playing around with the space... nothing serious.

pictures from storr... (precedent study)

storr office environments : steelcase furniture dealer/showroom located in greensboro
i visited today to get an idea of what a typical contract furniture showroom is like...

project 2 | renovation

This project is PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT for me!


We're doing a renovation of an existing historic building in downtown Durham, NC. 


It's going to be a private showroom/office for CBI (Carolina Business Interiors) who are a contract furniture dealer, dealing specifically with Knoll and Duke University in this location. 


The program we've outlined as a class has more to do with building codes, historic regulations, and other aesthetic & structural related issues than anything else. CBI wants an open floor plan so that they can showcase their office systems and be free to move the space around as they see fit.


It's a partner project, so Caroline and I are working together. We've already decided to hypothetically pursue LEED certification for our design, as well as adhere to the requirements for historic building renovations and even possibly discuss a budget with the client. We want the project to be as realistic as possible- that only makes sense considering we're about to be on our way out into the real world...


Here are some useful links related to the project as well as some photos I took last week when we visited the site:


http://www.preservationdurham.org/
http://endangereddurham.blogspot.com/
http://www.cbi-nc.com/



(1 : basement interior | 2 & 3 : first floor interior | 4 : second floor interior | 5 : N & E building facades)

project 1 | 3-D modeling in SketchUp

we used sketchup to model our objects.

then, we were asked to design a space that related to that object.