Morgan Palm Portfolio

Morgan Palm

Introduction Mission Statement

Hospitality Wanderlust Hotel Irish Pub

Kroosible Restaurant

Office Organic Cotton Colours

Institutional Piece of Home Cooperative Productions

Residential Millennium Place Boston

Mixed Media Furniture Charcoal Drawings

Mission Statement Hello....

My name is Morgan Palm and I’m originally from WinstonSalem, NC where I received my first BA in Communications. After school I pursued the travel industry that provided me with the chance to move to Amsterdam, Netherlands and then ultimately to Boston, MA where I worked in the travel industry up until Covid-19. Just as with many others the pandemic uprooted my life and career, but I would have to say this was a blessing.

While travel is still a passion of mine, I wasn’t feeling fulfilled, I was missing the creative outlet that I have always had in my life. This break from work gave me the opportunity to pursue a different passion that I have always had which was design where I obtained my second bachelor’s degree in Interior Architecture and Design at UMASS Dartmouth.

Hospitality

Wanderlust Adventure is around the corner

The Wanderlust Hotel is located in Narragansett, RI. The original Lighthouse Hotel that once stood there is being torn down to create a new code- compliant and renovated Wanderlust Hotel. The hope of the community is to bring travelers to the area to learn more about Rhode Island and New England.

Wanderlust Hotel Cafe Lounge Perspective

World travel Welcome to the hotel that allows you to feel as if you have visited the world in just one place. Each room will take you to a new place in the world while the lobby brings the world together. Pulling from my concept I incorporate colors of the world through textiles, nature, food and spices to make for a diverse inspiration.

Architecture from across the world and history will work as a of wayfinding as you walk throughout the Wanderlust Hotel.

Lobby Perspective

Design Process

The multicultural open lobby space outfitted with a biophollic courtyard embraces the world’s differences through a maximilistic eclectic design. The hope is each person becomes more aware of what the world has to offer.

Overall Axon View

Courtyard Perspective

Lounge Perspective

With over 100,000 sqft vacationers can find a restaurant in the lobby that flows into a sitting area with a fireplace and piano. An irish bar is located on the second floor where there is a large fireplace, pool tables, and darts. Other amenities include a cafe with coffees from around the world, spa, gym, and a pool with a cabana.

Reception Desk Perspective Floor Plan

Lounge

Offices

Courtyard

Reception

Store Gym Cafe

Guest Rooms

Restaurant Guest Rooms Cafe Lounge Kitchen

Store Restrooms

Nail Salon

BOH

Section Cut

Courtyard Perspective

The courtyard is a place of escapism in the hustle and bustle of the lobby.

The sky light provides sunlight while the running river creates a calming sound that brings you closer to nature.

Guest Room Perspective In this upscale boutique hotel the rooms are made up of king, queen, and double rooms.

There are four ADA rooms located on the first floor. On the second floor there are two suites for more space. In each room you will find a new experience inspired by a new place from around the world.

Enlarged Floor Plan

ADA Room Perspective

Enlarged Floor Plan

Irish Pub at Wanderlust Hotel Bar Perspective

Following the concept of the Wanderlust Hotel the Irish Pub on the second floor allows the guest to feel they have entered a pub in Ireland. Drawing inspiration from Arthur’s Pub who was the founder of Guinness beer.

Floor Plan

Bar Perspective

Taking inspiration from the old Guinness barrels with incorporating rustic wood flooring and beams.

Using older worn leather couches gives an aged feeling to the pub. The pub brings you to a new destination in the Wanderlust Hotel.

South Elevation

West Elevation

Kroosible Restaurant

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Custom Built Reception Desk

The Kroosible restaurant in North Kingston, RI is a project that re-invents a current restaurant. The Kroosible takes the haunted history of New England and tastefully places it into a haunted restaurant.

The concept came from the thought of how many places that could be haunted in such a historical place.

From the Salem Witch Trials to the Sanderson Sisters New England has its fair share of ghost tails and

Host Stand Perspective

Floor Plan

South Section Cut

Dining Area Perspective

In the design I focused on universal design. Through a bar top that has dual heights to allow for wheel chair access, a private room that can double as a space for individuals that need more light to see or a quieter space to have an easier time to hear.

Materials Board In the Kroosible restaurant the concept was strongly exhibited through materials that were layered and roughed up to add to the feeling of being worn down and haunted.

Rich colors such as burgundy, golds and brown leather add to the antiqued feel. The custom skull host stand is made to look like the catacombs in Paris.

Bar Perspective

Office

Organic Cotton Colours Organic Cotton Colours is a company that is working to change the way products are processed from start to finish. Being more aware and conscious of what it takes to make a product in the hopes to make more natural and sustainable products. Organic Cotton Colours based in Spain is now opening a new branch location in Washington, D.C. The company hopes to have an office that supports a small team.

Reception Desk Perspective

Organic Cotton Colours emphasizes their teamwork ensuring that their products meet their standards every step of the way. Just like the cotton fabrics that Organic Cotton Colours make the team feel as woven together as the fabric that is being made.

What better way to symbolize the company and the employees than having their new office woven into the company culture.

Green Roof a sustainable strategy

Sustainable Materials The building has structural columns that are all throughout the space of the office. Since the poles are structural I choose to wrap them in a renewable resource of bamboo to make them part of the design.

Office Lounge Perspective

Custom Built Reception and Bar

Concept Materials Board Floor Plan

Offices

Kitchen

Lobby

Retail

IT Work Zone

Restrooms Lounge Restrooms Conference Rooms

Work Zone

South Section Cut

Store

Reception/ Lobby

Office Space

Institutional

Piece Of Home The Piece of Home project was a group project for an Interior Design Education Council competition. My classmates, Casey and Cheyenne, and I collaborated together to research a refugee situation current or future and create a home for the individual(s) to relocate to. After collecting background research the team worked together to create a home that meets the basic human needs to make it easier to start a new life. In the home the team worked to use resources found in Puerto Rico to remind the family of home as they relocate to North Carolina.

West Section Cut

Design Process

Concept

Tetris is an old retro arcade game made in 1984 that is still actively being played. As Tetris builds upon each block to beat the game, Piece of Home is inspired to build a new life for the refugees coming to North Carolina by providing the fundamental needs of home, community, and resources. Piece of Home is taking inspiration from this to provide a healthy and safe environment for the incoming refugees by using color, texture, repetition, and pattern within their 50-meter home.

Overall Axon View

In the use of materials we brought Puerto Rico to North Carolina for the family. The plaster on the walls is commonly used in Puerto Rico. Windows to allow warmth and sun light into the house as well as wall paper with frogs to represent the “national animal” the coqui.

Bedroom Perspective

The IDEC competition poster that the team put together and submitted.

Materials

Site Plan

Living Room Perspective

Floor Plan Living Room Bedroom Kitchen

Bathroom

Cooperative Production Cooperative Production is a not for profit organiztion that was established in 1972. The organization works to develop programs that help train individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to become independent members in the community.

Lobby Perspective

As a group we wanted to take into consideration what the staff and clients want at Co-Op. Working to add biophilic design, we think it would be fun to turn it into a way of wayfinding. To play with the concept and the ceiling we want to add in the movement of murmuration through the materials used. We hope to provide the feeling of support to guide the clients to independence. We want to make each person feel like an individual that supports the grand design just as how Co-Op operates.

Concept

Bubble Diagram

- The building sits between two frieght lanes on the east and west sides of the building.

- Somerset Ave. is the main road that runs in front of the building.

- Drop off is on the east side of the building.

The design is an interpretation of murmuration, a large group that birds create in the sky resulting in organic, shape-shifting clouds. The act of murmuration is a defense mechanism used against predators in which birds build tight-knit walls to protect themselves. Similarly, Cooperative Production builds upon teamwork to foster independence.

Each room references a different bird to help with wayfinding and color, pattern, and form were heavily taken into consideration.

Floor Plan

As studied through evidence base design there are major benefits in incorporating natural light into design.

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On the right the custom wall mount light is a iron bird that contributes to the design concept.

Reflected Ceiling Plan

Below are custom sound clouds in the shape of a bird. The sound clouds are covered in felt to help with acoustics.

Training Room Perspective Hallway Elevation

West Section Cut

Kitchen

Training Rooms

Universal design and sustainability were at the forefront of this project and guided each material and finish choice, wayfinding solution, space planning, and lighting solution. Each room offers the user multiple ways to interact with it and integrates evidence-backed biophilic design to aid in the learning process.

Kitchen Perspective

Office Perspective

Music Room Perspective

Rev Down Room

There were multiple design challenges within this project including a building envelope that could not be altered since the clients are renters, a floor plan that required new site measurements, and institutional code restrictions for materials and finishes.

Overall Axon View

North Section Cut

Staff Office

Lounge

Reception

Therapy

PT/OT

Residential

Millennium Place Millennium Place Boston is a luxury apartment complex that the client recently bought a unit in. The client is planning to retire soon and plans to downsize from a house to the apartment. With this in mind I designed with the clients aging in place. The primary suite and main living areas are on the first floor with the second floor with the guest spaces. The client’s traditional style can be seen throughout the design of the apartment.

Living Area Perspective First floor physical floor plan made with cardboard.

Second floor hand drawn floor plan.

Elevation

Primary Bedroom Perspective

Enlarged Floor Plan During the residential project there was a focus on custom casework and cabinetry. Being aware of dimensions and the placement of cabinets can make a difference in the ease of use in the space. The elevations give a great perspective of the custom casework and cabinetry within the kitchen and the primary bathroom. In the plan view it is easy to see the triangle between the range, sink, and refrigerator that provides the best flow in the kitchen.

Elevation

Primary Bathroom Perspective Elevations

Physical Model

Within the luxury residential apartment a custom pendant was created for the client.

The luminaires are made of blown glass or acrylic that create organic ripples that can be seen as if looking down at the ocean. The incorporation of blue and greens throughout the luminaire gives the hint of dimension that is seen while the water moves past you. A spectacle of glimmer of light here, a spectacle of green there amongst the blue of the ocean. The accented cut outs help illuminate the walls with shapes of waves while rotating around giving the movement of the ocean current.

Dining Room Perspective

Detail Driver

Junction Box

Frosted Acrylic

Support chains covered with accent crystals

1 MR 16 LED Lamp

Blown Glass or Acrylic Turning Motor

Diffuser

1 Tube LED Lamp Opposite rotating cylinders to symbolize the movement of the ocean currents.

Opaque inner housing motor cover

Turning Motor

Diffuser Blown Glass or Acrylic

Mixed Media

Furniture

The “2022” project was creating a piece of furniture out of recycled material for $22 and 20 hours.

Minature Furniture design allowed me the opportunity to make a raised dog food bowl holder for my dog Willow.

In this partner project my fellow designer Rebecca Khan and I worked on making a bench for the IAD major. In the project we took measurements, made cuts, screwed and nailed together the bench, sanded and then stained.

The picture above was a process picture and the below picture is the completed bench.

Charcoal Drawings

Still life drawing of a set of pottery, book and a camel skull. During this I worked with scale and grey scale.

Still life drawing of a Norwegian cheese slicer that focused on the deatils of the object shown through the value of the grey scale.

In this I was working with a live model working on figure drawing. Each pose would last ten minutes before changing.