INTERIOR DESIGN PORTFOLIO KAYEL PUGAZHENTHI
PROJECT 01
PROJECT 02
PROJECT 03
LOFT APARTMENT
TEA HOUSE
OTR BIKE SHOP
PROJECT 04
PROJECT 05
PROJECT 06
CLIFTON PLAZA
CLIFTON LIBRARY
HOSTEL
K I T C H E N/ D I N I N G/ L I V I N G & D A N C E S T U D I O
01 LOFT APARTMENT 51 Jay Street B r o o k l y n , N e w Yo r k Fa l l I n t e r i o r D e s i g n S t u d i o i s designing a loft apartment located on 5 1 J ay S t . i n N e w Yo r k C i ty . E a c h student is assigned a client/ clients w i t h a c e r t a i n d i s a b i l i ty o r n e e d . Given the floorplan, we must determine the squarefootage approprriate for the clients. The loft Apartment must be designed in a way in which fulfills the clients needs. My clients Mehmet and Esin are p r o f e s s i o n a l d a n c e rs . M e h m e t d a n c e s f o r t h e N e w Yo r k C i ty B a l l e t and Esin Dances for the Peridance C o n t e m p o ra ry D a n c e C o m p a n y . T h e c o n c e p t ‘ M ov e m e n t ’ c a m e t o m e b e c a u s e t h ey a r e d a n c e r s . I w a n t e d t o b r i n g e l e m e n t s o f m ov e m e n t i n t o m y w h o l e d e s i g n . T h e m a i n t h i n g yo u w i l l see is the line movements that act as aesthetics and function throughout t h e s p a c e . T h ey h av e s o m u c h m ov e m e n t g o i n g o n w i t h t h e d i f f e r e n t s i z e s ra t h e r t h a n t h e m b e i n g j u s t s t ra i g h t a n d ev e n l i n e s .
MEHMET
ESIN MATERIALS
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1. Kitchen
5. Office
2. Dining Room
6. Master Bedroom
3. Living Room
7. Guest Room
4 . E n t ry
8 . L a u n d ry R o o m
LEVEL 02
9. Dance Studio 10. Quiet Space
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DANCE STUDIO
FINAL MODEL
02 TEA HOUSE N e w Yo r k C i ty Fa l l I n t e r i o r D e s i g n S t u d i o e n t a i l s t h e d e s i g n o f a t e a h o u s e i n N e w Yo r k C i ty . Each student is assigned one of the f o l l ow i n g c o u n t r i e s : T u r k e y , U K , I n d i a , Japan. The students will be working to design a teahouse appropriate for the tea drinking culture in their assigned countries. T h e c o u n t ry I w a s a s s i g n e d w a s t h e United Kingdom. Tea was first i n t r od u c e d t o t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m i n t h e e a r l y 1 7 t h c e n t u ry by t h e e a s t India company. After that tea has become a huge part of the culture in the United Kingdom where family and friends come together and drink tea. I t h o u g h t o f ‘ co n n e c t i o n ’ b e c a u s e o f the many connections made through drinking tea and the historical connections made through different countries.
T h e w a l l i s a m a j o r p a r t o f m y c o n c e p t u a l d e s i g n . I t sy m b o l i z e s connection. This wall connects throughout the whole space. It is functional as well. Some of the holes in the wall act as shelves, t a b l e s , c h a i rs a n d a e s t h e t i c a p p e a l . Ev e ry t h i n g f u n c t i o n a l i s c o n n e c t e d t o t h i s w a l l . ( D e s i g n e d i n I l l u s t ra t o r )
1 . E n t a n c e / O u td o o r S e a t i n g
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2. Retail & Display 3. Residential Stairs
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5. Cashier 6. Kitchen
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JUICE BAR
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CONCEPT DIAGRAMS
OTR BIKE SHOP 1315 Clay Street Over The Rhine, Cincinatti OH
Design students needed to create a bike shop within an existing building using conceptual thinking and s p a t i a l r e a s o n i n g . T h e p r o g ra m includes a showroom, coffee or juice bar, repair shop, bike donation, s t o ra g e a n d r e s i d e n t i a l a c c e s s . O v e r T h e R h i n e i s k n ow n f o r i t s ’ l i v e l y c o m m u n i ty . Ev e ry o n e s e e m s t o b e ‘ o n the go.’ Fore my design I wanted to i n c o r p o ra t e t h a t s a m e e n v i r o n m e n t . To express the liveliness, I created e l e m e n t s o f r y t h m n , m ov e m e n t a n d layering.
RHYTHMN
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INSPIRATION BOARD
LAYERING
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2. Bike Display
7 . B i k e S t o ra g e R o o m
3. Seating/Dining
8. Bike Repair Room
4. Juice Bar
9. Retail Display
5 . A DA R e s t r o o m
10. Residential Access
S E A T I N G & D I S P LA Y
OVERALL SPACE
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CLIFTON PLAZA 3 3 3 L u d l ow Av e Cincinatti, OH
DIAGRAM PARTI DIAGRAM
Clifton Plaza was created 10 years ago r e p l a c i n g a f o r m e r s i n g l e s t o ry i n f i l l b u i l d i n g . I t i s a p o c k e t p a r k p r ov i d i n g a gulp of urban repose in the heart of the business district. Our challenge i s t o i n t e g ra t e t h e u t i l i t a r i a n p r o b l e m s o l u t i o n s w i t h a l e a p o f c r e a t i v i ty t o rethink and redesign the plaza. The success of the individual projects w o u l d d e p e n d o n b o t h c r e a t i v i ty a n d f u n c t i o n a l i ty . T h e c i ty o f C l i f t o n l o c a t e d i n Cincinnati, Ohio is an area full of l i f e , p e o p l e a n d ev e n t s . I t i s s u c h a huge part of Clifton so I immediately knew I had to create a sense of ‘community’ with my plaza design therefore my design is based on the c o n c e p t o f c o m m u n i ty . M y d e s i g n I s basically a huge origami like structure t h a t s t r e tc h e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e w h o l e space so that the space is together as one. It is creating a sense of c o m m u n i ty a n d t o g e t h e r n e s s .
PARTI DIAGRAM
MATERIALS
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Floor Plan
2. Bar 3. Seating
FINAL MODEL
CLIFTON LIBRARY
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CONCEPT DIAGRAM
CLIFTON LIBRARY S o u t h o f 3 3 3 L u d l ow Av e . C i n c i n a t t i O H e x t e n d i n g t o H ow e l l Av e i n Clifton, OH. The principal studio project for the semester is the design of a new l i b ra ry f o r t h e P u b l i c L i b ra ry o f C i n c i n n a t i w h i c h i s i n t e n d e d f o r yo u n g a d u l t / t e e n u s e rs . W e w e r e g i v e n a g e n e ra l p r o g ra m g u i d e l i n e t o f o l l ow while designing our building. B e c a u s e C l i f t o n L i b ra ry i s l o c a t ed right in front of Clifton Plaza, I t h o u g h t i t w o u l d b e a g o od i d e a t o have the same concept of community. T h e d i a g ra m s h o w s t h e l i b ra ry s p a c e in three different sections. The blue section is the passage way through both of those sections that creates t h e l i b ra ry s p a c e a s w h o l e .
C l i f t o n L i b ra ry INSPIRATION B o a rd Open I n t e ra c t i v e Connecting C o m m u n i ty
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2 . L i b ra ry S p a c e
7. Study Room
13. Auditorium
3 . C i rc u l a t i o n D e s k
8. Office
14. Classroom
4. Computer Room
9. Book Store
15. Reading Space
5. Fire Stairs
10. Food Venue
16. Meeting Room
11. Fitness/ Dance Studio
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South Section
East Section
S o u t h E l eva t i o n
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RENDERINGS & SKETCHES
READING SPACE
FOOD VENUE
LIBRARY SPACE
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OUTDOOR SPACE
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HOSTEL LOBBY
06 OTR HOSTEL 1201 Walnut Street Over The Rhine, Cincinatti OH. Design students needed to create a hostel for young adults within an e x i s t i n g b u i l d i n g by u s i n g c o n c e p t u a l thinking and spatial reasoning. There n e e d s t o b e a s p e c i a l p r o g ra m a r e a o f o u r c h o o s i n g b a s e d o n u n d e rs t a n d i n g of need and addresses the issues of d i v e r s i ty , e q u i ty a n d i n c l u s i o n . T h e b u i l d i n g i s a 4 s t o ry u n i t b u t t h e m a x f l o o rs u s e d i n t h e p r o j e c t i s 3 f l o o r s . M y s p e c i a l p r o g ra m i s a m u ra l a r t s center where residents of the hostel a n d t h e c o m m u n i ty o f O v e r T h e R h i n e come together to plan and create art w h i c h t h e n c o u l d b e a m u ra l t h a t t h e g r o u p p a i n t s a r o u n d t h e c o m m u n i ty . M u ra l s a r e a h u g e p a r t o f w h a t m a k e s Over The Rhine so lively and spirited s o I t h o u g h t t h i s w a s a g o od d e c i s i o n . From this, I thought of making the whole hostel space spirited and lively by p l a y i n g w i t h c o l o r s a l m o s t l i k e t h e w h o l e s p a c e i s a m u ra l .
CONCEPT DIAGRAM & COLOR BOARD
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9. Communal Kitchen
14. Computer Area
2. Food Venue
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3 . E l eva t o r L o b by
7 . S p e c i a l P r o g ra m
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4 . H o s t e l L o b by
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12. Communal Area
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13. Quiet Space
18. Quad
0 2 & 0 3 10. Vending & Lockers 15. Meeting Room
FOOD VENUE
FURNITURE BOARD
QUAD ROOM
COMMUNAL AREA
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