Professor
Lia Dikigoropoulou prof.liamd@gmail.com
Aditya S Karmarkar AKarmarkar@citytech.cuny.edu
Conversion of an existing building into retail.
You are being hired to transform this existing masonry building into a commercial building.
To begin, you will choose what product the store will be selling. This will be determined after a thorough site analysis. Then you will study precedents, generate parti material, and program the space. You will demonstrate your process through the use of abstracts, sketches, diagrams, and models. Your final design will be presented digitally with plans, sections, elevations, renderings and with physical model.
Your design will be required to follow all code requirements and ADA regulations.
Site:525 Union St, Brooklyn 11217
Program: Retail store selling products and/or services
The scope of the design work will include:
· Branding – Signage, Logo, Store Name, Materials
· Spaces, circulation, egress, façade, storage, etc.
· All floor, wall, ceiling, and component materials
· Design for cabinetry, built-ins, displays, etc.
· Lighting, Media, and Graphics
· You are to develop a retail space design that supports and brands the products and/or services being offered with plans, sections, elevations, renderings, and physical model. You will be designing in detail the environments for every space including all activities, materials, furniture, lighting, hardware, etc.
Requirements:
What describes your project Best?
Minimum Requirements:
Concept board with the name and logo of the retail space
All Floor Plans (plans have to show furniture layout)
Exterior Elevations
Interior elevations/Sections (minimum 2)
3-Dimentional images (interior and exterior) and model.
Lighting layout
Enlarged bathroom – ADA
Jan 28th, 2019 Field trip/ Introduction to project
Assignment 1: Group Site Analysis due 2/4
Jan 31st, 2019 Commercial spaces Assigned
Assignment 2: Commercial Precedent study due 2/4
Feb 4th,2019 Site analysis, (as a group) Presentations; Commercial Spaces Presentations;
Feb 7th, 2019
Assignment 3: Logo Development in class – Due end of class 2/7; Precedent Studies due 2/11
Feb 11th, 2019
Assignment 4: 3 Concept models + site Model due 2/14
Feb 14th, 2019 Review of Precedent Studies and 3 concept models Site model, Concept Models
Assignment 5: Final hybrid and site model due 2/21
Feb 21st, 2019 Hybrid Concept Models &Drawings
Assignment 6: Drawings and diagrams of hybrid model – plans/sections/ list of spaces
Feb 25th, 2019 Spatial Organization-Matrix/bubble diagram plans/section
Assignment 7: Matrix/bubble diagram due 2/28
Feb 28th. 2019 Discussion of commercial interior materials, finishes and colors. Flooring lecture and furniture lecture. Introduction to Pinterest
Assignment 8: diagrammatic plans/sections due 3/4
March 4th, 2019 SNOW DAY
March 7th,2019 Review/Crits
March 11th, 2019 Mid-term Pin up
Floor Plans with furniture layout
Exterior elevation in context
Interior elevations
Sections
Color scheme
3d representation, physical model and digital model
March 14th,2019 Lighting layout, Discussion of different types of lighting, layouts
Mar 18th,2019 Commercial bathroom discussion including material, fixtures and ADA layout. Enlarged bathroom with materials and fixture required.
Mar 21st , 2019 Storefront and signage. Discussion of entrance, signage, exterior space and elevation. Elevation incorporating these elements required
Mar 25th, 2019 Furniture review + Desk Crits
Mar 28th, 2019 Final Review
April 1st , 2019 Final Presentation- ALL PROJECTS ARE DUE
Final presentation: (in addition to midterm requirements)
Long and Short Sections
Enlarged Bathroom – plans and interior elevations with all materials, fixtures
Further 3d representation (perspectives, models etc.) adequate to convey the interior design.
Furniture plans including furniture cuts
Lighting plans including fixture cuts
Materials board
All drawings should be rendered. The layout should be a composition
