Charlotte AKA the QC

Since I will be going to UNC Charlotte Grad school in the fall I am in the process of looking for an apartment.  The studio site is located in the historic South End which is downtown Charlotte.  I am looking to move somewhere near there, off South Blvd.  Which is also near the new light rail, that I plan to use to commute to and from classes.  

If anyone has any recommendations of places to stay somewhere near S Blvd please let me know.  I have been looking but Charlotte is no Greensboro, and there are so many places to look.

Podium

I am in the computer lab attempting to use Podium to render my perspectives.  I tried uploading them to blogger but because they save under a different type of file it is difficult to turn into a jpeg and upload.  The images came out decent for a first time at Podium, if I can get the hang of this soon I will use Podium to render for my finals.  Im hoping this program will work, because it has potential to make some nice perspectives.

Partying in Studio

Ok. Maybe not partying, but at the hour we were there you'd think it was party time.  

Final Site Model

Today I worked on the site model. It is complete, and ready for my group mate to add her designs to it. In the first critique we got a lot of feedback for not doing anything to the site model, instead we only explained what we planned to do. For the finals we will have our final plan, as Jessica's individual part of the project.

One more week= Complete

One more week of studio. There is much to do between individual designing/production as well as group production and ordering of samples.

Group Tasks:

We all decided that we would work on 2-3 things for the group production.  My tasks are:

1) Modeling- 

      Site Model specifically.  I have started working on that today, and plan to be done by tomorrow.  Pictures coming soon.

2) Rendering- I will assist Debbie in doing the perspectives/section renderings for the final presentation

3) Materials- Ordering material samples/board

Travis if you have any samples we could use for the presentation, that would be great

Individual Design Progression

As a group we decided to focus on our individual design project over the weekend. Previous blogs can be compared to this current image.  Ideas and space planning have progressed to this current design.  The stair and railing are made to seem light weight, and open.  This design expresses that idea.  Now that I have everything seeming light and open, the bookshelves seem heavy, even tho they are hanging shelves.

To Do:

• Pattern and Material changes to floor, significant to the circulation and movement through the space
• Window Display as Graphic in Retail Space
• Complete Stair and Railing system
• How railing is integrated below stair
• Lighting in space

Summer to do:

Since I will be moving in three months, and will be in need of a kitchen table I thought why not build my own. I know what I like, and who better to design for self than myself.
I want a table with clean lines, modern, and stylish but able to fit into a 1 bdrm apartment easily. Here is a precedent of something I found: