farm to Table Sqeaky Bean - Denver, CO The Sqeaky Bean is located in the historic Saddlery Building in LoDo (Lower Downtown). Prior to my research, I knew that their menu was created based on locally sourced foods, but had no idea how similar their situation is to our client.

The restaurant opened in 2009 with the idea of using local, home grown foods and so leased out a nearby lot to plant greens in six raised beds. This worked for a while, however as the restaurant grew in both size and popularity they needed to increase grow production. In 2011 they added the Bean Farms, a local three-acre farm with two 6000 sf year-round greenhouses. Squeaky Bean co-owner Joshua Olsen manages the farm aspect of the business and says they are able to source most of their own organic ingredients right on their own farms.

Executive chef Chris MacGillivray works closely with the farm to stay on top of what produce will be available in order to create an every-changing menu based on this availability.

The restaurant features an eight-seat chef’s open counter where patrons can sit across from the open kitchen and converse with the chefs, who are more than happy to teach

you about what they are creating, how they discovered their food combinations and anything else you would like to know about food in general.

In addition to the restaurant and farm, Squeaky Bean also helps educate students on the process of transforming food from the garden to the plate. They teach programs including: Soil Composition, Seeding, Up-planting, Sustainable Irrigation Practices, Season Extension, Market Farming, Propagation and many more.

While Squeaky Bean does not currently have a meal donation program such as that featured in our client’s concept, they have began hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless. In 2015, they fed 3,000 people and have hopes of increasing this number to 6,000 within the next few years. In addition, they also participate in quite a few various fund raising events throughout the year to help feed the homeless.

2015 / Hospitality / Root and Vine

Case Study - Circulation Study Green Pavilion Restaurant - Croatia The Green Pavilion Restaurant in Croatia has a self-serve restaurant on the ground level and a greenhouse/garden on the second level interspersed with two-bedroom apartments. The restaurant was built on a city park, and was designed around the trees already growing on the plot of land rather than removing them to build over the land.

The large space is approximately 5200 sf, which includes not only the structure but the grounds surrounding it. While the self serve restaurant is open to the public, it was originally designed as a sustainable unit where the garden produces the food (and surplus) on the rooftop garden which in turn feeds the small apartments rather than each unit having their own kitchen within the home.

The restaurant has taken off as a local destination hot-spot where people come to enjoy a relaxing meal centered in the trees and vegetation.

The focus of the restaurant is the open center eating area that is in the outdoor atrium. Additional indoor tables have a wide open circular pattern, which makes this restaurant very easy to navigate. In addition, the walls are all glass windows so one can easily find their own way around

the structure. The building is quite large, so the kitchen area is not close to the main dining area, which may be inconvenient for the staff but most likely not to the patrons.

There are several arrival spaces, which combined with he glass walls makes it easy to navigate through the large main pathways around the restaurant to find your own table. There are no main nodes as designed by the team, however the trees become natural nodes that many are drawn to on their own. Because of the flow of the design, there are very few boundaries. There is a large event room in a far corner, however the size makes it easy enough to spot and avoid.

While this isn’t a fine dining style r estaurant with servers and hosts, I thin the design makes circulation rather easy for customers. Designers have also created the restaurant large enough for extra large pathways, making it easy for people to walk around on their own without intruding on other guests.

2015 / Hospitality / Root and Vine

Case Study - Materials and Special Finishes Study Ikibana - Barcelona, Spain Ikibana is located in Barcelona, Spain and was designed by the architectural firm El Equip Creativo. The restaurant is Brazilian and Japanese fusion, and because the two cultures seem quite different at first glance, the designers found their first challenge when trying to identify the elements that the two have in common. Their finding and most successful way to marry the two cultures was through landscape - something that both cultures treasure, and so this became the central theme of the project.

The interior was designed with the outdoors in mind, with the portrayal of the lush landscape of Brazil and decorated in Japanese paintings and arts representing their surroundings. Ikebana flower arrangements are also present all over to emphasize the focus on the natural side of life. The bars and kitchens are spread around the restaurant rather than being centralized and the guest seats are designed in the shape of colorful bowls. There are a lot of natural colors, with wood predominating. The ceiling features an intertwining of branches that gives the

whole interior an organic atmosphere.

Tear-drop shaped tables add color as well as functionality, as they are able to be taken apart or moved together depending on the needs of the guests.

A trip to this restaurant would be amazing even without the stunning culinary experience, just to view the creative talent that went into designing such a work of art.

All of the materials work well together to create a serene oasis in the middle of a busy metropolitan city. The glass, wood, flowers and light combine elements of nature that show us what can be created from the world around us.

2015 / Hospitality / Root and Vine

Case Study - Teaching Kitchen Inspiration Kitchen - Chicago, IL Inspiration Kitchen, located in Chicago, IL, provides essential social services to Chicagoans hardest hit by homelessness and poverty, inspiring their participants to take action to improve their own lives. The restaurant helps individuals gain valuable skills and experience that leads to employment in the food service industry.

They have two locations, each with a teaching kitchen that prepares and cooks food for a small attached order-counter restaurant. This style teaching kitchen not only provides an education and valuable experience for the homeless and/or poverty-stricken residents of the local community, but it allows them the chance to get back on their feet using their own learned skills to succeed at finding employment once they have successfully completed the training program.

Students receive hands-on instruction, kitchen demonstrations, classroom culinary instruction, nutrition education, employment and life skills classes, and learn about food service sanitation; after which all participants test to receive food handlers certification. Food service training students

also complete Inspiration Corporation’s Employment Preparation Training course, gaining the same foundational skills as employment services participants. The fourweek, 60-hour training supports participants’ efforts to make changes that have prevented them from becoming employed in the past.

I chose to research this style of teaching kitchen not for the design or layout of the facility, but to better understand how the company runs in terms of teaching the public whom they hire as staff. As part of my project, I incorporated this style of community outreach program and needed to know if there are special considerations to be made as far as the design. One item I found essential to this program is being able to continue teaching during cooking hours, which means I needed to have accommodations in multiple areas of the restaurant.

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Universal Design Growth. Every day on earth ushers in growth within all of us. Root and Vine aims to increase positive growth within both the body and mid of it’s future community to create a better life for everyone. Key elements of universal design, such as scale, line and movement, were central in creating a pleasing environment and harmonic community space.

Central to the concept of growth, the idea of a plant or vine’s growth was mimicked in the organic movement of the custom booths. Growth can also be seen in the plant light fixtures, as well as the idea of using an open concept kitchen to allow patrons to grow from the chefs knowledge of food and nutrition.

Materials of Root and Vine begin with a dropped slat-beam ceiling, utilizing sustainable bamboo, throughout the first floor. The walls combine woven wall coverings, Zero-VOC paint and natural floor-to-ceiling bamboo plants to add a perfect harmony of textures throughout the floor plan. The planters and flooring were kept in a natural cement to juxtapose the cool natural flooring with other elements and textures introduced into the space. The planters are not only created as the structure for the booths, but they also include open planters to grow herbs year-round in house.

The lighting balances large floor-toceiling windows to allow for optimal natural light whenever possible. All artificial lighting throughout the restaurant includes LED bulbs and dimer switches in order to comply with California’s Title 24 regulations. The hostess area features crystal pendant lights to create a balance of light with the up growth of bamboo directly behind them, while the light planters seen throughout the rest of the restaurant double as light fixtures and planters.

The word Growth fueled the design of the Root and Vine project, and was revisited throughout to keep the concept consistent in the overall project.

Additional Projects

Renderings

2015 / Personal Projects

Personal Paintings

Kitchen Designs

2015 / Personal Projects

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Design can be art.

Design can be aesthetics.

Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated.

-Paul Rand