CUPCAKE SHOP

                                                             
As our last project in Principles of Interior Design, we were given the client who wanted to open his own cupcake shop.Our client, Matthew Dwyer is in his mid 40's and wanted to open a cupcake shop in downtown Charlotte North Carolina. He expressed to us his wants and needs for his cupcake shop; he wants an modern/contemporary feel, unique architecture, and a trendy vibe.Mr. Dwyer's needs were very specific; he needs the space to appeal to both sexes and not be too feminie, and needs it to still be in style 15 years from now.

As this is our second and final project in Principle of Interior Design, our instructor wanted his project to be digital. Throughout this project we learned a lot about the digital world and how important technology is now and will be even more in the future. The last step of this project is to give a digital presentation as a powerpoint. Below are some of my slides for Mr. Dwyer's Cupcake Shop!!

This was the first slide to Dwyer's Cupcake Shop!

During this process, we were taught how important an adjacency matrix was while designing a commercial space. An adjacency matrix is a type of diagram that shows what should be near each other as well as what shouldn't. For example, the kitchen should be in relation to the walk-in refrigerator, walk-in freezer, dry storage, and cash counter. An example of negative adjacency is the kitchen should not be near guest seating or the restrooms.

We started with some architectural inspiration, something to get our minds thinking! After I chose the three, I realized it all had somewhat of an Asian influence. The first image is called a moongate in China, I incorporated this in my cash counter wall. My cash counter wall went from floor to ceiling, the only opening was my moongate where you check out. The second image is a type of tufting shows on this wall, I incorporated the tufting in my tall banquet for guest seating. The third image is an room divider, I chose a partition wall from 3-form.net to divide the public guest seating and the more private guest seating.

This is my floor plan for Dwyer's Cupcake Shop. As you walk in you see an lounging/waiting area to the left. Continue in to see the cash counter, to the right there is guest seating and through the hallway is the private guest seating.

These images are examples of the commercial furniture for Dwyer's Cupcake Shop.

These images are examples of the commerical finishes for Dwyer's Cupcake Shop.

This cash wrap elevation was made on AutoCAD, and was color rendered by hand. This elevation shows the menu, the cupcake display case, and the moongate with the granite counter tops.

This guest seating elevation shown is the guest seating for the right wall. It was also made on AutoCad and rendered by hand. It shows the 3-form partition wall that is 1 inch thick. To the right of the partition wall. I created this tall banquet with the tufted finish, commercial chairs, tables, and bolsters. To the left is the private seating that can sit up to 8 patrons, commercial chairs, table, and cupcake art!

Here are the design skills I've learned while designing Dwyer's Cupcake Shop!

SHIPPING CONTAINER POOL HOUSE

In my Introduction to Design class, we were given a project to design a pool house using a shipping container. Shipping containers have become very popular in architecture because of its recyclable use and they are relatively cheap. Our instructor, Emily Reynolds gave us the project description with our new clients (fictional of course!).

Mr. and Mrs. Smith live in Charleston, South Carolina where they have a beautiful house with a relaxing pool in the back yard. The only thing the Smiths are missing is a pool house. Since they are close to the Charleston port, they decided on getting a shipping container and re-purposing it into their brand new pool house!! The clients expressed the needs for covered dining for at least 4, a place to read/play cards, views of the pool, and additional lounging space.

First we had to start with a rendered floor plan to see if the furniture fit in the space and also to see what was going in the space.

                                        
                   
In the project description, we were asked to make a model of the shipping container pool house out of foam core board.

                      

Here are some of the rendered elevations...

                        

                              



After the models were finished, I put together a presentation board to show all the elements of the pool house.