Julia Stern Portfolio

Julia Stern PORTFOLIO

jestern319@gmail.com 336.406.3520

HELLO, I am a Junior interior architecture student at the University of Tennessee seeking an internship for the Summer of 2024. I believe interior spaces are just as important in the overall design of buildings. Architects and interiors can work collectively on projects to influence each other’s designs. Through my studio experiences I have learned that communication is key in conjunction with working in a collaborative team environment. Some of my favorite projects have involved extensive research of the space or area prior to beginning the design process. I benefit from new projects and working with others because it allows me to expand my knowledge and vision.

Julia Stern Ambitious and creative interior architecture student seeking an internship with the passion to expand my skills.

EDUCATION Anticipated Graduation 2025 University of Tennessee Knoxville Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture (BSIA) Dean’s List 3.52 GPA

ORGANIZATIONS

COMMUNITY SERVICE - VOLUNTEER - LEADERSHIP Various volunteering: Ia Collaborative and Delta Gamma Juror for first year architecture student final review Fall 2022 National Interior Design Competition Peer Tutor Winston Salem Open: Ball Person 2017-2019 Winston Salem Lacrosse Coach

WORK EXPERIENCE August 2023 - Current Teaching Assistant University of Tennessee - Design Thinking Assist students with work and designs, help professor with any needs and teaching January 2023 - January 2024 Server at Amelia’s Greeted customers, worked in a team setting, served tables

IIDA Ia Collaborative Delta Gamma Sorority

May 2022 - August 2022 Host at Oyster Rock Made reservations, greeted and sat customers, and helped keep a wait time

SKILLS

April 2020 - January 2022 Baked Just So Employee Assisted and filled customers orders along with being

Adobe Suite Revit Vray Enscape

TRAITS Creative Motivated Accountable

CONTACT

336.406.3520 jestern319@gmail.com

a barista Summer 2020 Interior Design Shadow Helped select furniture, lighting, fabrics and more for clients throughout North Carolina June 2020 - August 2021 Painting with a Twist Teaching Assistant Taught step by step paintings to a class of people and prepared and clean space before and after each event

INTERSECTIONS

Kennett, California Temporary Museum

CURVATURE

Curvy Showroom Knoxville

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Cum

e, Tennessee

ENTRALIZING

mberland Ave Gallery and Student Center

CONNECTION Interconnecting Threes Chair and Connecting Corners Chair CONSTRUCTION DOCS Farnsworth House

EXPLORATION Exploring Software and My Interests

For this project I researched Kennett, California, an abandoned town, and designed a temporary museum. For my design I created a tunnel-like structure that compared the viewpoints of the Native Americans who lived there and of the town going through industrial changes. In this structure there are intersecting perspectives that allow viewers to compare how the Native Americans were affected as their land was taken over and changed. Two of my goals were to highlight how abandoned towns, like Kennett, California, have important history that affects the lives of those who lived there while preserving the history. My favorite parts of this assignment were researching this town and designing a unique structure and space that highlighted Kennett’s history.

Fall 2023 - Junior Studio Software Used: Rhino, VRay, Illustrator, Photoshop

INTERSECTIONS Kennett, California Temporary Museum

During the early stages of this project I did extensive research on the abandoned town of Kennett, California.

The Wintu tribe was an important part of this town’s history and were the first known people in this area and surrounding areas of northern California.

The Wintu tribe lived off the river’s resources such as the salmon. The Wintu tribe stayed in Kennett despite being faced with the challenges of their land being taken over by industrial changes and new settlements. Today, the Wintu tribe still lives along the river and fights for their recognition in the town’s history. The right side of the tunnel focused on their lifestyle and how they adapted to settlers invading their land.

Starting in the 1880s settlers arrived in Kennett, California. The first group of settlers were part of a railroad construction camp. Once copper was discovered in 1884 Kennett became a mining boomtown bringing more people taking over land that the Wintu tribe lived on. This created many jobs because of the need for copper during WW1, but when the war ended people began to leave the boomtown due to the decrease in jobs. In 1935 the state decided to turn Kennett into a dam for the nearby river, forcing out the few residents remaining. The dam was completed in 1945 and most of Kennett is underwater today.

Throughout the tunnel there are various display systems. Some of them are hanging from the arches and others attach to the shelf connecting all of the arches. There are also other displays of artifacts on the shelves throughout the tunnel structure.

The tunnel structure has two different circulation paths throughout the floor plan. The first circulation is to follow the U-Shaped path that the tunnel leads one through. The second path of circulation is to walk between the spaces of the arches and create a path that leads the user to what interests them the most. Benches were also placed throughout the space to create viewpoints within the museum and the shape of the benches

Curvy Showroom was a group project with two other classmates. We designed a showroom based on Design AF, a local showroom in Knoxville, Tennessee. We created a high end space that featured a curve flowing throughout which connected all the elements of our showroom.

We created a flexible outdoor yoga and relaxation area which could be easily transformed to host other events. For our showroom we incorporate many neutral colors that would allow the space to be flexible with seasonal decor and fixture changes over time.

Spring 2023 - Sophomore Studio Software Used: Rhino, VRay, Illustrator, Photoshop

CURVATURE

Curvy Showroom Knoxville, Tennessee

CIRCULATION CURVES

INTERTWINED CURVES

STAIR RAMP

BODY CURVES

FLOOR PLAN

BASE

Chair Wall and Reception

Semi-Private Back Office

Bedroom Display

Outdoor Yoga and Relation Space

Shower Display

In the physical section model created, the main curved aspects that brought our project together were 3D-printed to stand out in our model. This allows the main curve through our project to clearly be seen and help show the flow of our curve throughout the space.

This space was designed to be a central area on Cumberland Ave at the University of Tennessee. This center would be used as a gallery space to feature student work. The Cumberland Avenue Gallery would be on the edge of campus giving students a central location and community space to relax, design, and view their peers’ work.

Spring 2022 - Freshman Studio Software Used: Rhino, Enscape, Illustrator

CENTRALIZING

Cumberland Ave Gallery and Student Center

Digital and Physical Model

Material Floor Plan: For this project I chose a variety of neutral materials, since it is a community area being used for various events allowing students to come together. I also included acoustical wall panels for the community space to create a quieter environment in the gallery.

In this group project we designed a chair that would only use wood as a material, including its joinery. This simple yet complex geometrical chair uses three interlocking planes. The triangular base we used in our final design gives the stability and comfort necessary.

Spring 2022 - Freshman Studio Software Used: Rhino, Enscape, CNC Router

I used recycled materials to create a multi-purpose bench.

This connecting corner is a unique bench for semi-private space in a public area. The bench is partitioned using recycled wooden pallets. The bench angles allow users to converse with one another while seated in their own space.

Fall 2022 - Sophomore Studio Software Used: Rhino, Enscape, Illustrator, Photoshop

CONNECTION

Interconnecting Threes Chair and Connecting Corners

INTERCONNECTING THREES In this project I enjoyed learning the process of creating a simple piece of furniture and being able to use equipment such as the CNC router.

Joint Mockups

Final Chair Design

Second Chair Concept

First Original Chair Concept Mock-up

CONNECTING CORNERS

Final Construction Building Process 1

Final Construction

I enjoyed the challenge of using only recycled materials and the usability in our very own architecture building. For this project there were a total of four pallets used in the construction. Each pallet was unique and allowed the construction of the project to be flexible adjusting to each pallet.

5' - 8 13/32"

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22' - 0"

2

3

A

DINING AREA

UPPER TERRACE

12

GRASS

5' - 3 3/8"

1 A300 OFFICE AREA

B

DN

2' - 11 13/16"

LOWER TERRACE

DN C

5' - 7 3/4"

22' - 0"

22' - 0"

5' - 7 15/16"

22' - 0"

22' - 0 7/8"

2 A300

5' - 7 1/8"

4

5

KITCHEN CABINETS ABOVE

5

11

10

6 SLEEPING AREA

MECHANICAL CORE MASTER BATHROOM

2

3 28' - 11 3/4"

1

GUEST BATHROOM

FIREPLACE

5' - 3 3/8"

WARDROBE LIVING AREA

GRASS

CONSTRUCTION DOCS Farnsworth House

Spring 2023 - Junior Software Used: Revit

Exterior Stair Call-out

Exterior Perspective

Section 1

A

B

04 ROOF 16' - 5" 03 CEILING 14' - 8"

02 GROUND FLOOR 5' - 3" 01 LOWER TERRACE 2' - 11" 00 GRADE AT STAIR 0' - 0"

Section 2

Form and Narrative Exploration of Rhino

Sky Bridges: Oil and Concrete Exploration of Grasshopper

Exploring Software and My Interests

EXPLORATION

Bodies In Motion Exploration of Rhino

Felix Exploration of Charcoal

Charleston Collage Exploration of Sketching, Watercolor and Ink Aceton Transfer

Layers in Art Exploration of Photoshop, Rhino and Laser Cutter

Continuing Chicago Exploration of Photoshop

Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago Exploration of Photography