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FALL 2024- FAYE NIXON STUDIO
JAPANESE TEAHOUSE DESIGN BUILD NATIVE ECHOES AND APPALACHIAN TALES
FALL 2023- DAVID MATTHEWS STUDIO
SIMPLE OASIS
SPRING 2023- ASHLEY COON STUDIO
SPRING 2022- PATRICK KEOUGH STUDIO
FALL 2022- TIM DOLAN STUDIO
FALL 2021- LIZ TESTON
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERIOR DESIGN
2020
COLLIERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
2018 HONORS DIPLOMA
TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY 2024
DIGITAL GRAPHIC DESIGN CERTIFICATE
SKILLS
ADOBE INDESIGN
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
ARCGIS PRO
AUTOCAD
BLENDER
ENSCAPE RENDERING
GRASSHOPPER
LASER CUTTING
PHOTOGRAPHY
REVIT
RHINO
VRAY RENDERING
3D PRINTING
2024
PHOTOGRAPHER/SALES ASSOCIATE
CONDUCT PROFESSIONAL PHOTO SESSIONS
OPERATE CAMERAS AND LIGHTING
ENHANCE CLIENT PHOTOS
PROMOTE AND SELL PHOTO PACKAGES
SCHEDULE AND MANAGE APPOINTMENTS
2023
4F DESIGN
SHUTTERFLY MEMPHIS, TN MEMPHIS, TN
INTERIOR DESIGN INTERN CREATE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS IN REVIT MEET CLIENTS
PLACE ORDERS FOR MATERIALS VISIT JOBSITES AND TAKE NOTES SUBMIT DETAILED HOURS
2022- PRESENT
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
KNOXVILLE, TN
OFFICE ASSISTANT
DATA ENTRY
MANAGING SUPPLY
INVENTORY
PROCESSING MAIL USING "BACK-OFFICE" COMPUTER SYSTEMS
NATIVE ECHOES AND APPALACHIAN TALES
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROPOSAL FOCUSED ON REGIONAL FOLKLORE THROUGH THE DESIGN OF A HERITAGE ROUTE CONNECTING SITES TIED TO APPALACHIAN AND INDIGENOUS LEGENDS.
FALL 2024- FAYE NIXON STUDIO
MANY REGIONS WHERE APPALACHIAN LEGENDS ORIGINATED ARE:
LOCATED ALONG SECONDARY OR LIMITED-ACCESS ROADS, ISOLATED FROM MAJOR HIGHWAYS.
CHARACTERIZED BY MINIMAL TRANSPORTATION NOISE FROM RAILROADS, HIGHWAYS, AND AVIATION DUE TO LIMITED INFRASTRUCTURE.
POPULATIONS ARE PRIMARILY "WHITE ALONE, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO," WITH LITTLE RACIAL DIVERSITY.
HISTORICALLY, THESE REGIONS WERE NATIVE AMERICAN LAND BEFORE FORCED GOVERNMENT REMOVAL.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR HERITAGE OR ECOTOURISM:
SECLUSION AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OFFER POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPING A HERITAGE OR ECOTOURISM ROUTE.
SITE SELECTION
MURPHY, NC
VACANT LOTS OR UNDERUTILIZED AREAS: IN SMALL TOWNS WITH HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TIED TO INDIGENOUS OR APPALACHIAN HISTORY WITH ACCESS TO GATEWAYS TO THE NEARBY FOREST.
THE GREAT LEECH
A NATIVE AMERICAN LEGEND TELLS OF A GIANT LEECH INHABITING THE VALLEY RIVER IN MURPHY, NC NEAR A NATURAL ROCK BRIDGE WITH A DEEP, DARK HOLE BENEATH IT. ACCORDING TO THE STORY, CHEROKEE MEN ONCE SAW A MASSIVE, RED CREATURE RESEMBLING A LEECH LYING ON THE ROCK LEDGE BEFORE IT SLITHERED INTO THE WATER, CAUSING THE RIVER TO BUBBLE AND FOAM. APPALACHIAN FOLKLORE GREW AROUND THIS CREATURE, WITH TALES OF PEOPLE DISAPPEARING NEAR THE SPOT, INCLUDING A YOUNG MAN AND A MOTHER WHO WERE NEVER SEEN AGAIN. MANY STORIES CLAIM BODIES WERE LATER FOUND NEAR THE AREA, MISSING THEIR EARS AND NOSES.
JAPANESE TEAHOUSE DESIGN BUILD
FALL 2023- DAVID MATTHEWS STUDIO
A MODERN, PORTABLE TEAHOUSE TO SHOWCASE A JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY AT THE KNOXVILLE ASIA FESTIVAL. OUR DESIGN INTEGRATES INSPIRATION, MATERIALS, AND CRAFTSMANSHIP FROM EAST TENNESSEE WHILE HONORING JAPANESE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS. THROUGHOUT THIS SEMESTER, OUR COLLABORATIVE STUDIO WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR CLIENTS, MEMBERS THE EAST TENNESSEE JAPANESE COMMUNITY. THIS GROUP INCLUDES KUMI ALDERMAN, ASTUMI MATSUDA, MANA MARAMATSU, AND SHAYNA PRICE. THE STUDENT DESIGNERS THIS PROJECT WERE MORGAN CHAPIN, KAITLYN DELP, SARAH DUNN, EBONE FIELDS, ELLEN FRONCESCA, AMBER GODFREY, GRACIE HILL, OLIVIA HUSSEY, JALAH JOHNSON, MADDIE TISDALE, ANNA SHOEMAKER, KATHRYN WEBB, HANNAH WHITE, AND BETHANY WRIGHT.
SIMPLE OASIS
SPRING 2023- ASHLEY COON STUDIO
A SMALL VACATION HOME CABIN IN RURAL BRAZIL DRIVEN BY THE USE OF WOOD AS BOTH A CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE AND MATERIAL AESTHETIC.
LOCATED IN PARATY, BRAZIL.
HIDE AND SEEK LEARNING CENTER
SPRING 2022- PATRICK KEOUGH STUDIO
THE HIDE AND SEEK LEARNING CENTER AIMS TO ASSIST PARENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF CHILDCARE WHILE MANAGING HIGHER EDUCATION, CAREERS, OR SIMPLY NEED A SAFE PLACE TO DROP OFF THEIR CHILDREN.
LOCATED ACROSS FROM PELLISSIPPI STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN KNOXVILLE, TN.
KALEIDOSCOPE LOUNGE
SET IN THE YEAR 2055, THE KALEIDOSCOPE LOUNGE SEEKS TO PROVIDE A TRANQUIL EXPERIENCE TO THE WAY PEOPLE ENJOY PSYCHEDELICS.
LOCATED IN WEST TOWN MALL, KNOXVILLE, TN.
FALL 2022- TIM DOLAN STUDIO (SOCIAL RESEARCH PROJECT)
THE POWDERY TOWER
JOINT RENOVATION PROJECT WITH INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS AT THE ION MINCU UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA. NEW INTERIOR OF THE POWDERY TOWER IN SIBIU, ROMANIA. *INCLUDES WORK FROM ALI JABALI, AHMAD JABALI, JALAH JOHNSON, LARISA ANA-MARIA CALIN, TEDORA MARIA RUSU, ELENA TEODORA DICU, AND THEODORA IOANA SIMA*
FALL 2021- LIZ TESTON STUDIO
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