With a history that spans over 130 years, Bernhardt is a leader in the furniture industry and a global company deeply committed to its people, its local communities and the world around us.
Bernhardt is looking to design their permanent showroom located on the tenth floor of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, IL. The “Mart” is a fourteenstory building in the heart of Chicago that has 250 exhibitors.
Rooted in the intentional creation of experiences that resonate deeply with users, Bernhardt, a custodian of exceptional craftsmanship through generations, goes beyond aesthetics, emphasizing the thoughtful curation of materials to evoke emotions and sensations. By placing the user’s feelings and experiences at the forefront of the design process, the results become carefully and intentionally crafted creations that leave a lasting impact.
Bernhardt, a custodian of exceptional craftsmanship and intentional design, creates a space the carefully and intentionally represents the brand.
This furniture plan optimizes space by keeping all showroom vignettes to the side and making hospitality the center of Bernhardt’s focus.
Color psychology is the study of how different colors affect human behavior, mood, and impression on others. It explores how colors can influence emotional responses, as well as how responses to color are affected by factors such as age and cultural background.
White is the universal symbolic color for purity, wholeness, and innocence. It makes us think of new beginnings, perfection, but also of elegance and serenity.
Through the use lighting and the color white the Bernhardt showroom entrance invites its viewers to experience elegance and a new beginning.
Blue is associated with a calm serenity over intensity or passion and represents a sense of inner reflection. Blue also results in lower heart rates and even slower metabolisms.
Through acoustic control and careful material and furniture selection, Bernhardt achieves peace in this vignette through color and comfort.
Considered the key color that represents purity, health, and freshness, green has been traditionally associated with brands that encourage growth, vitality, and productivity.
This connection vignette is intended to make the viewer of this vignette feel connected to nature through the color of the space, the lighting and the textures throughout.
Orange promotes rejuvenation, communication, and positivism. This color also enhances extroversion, allowing people to let go of their inhibitions and express themselves more freely.
With different furniture styles and setups Bernhardt promotes collaboration for the users of the spaces.
Purple is often associated with luxury and power, royalty and nobility. The blue tones bring in a sense of relaxation and stability, which alongside the energy of red synthesizes to create a feeling of wisdom and good sense.
Through the use of color, lighting and high-back seating, Bernhardt provides its viewers with a royal experience.
California State University, Sacramento believes that there are no limits to their students success. Located in the Capital City of California they pride themselves in having a diverse student body.
CSU is looking to redesign an existing building to house three new disciplines: Construction Management, Urban Planning, and Landscape Architecture. Through this new design they will reinforce the universities goal for student success and wellbeing.
Modoc Hall
Exterior Elevation
Modoc hall brings a comfortable, inclusive space to life. Through sustainability and flexibility throughout, Modoc Hall provides an inspirational, and collaborative space, to ensure students well-being and infinite success.
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Research shows that educational experiences that are active, social, contextual, engaging, and student-owned lead to deeper learning
Modoc Hall’s main level includes Administrative offices, faculty offices, classrooms, and various collaboration spaces to facilitate the collaboration between faculty and students.
Research shows that educational experiences that are active, social, contextual, engaging, and student-owned lead to deeper learning
Modoc Hall’s main level includes Administrative offices, faculty offices, classrooms, and various collaboration spaces to facilitate the collaboration between faculty and students.
Studies show that through incorporation of nature, the built environment serves as a powerful tool to help relieve stress and mental fatigue, support focus and encourage overall mental well-being.
By including biophilic elements as well as consider ergonomic throughout Modoc hall creates an ideal environment for the rigorous disciplines that are being hosted in this building.
Studies show that students perform better in their academics and improve mental well-being when exposed to outdoor learning styles.
By considering ergonomics and collaboration, this outdoor classroom provides a variety of seating option which can be easily rearranged to provide easier collaboration for students or any other users of this space.
Sitting for an extended time has been shown to increase blood pressure, blood sugar and can contribute to obesity.
The furniture in this studio provides options for students to stand or sit during long hours in the studio. Along with considering ergonomics, the unique sawtooth roof provides students with natural sunlight to improve morale, productivity and health.
This collaboration space provides students and faculty exposure to natural light which according to studies helps to improve morale, comfort, health and productivity.
This Collaboration Space in Modoc Hall is designed to provide a different form of collaboration for students and faculty.
Located in Chelsea, New York, The Alexander McQueen Flagship Store hosts an Art Gallery, Performance Space, Boutique, Foundation, V.I.P area, and access to the New York High Line.
Luxury as we know it is limited, and not accessible to everyone, otherwise it wouldn’t be luxurious; but the Alexander McQueen Flagship store is a bridge to accessible luxury. Through the use of luxurious furniture and finishes, the Alexander McQueen Flagship store hosts multiple disciplines and welcomes everyone to experience their luxury.
Armor Challenge
Luxury
By breaking traditions and challenging society Alexander McQueen destroys the Armor that is Luxury, and welcomes everyone to what high society has stripped away and makes the unseen visible.
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Flagship Store
Alexander McQueen was a very sheltered person. He protected himself from other people and only let a few people close to him throughout his life.
The exterior facade of this building is a visual representation of the armor Alexander McQueen built within himself as protection from others. The spikes are meant to look sharp and unapproachable but when you get closer there are areas in the facade where the interior of the building is visible to the viewers that walk by.
The foundation of this flagship store is home to employee offices, a directors office and a conference room.
This foundation space was designed to commemorate Alexander McQueen, by featuring a mural of him in the space and making it seem as if he himself were there watching over everyone.
The boutique was designed to showcase Alexander McQueen Products for everyone to shop from. This boutique features clothing and footwear from McQueen’s past collections, and would be updated accordingly to the brands releases.
Interior Architecture Portfolio