Krista Smith's Interior Design Portfolio

Interior Design Portfolio.

Krista Smith 2023

Krista Smith Hello! I am a fourth year interior design student at Iowa State set to graduate Spring 2024. While I finish my studies and throughout my entire career, I hope to always continue to push myself and my designs further.

Phone: 515-954-9226 Email: ksmith22443@gmail.com

Education Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design Iowa State University, Ames IA Expected to Graduate, May 2024 Traveled to London Fall 2022

Work Experience Intern, ATURA Architecture May 2023 Present

February 2021 June 2022

August 2019 August 2022

Clear Lake, Iowa • Increased material knowledge and it’s applications in commercial settings.

• Expanded Revit knowledge to include construction documents, and improved modeling skills in the program. Experience with ReCap Pro and share point technology within Revit.

• Collaborated with larger team with a diverse skillet including interior designers architects, project managers, and graphic designers.

Intern, Rys Cameron Interior Design Des Moines, Iowa • Strengthened experience in residential design and home build projects.

• Gained knowledge in project management and client communications.

Server, The Port on Lake Panorama Panora, Iowa • Developing strong customer conversation skills.

• Used expertise to lead to team of servers.

Relevant Course Work and Skills • • • • • •

Understanding building and structural methods.

Practice developing designs through research.

Broad knowledge of materials and finishes.

Experience in leadership roles and collaborating for projects.

Creating detailed construction documents.

Ability to create beautiful presentations and renderings of projects.

Sof tware: Adobe Suite Auto Cad Revit Microsoft Office

Table of Contents.

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Roots Residence

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Eco Futurism

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Blanc

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House of the Earth

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Around Every Corner

01 Roots

Residence

Concept An assisted living facility should be an environment that encourages a feeling of belonging within a diverse population of residents. Meeting not only their physical needs but also nourishing their mental well-being by fostering cultural expression. To achieve this we will focus on creating inclusive, safe, and overall resident-centered design to cultivate a community within our spaces.

Bond

Variety

Refined

2nd Floor Spa: Sauna Room Rendering *NTS

Background

Roots Residence is a assisted living facility in the 2nd - 6th floors of the AMA Plaza in Chicago, Illinois. Creating spaces that facilitate activity’s that encourages the sharing of cultural traditions.

Fostering cultural expression and community building in order to increase socialization between residents and make them feel at home.

Partners : Selina Bui, Carson Underwood, and Sydney Gifford User + Site Analysis Immigrant Seniors This demographic needs extra assistance becuase of limitations to English, and can suffer from loneliness in assisted living due to lack of social support.

AMA Plaza, Chicago, IL

4th Floor: Resident Suite Rendering *NTS

Space Programing Featured Spaces 1 Spa

5 Coffee Bar

2 Garden

6 Library

3 Lobby

7 Cultural Kitchen

4 Music Room

8 Community Lounge

6th Floor 5th Floor 4th Floor 3th Floor

8 staff residents family 7

2th Floor

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5 1 2 4

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Our ideal community would be many parts creating a whole, similar to a jenga block. If you were to pull out one block the entire tower would fall.

Accounting for all populations that inhabited the space; residents, staff, and family.

4th Floor: Resident Suite Bathroom Rendering *NTS

Floor Plan & Evidence Based Design

*NTS

Way finding Anchoring Points:

Easily recognizable points of focus increases spacial awareness.

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Variety: Avoiding the repetition of design elements reduces the likely hood of residents getting lost.

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Socialization Shared Space:

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Common areas promote social interaction and reduces isolation and loneliness.

Natural Light: The utilization of natural light is shown to improve well-being and reduce loneliness in residents.

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Resident Suite Single design elements work to guide the eye to anchor points within the space.

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4 (1) Mowhawk Group Rev Wood in Stonefire Oak (2) Interface Guest Room collection in Khaki & Ivory

& RCP

(3) National Solutions Wallcovering Metalia in Zore (4) Maharam Chasam Upholstery in Erupt (5) Sherwin Williams Paint in North Star

(6) Formica HPL in Fossil (7) Atlas Concorde Boostpro Minibrick in Mustard (8) Wilsonart Laminate in Anderson Cherry (9) WOW Tile Stardust in Teal (10) WOW Tile Playboard Collection in Duna & Blanc

1 Kitchenette

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2 Hobby Room 3 Living 4 Laundry 1

5 Bedroom 6 Bath / Closet

Cultural Kitchen

The cultural Kitchen is a space that allows residents to cook their own meals. This kitchen is a meeting space for residents to share their unique types of cuisine.

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(1) National Solutions Wall coverin Collection in Lantana (2) Maharam Factor in Regal

A merging of many different shapes, textures, and tones that are tied together by a strong emphasis.

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(3) Cambria Signature Series in (4) Sherwin Williams Marine

(5) WOW Bejmat Collection in Wh & Biscuit

(6) Wilsonart Laminate in Beigewoo

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4th Floor: Cultural Kitchen *NTS

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hite, Tan,

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4th Floor Cultural Kitchen: North Wall Rendered Elevation *NTS

Spa

Floorplan & RCP Emphasizing a balanced design to create a calm and reflective aesthetic.

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4 (1) Wilsonart Laminate in Abisko Oak (2) Cambria Classic Series Beaumont (3) WOW Tile Stardust in Cotto (4) Emser Tile Vetian Pebbles in Pastal (5) WOW Tile Icon Collection (6) Skyline Design Glass Film in Mosaic Caspia

2nd Floor Spa: East Wall Rendered Sauna Elevation *NTS

2nd Floor Spa: Hallway Rendering *NTS

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1 Men’s Sauna Room 2 Women’s Sauna Room 3 Massage Rooms 4 Locker Room Entry 5 Main Entry

02 Eco

Futurism

Concept Using design to perpetrate a sense of equity, comfort, adaptability, and movement. Through a strong presence of geometry, bringing together a concept that is structured yet provides a user with enough control to have a sense of individuality within their environment.

MOVEMENT

STRUCTURE

3rd North : East Wall Perspective *NTS

Background

This project was a challenge to reinvent the 3rd and 4th floors of Parks Library on Iowa State University’s campus. Creating a design that accommodates and enhances students experiences within the library.

Partners : Selina Bui and Isabelle Gillette (1) Frosted Glass

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(2) Allsteel Clear Maple

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(3) Kvadrat Revive Light Green (4) Kvadrat Revive Green

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(5) Buzzispace Yellow Felt

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(6) TURF Faded Denim (7) Allsteel Designer White

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(8) Allsteel Fawn Cyprus

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(9) Mohawk Fresh Paint

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(10) Interface tormentoso

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(11) TURF Azure

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(12) Kvadrat Remix 3

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(13) Kvadrat Sabi (14) Cast-in-Place Concrete

3rd North: East Wall Rendered Elevation *NTS

Behavior Mapping In order to properly space plan it requires an analyzation of the seating and working patterns of students using the current Parks Library. This research helped us understand what spaces needed to accommodate particular behavior patterns.

Activity 57%

Busiest

36%

Working

9%

Socializing Both

17%

Relaxing

Equipment 20%

35%

18%

20%

Cell Phones

Laptop

Headphones

Chargers

Dead

3rd Floor

4th Floor

3rd North : Central Perspective *NTS

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Other Tablets

3rd South : Central Perspective Selina Bui *NTS

Private

Space Programing In a effort to control noise and increase use of the entire space it is separated it into zones.

Zones are categorized by amount of people studding and furniture reflect these patterns.

3rd Floor South

3rd North: Study Room Perspective (top) 4th South: Railing Perspective (bottom) Isabel Guillete *NTS

Flex

Single

3rd Floor North

Pair

Group

4th Floor

Floor Plans 4th Floor Plan

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1 Student Seating Spaces

3rd North: Rear Perspective *NTS

2 Private

Floor Plans 2

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e Study Rooms

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3 Faculty Offices

3rd North: Entry Perspective (top) 3rd South: Study Room Perspective (bottom) Selina Bui

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03 Blanc

Mending us Together. By caring for clothes naturally, BLANC provides the opportunity to live a greener and more fulfilled life.

Laundry Perspective *NTS

Background This project is constructed from a London-based company that focuses on sustainable practices as well as Eco-friendly laundry services such as dry cleaning, tailoring, and more. Their retail section is sourced from the most Eco-friendly products in the UK and Europe to extend sustainability into their customers homes.

Partners : Emily Greathouse and Darby Kaska

Retail Perspective *NTS

Site Sheldon Munn Storefronts in Downtown Ames, Iowa, USA

Floor Plan *NTS 1 Retail

4 Tailoring

2 Laundry

5 Sewing Room

3 Cash wrap

6 Service

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Cash Wrap South Elevation *NTS

Branding BLANC’s branding consists of clean and bright tones. They use this aesthetic along with progressive language to emphasize their commitment to sustainability.

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(1) ZIA Tide pool 2x2 (2) Mohawk Global Attraction in Corn silk (3) Cambria Iornsbridge Quartz

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(4) Rookwood Molokai Mosaic Tile

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(5) TURF Acoustical Felt in Travertine (6) TURF Faded Denim

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Front Facade South Elevation *NTS

04 House of

the Earth

Concept This luxury residential allows sustainability into the home through integration of the surrounding landscape. The home serves as a gateway into nature, using expanding and compressing elements to guide and enhance the perception of nature.

Living Room Perspective *NTS

First Floor Plan & RCP *NTS

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Second Floor Plan & RCP *NTS

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1 Living Room

7 Patio

2 Kitchen

8 Guest Bedroom

3 Dining Room

9 Downstairs Bath

4 Entry

10 Mud Room

5 Home Office

11 Garage

6 Sun Room 7

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En Suite

4 Laundry Room

2 Main Closet

5 Children’s Bed 1

3 En Suite Bath

6 Children’s Bed 2

Background Second project in residential studio Spring semester 2022. Designing a luxury residential for a celebrity of choice, Laura Prepeon, while incorporating sustainability as a theory of design.

Site Empty lot on the coast of Winter Harbor Maine

Sun Room Perspective *NTS

Interior Elevations *NTS

Kitchen South Elevation

Kitchen Island North Elevation

En Suite Bathroom South Elevation 4 3

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(1) Tree Frog Veneer in White Oak with Strait Grain (2) WOW Fayenza Square & Belt in Fern (3) Sherwin Williams Interior Paint in Coastal Plain (4) Hubbington Forge Sprig Circular Pendant in Modern Brass (5) Woodwright EWP in European White Oak (6) Holly Hunt Sculpted Coffee Table in Walnut Natural (7) Terramal Ship lap Paneling in Moonscape (8) KOHLER Kensho Sink in Biancone

05 Around Every Corner

Concept Around every corner and over any terrain, Jiobit is accurate, secure, and versatile.

Island Booth Front Perspective *NTS

Island Booth Meeting Space Rendering *NTS

Booths take cu the app, and connection wi

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Peninsula Front Perspective *NTS

In line Size Booth

Background First project in retail studio Fall semester 2022. Designed three sizes of trade show booths for assigned company, JioBit. Creating not only a advertisement, but a experience. Working with a graphic designer Ana Viere to create graphics in the booths.

Partners: Isaiah Walsh

Branding

Jiobit is a small and long lasting real time GPS. Their goal is to keep you and your family safe with smart and reliable technology.

Floor Plans *NTS 1 Interactive Space

3 Meeting Space

2 Staff Desk

4 Testimonials

ustomer through the journey of losing their pet, using locating them. Intended to create a more emotional ith the product.

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- 20” x 10”

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Peninsula Size Booth - 20” x 20”

Island Size Booth - 40” x 20”

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