PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO design
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I am currently in my fourth year as an interior design student minoring in marketing. I thoroughly enjoy what I do and hope to make my future clients feel the best that they can in the spaces they are occupying. As a design student, my mission is to tell creative stories and present ideas and concepts in the best ways I can. I hope to grow and expand my knowledge through hands-on experience.
THE ECHO COLLECTIVE THE ECHO COLLECTIVE
As an adaptive reuse project, our goal was to create a food market within an old Navy Yard building in Washington, DC—redesigning the space while preserving its rich character. Firstly, we went through studies and research in order to understand the human experiences that were related to the Innerbelt. We could then begin the design process with a good foundation. Through the repeated use of arches and curves, The Echo Collective brings wayfinding and conversation into the otherwise rectilinear interior. Reflections from mezzanine and floor changes, inspired by the Anacostia River, guide the eye through the space. An open floor plan fosters community connection and supports vendor and pop-up interaction. Interlinked levels and archways offer visitors personal, unique experiences. A palette of blues and rusts—seen on the exterior—along with reflective materials, especially metal, allows individuals to see themselvesinthedesign,creatinganemotionalconnectiontothespace.
The Echo Collective is a venue where history resonates into the present - a space carved by the rough legacy of a working Navy Yard, now softened into a place of connection and creativity. Like the echo of one’s voice, the past shapes every curve, gathering, and shared story. The industrial bones remain, yet they are transformedthroughthe layersofhistory. CONCEPT
interior design studio 5- spring 2025 featured in the x-gallery
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FOOD VENDOR FOOD VENDOR
The food vendor space is one of the most important areas in this building. This is the heart of where visitors can connect through different cuisine. These vendor spaces were designed with transparency, repetition, and an open concept in mind. Additions of the food displays draw curious eyes, and the open hanging shelves in the back can allow for vendors to keep supplies.
POP-UP RETAIL POP-UP RETAIL
The custom pop-up designs are cohesive with the curved theme throughout the building as well as the shape of the wooden floor transition that is a reflected from the mezzanine. These pop-ups for different small businesses all have the same design but are completely customizable. Customsignsareamajorpersonalizationforthesevendors.
The built-in shelving against the wall serves as a gorgeous storagespaceforextrastockedproducts.
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MAIN SPACE ARCHWAY MAIN SPACE ARCHWAY
The center of this space is where you can really take in the arch structure that encompasses the room. The purpose of the archways was to create depth and dimension, as well as an interaction with the mezzanine. The use of a metal was to tie in the idea of reflection and being able to see a variety of light and shapes. Wooden intricate details line the bottom of the arches that add texture
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JULIA DE BURGOS JULIA DE BURGOS
LATINO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER
This design of the Julia de Burgos reimagines the way movement can unveil moments of interaction and interlinked experiences. It fosters encounters of connection and relationships between living and material expression in everyday life. Through merging craft and art, true identity can be revealed and celebrated throughoutcommunitiesandintotheworld.
ORIGIN MODEL STATEMENT
Layered beneath lies vibrant tones of red, orange, pink, purple, and yellow symbolizing the richness and warmth of Latin heritage - trickling through carved openings like memories and tradition shining across generations of families. These colors are intentionally revealed through a translucent layer, indicatinghow culturalidentity persistseventhroughchallenges.
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BAR SHELVING SIDE SECTION
ADVOCACY/MENTORSHIP PERFORMANCE
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THENFLFOUNDATION THENFLFOUNDATION
The NFL Foundation Office Headquarters is a non-profit project. It focuses on the history and on-going legacy if the NFL and all who contributes to it. A connection between the Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio and the NFL Foundation is the reason we ultimately decided to move the headquarters from New York to Ohio. This office is a place that fosters business collaboration as well as invites children in for sports and education. The employees that encompass this office are from departments such as marketing, finance, philanthropy, learning and development, operations, representatives, and executives.
CONCEPT
The NFL Foundation office design embodies the spirit of football through collaborative, tough textured space that reflects the foundation’s dedication to supporting youth and celebratingtheNFL’srichhistory.
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THE PROCESS THE PROCESS
ARCHITECTURAL PLANS ARCHITECTURAL PLANS
THE VIVID ASSEMBLAGE THE VIVID ASSEMBLAGE
The Vivid Assemblage is a historic building in Akron - home to many different uses in its past. It stands grand in the main market historic district close to libraries, clubs, theatres, museums, etc. This projects focus was to renew this building in an area that was affected by the Innerbelt’s destruction in Akron. As a studio, we were asked to bring life and hope to a group of people that had seen much damage and heartache. A place to come together and talk - being able to express one’s opinions and create ideas for change. The Vivid Assemblage is just that. This building brings opportunity with inviting vendors to sell products, allowing a free rented space for at home bakers to use the café, and a podcast area for people to get their voices heard. The use of curves and bright colors, brings a senseoffluidityandopennesswhereeveryonecanfeelwelcomeandsafe.
CONCEPT
Similar to restoring fragments of vibrancy to a faded canvas, the design recognizes the wounds of the Innerbelt’s displacement while fostering hope. Where a scar once lay, communityand connection willevolveintoabrighterfuture.
CAFE & FLOWER WALL CAFE & FLOWER WALL
This café space is designed to be playful and open. The idea was for the café to flow into the rest of the space - connecting from the vendors to the outside space to the discussion area. Those who are in the beverage or bakery business but are unable to afford a building to do business, can rent out this space for free to be able to give business back to community members.
POP-UP SHOP POP-UP SHOP
This pop-up shop space is where small businesses can showcase their products and have a great street view of what they are selling. This is wonderful for the community because people are investing back into the Akron area and supporting those who have small businesses. Some unique curved elements encase the space, creating a store-like feel while also keeping it connected to the rest of the building.
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THE FRUITING BODY HEALING CENTER THE FRUITING BODY HEALING CENTER
This project was sponsored by IIDA. The Fruiting Body Healing Center is a healthcare facility that helps those with mental illnesses. This center focuses on transforming these patients into their full selves, and healing what has hurt them in the past. This healing center is located in Denver, Colorado with a wonderful outdoor environment and gorgeous mountain ranges. With the idea of mycelium and fungi as a healing tool in medicine, the abstract parts of this specie were used in the concept of this facility. The shapes, colors, texture, and meaning of all kinds of mushrooms informed the way this project was designed. This space allows for its visitors to experience peacefulness and growth through becomingwhole.
The Fruiting Body Healing Center is designed to evoke a sense of wholeness where patients are welcomed into an environment that encourages healing and integrity not only themselves but within others. The design reflects the journey from entering the facility divided and emerging out asfruitfulintheirgrowth.
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the fruiting body healing center
SPATIAL LAYOUT SPATIAL LAYOUT
The space plan for the healing center is meant for its staff to be able to have visual access to their patients at all times. The staff desk is partly wrapped around the medicine room and charting area for maximum eyesight. All walls represent curves and align with the shapes of the fungi studied. The courtyard path as well as the ceiling elements follow the gills of a mushroom tying in the concept to the design.
LOBBY SPACE LOBBY SPACE
This lobby space is warm and inviting for family and friends attending a visit. With lots of natural lighting and many windows, people can experience the calming mountain view and a tranquil wait. The ceiling element is meant to draw one down the room and lead them into seating and many helpful storage lockers.
COURTYARD AREA COURTYARD AREA
A courtyard area meant for roaming and thought. This space is peaceful and encourages those to meet with family and friends and catch up. The colors used here are fun and joyful, complimenting the built-in arched seating to the right of the rendering. Few vegetation and grass are added for connection to the outdoors and the arches and LED lights cause patients to have a personal experience within themselves.
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SIGNS OF EARTH SIGNS OF EARTH
Signs of Earth is a welcoming space rooted in the needs for art in the deaf communities. This is where members can feel empowered and noticed, connecting with friends and loved ones through visual and physical communication. This design is aimed to serve young adults in particular; with an emphasis on fostering a larger community of understanding and empowerment. There is a significance upon the fluidity and openness of this structure, not only for the sight lines and lighting for successful signs, also where the indoors and outdoors can merge into one. This pottery and ASL learning studio use natural materials in connection with the adjacent ponds that surround it, where water can reflect the flow and growth that is put into those who attend. Inside of this space, users can submerge themselves into beautiful projected installations where they are fully immersed in a visual experience, engage in hands-on pottery wheel classes, involve themselves in furthering their understanding of ASL, celebrating and observing expression through completed works of art, and ultimately engage in artistic communication. The integration of education and technology extends this studio’s potential, where there are more interactive tools and opportunities to enhance one’s senses. Signs of Earth studio showcases the priority of accessibility and inclusiveness, pushing theboundariesofcreativity,dexterity,andsenseofbelongingforall.
CONCEPT
Signs of Earth is directly built by hand formed clay structures and the human interaction with clay. This space is designed to answer the need for accessible art and communication for the deaf community, fostering visual learning, dexterity, and creative connection among young adults and their loved ones. Grounded on a college campus directly connected to Midwest clay deposits, this unique landscape inspires interaction within the community and environment.Strivingfor interconnected expression fromsignstosculpture.
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