Portfolio

Victor Solarte

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Residential Building Entryway, Lobby Lounge, and Entertainment Lounge

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Healthcare

Solar - Behavioral Center

Corporate & Coworking

Mindful - Workplace

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Retail & Hospitality

Prada - Hotel Lobby and Store

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Commercial & Residential

Classical approach

French Cultural Center

Hospitality & Healthcare

Adaptive reuse

Flow - Wellness Hotel

Residential Building

Entryway, Lobby Lounge, and Entertainment Lounge

Project in progress

Project

As part of the design team of Classic Image Interior Design firm, I was in charge of designing the entryway, lobby lounge and entertainment lounge for a new residential building.

Building

• Located at Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

• Area: 55,694 ft²

• The 8-story building will have 82 residences

Concept

The concept is Scandinavian design and functionality.

LOBBY LOUNGE

Colors are neutral with pops of green and gold, in addition to materials with the natural appearance of wood and stone.

The minimal use of forms and colors creates an airy, bright, and elegant space, which is practical, functional, and relaxing.

1. Laminate - Oak

Tile - Field Talco

Brass

Beige Upholstery

Sage Velvet 6. Carpet - Sevilla

Lobby Lounge

Fireplace Design

The wall paneling and fireplace, which create the focal point of the lobby, took as inspiration the façade of the building, bringing the outdoors inside to create a more cohesive design.

Facade

Lobby Lounge

Custom furniture was made with oak wood or oak wood veneer laminate to offer a natural look. The furniture has simple lines combined with a clean and fresh aesthetic.

Entertainment Lounge

Custom Furniture

Behavioral Center

Academic Project

Project

Healthcare facility

Client

Solar Behavioral Center is an outpatient program with a qualified team of psychiatrists and professionals. The team addresses anxiety disorders, depression and related mental health conditions.

Building

• The Whitehall Building

• Area: 10,000

• Lower Manhattan

Concept

FOLLOWING THE PATH TO HAPPINESS

People with mental conditions feel that they are lost, Solar Behavioral Center will help to reach the path to find oneself.

Curving Shapes produce a sense of calm and relaxation in the mind as opposed to sharp edges that generate a feeling of unease.

“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.”

― John Green

Circular shapes, unlike other shapes, don’t have angles, which makes curves feel softer and milder than other shapes.

Lobby - Reception

FOLLOWING THE PATH

Administration

Patient Service

Staff

Vertical Circulation

Outdoor Area

CIRCULATION SUN AND WIND PATH LIGHT AND VENTILATION

Color selections were based on psychological reactions to them, for example, turquoise: emotional balance, blue: calming, and yellow: energy.

There is a presence of natural hues and textures, like wood, cotton wallcoverings, and marble.

These features, together with the sinuous shape of the furniture add to the feeling of ease.

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Marble

Oak wood

Wallpaper - transitional

Cottom wallcovering

Cottom wallcovering

Upholstery

Panton Chair

Saarine Tulip Table

Magis Spun Chair

Lobby - Reception 1 Examination Room 2

Corporate & Co-working

Shared Working Environment

Mindful Workplace

Academic Project

Project

Design a coworking corporate office space on two levels. It must have an staircase between floors, and it should be the prominent design feature within the space. Co-working - when a private company invites outside collaborators into a shared working environment.

The Host Company will invite outside companies and individuals to work with them inside their office. These “residencies” by outside companies or individuals will be of limited duration.

Client

Mindful is a corporation that offers guidance about effective techniques for mindful living, and the science that points to its benefits.

Building

• Located in Chelsea, Manhattan

• Area: approximately 17,000

• Outside patio on the 1st floor

Concept

The design approach is based on some of the philosophy and symbolism of the Eastern tradi tions related to Buddhism and meditation. The design intention is to evoke the feeling of a modern temple offering a tranquil and harmo nious space.

Energy - Full Moon | Spirituality - Wings | Flow - Yin Yang

Lobby - Reception

Collaborative Spaces

Workkspaces

PROGRAM Support Spaces

LobbyReception

Stairs Inspiratiom

Wings: Spirituality

The materials are natural with the use of wood in different colors and textures, featuring slate stone on surfaces, and clean polished concrete.

The colors are neutral with lots of white and black (Yin Yang), different hues of gray and some pops of yellow (full moon).

Linear and vertical elements will create an ongoing uplifting feeling, along with the use of curving lines to reference the Taoist philosophy of natural flow of things.

The space of the second floor is to be utilized for the office activities of the company’s workers. Additionally, the yoga/meditation room is situated on this floor.

By contrast, the first floor is primarily dedicated for use by the guest residents for business activities. This floor also contains the public areas of the cafeteria and a Zen Garden.

Workspaces

Collaborative Spaces

Support Spaces

Circulation

2nd Floor

1st Floor

Cafeteria

Large Conference Room

Yoga - Meditation Room

Project Room

Lobby - Reception

Bench Workstations

Retail & Hospitality

Prada Store & Hotel Lobby

Academic Project

Project

Design the lobby with an adjoining retail space for a well-known brand that is expanding past its retail market to create a “branded” hotel.

Client

Prada - Italian luxury fashion house

Building

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Concept

The design is inspired by Prada triangular logo

The angular shape of the Prada logo is carried out all over the design elements, including the architecture.

Retail Area

Parti

MOOD BOARD

Color palette and materials were inspired by the ones Prada utilizes across its stores

Custom Bench

1. White Marble 2. Black Marble 3. Sage Velvet

Upholstery

Brass

6. Off-White Metalic Paint

7. Black Metalic Paint

Front Desk

Commercial & Residential

Classical

Approach

French Cultural Center & Residence

Academic Project

Project

Cultural center for a French attaché and his family. The space will be utilized for activities such as meetings, cultural events, and exhibitions of art. The residence of the family will be located here as well. Additionally, the garden is at the rear part of the house.

4th FLOOR

3rd FLOOR Family Room Master Bedroom Grandmother’s Area

Living Room Dining Room Library Kitchen House keeper

Girl’s Room Boy’s Room

2nd FLOOR

Director’s Office Cultural Attache

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1st FLOOR LobbyReception

Exhibition Area Ballroom Waiting Area

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Marble

Marble

Marble

Herringbone Oak

Wallcovering

Wallcovering

Damask

Silk

Velvet

The first and second floors will be dedicated to the cultural center activities, plus the third and fourth floors will be the residence of the family

The garden incorporates the principles of French formal garden design inspired by the garden at Versailles, while also providing a comfortable outdoor area for the center’s activities.

Garden

1st Floor

RESIDENCE

RESIDENCE

CULTURAL CENTER

CULTURAL CENTER

Master Bedroom

Living Area

Hospitality & Healthcare

Adaptive reuse (old building repurpose)

FLOW Wellness Hotel

Academic Project

Project

The project is to find a new purpose for an existing structure. Hotel with wellness facilities

Building

• HAUGHWOUT BUILDING - 1857

• Italian Renaissance Revival style

• Area:

• Located in SoHo, Manhattan

Concept

The concept will utilize the as the design inspiration. It will also make some references to but with a minimal and modern approach. Complementing the design with elements of biophilia, the idea is to create a modern temple of wellness for the guests.

Biophilia

Biophilic design improves our well-being and expedite healing. Patterns of Biophilia implemented in the design:

• Nature in space

• Natural Analogues

• Nature of Space

“Human beings have within them an innate tendency to focus on life and life like processes”

Biophilia - Dr. Edward O. Wilson

Original/Typical Floor Plan Elevation

Conceptual Arches

Arches

Golden Mean Patterns Naturally Ocurring Patterns

Biofilia

The hotel will offer wellness treatments with a palette of services such as holistic medicine, nutritionist, life coach, spiritual activities, beauty treatments, sports facilities, massages, acupuncture, and the like.

The value system behind biophilic interior design entails using sustainably sourced organic materials such as wood, organic cotton, silk, jute, leather, stone, such

CIRCULATION

5th Floor

1st

4th Floor

3rd Floor

LIGHT AND VENTILATION

Atrium

Stairs

Stairs & Elevators

and 2nd Floors

Rooftop

The building floors are divided into public and private areas:

• First and second floors contain the lobby, restaurant, shopping stores and beauty salon

• Third floor the gym, spa, and wellness services

• Fourth and fifth floors have the rooms and suites. Also, there are some private areas for guets, such as music, video, game, massage, and aromatherapy rooms.

• Sixth floor has the rooftop with a bar and hangout areas.

Section A

Wellness Room

Lobby / Reception

WELLNESS/ SPA PUBLIC

Rooftop

Restaurant

Atrium

Some of the Biophilic design elements include an atrium, which provides plenty of natural light, great ventilation, green walls, covered with living greenery, and the presence of water, such as a fountain and a waterwall at the lobby. Atrium

The shapes of furniture, organic materials, soft and natural colors, as well as the use of naturally occurring patterns, add to the biophilic sense of the spaces.

Suite

Rooftop

The arch inspiration is carried out throughout the architecture and design elements. Once at the top of the building, the arch becomes a biomorphic shape, unifying the concepts of arch and biophilia.

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